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| 20120106337 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ONLINE COMPUTATION OF THE FEASIBLE RATES REGION OF A RAMDOM ACCESS NETWORK A method is intended for computing online a feasible rates region in a network using a random access MAC protocol and comprising nodes having links there between. This method comprises the steps of i) determining, for each link, a primary extreme point corresponding to ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110267945 | Parameterized Quality of Service for Multimedia in a Coaxial Network Parameterized Quality of Service (QoS) may be provided. In response to receiving a registration request from a device, a determination of resource availability may be made. If resources are available to satisfy data flows to the device, a flow priority may be establishe... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20100278043 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING DEGRADATION OF A MEDIA SERVICE A method and device for identifying degradation in service quality for a wireless media service. The wireless media service has a known expected packet generation rate, which may be determined by the device based upon the codec and payload size selected on initiating th... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100265823 | Mechanisms For Evolved Packet System Quality of Service Class Identifier Extension A method to promote connectivity between a user agent (UA) and a packet data network (PDN) is provided. The method comprises determining a quality of service class identifier (QCI) to associate with a service data flow, determining a sense of change in at least one of a... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20090245108 | Proactive Uplink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate Enforcement A system and method for enforcing uplink aggregate maximum bit rate (AMBR) at a network gateway is provided. In one embodiment, a network gateway may inform one or more network access nodes that are sending data to the network gateway that a total data flow rate on a pl... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090207733 | TRANSFERRING DATA OVER A NETWORK A method is provided for transferring a set of data over a network by monitoring the level of actual network bandwidth utilization. The method identifies a maximum monitored level of actual utilization and calculates a size for data blocks to be transferred as a functio... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090180381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED SUBSCRIBER LOAD DISTRIBUTION A method and apparatus for providing a distributed subscriber load distribution in networks are disclosed. For example, the method receives capacity data from a plurality of devices, and measures a peak period volume for each of a plurality of registered user equipment ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090046584 | Personalized Page Modules A system, a method, and a user interface for providing content by using several modules for displaying the content within a single page. A first module within the page is for presenting content from a first source and a second module is for presenting content from a sec... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090016221 | Methods and apparatus for many-to-one connection-rate monitoring One embodiment relates to a network device configured with many-to-one connection-rate monitoring. The network device includes sampling circuitry configured to sample packets from a port and a software-implemented agent. The agent is configured to receive the sampled pa... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080298237 | Methods, Systems, and Apparatus of Providing QoS and Scalability in the Deployment of Real-Time Traffic Services in Packet-based Networks Methods, Systems, and Apparatus of Providing QoS and Scalability in the Deployment of Real-Time Traffic Services in Packet-based Networks are disclosed. The aim of the invention is to provide QoS for both realtime and non-real-time traffic streams. | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080285451 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for System Selection During Service Acquisition An apparatus for system selection includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to commence a search for a network service system, determine whether a real-time application is active, and select a network service system in response to a determi... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080259796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK-ADAPTIVE VIDEO CODING Methods and devices for a media processing is provided. In one respect, the methods can provide initiating a bandwidth throttle or a frame rate throttle when resources of a network exceed resources of client device. The methods of the present disclosure may also provide... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080101229 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GROOMING TRAFFIC ON A SHARED NETWORK FACILITY BASED ON A PEAK UTILIZATION ANALYSIS OF THE SHARED NETWORK FACILITY A communication network is operated by monitoring a bandwidth utilization of a shared network resource, performing a statistical analysis to determine a mean utilization peak and/or a utilization peak coefficient of variance, monitoring a bandwidth utilization of lines,... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080080377 | Best-effort bandwidth allocating method and device A best-effort bandwidth allocating method, includes the steps of: measuring sending amounts of packet data that are input from each of ports providing minimum bandwidth guarantee type and best-effort type communication service; calculating statistical information corres... | 04/03/2008 |
| 20070053291 | Optimized Broadcast of ESG with Simple Fragment Management Scheme Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for managing ESG fragments of a service guide at a receiver or subscriber terminal. In one example of the invention, an ESG fragment containing one of a start time or a stop time of a corres... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20060250960 | Data packet multi-access communicating method and transmitting and receiving apparatus therefor A data packet multi-access communicating method and a transmitting and receiving apparatus therefor of the present invention comprise maximum rate controlling means on a mobile station side, and comprise means for extracting maximum rate control setting information out ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20050254420 | Method for calculating a transmission window size The invention relates to a method for selecting a window size for a packet switched connection between a first and a second party. The associated window is used by a sending party for a window based congestion control mechanism for avoiding or handling congestion on a c... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050068892 | Method for transferring data over a network A method is provided for transferring a set of data over a network by monitoring the level of actual network bandwidth utilization. The method identifies a maximum monitored level of actual utilization and calculates a size for data blocks to be transferred as a functio... | 03/31/2005 |
