A device, such as a residential gateway, is intended to provide at least one service, in a communication network, to at least one client connected to the communication network. The device may be configured for: obtaining a client type for each client; and exporting a service description describing at least one service from among said service(s). For obtaining said service description, the device may be configured for selecting each service described by said description depending on the type of at least one respective client to which said description is intended to be exported.