Patent ID: 7289482

Claim:
A method of controlling a connection for receiving A/V signals in a destination node, the method comprising: transmitting a first connection command for receiving the A/V signals from a source node, to the source node; receiving a second connection command based on the first connection command, from the source node; setting a connection with the source node based on the second connection command; and receiving A/V signals via the connection, wherein at least one of the first connection command and the second connection command includes at least one of a subfunction field, a connection field, a source node identification field, a destination node identification field, a bandwidth field, a source channel number field, wherein the subfunction field indicates a connection type, wherein the connection field indicates one of the making of the connection and the breaking of the connection, wherein the source node identification field identifies a source node for transmitting the data stream, wherein the destination node identification field identifies a destination node, wherein the bandwidth field represents a bandwidth allocated from the source node, and wherein the source channel number field represents a source channel number allocated from the source node.