Patent ID: 8885609

Claim:
A method comprising: using a first Internet Protocol address and port (IP:port) number to receive at a device from a second IP:port number a first media control channel stream including quality information indicative of a quality of transmission of a first media stream being sent by the device through a network; sending, by the device, from the first IP:port number to the second IP:port number a second media control channel stream including quality information indicative of a quality of transmission of a second media stream being received at the device through the network; based on a network handover request, sending from a third IP:port number to the second IP:port number a third media control channel stream including quality information indicative of a quality of transmission of a third media stream being received at the device through an alternate network; and using the third IP:port number to receive from the second IP:port number a fourth media control channel stream including quality information indicative of a quality of transmission of a fourth media stream being sent by the device through the alternate network.