METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES

A method of allocating resources of a video recorder includes: setting a first channel from among a plurality of channels of the video recorder as a temporary registration channel; broadcasting a notification of temporary registration availability to one or more cameras from among a plurality of cameras; receiving a first temporary registration request in response to the notification of temporary registration availability from a first camera, from among the one or more cameras; allocating the first channel to the first camera in response to the first temporary registration request; and terminating the allocation of the first channel to the first camera, based on recording of video information of the first camera in the video recorder through the first channel.