A resource reservation management apparatus that manages equipment resources
connected
to an AV network includes an EPG processing device for acquiring starting/ending
time information of a broadcast program from an EPG (electronic program guide)
superimposed on a broadcast wave, a frequency band information processing device
for acquiring frequency band information of the program from the EPG, a frequency
band information processing device for time managing an AV network frequency band
resource reservation management table, a controller, and a communication interface
using an allocated secured frequency band at the start time of the reserved program.
Upon receiving a reservation request, the controller acquires the frequency band
at the starting/ending time information of the reserved program and, with reference
to the table, determines whether the frequency band of the reserved program can
be allocated so that, when the band can be allocated, reservation of the band is
registered in the table.
