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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463582 | System and method for scaling a two-way satellite system A two-way satellite communication system for providing a scalable architecture is disclosed. A plurality of transceivers transmit signals over a plurality of return channels, wherein the plurality of return channels are partitioned into a plurality of return channel... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7450914 | Method and apparatus for allocating data communications resources in a satellite communications network A method and system are provided for allocating satellite resources in a satellite communication system. A network interface is provided for making requests for satellite resources. A request processor determines whether the requests can be fulfilled based on a plur... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7398552 | Method and system for integrating performance enhancing functions in a virtual private network (VPN) An approach for supporting security in a communications network is disclosed. A network device includes a security peer that establishes a secure tunnel over a data network (e.g., satellite network) for transport of encrypted traffic. The device also includes a perf... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389533 | Method and system for adaptively applying performance enhancing functions An approach for adaptively providing network performance enhancing functions in a secure environment, such as a virtual private network, is disclosed. Traffic, for example, Internet Protocol (IP) packets, is received for transport over an access network (e.g., satel... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389330 | System and method for pre-fetching content in a proxy architecture An approach is provided for supporting retrieval of a web page over a data network from a web site is disclosed. A downstream proxy communicating with a host executing a browser receives a request message from a browser to retrieve the web page. An upstream proxy pa... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388869 | System and method for routing among private addressing domains An approach for routing over a radio network is provided. A terminal receives a packet over the radio network, which supports meshed connectivity, wherein the packet is destined for a destination host. The terminal determines whether the destination host is reachabl... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386310 | Fallback mode ingress/egress mechanism for satellite communication system A satellite communications system having a fallback mode of operation, during which uplink signals are transmitted at a reduced data rate, is provided with a novel fallback mode ingress/egress mechanism utilizing a combination of a feedback-based fade detection sche... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370116 | Approach to minimize worst-case queuing delay for a switching communication system with transmission constraints An approach for minimizing queuing delay of packets is disclosed. M number of queues are configured to store packets. A memory stores a search order table that has table entries corresponding to the M queues. Specifically, the table entries store values that corresp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7336967 | Method and system for providing load-sensitive bandwidth allocation An approach is provided for managing bandwidth in a data network. Capacity is allocated on a communication channel, which can be utilized for transporting data traffic or support network administrative functions (e.g., ranging), for a terminal to transmit data over ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7245930 | Acquisition mechanism for a mobile satellite system A method for enabling synchronization of a communications terminal in a wireless communication system, and a corresponding acquisition system of the communications terminal, wherein the method consists of the steps of: receiving a burst at a receiver of the communic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245405 | Method and system for performing stateless compression of messages An approach for providing stateless compression is disclosed. A message (such as an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) GET request message or a Domain Name Service (DNS) message) is received from a host. A stateful compressor is initialized with a prescribed sequenc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7219158 | Method and system for improving network performance using a performance enhancing proxy A network apparatus for performing functions to enhance performance of a communication network is provided. The network apparatus includes a spoofing module that is configured to selectively spoof a multiple connections associated with a multiple hosts based upon co... | 05/15/2007 |
