BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT IN EACH NETWORK DEVICE IN A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Bandwidth management in each network device in a switched digital video e nvironment. Each device in a user's home and the switched digital video (SDV ) device can evaluate the bandwidth requirements of a request from any devic e in the home and compare it to the bandwidth available at the user's home. This is done as the request is passed upstream from device to device. If the re is insufficient bandwidth available, an error message is returned to the requesting device.