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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110228787 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH A PLURALITY OF VIRTUAL NETWORKS A communication system provides one or more services using a plurality of virtual networks provisioned in a network. A communication device belonging to at least one of the plurality of virtual networks is provided with service-ID associating information in which a serv... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20100322255 | PROVIDING CLOUD-BASED SERVICES USING DYNAMIC NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION The invention is directed to providing cloud-based services using dynamic network virtualization. Embodiments of the invention provide a cloud-based service over a system that has a dynamic network virtualization architecture. The architecture includes a set of distribu... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20070286212 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING TARGET TERMINAL WHILE PROTECTING PRIVACY OF USER THEREOF A method for positioning a target terminal while protecting the privacy of a user of the target terminal is provided. To this end, the real Identification (ID) of the target terminal is managed only by a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Center (SLC) with which... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070280268 | ATM Telecommunications Systems and Method for Routingg Narrow Band Traffic A telecommunications system comprises an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network having uncommitted bandwidth, and a plurality of adaptive grooming routers (AGR) coupled to the network. The AGRs comprise a group adapted to function as a virtual transit exchange whose f... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070258444 | Integrated Cross Exchange Unit and a Method of the Service Dispatching An integrated cross-switching unit and a service scheduling method thereof are provided. The integrated cross-switching unit includes: a bus identification module, a cross-connecting module, a mapping/de-mapping module, an encapsulation/de-encapsulation module, and a pa... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070147394 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TIMERS A timer for processing timer entries in an efficient manner utilizing linked lists, without requiring a walk-through to add new timer entries. Timer entries are added to a linked list only at its tail. Each linked list has an associated timer size. In one embodiment, a ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070133569 | Home network system and its configuration system The present invention discloses a home network system and a configuration apparatus thereof which can efficiently configure a new home appliance in the home network system comprised of various home appliances. The home network system includes at least one slave device, ... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20070127489 | Apparatus and method for the optimal utilization and delivery of multiple applications over a digital subscriber loop An apparatus and method for optimizing the utilization and the delivery of multiple applications over a Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL). The apparatus detects the type of media being delivered in each Protocol Data Unit (PDU) over a Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) and switc... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070002873 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ADDRESS DECISION METHOD, ADDRESS MODIFICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM A first information-processing device for communication source performing tunnel communication with a device at communication destination, equipped with: tunnel communication part performing tunnel communication with communication target data encapsulated; identifier ac... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060274768 | Method and system for network access control Prior art quarantine networks were implemented by two methods, the IEEE802.1x method and the DHCP method, but these methods both have different problems. The problem with the IEEE802.1x method is that it is difficult to make the transition from an existing management fr... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060251084 | Network forwarding device and method that forward timing packets through the device with a constant delay The variable latency associated with standard network forwarding devices is eliminated by forwarding timing packets through a network forwarding device with a constant delay. The network forwarding device of the invention time stamps timing packets that are received by ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060187940 | Method and apparatus to facilitate variable-rate call management operations A network element (20), such as a PDSN or home agent, upon determining (11) a need to effect a call management operation, then determines (12) whether to constrain the facilitation of that call management operation. When determining that the call ma... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060187941 | Self-correcting memory system A network device for correcting corrupted memory locations. The network device includes a plurality of free pointers, each of which points to a free memory location. The network device also includes a plurality of cell locations for storing information, each of the plur... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060050693 | Building data packets for an advanced switching fabric An apparatus generates a data packet for an advanced switching (AS) fabric. The apparatus includes a direct memory access (DMA) engine that retrieves a descriptor from a queue, and that stores the descriptor in a storage area. The descriptor contains information used to... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060045078 | Accelerated data switching on symmetric multiprocessor systems using port affinity A router that includes a plurality of processors (SMPs) where there is “affinity” between particular processors and particular interfaces: Each of the router's interfaces are assigned to one of the processors. A packet arriving at a particular interface will be hand... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060029038 | System and method for processing packets using location and content addressable memories An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the apparat... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060023725 | Multifabric communication using a backbone fabric A Fibre Channel router used to join fabrics. EX_ports are used to connect to the fabrics. The EX_port joins the fabric but the router will not merge into the fabric. Ports in the Fibre Channel router can be in a fabric, but other ports can be connected to other fabrics.... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060023726 | Multifabric zone device import and export A Fibre Channel router used to join fabrics. EX_ports are used to connect to the fabrics. The EX_port joins the fabric but the router will not merge into the fabric. Ports in the Fibre Channel router can be in a fabric, but other ports can be connected to other fabrics.... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060013232 | Method for recursive BGP route updates in MPLS networks A method for providing BGP route updates in an MPLS network is disclosed. The route update is performed at a router having a forwarding information table containing BGP routes and an internal label, and an adjacency table containing BGP/VPN labels and said internal labe... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050265357 | Memory caching There are disclosed apparatus and methods for achieving maximum data transfer. Memories and interfaces between the memories are provided. An actively determined number of data units having an actively determined unit size are transferred between the memories to provide ... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050265364 | Asymmetric packet switch and a method of use The present invention relates to a packet switch and a packet switching method. An example embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three network ports, at least one instrument port, a mux-switch, a packet switch fabric, and an address table. The embodimen... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050213589 | Method and system for assigning servers based on server status in a wireless network An interrogating state machine for use in a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless communication devices is provided that includes a server status store and a server assigner. The server status store is operable to store server status information for each o... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050185656 | Systems and methods for centralized control and management of a broadband wireless network with data processing, and enforcement distributed to the network edge Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for operating and deploying a broadband wireless network having at least one data transmission node and a plurality of CPE units, wherein there is a wireless data link at least in part between the data transmission node and the... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050089049 | High-performance network switch The present invention provides a high-performance network switch. A digital switch has a plurality of blades coupled to a switching fabric via serial pipes. Serial link technology is used in the switching fabric. Each blade outputs serial data streams with in-band contr... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050086366 | Home system including a portable fob having a display A home wellness system includes a headless base station having a first wireless communication port, a portable fob having a second wireless communication port, a user input device and a display, and plurality of sensors. Each of the sensors senses information and includ... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050041672 | Reception apparatus and reception method A multiformat-compatible receiving apparatus is quickly compatible with a change in the signal type of a received signal. Responsive to the detection of a stream change to an invalid data stream (ancillary no data), a signal processing mea... | 02/24/2005 |
