Patent ID: 8793395

Claim:
A method of configuring management parameter values of data messages of a first data stream, the method including: a first step of sending from a first communications network to a second communications network a first message of the first data stream including a first data message management parameter value; and a second step of sending from the second network to the first network a second message of the first data stream including a second data message management parameter value; a step of selecting from the first and second management parameter values a management parameter value to be applied to all the data messages of the first data stream, with said step of selecting being implemented by a communications equipment that provides an interface between the first and second communications networks; and during transmission, between the first and second communications networks of another data stream having a same stream identifier as the first data stream: a step of comparing a value of a parameter, called a parameter ECN, included in a header field of data messages of the other data stream with a value of the parameter ECN included in a header field of the data messages of the first data stream; and when the values of the parameters ECN are different, a step of storing the identifier of the other data stream in association with the value of the parameter ECN included in a header field of the data messages of the other data stream and a selected management parameter value for the other data stream.