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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080278373 | Method of Updating the Clock Bias Between a Gsm Network Bts and Gps Satellites The present invention relates to a method of updating the clock bias between the common clock of the satellites of a radio navigation satellite system and the clock of a radio station of an asynchronous cellular radiotelephone system including a mobile device including ... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080225502 | Alternating micro-vias and throughboard vias to create PCB routing channels in BGA interconnect grid A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly having a plurality of circuit layers including outer layers and intervening layers with through-vias and micro-vias used to translate a portion of the signal connections of the grid, thereby creating a set of diagonal routing chann... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080121761 | Control of the luminous intensity of power LEDs by using the photoelectric effect characteristics of said power LEDs A method for operating a signal lamp (1), in particular a railway signal lamp, wherein the signal lamp (1) comprises as its illuminant at least one light emitting diode (=LED) (2), and wherein the luminous intensity of the signal lamp (1) is ... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080070527 | Device for mapping quality of service in a fixed communication network, in particular a high bit rate network A device (D) is dedicated to mapping quality of service in a fixed communication network including communication lines connecting network equipments (Ci) to communication terminals (T) via access points to at least one service (MD). The device (D) comprises i) control m... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080069149 | Synchronization recovery for multiple-link communications Apparatus and methods of recovering synchronization for multiple-link communications are disclosed. Streams of communication traffic on a plurality of communication links from which communication traffic is to be extracted and combined into a single communication traffi... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080062873 | Credit-based rate control for high-speed interfaces In accordance with at least one embodiment, credit-based flow control for high-speed interfaces is provided. Decoupling (separation) of high speed interface reference clocks from the interface data rates is enabled. Such decoupling allows consolidation of reference cloc... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080013290 | Printed circuit board thickness adaptors A printed circuit board card comprising: a printed circuit board having a first thickness and having first and second edges for inserting into respective channels of card guides, the channels of the card guides for receiving printed circuit boards having a second thickn... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080010554 | System for prechecking corrective actions on parameterable elements causing problems in a communicating network A system is dedicated to checking corrective actions intended for parameterable elements of a radio communication network, comprising an information base for storing primary data representing values of managed parameters of the elements and of a topology of the network,... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070297376 | Lawful interception in IP networks A method to provide lawful interception of a device in a network, the network comprising means to define Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN), wherein a lawful interception device of the network defines a Virtual Local Area Network where at least the device to intercept a... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070294395 | Service-centric communication network monitoring Service-centric communication network monitoring apparatus and methods are provided. Service traffic, associated with a third-party service provided by an external service provider that is controlled independently of a communication network, is identified in communicati... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070280283 | IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) connectivity verification A connection control module comprises a message generating module and a determining module. A predetermined message configured as an IGMP message is generated for sending over an IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) control channel from the network element to anoth... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070280234 | Network element, system and method for providing multicast channels A network element comprises a multicast protocol module configured to connect to a switched layer 2 control channel, the control channel being for communicating, through a switched network, control signals for controlling the communication of multicast data between the ... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070266153 | Video signal processing apparatus and methods Video signal processing apparatus and methods are disclosed. An access termination terminates an access communication link that operatively couples a video service customer site to a communication network in which communication signals comprising video signals are distr... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070264921 | Ventilated housing and assembly A ventilated housing for accommodating one or more components comprises opposed first and second-spaced apart end portions. An air barrier extends at least partially between the first and second end portions for limiting movement of air inside the housing and defining a... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070263778 | Subscriber line maintenance apparatus and methods Subscriber line maintenance apparatus and methods are disclosed. A maintenance operation is performed on a subscriber line in a communication system by an embedded test unit. The test unit limits an effect of the maintenance operation on communication signals that are t... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070260940 | Automatic protection switching and error signal processing coordination apparatus and methods Automatic Protection Switching (APS) and error signal processing coordination apparatus and methods are disclosed. If a communication module that enables communication signals and error signals to be exchanged with a remote communication module is configured in an APS p... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070255852 | Mobile gateway device The WS-Mobile Gateway is the interworking gateway between users of a mobile network and a WS extranet. The mobile gateway comprises a mobile end-user interface on the side of the mobile network, for user authentication and for separating the web services (WS) traffic fr... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070254508 | System for unmating a connector pair The present invention relates to a system for unmating a board-to-board high pin count connector pair, said connector pair comprising two connector elements adapted to be mated together and fixedly mounted on two respective boards; said connector pair is so configured t... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070248084 | Symmetric connection detection Symmetric Connection Detection (SCD) is a method of detecting when a connection has been fully established in a resource-constrained environment, and works in high-speed routers, at line speed. Many network monitoring applications are only interested in connections that... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070248006 | Communication traffic type determination devices and methods Communication traffic type determination devices and methods are disclosed. A received block of communication traffic is concurrently analyzed relative to multiple traffic type definitions, and indications of whether the received block of communication traffic conforms ... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070242668 | Device and method for dynamically storing media data A device and a method for enabling access to data from a channel are provided. The device comprises a storage medium for storing the data from the channel as it is received at a network element and a controller. The controller enables commencing storage of at least a po... | 10/18/2007 |
