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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127894 | ENERGY EFFICIENT NETWORKING Methods and systems for configuring networks are disclosed. For example, in an example of an embodiment, a network device includes a plurality of first ports each connected to a Local Area Network (LAN) segment, a network link circuit configured to generate network link... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120082035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THROUGHPUT IN A HIERARCHICAL WIRELESS NETWORK A method and system for increasing throughput in a hierarchical wireless network is described. The hierarchical wireless network includes a plurality of nodes and each of the plurality of nodes has a primary path to the root node. First, one or more channels from a plur... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120082065 | WIRELESS NETWORK AND TERMINAL, AND NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE A tree topology in a multi-hop wireless network is configured by having each node other than the root node select a parent node within direct communication range, thereby becoming a child node of the selected parent node. Neighboring nodes provide selection values such ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120051266 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONFIGURING THE L2GPS IN A FIRST STP DOMAIN CONNECTED TOWARDS A SECOND STP DOMAIN Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and arrangements for configuring the L2GPs in a first STP domain connected towards a second STP domain such that L2GPs in the first STP domain are assigned with the same Pseudo Root identity. Thus the Pseudo Root id... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044837 | DATA FRAME ROUTING METHOD AND NETWORK BRIDGE A method operates at the data link level. Each bridge associates, during a guard time, the port through which a frame is first received with a source MAC address until a unicast reply frame confirms the matching two-way path between the source and destination addresses.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120039218 | Assigning Slots in a Mesh Network Assigning slots to nodes in a mesh network. Slot numbers are assigned to nodes in a wireless mesh network using a depth-first search combined with information on 2-hop neighborhoods for each node. Assigning slots using 2-hop neighborhood information allows slots to be s... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039161 | AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOR FAT TREE NETWORKS Embodiments of a method implemented in at least one fat tree network node for improved load distribution, wherein the node is one of a plurality of fat tree network nodes in a fat tree network each of which implement a tie-breaking process to produce minimum cost trees,... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120020251 | MODULARIZED SCHEDULING ENGINE FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK PROCESSOR Described embodiments provide for scheduling packets for transmission by a network processor. A traffic manager generates a scheduling hierarchy having a root scheduler and N scheduler levels. The network processor generates tasks corresponding to received packets. A fi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020250 | SHARED TASK PARAMETERS IN A SCHEDULER OF A NETWORK PROCESSOR Described embodiments provide sharing data between nodes in a scheduling hierarchy of 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 rece... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020249 | PACKET DRAINING FROM A SCHEDULING HIERARCHY IN A TRAFFIC MANAGER OF A NETWORK PROCESSOR Described embodiments provide for controlling a state of each node in a scheduling hierarchy of a network processor. A traffic manager generates a tree scheduling hierarchy having a root scheduler and N scheduler levels. The network processor generates tasks correspondi... | 01/26/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20120014291 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A node for a communications network, the node comprising a plurality of ports and a processor. The processor configured to determine that a first status change signal, indicative of a topology status change in the network, has been received, and the processor configured... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008530 | Network Node for a Communication Network A network node for a communication network comprising a first subnetwork and a second subnetwork connected to the first subnetwork, wherein the first subnetwork uses a spanning tree protocol and the second subnetwork uses a second protocol differing from the protocol of... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110305169 | TERMINAL DEVICES AND PACKET TRANSMITTING METHOD After a delivery tree is reorganized by a local processing, all terminal devices can recognize, in a short time, a delivery route as changed. In a local one of the terminal devices, if the local terminal device is a source node and further if the load of the CPU in any ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED MEDIA CONFERENCING A capability for determining a media distribution tree for use in distributing content to a plurality of user devices is provided. Using the distributed content distribution capability, one or more of the user devices to which the content is to be distributed functions ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110299426 | Starting a Wireless Communications Network using wireless signal Embodiments herein provide a method and system for switching a wireless device from low power consumption dormant mode to active mode in a wireless communication network (WCN) using a switch command frame (SCF). The SCF is transmitted repeatedly for continuous configura... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292838 | PROVIDER LINK STATE BRIDGING (PLSB) COMPUTATION METHOD A method of multicast route computation in a link state protocol controlled network. A spanning tree is computed from a first node to every other node in the network using a known spanning tree protocol. The network is then divided into two or more partitions, each part... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292837 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD The communication management apparatus includes a network-presence-check processing unit that performs network presence check processing for generating network presence information, a token-circulation-order determining unit that determines token circulation order using... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110280159 | MULTI-CARD NETWORK DEVICE APPEARING AS SINGLE ENTITY IN SPANNING TREE NETWORK Techniques are disclosed that may allow a network device comprising multiple line cards that are each executing a spanning tree algorithm to appear as a single spanning tree protocol entity to other network devices within a bridged local area network (LAN). In one examp... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110267983 | System And Method For Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Domains In A Virtual Local Area Network A system and method that modifies the behavior of the IEEE 802.1D STP standard to thereby decouple the one data domain from the one control domain involves managing multiple spanning tree protocol (STP) instances in a virtual local area network (VLAN). The method includ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110267982 | System And Method For Determining An Optimal Backbone For Robotic Relay Networks A system and method for determining an optimal backbone for a robotic relay network are provided. A robotic relay network comprising a plurality of nodes including a base station node, one or more mobile relay nodes, and one or more user nodes is provided. A signal stre... