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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100329279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING A method for data processing is provided, the method comprises: determining the predicted transmission time required by the data packet to be transmitted currently during the transmission course and the residence time for the data packet residing in the buffer; when the... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329192 | Wireless Network Access using an Adaptive Antenna Array Techniques described herein generally relate to systems, devices and methods for determining a wireless access point for a communications device in a wireless network. In some examples, the communications device may be assigned to a default wireless access unit in respo... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100316065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULATING THE WIDTH OF A HIGH-SPEED LINK The described embodiments include a system that modulates the width of a high-speed link. The system includes a transmitter circuit coupled to a high-speed link that includes N serial lanes. During operation, while using a first number of lanes to transmit frames on the... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100303092 | Dynamically Configuring Attributes of a Parent Circuit on a Network Element Methods and apparatus for dynamically configuring a parent circuit through a subscriber record on an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server responsive to an authorization event for the subscriber session on the network element. According to one embod... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302954 | DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK PERFORMANCE DATA An apparatus and method for information storage and retrieval of communication network performance data includes a first step 200 of obtaining performance data from network entities. A next step 202 includes generating a rating for the performance data rel... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100296450 | TRANSMISSION METHODS, NETWORK EQUIPMENT, USER EQUIPMENT AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method of transmission between network equipment and user equipment, a method of network equipment transmission, a method of user equipment reception, a network equipment, an user equipment and a telecommunications system are disclosed. Packets transmitted over a chan... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100278103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF AN AVERAGING PARAMETER FOR PCINR AND RSSI A system and method for adaptive control of an averaging parameter in a communications network may include an averaging parameter adaptive control module (APAC) that is associated with a base station and that includes one or more processors configured to generate a firs... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100278182 | UPDATING NEXT-EXPECTED TSN AND RECEIVER WINDOW TO AVOID STALL CONDITIONS Updating the next-expected transmission sequence number (NET) or the receiver window position to ensure that the NET always falls within the receiver window range to prevent unnecessary delays in delivering data blocks in order to avoid stall conditions and achieve high... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100272120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING A DATA PACKET USING A COMMON FILTER System and method for filtering a data packet using a combined filter are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving a data packet and N filters each comprising a mask and value. The method includes receiving a data packet and N (wherein N is an integer and... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING A DATA PACKET USING A COMBINED FILTER System and method for filtering a data packet using a combined filter are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes receiving a data packet and N filters. The method includes receiving a data packet and N (wherein N is an integer and N>1) filters, each filter com... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100272011 | ITERATIVE DECODING WITH CONFIGURABLE NUMBER OF ITERATIONS Techniques for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system are described. A receiver may iteratively decode a data packet and may obtain better performance with more decoding iterations. The receiver may select the number of decoding iterations based on at... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100265858 | INTERCONNECTION OF SUBNETWORKS BY A UNIFORM NETWORK LAYER A network system for motor vehicles, including at least two differently structured subnetworks which each have a data connection, the network layers of the at least two differently structured subnetworks having a similar structure. The protocol of the network layer is p... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100260201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN EXTENDED RANGE ETHERNET LINE CODE Aspects of a method and system for an extended range Ethernet line code are provided. One or more ternary encoded bitstreams may be generated and transmitted. The generating may comprise mapping 3-bit binary IDLE patterns having a least significant bit of zero to a non-... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100254271 | POINT-TO- MULTIPOINT (P2MP) NETWORK RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Techniques for managing resources in a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network are disclosed. In some examples, a root station is adapted to transmit and receive network packets and leaf stations are adapted to transmit and receive the network packets from the root station. ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100246599 | Apparatus and Method for Bit Remapping in a Relay Enhanced Communication System An apparatus and method for bit remapping at a relay node in a communication system. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor configured to remap an order of bits of a received signal from a source node to a different order of bits for a transmitted signal t... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246601 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SIGNAL SPEED, MEDIA GATEWAY, AND MEDIA GATEWAY CONTROLLER The present invention relates to the communication filed and discloses a method for adjusting the signal speed, a media gateway (MG), and a media gateway controller (MGC). The method includes: receiving a command request that includes signal speed adjustment information... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246460 | Wireless Access Point Methods And Apparatus Using Dynamically-Activated Service Intervals Methods and apparatus for controlling a wireless access point (AP) (e.g. a battery-powered wireless AP) for reduced power consumption are provided. In one illustrative example, the AP is adapted to provide communication access for end stations in one or more activated s... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246451 | Device and Method for Separation/Conversion of Multiband Signal Provided are a method and device for separating and converting multiband signals. The device includes a photoelectric converter for converting an externally received optical signal into an electrical signal, a first switch for separating the converted electrical signal ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING HEADER INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Systems and methods for reducing overhead in a communication system are disclosed. Different frame types are aggregated into an enhanced aggregated frame in response to a determination that the different frames are suitable for transmission within a single reservation p... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100246541 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE MODULATIONS AND SIGNAL FIELD FOR CLOSED LOOP MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) SYSTEM Aspects of a method and system for an optional closed loop mechanism with adaptive modulations for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) WLAN system are provided. One aspect of the system may utilize properties of Eigenvalue analysis of MIMO systems to reduce the numb... