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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080247416 | CIRCUIT FOR TAPPING A LINE IN A NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC COMPONENT The embodiments disclosed herein relate to a network diagnostic component and related circuit for tapping a line in the network diagnostic component. The network diagnostic component includes a first network port configured to connect with a first node, a second network... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080244669 | Method and system for marking video signals for identification An apparatus for generating an output signal includes a receiving system 160 generating a plurality of signals having a first format, an insertion module 166 inserting a source identifier into the plurality of signals, an encoder 182 encoding the pl... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080240096 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR PROVIDING DISTRIBUTED CONVERGENCE NODES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK ENVIRONMENT A system, apparatus, article of manufacture, and method provides one or more distributed convergence nodes referred to as “Supernodes”, each of which is embodied as a functional technology component within an application that automatically determines whether said co... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080240150 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK DISTRIBUTION AND PROVISIONING OF APPLICATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE DOMAINS Techniques are disclosed for network distribution and provisioning of applications, such as transactional applications and parallel applications, across multiple administrative domains that ensure compliance with service level agreements. For example, a method of provis... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080242347 | Fast multiradio context switching An apparatus, computer program product and method concern first and at least second radios adapted to operate according to respective first and second wireless radio systems, and which share hardware. While the first radio is inactive, first hardware configuration data ... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080240151 | POWER CONTROL IN ORTHOGONAL SUB-CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS A method and apparatus for power control in a wireless communication involves establishing at least two orthogonal sub-channels within a channel for communication and controlling transmitted power in each sub-channel independently.... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080239978 | Automatic data rate and power adjustment on communications uplink based on communications activity on communications downlink An Internet Protocol (IP) telephone operates a communications uplink to a switch based on activity on a separate communications downlink (such as to a personal computer) to conserve power when possible. The IP telephone monitors the communications activity of a link par... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080239976 | Communication link interception using link fingerprint analysis A method for monitoring communication includes intercepting one or more communication links, which are part of a communication system that includes a plurality of the communication links. Data content that is carried by the one or more communication links is decoded. Fi... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080232394 | Method For Regulating the Transmission Parameters of Broadband Transmission Channels Assembled to Form a Group The invention relates to a novel algebraic method wherein sub-groups of subscribers that spectrally influence each other, in a group of broadband subscriber connections or transmission channels connected to an intelligent network node in a star-shaped manner are classif... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080232395 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTI-ANTENNA CHANNEL QUALITY DATA ACQUISITION IN A BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE NETWORK Various methods and apparatuses provide unicast channel data acquisition, such as antenna information, from MBMS subframes. A method of operating a wireless communications network infrastructure entity is disclosed comprising transmitting a subframe (300) compris... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080232373 | System and method for extending battery life According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises determining whether a non-unicast message is to be transmitted by a transmitting device, which may involve a setting a Delivery Traffic Indicator Map (DTIM) Interval value to reflect a longer periodicity t... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080232396 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTI-ANTENNA CHANNEL QUALITY DATA ACQUISITION IN A BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE NETWORK USING A MULTICAST SYMBOL Various methods and apparatuses provide unicast channel data acquisition, such as antenna information, from MBMS subframes. A method of operating a wireless communications network infrastructure entity is disclosed comprising defining a subframe (400) comprising ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080232397 | Selective mode PHY device and method for managing power utilization using same There is provided a method of managing power utilization for use by a first communication system having a first communication mode and a second communication mode, for communication over a PHY connection through a cable connecting the two systems. The method comprises e... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235699 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING QUALITY OF SERVICE IN LINK LAYER AND METHOD USING THE SAME A system and method of providing a quality of service (QoS) is provided. The method of providing the QoS in the link layer includes receiving, by a stream providing device, minimum and maximum resource requirement information of a stream receiving device; transmitting, ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080225872 | DYNAMICALLY DEFINING QUEUES AND AGENTS IN A CONTACT CENTER In one embodiment, an automatic call distributor apparatus is provided, including a network interface operable to receive a request for a service, and a processor operable to assign the request to a queue and to associate a number of resources with the queue based upon ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225887 | TRANSPONDER, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION PROGRAM The transponder includes a 64B/66B code synchronization bit determination circuit 1511a for notifying a PLL selection control circuit of a control signal which instructs on selection of a variable oscillator or a variable oscillator in response to a case w... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225870 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing predicted likelihood of communication between users Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing predicted likelihood of communication between users are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing predicted likelihood of communication between us... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225869 | Enabling sharing of devices on a network A system and method for enabling sharing of devices on a network is disclosed. The technology includes a method for enabling sharing of non-network enabled devices on a network. The method includes detecting a non-network enabled device locally coupled to a first comput... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225850 | UNIFIED TRANSMISSION SCHEME FOR MEDIA STREAM REDUNDANCY In one embodiment, a network session is established for transmitting a media stream. The media stream is encoded into a first set of media stream packets and the first set of media stream packets transmitted according to the established network session. The media stream... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080219290 | Adaptive Margin and Band Control Configuration or otherwise controlling parameters of a DSL system related to power, band usage and margin is based on collected operational data. Operational data are collected from at least one DSL system operating under a known configuration and/or a profile. A target... