Patent ID: 8238269
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for balancing a latency of transmission of at least one data content in a communications tree defined in a synchronous communications network, the communications tree comprising a root node to which there is connected a junction terminal which is a convergence terminal in the context of a capture application and a divergence terminal in the context of a broadcast application, the communications tree further comprising leaf nodes to which there are connected capture terminals in the context of a capture application and broadcast terminals in the context of a broadcast application, the root node and the leaf nodes being interconnected by intermediate nodes, the nodes being interconnected by links, wherein the method comprises the steps of: determining, for each node of the communications tree, a maximum value of latency associated with each path going from said node up to leaf nodes in a direction opposite to the junction terminal, and applying to each link at a node, the link running from the node in the direction opposite to the junction terminal, a supplement of latency balancing that corresponds to a difference between the maximum value of latency of each link and a maximum value of latency which is the greatest value from among said determined maximum values of latency.