摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods and apparatuses that provide load balanced signal distribution to client devices in a network, such as a digital home network.SOLUTION: According to an exemplary embodiment, one of the methods (500) includes the steps of receiving (510) a request from a client device for downloading video from one of a plurality of video sources, receiving (530) respective load indicators from first and second video receiving devices capable of receiving the plurality of video sources, selecting (540) one of the first and second video receiving devices according to the load indicators, and instructing (550) the selected video receiving device to transmit the video from the one of the plurality of video sources using an address known by the client device. |