摘要 |
<p>A broadband terminal device (30) that receives messages containing data destined for client applications running on the terminal. The messages are received by a control channel router (140) via one or more input ports (10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26). The router (140) removes the payload data from the messages and distributes the data to client applications (160) in accordance with a predetermined priority of the ports which receive messages and requests made by client applications for the data. The terminal also includes a service acquisition interface (10) that enables the client applications (160) to establish connections to receive the data such that the requests made by applications for data may be hardware and protocol independent.</p> |