Patent ID: 8619803
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A listener system for use with an Ethernet Audio-Video Bridging (“AVB”) network, the listener system comprising: a processor; an upper layer application executable by the processor, and when executed by the processor, is configured to transmit a stream identifier identifying a data stream relevant to the listener system; and a stream reservation protocol stack executable by the processor, and when executed by the processor, is configured to: receive the stream identifier identifying a data stream relevant to the listener system from the upper layer application; receive stream advertisements on the Ethernet AVB network, each of the stream advertisements comprising a stream identifier identifying a data stream to be communicated over the Ethernet AVB network; and operate in a sparse mode and a full mode; where the stream reservation protocol stack, when operating in the sparse mode, is further configured to compare the received stream advertisements with the stream identifier received from the upper layer application, and in response to the comparison: where the stream reservation protocol stack, when operating in the full mode, is further configured not to compare the received stream advertisements with the stream identifier received from the upper layer application.