Patent ID: 9538242
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04N

Claim:
1. A method in a user node for enabling reception of a television (TV) service, the user node capable of operating in a first reception mode of receiving the TV service as over-the-air broadcasted signals and in a second reception mode of receiving the TV service as a media stream over an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) link, the method comprising: monitoring quality of the over-the-air broadcasted signals when receiving the TV service in the first reception mode, controlling the user node to switch operation from presently operating in the first reception mode to next operating in the second reception mode responsive to the monitored quality of the over-the-air broadcasted signals being below a first threshold (TH receiving the TV service over the IPTV link in the second reception mode for a second time interval, and further controlling the user node to switch operation from presently operating in the second reception mode back to operating in the first reception mode responsive to the monitored quality of the over-the-air broadcasted signals being above a second threshold (TH wherein the first time interval and the third time interval are adjusted by the user node based on a determined amount of fluctuations in the monitored quality of the over-the-air broadcasted signals.