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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127857 | Dynamic Queuing and Pinning to Improve Quality of Service on Uplinks in a Virtualized Environment Techniques are provided for improve quality of service on uplinks in a virtualized environment. At a server apparatus having a plurality of physical links configured to communicate traffic over a network to or from the server apparatus, forming an uplink group comprisin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120106336 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF A data communication system and a communication control method are provided. The data communication system includes a data transmission apparatus and a data receiving apparatus connected to each other through two or more parallel paths; and two or more routers disposed ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106323 | NETWORK SYSTEM A link control function unit 506 of a device 500 notifies a counterpart device 600 of a line in which a link disconnection occurs among lines 508 to 510 and L500 terminated at line terminals 501 to 503 or a lower s... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120051217 | CONFIGURING TRAFFIC ALLOCATIONS IN A ROUTER Disclosed herein are methods and calculators for configuring traffic allocations for service classes with different Quality of Service (QoS) in a router. Example embodiments involve setting allocations at a router based on traffic rate values and/or traffic weight value... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120020210 | BYTE-ACCURATE SCHEDULING IN A NETWORK PROCESSOR Described embodiments provide for scheduling packets for transmission by a network processor. A traffic manager generates a tree scheduling hierarchy having a root scheduler and N scheduler levels. The network processor generates tasks corresponding to received packets.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110317556 | TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION A throughput detector 101 detects a throughput R0. A threshold value Rref of the throughput R0 at which a network side can be presumed to be congested is stored in a threshold value storage unit 102. A comparator 103 compares the curre... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110299391 | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL CLUSTER SWITCHING One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch system. The switch includes one or more ports on the switch configured to transmit packets encapsulated based on a first protocol. The switch further includes a traffic management mechanism and a control mechanis... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292797 | Dynamic delay budget allocation using single-point estimation of end-to-end delay A computer-readable medium has tangibly embodied thereon and accessible therefrom a set of instructions interpretable by at least one data processing device. The set of instructions is configured for causing the at least one data processing device to carry out operation... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110261694 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTO-BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT An approach is provided for auto-bandwidth adjustment of allocated bandwidth for a traffic tunnel over a network. A determination is made regarding a traffic load over the tunnel, where the tunnel meters traffic in accordance with the bandwidth allocation. A determinati... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261692 | METHOD FOR BALANCING LOADS IN MOBILE WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS The invention relates to a method for balancing the traffic load without affecting the performance or efficiency or efficiency in Pocket Switched Networks, comprised within the so-called Delay-Tolerant Networks. The method introduces the concepts of strength and affinit... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261693 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DATA TRAFFIC IN SYSTEM COMPRISING PLURAL MASTERS A data traffic optimization method and apparatus is provided for guaranteeing data transmission service quality such that the plural masters transmit data within a time period according to the data amount optimized for the corresponding master. The method includes acqui... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255403 | System and Method for Controlling Network Congestion A method for controlling network congestion includes estimating a queue size, entering a first mode of operation if the estimated queue size is below a first threshold, and entering a second mode of operation if the estimated queue size is above a second threshold.... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110235511 | COEXISTENCE MANAGEMENT FOR COOPERATIVE TRANSCEIVING IN A SHARED SPECTRUM A wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data between a host module and a first external device using a frequency spectrum, wherein the packetized data is formatted in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol and wherein the packetized data inc... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235512 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD A plurality of radio base stations constitute a radio communication system. Each of the radio base stations performs shaping control to output data in accordance with a shaping amount for adjusting a data transmission interval and transmits the output data to an upper-l... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110222402 | ETHERNET EXTENSION FOR THE DATA CENTER The present invention provides methods and devices for implementing a Low Latency Ethernet (“LLE”) solution, also referred to herein as a Data Center Ethernet (“DCE”) solution, which simplifies the connectivity of data centers and provides a high bandwidth, low ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110205894 | TRAFFIC SHAPING FOR REAL TIME MEDIA STREAMS A traffic shaper spaces out bursts of non-audio data traffic while allowing audio packets to be delivered in a more timely manner. The packets of bursts of non-audio packets are spaced such that audio packets are delivered at approximately the same spacing as before a b... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110199899 | Rate-Adaptive Bundling of Data in a Packetized Communication System Methods and apparatus minimize message latency time by dynamically controlling an amount of message bundling that occurs in a computer network application. Unbundled messages are allowed while a bottleneck resource, such as a network link, is lightly utilized, but the a... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110199900 | Partitioning Entity and Method for Partitioning Capacity The present invention relates to a partitioning entity and a method for partitioning capacity in a communication network to avoid starvation of certain data traffic and to support services with different characteristics. The method of partitioning capacity comprises ass... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110199901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The present technology provides a method and apparatus for managing communications in a wireless communication system. The method and apparatus evaluate one or more network traffic levels, each network traffic level associated with a respective network sector, and submi... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110176419 | ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF TRAFFIC BASED ON IDENTIFIED PACKET CONTROL FUNCTIONS A device receives packet control function (PCF) load information associated with a packet data serving node (PDSN), and determines PCF Internet protocol (IP) address information and a number of sessions per PCF based on the PCF load information. The device also receives... