Method and arrangement for optimal usage of switching resources and transmission resources of multimedia networks

摘要

The method involves monitoring the active or inactive condition of respective multimedia-communications terminals (TV1. n), and denoting that condition to a multimedia - communications network (BPON), to allow optimal use of exchange-related and transmission-related resources (vr) of the multimedia-communications networks (BPON), to which the terminals are connected over multimedia-terminal connection units (STBl. n). The exchange-related and transmission-related resources assigned to the multimedia-communications terminal remain in use or are released for use with other devices, dependent on the result of the detected condition.