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110261724 | SHARED VIRTUAL DEVICE PORTS In one embodiment, a solution is provided wherein multiple virtual devices may be configured on the same physical port of a network device. For example, a first virtual device and a second virtual device may be configured to use the same physical port. A single internal... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110235524 | AGGREGATING DATA TRAFFIC FROM ACCESS DOMAINS According to one embodiment, a first message identifying a best root node of a spanning tree may be generated. The spanning tree may be implemented by an access domain. The message may be generated independently of a spanning tree protocol instance. The first aggregatio... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235551 | RENDEZVOUSING RESOURCE REQUESTS WITH CORRESPONDING RESOURCES The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for rendezvousing resource requests with corresponding resources. Doubly linked sorted lists are traversed using modulo arithmetic in both directions. Sorted lists can be partitioned based ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110222440 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR UTILIZING A STANDARD SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL TO INDICATE AN ACTIVE SWITCHING FABRIC IN A NETWORK NODE Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing a standard spanning tree protocol to designate an active switching device in a network node are disclosed. In one example, the method includes generating a virtual network topology representation that includes ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216672 | TECHNICAL ENHANCEMENTS TO STP (IEEE 802.1D) IMPLEMENTATION An embodiment includes a method of minimizing the delay in convergence time for a complex STP topology following a topology change in the network system in the spanning tree protocol (STP) standard, including: receiving, by a root port of a... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216673 | TOPOLOGY DETECTION METHOD AND TOPOLOGY DETECTION APPARATUS A topology detection apparatus includes, in a network having a tree-type topology: a route overlap judgment part that judges an existence or non-existence of an overlap between: a first route between terminals whose connection position are known; and a second route betw... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110199941 | Rate-Varying Multicast Transmission for Clock Distribution in Packet Networks In at least some embodiments, the disclosure includes an apparatus a root node in a packet based network that multicasts a plurality of packets. The apparatus also includes an intermediary node coupled to the root node and a plurality of leaf nodes coupled to the interm... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110176459 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS OF GLOBAL BEACONS IN BODY AREA NETWORKS A method (400) for scheduling transmissions of global beacons in a body area network (BAN). The BAN includes master nodes and slave nodes where master nodes are arranged in a tree topology. The method comprises propagating ascending global beacons (AGBs) from lea... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110158128 | EFFICIENT PROTECTION SCHEME FOR MPLS MULTICAST An efficient protection scheme for MPLS multicast is disclosed for protection of Point-to-Multi-Point LSP connections. The efficient protection scheme for MPLS multicast includes a pair of Redundant Multicast Trees for each multicast connection which connects the source... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110149807 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING A TREE-BASED STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATE A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR In a wireless network, simultaneous support of distributed and contiguous sub-carrier allocation may be accomplished in the same sub-frame or time zone. Techniques are described herein that can be used to allocate distributed and/or contiguous basic (physical) resource ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110134802 | Determining A Routing Tree For Networks With Different Routing Protocols According to one embodiment, a routing tree may be determined by facilitating communication of a first network and a second network. The first network comprises first switches and uses a first routing protocol, and the second network comprises second switches and uses a... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110134803 | CONFIGURING NETWORKS INCLUDING SPANNING TREES A method may include receiving a reconfiguration to a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)/spanning tree table, where the first VLAN/spanning tree table has a first identifier and is associated with a region of a network; updating the first VLAN/spanning tree table t... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110128892 | AVOIDING HIGH-SPEED NETWORK PARTITIONS IN FAVOR OF LOW-SPEED LINKS In one embodiment, each network interface of a network device in a computer network may be classified as either a low-speed interface (e.g., wireless) or a high-speed interface (e.g., wired). Illustratively, then, low-speed interfaces may be configured (identified) as e... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110131302 | MINIMUM DISRUPTION MST RECONFIGURATION (MDMR) In one embodiment, a first multiple spanning tree (MST) region configuration for an MST process may be maintained at a switch in a computer network, where the first configuration has a virtual local area network (VLAN)-to-instance (VI) mapping that maps each of one or m... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110116366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY BUILDING AND REPAIRING A SPANNING TREE FLOODING BACKBONE IN LINK STATE ROUTED NETWORKS The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a spanning tree topology used as a spanning tree flooding topology for messages on a link state routed network. Specifically, messages are only broadcast on the links in the spanning tree flooding topology thereby ... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110116418 | Multiple Tree Registration Protocol A registration protocol for setting up and updating a tree that defines the active topology in an Ethernet network includes a plurality of application components and a plurality of attribute declaration components corresponding to the application components, wherein the... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110096698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING SIGNALING MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK A system and method for routing signaling messages in a communication network includes an improved route engine having a plurality of dynamically loadable route trees encoded as standardized data files each provisioned for use according to a corresponding network servic... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110090787 | SPANNING TREE FLOODING BACKBONE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINK STATE ROUTED NETWORKS The present disclosure provides systems and methods for a spanning tree topology used as a “flooding backbone” for control messages on a link state routed network. Specifically, control messages are only broadcast on the flooding backbone thereby significantly reduc... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110080854 | Method And System For Controlled Tree Management There is disclosed a method and apparatus for facilitating a network, such as an Ethernet LAN, for efficient forwarding of data traffic by collecting neighbor information, generating and distributing link state advertisements, populating a topology database for the netw... | 04/07/2011 |