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238951 | VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, VIDEO SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, AND VIDEO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM A video transmission device 10 has: a packer 11 which receives a video signal, a sync signal, and a data-enable signal, and generates a plurality of packet signals by packetizing the video signal and the sync signal based on the data-enable signal and acco... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100232297 | Method And Arrangement For Adapting Transmission Of Encoded Media The present invention is to select an adaptation scheme for the transmission of the encoded media that results in a satisfactory performance of the transmitted encoded media. A difference from the prior art is that each adaptation scheme defines a set of different trans... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100232410 | METHOD OF DETERMINING TRANSMISSION RATE OF CONTROL RESPONSE FRAME FOR ACKNOWLEDGING DATA RECEIPT IN WIRELESS LAN A method is provided for determining a transmission rate of a control response frame for acknowledging data receipt in a wireless local area network. The method includes obtaining transmission parameters of a transmitting station from a data transmission frame received ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100226389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for updating system information in a terminal in which data is transmitted by means of superframes, includes: receiving system information, scheduling periodicity information of the system information and changing information indicating changing status of the s... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100226391 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA RELAY METHOD The PLC 20 adaptor corresponding to a power line communication apparatus has four PLC bridges 30A to 30D, each of which is correspondingly connected to Ethernet communication connectors 26A to 26D, operation mode setting switches 27... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100214906 | Method And System For Dynamically Determining When To Train Ethernet Link Partners To Support Energy Efficient Ethernet Networks Training, refreshing and/or updating Ethernet link partners for silent channels and/or silent directions of channels may be determined based on control parameters. This may be used to improve energy efficiency in Ethernet communication. Control parameters may comprise a... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100215053 | System and Method for the Control of the Transmission Rate in Packet-Based Digital Communications A transmission bit rate control mechanism for a packet-based communication system in which sender transmission bit rates can vary over time is provided. The transmission bit rate mechanism includes a receiver recording mechanism, which receives transmission time informa... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100215049 | INTER-NETWORKING DEVICES FOR USE WITH PHYSICAL LAYER INFORMATION One exemplary embodiment is directed to an inter-networking device that performs at least one inter-networking function using physical layer information about the network of which the device is a part. Another exemplary embodiment is directed to capturing physical layer... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100208601 | Applying a Variable Encoding/Decoding Scheme in a Communication Network Various systems, devices and methods for providing variable encoder/decoder mechanisms are disclosed. As one example, a coder/decoder device including a plurality of coder/decoder mechanisms, a coder/decoder selection engine, and a computer readable medium is disclosed.... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202472 | MULTI-RATE MULTI-RECEIVER MULTI-RESPONSE AGGREGATION A method for sending a multi-rate multi-receiver message containing a multi-receiver multi-response aggregate. The multi-rate multi-receiver aggregate is transmitted until a multi-receiver multi-response aggregate embedded within the multi-rate multi-receiver aggregate ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100195666 | Methods of Operating Data Networks To Provide Data Services and Related Methods of Operating Data Service Providers and Routing Gateways A data network may be operated between a routing gateway for a subscriber and a data service provider providing a data service. More particularly, the data network may receive from the data service provider an identification of the routing gateway, an identification of ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100189103 | Header Size Reduction of Data Packets The invention relates to a method for reducing the header size of data packets by removing inner headers from the data packets, wherein at least an outer header remains for routing purposes. When removing the inner headers from a data packet, a newly configured address ... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100189127 | CONVERSION APPARATUS A conversion includes a first interface unit connecting to a asynchronous communication network to receive a packet signal, a signal conversion unit converting the packet signal into an intra-apparatus signal, a packet-discard determination unit determining whether or n... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100177785 | MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION METHOD A multiplexing transmission system for adding a management overhead to a client signal, and transparently accommodating or multiplexing the client signal to transmit it is provided. The multiplexing transmission system: accommodates a plurality of client signals of diff... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100172373 | CONTROL DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF A control data communication method for multiplexing and transmitting a plurality of mutually independent types of control data by using a control channel and for separating the control data received from the control channel includes changing and transmitting patterns o... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166010 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL METHOD, AND TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL PROGRAM A signal transmitted to an STA 200a from a communication device AP is also received by an STA 200b. Upon reception, the STA 200b measures an RSSI. The STA 200b then creates a state notice frame which includes the m... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100158042 | PACKET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF GENERATING MODIFIED PACKETS BY MODIFYING PAYLOADS OF SPECIFIC PACKETS IDENTIFIED FROM RECEIVED PACKETS A packet processing apparatus includes a packet identifying unit and a packet modifying unit. The packet identifying unit is utilized for receiving a plurality of packets and checking identification information and data length information which are derived from the rece... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100150168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING OF DIGITAL VIDEO Methods and apparatus for generating a multiplex of a plurality of services (such as a plurality of digitally encoded video streams). In one embodiment, the methods comprise setting a target bitrate for a statistical multiplex, and determining the complexity of the serv... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100118887 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD A communication device 1 has a first protocol analysis section 11 that analyzes a status of a transmission signal Vs received at a transmission signal receiver 10. A transmission controller 14 determines a communication available period and a... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100118751 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD A radio communication apparatus for performing radio communication, including: a first interface conversion unit which extracts a first signal and a second signal multiplexed and input, and corresponding to two different formats, and combines the extracted first and sec... | 05/13/2010 |
