METHOD FOR SWITCHING CHANNEL, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND CHANNEL SWITCHING SERVER

摘要

A method for switching channel is disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, which includes the steps of: sending a switching request message to a channel switching server to make the channel switching server to stop or continue sending data stream of a current channel according to the switching request message, and make the channel switching server to send data stream of a new channel, wherein the switching request message at least includes channel information on the new channel and channel process information. The terminal equipment and the channel switching server are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, they can shorten information interactivity time and information processing time during the process of channel switching, so increase the speed of channel switching.