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110176418 | ADAPTIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT VIA ANALYTICS BASED VOLUME REDUCTION A method of managing traffic over a communication link between a transmitting node and a receiving node is provided herein. The method includes: determining momentary traffic shaping constraints; accumulating incoming messages at the transmitting node into a data queue,... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170409 | OVERLOAD CONTROL IN A QUALITY-OF-SERVICE-AWARE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A method of controlling overload in a telecommunications network (e.g. a Next Generation Network) is described. A series of offers are sent from one or more source nodes to a throttle. An admission decision is carried out at the throttle for each offer, the outcome of t... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110141889 | Methods and Systems for Managing Variable Delays in Packet Transmission An improved method and system for the determination of jitter buffers enables the generation of buffers having sizes and delays such that, as designed, the buffers capture a substantial majority of packets while not being resource intensive. The present methods and syst... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134751 | Method for Congestion Detection in Packet Transmission Networks A method for measuring degree of packet congestion on a channel of a packet communication network. The method includes: during a training mode, generating an mathematical relationship between the degree of packet congestion on the channel and a plurality of measurable f... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110134752 | MULTILINK TRAFFIC SHAPING A method for performing multilink communications may include applying a quality-of-service (QoS) policy to incoming traffic, where the QoS policy operates to identify a first portion and a second portion of the incoming traffic. The method may include fragmenting the fi... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128847 | PACKET TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD The packet transmission device including: a first and a second storage module to store a token value; a token controller to add a predetermined token value to a first total token value, and subtract a predetermined token value from the first total value in response to t... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110116371 | METHOD FOR PACING MULTI-RATE TIME SENSITIVE TRAFFIC ON ETHERNET AND BRIDGE CONNECTED NETWORKS A system and method for delaying packet transmissions within source devices and network bridges for the purpose of reducing the worst-case delays associated with forwarding of time-sensitive packets through a bridged network. The minimal bridged network system include a... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110116370 | Service Curve Mapping A method for configuring service curves for managing the output port of a networking device includes the following steps. A multitude of traffic classes is defined, each traffic class being characterized by a bandwidth and a delay priority. A multitude of traffic servic... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110075558 | RATE SHAPING TRIGGERED DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS A modified token bucket algorithm in a rate shaper in a wireless communication network allows for the “borrowing” of tokens, creating the possibility of a token debt, or a token bucket with a negative Token Bucket Counter (TBC) value. In this modified token bucket a... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063975 | WIRELESS RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPARATUS AND METHOD A wireless resource allocation apparatus performs determining an amount of VoIP traffic for each terminal station; determining whether semi-persistent scheduling or dynamic scheduling is used for transmitting each packet of the VoIP traffic, based on a result of the det... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110044167 | AUTO ADAPTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE ARCHITECTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PROVISIONING CUSTOMER PREMISES TRAFFIC A customer premises device is provided for monitoring quality of service (QOS) metrics between a network edge and a customer. The device includes a memory which stores at least one user profile, and, information regarding active sessions of traffic flow through the cust... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20100296397 | CONTROL MANAGEMENT OF VOICE-OVER-IP PARAMETERS A control management system for managing voice-over-IP parameters includes a network traffic shaping control state model for a network traffic shaping control. The network traffic shaping control state model defines state sets that contain states. The state sets may inc... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296396 | Traffic Shaping Via Internal Loopback A method for traffic shaping includes receiving traffic from one or more clients at one or more ingress ports of forwarding engine of a network node. The method also includes transmitting at least a portion of the traffic through the forwarding engine to one or more fir... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100284274 | System and method for determining a transmission order for packets at a node in a wireless communication network A wireless communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and effective to provide quality of service requirements for packets being transmitted. An ingress node calculates variables based on quality of service requirements and places those variables in a header... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100271944 | DYNAMIC BUFFERING AND SYNCHRONIZATION OF RELATED MEDIA STREAMS IN PACKET NETWORKS The present invention is directed to the use of two or more buffers, at a common receiving node, to reduce the effects of jitter, packet loss, and/or packet latency and/or synchronize different types of packets.... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271945 | DOWNLINK ROUTING MECHANISM The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various internationa... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100246394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK RESOURCES AND POLICIES IN A MULTICAST ENVIRONMENT An approach is provided for managing network resources and policies. A network resource manager receives an allocation request, over a radio network, for one or more network resources for joining one of a plurality of multicast groups, the one mutlicast group being asso... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238802 | Method, System, Program, and Readable Storage Medium for Providing Service Quality Guarantee to Network Service A method for guaranteeing a service quality of a network service is disclosed that includes the steps of storing a historical record of a network service quality, inputting an acceptable maximal service delay of the network service, inputting a desired control level bet... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100220591 | BIAS CORRECTION FOR SCRUBBING PROVIDERS A decision about provider quality based on a quality metric observed says little about the quality of the provider. Further, the decision may be biased by a variation in customer contributions to the quality metric observed or by a variation in a number of completed cal... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100214918 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR A SCALABLE APPLICATION AND SECURITY SWITCH USING MULTI-LEVEL LOAD BALANCING A switch architecture and method provides scaling through multi-level load balancing of flows across data and application processing planes. An input/output module receives a communication session flow (forward) from a client device and selects one of a plurality of dat... | 08/26/2010 |
