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| 8189464 | Secondary storage to reduce counter memory in flow tables In one embodiment, a CAM overflow structure holds flow indices in a CAM and each CAM entry is associated with an overflow count value (OCV) entry holding an OCV. If counter in a primary flow-counter bank (PFCB) overflows when updated, the CAM is searched and, if the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189460 | Method and system for providing congestion management within a virtual talk group A method for providing congestion management within a virtual talk group includes facilitating communication within a virtual talk group between a plurality of endpoints of different communication networks. The method also includes monitoring a communication congest... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189461 | Cluster bring-up in a distributed topology liveness system A method is provided for establishing clusters in a distributed data processing environment having a plurality of nodes. The frequency of messages sent for the purpose of cluster formation is selected based on ranking of the nodes. Higher ranking nodes transmit such... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189462 | Method of adjusting PCS threshold and terminal apparatus for high density wireless network Provided are a method of adjusting a PCS threshold in a wireless network, and a terminal apparatus for the wireless network. The method and the apparatus determines whether to adjust the PCS threshold to use a shared channel for transmitting data in a wireless netwo... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189463 | Method for realizing backpressure of masses of ports and device thereof A method for realizing backpressure of masses of ports and a device realizing the method are disclosed. The method for realizing backpressure of masses of ports includes: detecting whether user data transmitted to a channelized physical port reaches a backpressure t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184529 | Communication apparatus, method, and program for transmitting and receiving packet data A communication apparatus that includes a media processing device that includes at least one codec and that encodes data, a packet processing device that transmits and receives packet data, a correlation value computation device that computes a correlation value bet... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179789 | System and method for timestamps for media stream data Within a computer system, a system and method of providing timestamps for media stream input data is provided. A first clock count register is responsive to a first timebase, and a second clock count register is responsive to a second timebase. The first and second ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180677 | System and method for compensating users for advertising data in a community of end users A computer readable medium is disclosed, containing instructions useful in performing a method for sending advertising data, the method comprising measuring user-to-user connectivity between users within a community of users; determining a plurality of highly connec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179790 | Method for selecting transport format combination guaranteed QoS in mobile communication system The present invention relates to selecting a transport format combination (TFC) such that a quality of service (QoS) is guaranteed in a mobile communication system of a certain level even for a service having a low priority. The present invention selects a transport... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174969 | Congestion management for a packet switch A packet switch includes a flow control circuit for preventing a downstream ingress port of the packet switch from providing a non-posted packet to an upstream egress port of the packet switch when a downstream egress port of the packet switch is congested. As a res... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174968 | Communication network apparatus and method A communication network apparatus and method for routing communication signals from a source device to a receiving device. The apparatus performs only local processing on communication signals to thereby increase the speed of processing the signals. A plurality of t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169897 | Achieving high-rate multi-hop data delivery in vehicular networks A method for high rate data delivery in a multi-hop vehicular network comprises at each source vehicle, initiating a packet having a flow tag, assigning an identifier of the content and the current location to the flow tag, and forwarding the packet; at each destina... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169898 | Modular telephone A self-configuring communication system includes a portable memory device that stores personalization data. The self-configuring communication system includes a local instrument. The local instrument includes an interface for the portable memory device. The local in... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165020 | Network interface system with filtering function A network interface system for transferring a data packet between a host system and a network includes multiple matchers and multiple queues. The matchers match the data packet with multiple rules from the host system to generate multiple matching results and alloca... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165019 | Indirect measurement methodology to infer routing changes using statistics of flow arrival processes Statistical methods are used to observe packet flow arrival processes and to infer routing changes from those observations. Packet flow arrivals are monitored using NetFlow or another packet flow monitoring arrangement. Packet flow arrivals are quantified by countin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165018 | Closed-loop MIMO systems and methods Methods, devices and systems are provided for transmitting and receiving MIMO signals. Transmitting of the MIMO signals involves pre-coding each of at least two data symbols using a respective pre-coding codeword to preclude a corresponding plurality of pre-coded da... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165745 | Vehicle control system In a vehicle control system in which a large number of ECUs operate in coordination via a network, each node has an intra-network node status determination section, other node's status decision transmitting/other nodes' status decision receiving section, and failed-... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159938 | Broadcast-only distributed wireless network Communication in a broadcast-only distributed wireless network of nodes is provided. Each of the nodes of the network uses a repeated communication frame with an idle period and a TDMA schedule for active communication. The active TDMA schedule of at least some of t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159939 | Dynamic network congestion control Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, can include transmitting data packets on multiple flows through a network to an endpoint in accordance with a congestion window where each flow is assigned a different... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154997 | Communication signal processing apparatus for repeater A communication signal processing apparatus for a repeater includes an interface for receiving the communication signals of at least two different communication services, and a communication signal processor for combining a pair of different communication signals in... