摘要:
The present invention discloses a method for reducing interruption time of an internet protocol television multicast stream, comprising the steps of: after the kernel of a home access gateway is restarted, detecting whether the network port connected to the access equipment side is started; when started, sending an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) query command to the access equipment through the network port; then establishing a multicast forwarding table which is from the home access gateway to the access equipment according to the identification information of the access equipment which responds to the internet group management protocol query command, and then reporting the multicast forwarding table to an internet group management protocol multicast source. The present invention further discloses a device for implementing the method above. The present invention can reduce the interruption time of the internet protocol television multicast stream, improve the Quality of Service (QoS) of the IPTV system, and be implemented simply.