Patent ID: 8249141
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of managing quality of service for a plurality of video capture devices coupled to a network via a common communication link, the method comprising: providing each of the plurality of video capture devices a respective level of quality of service over the common communication link; receiving a first video stream from a first video capture device of the plurality of video capture devices over a first communication link, wherein the first video stream comprises one or more frames; detecting a predefined minimum threshold rate of intraframes in the first video stream; in response to detecting the predefined minimum threshold rate of intraframes, adjusting quality of service over the common communication link to increase a first level of quality of service provided to the first video capture device; and sending the first video stream to the network over the common communication link with the increased first level of quality of service.