Patent ID: 8855035

Claim:
A method of managing subscription to a service offered in a communication network by a first terminal; said communication network comprising a second terminal and said service comprising a transmission of digital information; wherein an admission controller previously obtains a maximum value of an upload bitrate and a value of a download bitrate respectively allocated to the first and second terminals; said method comprising the following steps at a level of the admission controller of the network: /1/receiving an admission request in respect of a subscription of the second terminal to the service offered by the first terminal; /2/ taking a decision regarding admission or denial of subscription of the second terminal on a basis of the maximum value of the upload bitrate allocated to the first terminal and of the value of the download bitrate allocated to the second terminal; and /3/ emitting a response indicating said decision; wherein: at least one other service being offered in the network by at least one other terminal to which a maximum value of the upload bitrate is allocated, the second terminal is already subscribed to said other service; the maximum value of the upload bitrate allocated to said other terminal is stored as a service bitrate value associated with the second terminal; and step /2/ is further performed on a basis of said service bitrate value; and, if the requested subscription is admitted, the maximum value of the upload bitrate allocated to the first terminal is added to the service bitrate value associated with the second terminal.