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080219289 | 10GBase-T link speed arbitration for 30m transceivers A method of power management in a 10GBase-T Ethernet transceiver is provided. The 10GBase-T Ethernet transceiver is according to an IEEE 802.3an standard. The method includes determining a cable length from a transmitter to a receiver in the Ethernet. A low-power... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080219286 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENTION RESOLUTION IN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS A method and system for contention resolution in a communications network are disclosed. As one example, a method for contention resolution in a communications network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of transmitting a first contention message during a first ... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080212485 | Transmission links Implementations related to transmission systems are presented herein.... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080212497 | Method and system for span-based connection aggregation The present invention provides a method and system for the restoration of an optical mesh network subsequent to the simultaneous failing of a large number of network connections due to a transmission failure. The system and method increase the restoration speed of a lar... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080212608 | Method, apparatus and computer program to signal additional modulation scheme without additional signalling overhead A method and apparatus are provided for jointly encoding bits containing information about an existing modulation technique or an existing antenna transmission technique in order to extend signaling to include new information about an additional modulation technique or ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080205439 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR DELAYS OF A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS A device and method for compensating for delays of a plurality of communication channels, provides signals with a certain frequency range, wherein the signals form standing waves in the plurality of communication channels; calculates phase differences between the plural... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205438 | Multi-Bus Structure For Optimizing System Performance Of a Serial Buffer A serial buffer having a parser and multiple parallel processing paths is provided. The parser receives incoming packets, determines the type of each packet, and then routes each packet to a processing path that corresponds with the determined packet type. Packet types ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205403 | Network packet processing using multi-stage classification Methods and systems for processing packets in data network using multistage classification are disclosed. An example method for processing packets includes receiving a data packet at a first processing stage and examining the packet at the first processing stage to dete... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205416 | Flight control computers with ethernet based cross channel data links According to an example embodiment, a method includes communicating between redundant Flight Control Computers (FCCs) using Cross-Channel Data Links (CCDLs) that operate in accordance with an IEEE standard Ethernet protocol.... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205423 | Method and Apparatus for Communicating Variable-Sized Packets in a Communications Network Methods and apparatus for managing a packet buffer memory are disclosed. One method includes providing a memory arranged as a plurality of cells identified by cell id, each cell having a granularity of k individual memory addresses. A cell list indexed by cell id is pro... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080205289 | Network and systems management monitoring tool A method and apparatus for managing networks and devices on the networks. The method may include collecting information pertaining to the infrastructure of a network and devices on the network, and presenting a user interface that provides a view of the network and the ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080198757 | MECHANISM AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMABLE MEASUREMENT OF AGGREGATE METRICS FROM A DYNAMIC SET OF NODES A method for measuring performance of system. The method includes the steps of retrieving a metric definition from a declarative metrics specification, obtaining a list of computing nodes from a database that are currently assigned to the metric definition, obtaining re... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080198870 | NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICES A media processing device includes a wireless network interface to establish a wireless network connection and a wired network interface to establish a wired network connection. The wired network connection is established if a network is connected to the wired network i... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080198871 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF INACTIVITY TIMER THRESHOLD FOR CALL CONTROL TRANSACTIONS In general, this disclosure is directed to establishment and release of a connection between a communication device and an access network. More specifically, the techniques of this disclosure are directed to determining when a data flow used for exchanging call control ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080198872 | Ultrasonic Diagnostic Imaging System With Multiplexed Voice and Image Communication An ultrasound system which is capable of sending images and/or reports over a data network by means of an Internet protocol has a sound card coupled to a microphone and a loudspeaker. When operator of the ultrasound system speaks into the microphone the voice is digitiz... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080192767 | Method of transmitting a high-priority message in a lighting control system A lighting control system having a plurality of control devices coupled to a communication link operates with a communication protocol that allows the system to expeditiously process high-priority events while operating communicate at a low enough baud rate to allow for... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080187007 | Resuming a Previously Interrupted Peer-to-Peer Synchronization Operation A method of synchronizing data between two devices can include starting, in a first device, a first synchronization operation comprising transmitting a first data set to be received by a second device, the first data set comprising changes to multiple different data ele... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080187000 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SUBCHANNELS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An apparatus and method for generating subchannels in a communication system are provided. An apparatus and method of the invention includes a Base Station (BS) in which the BS groups J slots included in a subchannel generation zone into I groups, selects, from the J sl... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080186999 | Methods and apparatuses for circuit emulation multi-channel clock recovery A method and system for providing multi-channel circuit emulation clock recovery wherein a single instance of the clock recovery logic effects circuit emulation clock recovery for multiple channels. For one embodiment of the invention, fine tuning clocking is effected b... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080181123 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE NETWORK TESTING PROCEDURES Methods and apparatus are disclosed to enable packet telephony performance testing. An example method disclosed herein includes receiving a request to execute a test, and obtaining a testing rule associated with the requested test, the testing rule including a test para... | 07/31/2008 |
