Patent ID: 7477631
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting data over a local network, the data comprising a quality of service (QoS) control signal and a multimedia data stream, the local network comprising a sending end and at least one receiving end, and the method comprising: packaging the QoS (quality of service) control signal into a QoS packet according to an RTCP/TCP/IP protocol; packaging the multimedia data stream into a multimedia data packet according to an RTP/UDP/IP protocol; establishing a connection between the sending end and the at least one receiving end; delivering the QoS packet and the multimedia data packet from the sending end to the at least one receiving end over the local network; and the at least one receiving end de-packaging the QoS packet into the QoS signal to control the transmission of the multimedia data stream.