Method and system for prioritizing and scheduling services in an IP multimedia network

摘要

An IP multimedia gateway (IMG) determines device capabilities and proposed service priority profiles of communicatively coupled client devices. The determined device capabilities and proposed service priority profiles are transmitted to service managers for service scheduling. Device capabilities of the communicatively coupled client devices are configured or prioritized based on available actual service priority profiles from the service managers. The configured device capabilities are transmitted to the service managers for subsequent service scheduling. Services provided by the service managers are announced based on the available actual service priority profiles. The IMG communicates content for the announced services between the communicatively coupled client devices and the service managers. The IMG may allow the user of a client device to access desired content via other client devices. Content and/or downloaded content for carrier grade services are provided to one or more non-carrier grade client devices when needed.

主权项

1. A method for communication, the method comprising: in an IP multimedia gateway:
determining capabilities and a proposed service priority profile of a communication device that is communicatively coupled to said IP multimedia gateway, said proposed service priority profile of said communication device based at least in part on said determined capabilities of said communication device; transmitting said determined capabilities and said determined proposed service priority profile to a service manager that is operable to provide services to said communication device; receiving an actual service priority profile from said service manager, wherein said received actual service priority profile is generated by said service manager based at least in part on said transmitted capabilities and said transmitted proposed service priority profile; and communicating content for services provided by said service manager between said communication device and said service manager based at least in part on said received actual service priority profile.