| 20070239783 | Configuration tool for a content and distribution management system A configuration tool for a content and distribution management system for assets (111, 112), comprising:
| 10/11/2007 |
| 20070237079 | Binned duration flow tracking Binned Duration Flow Tracking (BDFT) method tracks the duration of packet flows in a resource limited environment by storing packets identifying the beginning and the end of a flow in bins, with each bin covering an independent and arbitrary length of time. Bins are “... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070234101 | Information error recovery apparatus and methods Information error recovery apparatus and methods are disclosed. Responsive to an error detected in information retrieved from an information store for use by a processor in a software execution flow, the software execution flow of the processor is suspended. Use of the ... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070234054 | System and method of network equipment remote access authentication in a communications network A system and method are provided for key-based network equipment remote access authentication. A remote client machine and a piece of network equipment perform client-server authentication while the network equipment employs an access validation server to perform access... | 10/04/2007 |
| 20070226325 | Virtual private network service status management Virtual Private Network (VPN) service status management apparatus, methods, Graphical User Interfaces, and data structures are disclosed. A service-specific status of a service site in a communication system with respect to a VPN service is managed independently of a se... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070223118 | MIRROR WITH LOCAL DEFORMATION BY THICKNESS VARIATION OF AN ELECTRO-ACTIVE MATERIAL CONTROLLED BY ELECTRICAL EFFECT A deformable mirror comprises i) an electrically insulative substrate having a substantially plane front face, ii) a first stage comprising at least two plane electrodes placed at chosen places on top of said front face of the substrate, iii) a first layer of electro-ac... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070220011 | Access nodes for giving a client device access to an internet network Access nodes (1) for giving client devices (2,3) access to internet networks (5) comprise detectors (11) for detecting request messages in client information defining requests for receiving media contents and are provided with processors (... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070214372 | Power cycle circuit An apparatus comprises a controller for controlling operation of the apparatus and a switch for switchably coupling electrical power to the controller to enable the controller and apparatus to operate. The controller includes a module for controlling the switch to decou... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070211838 | Timing signal recovery and distribution apparatus and methods Timing signal recovery and distribution apparatus and methods are disclosed. A timing synchronization source signal is selected from timing signals recovered by multiple communication devices. The timing signals may have any of multiple different frequencies. A timing d... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070211627 | Distributed communication traffic control systems and methods Distributed communication traffic control systems and methods are disclosed. An amount of communication traffic received from a traffic management device and stored in a communication traffic queue at a communication device is monitored. Based on the amount of communica... | 09/13/2007 |
| 20070206579 | Method of providing a real-time communication connection The invention concerns a method of providing a real-time communication connection over an IP communication network between a first entity and a second entity, as well as a sending and a receiving device to execute the method. The basic idea of the invention is to fragme... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070189767 | Method for amplifying a time-varying optical signal and optical amplification unit A method for amplifying a time-varying optical signal comprising the steps of: generating an auxiliary optical signal the amplitude of which is chosen to be complementary to at least the envelope of the amplitude of the optical signal, superimposing the auxiliary optica... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070185966 | Device and method for controlling network equipment management data, for a communications network management system A device (1) is dedicated to the control of management data for equipment (5) in a communications network comprising a network management system for managing the equipment (5) in the network using loaded management data modules, associated with the ... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070183777 | OPTICAL SWITCHING DEVICE FOR A TRANSPARENT NODE OF HIGH SWITCHING DEGREE ADAPTED TO SPECTRAL EQUALIZATION A device (D) dedicated to optical switching in a switching node (NC) comprises at least one first switching matrix (MC1) and one second switching matrix (MC2) coupled to each other and each comprising i) a first stage including Ni diffusion modu... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070183048 | Filtre optique reconfigurable A tunable optical filter comprising an index grating produced in a waveguide defining a longitudinal direction of propagation of an incident optical signal, said grating being defined by a plurality of optical parameters, is characterized in that the optical guide conta... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070180311 | Redundancy in routing devices Providing redundancy between an active component and a standby component in a network router comprises maintaining a first route input information base associated with the active component, synchronizing with the first route information base a second route input informa... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070178910 | Device for use in mobile terminals attached to a mobile communication network for processing data providing information on passenger transport means A device (D) for use in mobile communication terminals (T1-T3) attached to a mobile communication network (R) is dedicated to processing data providing information relating to passenger transport means (V21-V22). The device (D) comprises i) i... | 08/02/2007 |
| 20070174877 | Device and method for automatically obtaining information relating to the audiences of programs transmitted by a communication network A device (DA) is dedicated to analyzing data relating to access to programs (or contents) that are transmitted by communication networks (R) to communication terminals (T1-T3) that are attached to them. The device (DA) comprises a memory (B) and processor ... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070173257 | Method, base station, and communication network supporting High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) with soft handover mechanisms A method of supporting soft/softer handover mechanisms for High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) in a cellular communication network (1) with a plurality of base stations (2.1, 2.2), wherein said handover mechanisms include establishing an additional lin... | 07/26/2007 |
