Method and system for protecting MPEG frames during transmission within an internet protocol (IP) network

1. A method comprising:

identifying video data traffic as at least one of I-frame video data traffic, B-frame video data traffic, and P-frame video data traffic;

classifying the video traffic based on the identification, wherein at least one frame of the video data traffic is classified as Expedited Forwarding (EF) video data traffic and at least a second frame of the video data traffic is classified as Assured Forwarding (AS) video data traffic;

applying at least one of Expedited Forwarding (EF) standards and Assured Forwarding (AF) standards to the video data traffic based on the classification; and

transmitting the video data traffic to one or more video receiver device network elements via one or more network elements using a network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying video data traffic comprises identifying video data traffic from a video source device network element.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying video data traffic comprises identifying video data traffic from an ingress network element.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein identifying video data traffic at the ingress network element further comprises accessing one or more fields associated with the video data traffic.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein classifying the video data traffic further comprises classifying the I-frame video data traffic as Expedited Forwarding (EF) video data traffic.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein classifying the video data traffic further comprises classifying the B-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein classifying the video data traffic further comprises classifying the P-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying at least one of Expedited Forwarding (EF) standards and Assured Forwarding (AF) standards to the video data traffic further comprises configuring the one or more network elements to apply at least one of the Expedited Forwarding (EF) standards and the Assured Forwarding (AF) standards.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein configuring the one or more network elements comprises modifying one or more quality of service parameters associated with the one or more network elements.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video data traffic comprises Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video data traffic.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network is associated with providing at least one of Internet Protocol television (IPtv) service and Video-On-Demand (VOD) service to the one or more video receiver device network elements.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an executable program comprising instructions to perform the method of claim 1 .

13. A system comprising:

a computer, comprising at least one computer processor and communicatively coupled to a computer network, comprising:

an identification module operable to identify video data traffic as at least one of I-frame video data traffic, B-frame video data traffic, and P-frame video data traffic;

a classification module operable to classify the video traffic based on the identification made by the identification module, wherein at least one of the video data traffic is classified as Expedited Forwarding (EF) video data traffic and at least a second frame of the video data traffic is classified as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic;

a service configuration module operable to apply at least one of Expedited Forwarding (EF) standards and Assured Forwarding (AF) standards to the video data traffic based on the classification made by the classification module; and

a communication module operable to transmit the video data traffic to one or more video receiver device network elements via one or more network elements using a network.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the identification module is further operable to identify the video data traffic from a video source device network element.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the identification module is further operable to identify the video data traffic from an ingress network element.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the classification module is further operable to classify the I-frame video data traffic as Expedited Forwarding (EF) video data traffic.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the classification module is further operable to classify the B-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the classification module is further operable to classify the P-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic.

19. A method comprising:

identifying video data traffic as at least one of I-frame video data traffic, B-frame video data traffic, and P-frame video data traffic;

classifying the video data traffic based on the identification, wherein the classifying comprises at least one of classifying the I-frame video data traffic as Expedited Forwarding (EF) video data traffic, classifying the B-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic, and classifying the P-frame video data traffic as Assured Forwarding (AF) video data traffic;

applying at least one of Expedited Forwarding (EF) standards and Assured Forwarding (AF) standards to the video data traffic based on the classification; and

transmitting the video data traffic to one or more video receiver device network elements via one or more network elements using a network.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an executable program comprising instructions to perform the method of claim 19 .