Patent ID: 8792368

Claim:
A method, executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus, of determining the available space in a packet for data stream transport, comprising: a step of determining the requirements of each module of a data stream manager, for space in the packet for at least two types of header and/or extension data required by each protocol and/or service used by said module, a step of determining a maximum space requirement in the packet to meet all the determined requirements, by implementing different rules for combining space requirements for the different types of data and a sum of the combined requirements for the different types of data and a step of computing a difference between the space of the packet and the maximum space requirement in the packet in order to determine the available space for data stream transport, wherein, during the step of determining the requirements of each module for space in the packet for at least two types of data, the types comprise at least one persistent type and at least one data stream dependent type.