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154996 | Methods and apparatus for flow control associated with multi-staged queues In one embodiment, a method, comprising receiving at a receive side of a physical link a request to suspend transmission of data from a queue within a transmit side of a first stage of queues and to suspend transmission via a path including the physical link, a port... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154995 | System and method of managing digital data transmission A method of managing data transmission is provided and includes measuring a first number of payload bits communicated over a bearer during a first time period. The first number of measured payload bits is divided by a length of the first time period to yield a short... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144578 | Communication network with line-and packet-switching control A common communication network with line- and packet-switching control is provided, with telecommunication services such as call-forwarding, being carried out by means of a link between a control device and a communication network. At least partially synchronized co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144577 | Technique for efficiently managing bandwidth registration for multiple spanning tree options A technique efficiently manages bandwidth (BW) registration for multiple spanning tree options in a computer network. According to the novel technique, an entry bridge determines multiple spanning tree paths to other bridges of the network (namely, one or more avail... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139481 | Method and equipment for shaping transmission speed of data traffic flow A method and apparatus for monitoring and limiting the transmission speed of a data traffic flow in a situation where the traffic flow also includes delay-critical traffic. With the sending of each protocol data unit it is determined whether the sending of the next ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139480 | Communication method based on transmission control protocol and mobile communication terminal to perform the method A telecommunication method based on transmission control protocol (TCP) includes setting an initial value of a congestion window according to a communication situation of a communication network to more efficiently use uncongested bandwidth of the communication netw... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130640 | Frame structure for an adaptive modulation wireless communication system A method of simplifying the encoding of a predetermined number of bits of data into frames including adding error coding bits so that a ratio of the frame length times the baud rate of the frame times he bit packing ratio of the data divided the total bits of data i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130639 | Method and system for providing distinctive announcements in a SIP-based network A system and method may include receiving a connection request including announcement information, the announcement information being associated with a distinctive announcement, and establishing a data session over a data network with a remote communication device b... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130641 | Methods and systems for managing network traffic within a virtual network system Methods, systems and computer readable mediums storing computer executable programs for managing network traffic within a virtual network system. A virtual network system defined within a physical network device is identified. A first virtual network device defined ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125895 | Network looping detecting apparatus A network looping detecting apparatus has an increased real-time operation capability for network looping detection and also has scalability. The network looping detecting apparatus has a count information acquiring unit for periodically acquiring count information ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125896 | Individualizing a connectivity-indicative mapping A method, device, and computer program product are described for obtaining a connectivity evaluation with an associated location of a first individualized node and for aggregating an indicator of a first location, an indicator of a second location, a first connectiv... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125897 | System and method for monitoring and optimizing network performance with user datagram protocol network performance information packets A method for monitoring and optimizing performance of a packet network utilizing user datagram protocol including determining network performance information between a sending user datagram protocol network element and a receiving user datagram protocol network elem... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121027 | Access gateway, terminal and method of controlling flow in wireless system A wireless system includes plural different access networks and terminals (19, 20) having interfaces corresponding to the plural different access networks (3, 5, 9, 13). Each of the access networks includes an access gateway (AGW) performing flow contr... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116198 | Method for configuring a telecommunication system A method and system for configuring a CDMA telecommunication system having at least one sending entity and at least one receiving entity, each entity configured to transmit data on at least one physical channel (DPDCH) via a transport channel composite (CCTrCH) of m... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111619 | Apparatus and method for routing data in wireless networks A method includes identifying, at a first wireless node, routing costs associated with routing data to a destination through multiple paths in a wireless network. The method also includes identifying, at the first wireless node, information propagation values associ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111618 | End-to-end service quality using source-routed probes The need to monitor real time network services has prompted service providers to use new measurement technologies, such as service-specific probes. A service-specific probe is an active probe that closely mimics the service traffic so that it receives the same treat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107365 | Interim PHY solution for LPI compatibility with legacy devices In one embodiment, a modified local PHY is adapted to couple a legacy host device to link partner implementing Energy Efficient Ethernet. The modified local PHY includes a buffer and if the legacy host transmits data when the modified local PHY is in a Low Power Idl... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107364 | Communication apparatus A communication apparatus having a temporary managing portion for controlling a temporary memory, a main managing portion for controlling a main memory and an operation control portion. The operation control portion is operative to cause the temporary managing porti... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102762 | Communication control system and communication control method A system, which is connectable to a first apparatus capable of data communication using a data communication protocol via a network where each session is managed by a session management protocol, includes: a connecting section which, if ID about the first apparatus ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094550 | Methods and systems for controlling network communication parameters Methods and systems for controlling network communication parameters (e.g., data transfer rate) employed by two or more network nodes communicating over a network communications link by using the Inter-Packet Gap (IPG) length to sending network communication paramet... | 01/10/2012 |
