Patent ID: 7860958
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A network apparatus for wireless transmission/reception of data streams having management information on wireless channels used for the data streams transmitted in an audio/video (A/V) wireless network which comprises a plurality of data streaming servers and data streaming clients, said network apparatus comprising: a processor to process an event, upon occurrence of the event in the network, by extracting apparatus information for the apparatuses within the network from the management information and specifying a second data streaming server different from a first data streaming server according to the extracted information, and by transmitting an event response signal comprising the management information corresponding to the event or by updating the management information corresponding to the event, thereby generating, in the second data- streaming server, a module that manages the wireless channels for the data streams transmitted in the wireless manner among the apparatuses in the network, wherein only one channel is allocated to transfer a data stream for the second data streaming server by the managing module, and dummy data transmitted during the data stream is not transmitted in the allocated channel, wherein the management information comprises information on empty channels that are not used, and wherein the management information comprises information on connection states of the apparatuses in the network according to an allocated wireless channel.