Route management method and apparatus in a video surveillance system

The present invention relates to video surveillance, discloses a method and apparatus for managing trunk video surveillance system. In the present invention, when there are a plurality of different priority clients to access the same monitoring device, the monitoring device connection priority for all clients of the highest priority. If a new client accessing the monitoring device, if the new client has higher priority than the monitoring device connection priority, then the new client priority to the monitoring device connection priority; if the new client priority is not higher than the priority of the monitoring device is connected, the monitor device connected to the same priority. When the network bandwidth does not reach the full capacity of the video request respective clients are required to the service; when the network bandwidth at full capacity, the low priority client's video request will be rejected, based on the client connection management priorities, more rational use of network resources, to avoid clogging the network and even paralysis.