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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7751320 | Admission control of sessions with preference lists A method includes receiving a request for admission of a new communications session to a data network. The requested admission is such that the new communications session is granted a first set of one or more bandwidth usages of a resource of the network in response... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751315 | Shared network path contention reduction Shared network path contention can be reduced by limiting the number of contending client devices to which pending requests may be outstanding. Contention may also be reduced by managing available downstream bandwidth based on request size and managing available ups... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751316 | Relay Server for SIP/RTP messages with buffer management A system, method, and apparatus are directed towards managing a Voice over IP (VOIP) messages over a network, employing the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The VOIP messages are s... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751318 | Method and system for computing AS-disjoint inter-AS traffic engineering-label switched paths (TE-LSPS) Methods and systems have been provided for constructing autonomous system (AS)-disjoint Traffic Engineering LSPs for load-balancing and protection purposes using AS-Level topology information in a network. The constructed network paths through a plurality of domains... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751317 | Cost-aware networking over heterogeneous data channels Disclosed herein are scheduling techniques for transmitting time-critical data in a cost-aware manner over a network comprising a plurality of heterogeneous transmission interfaces. The scheduling problem is formulated as a linear programming problem with the delive... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751323 | Method and apparatus for adjusting uplink data rate in a mobile communication system A method and UE apparatus are provided for adjusting an uplink data rate by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The method includes determining if a current state of a buffer is an empty state or a non-empty state; when the current buffer state i... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751322 | Processing network packets using fractional time stamp values Fractional or fuzzy time stamp values are used during processing network traffic. Handling fractional time stamp values permits scaling down of time stamp values, so that fewer bits, and memory, are needed to store each fractional time stamp value. According to a sp... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751319 | Method and processor for classifying data packet units In a method for classifying data packet units, each comprising a group of data packet parameters which comprises a plurality of data packet parameters, a subgroup of data packet parameters for configuring a classification key is selected, the data packet units are d... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751321 | Method and system for remote access to universal plug and play devices A method and system for remote access to UPnP devices is provided, which allows remote access to UPnP devices in a private network, and utilizes message forwarding at the UPnP layer. Existing UPnP control points can remotely access UPnP devices in a private network ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7746776 | Systems and method for dropping data using a drop profile A system selectively drops data from queues. The system includes a drop table that stores drop probabilities. The system selects one of the queues to examine and generates an index into the drop table to identify one of the drop probabilities for the examined queue.... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746773 | System and method for dynamically optimized message processing The invention comprises a method and system for dynamically processing messages. After a message is received from a network or from an internal application, and the message type is identified, the invention determines whether an optimized handler should be used to p... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746774 | Methods and apparatus for controlling wireless network resources for data sessions based on IP address usage One illustrative method of controlling wireless network resources for data sessions involves the steps of identifying IP address usage for mobile stations operating in a wireless communication network and causing a data inactivity timer of a data session for a mobil... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746775 | Instant service method for deficit-round-robin (DRR) data packet scheduling An instant service method and apparatus for deficit-round-robin (DRR) data packet scheduling are provided. The method includes servicing a current flow according to packet scheduling; activating a new flow according to an input of a new data packet; servicing the ne... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742406 | Coordinated environment for classification and control of network traffic Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to the coordinated classification of network traffic. In one implementation, the present invention enables a coordinated network environment for traffic classification where an upstream network device classifies a data flow ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742407 | Quality of service management in a switched digital video environment Quality of service management in a switched digital video environment. The devices in a user's home can be given quality of service priority statuses by a system operator. In the event of oversubscription, the quality of service management allows the user to determi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742408 | System and method for filtering packets in a switching environment In particular embodiments of the present invention, a method for filtering packets in a switching environment is provided. In particular embodiments, the method includes receiving a packet at an input port of a switch, the switch comprising a memory and one or more ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742409 | Method and apparatus for compensating for performance degradation of an application session Disclosed is a method and apparatus for compensating for a performance degradation of an application session in a plurality of application sessions associated with a network link. The performance of each application session in the plurality of application sessions a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738370 | Method, network element and modules therefore, and computer program for use in prioritizing a plurality of queuing entities It is disclosed a method comprising prioritizing a plurality of queuing entities with respect to each other, receiving a data stream consisting of a plurality of data packets, marking each of the plurality of data packets with one out of a plurality of identifiers b... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738369 | Data structure caching for PDU re-generation and transmission in a 3G wireless network In one embodiment, a transmitter (a) caches one or more MAC-d PDUs received from a network layer, (b) selects a subset of the MAC-d PDUs for combination into a MAC-e PDU, (c) generates the MAC-e PDU from the subset of selected MAC-d PDUs, (d) caches a data structure... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738368 | Voice over internet protocol codec adjustment A system for changing the coder-decoder utilized during a voice over Internet protocol telephone call is disclosed. The system includes two local area networks connected to each other via a wide area network. Each local area network includes a router connected to th... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733775 | Method and apparatus for improving data transmission in router fabric cards through pseudo-synchronous data switching In a data packet router, a router fabric card for routing data packets is provided. The router fabric card comprises a plurality of ingress/egress ports, the ports connected through a switching facility for switching connection states of the port paths between indiv... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733774 | Method and apparatus for detecting process failure A method and apparatus for monitoring a process to determine when an abnormal process exit occurs comprising monitoring events related to the process and detecting a communication connection closing without receiving a notification of an exit event for the process. ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733772 | Dynamic selection of communication links in a mixed network Dynamic selection of communication links in a mixed network having wired and wireless links. An access point is coupled between at least two stations, with the access point coupled to a first station by a wired link and a wireless link. The access point is coupled t... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733773 | Playout based delay scheduler A node (22) of a telecommunications network (2) receives, over a transmission chain (24) subject to packet jitter, packets of a connection involving a client device (26). The node (22) comprises a packet buffer (38) configur... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733771 | NoC semi-automatic communication architecture for “data flows” applications A data processing method in a network on chip formed of a plurality of processors configured to communicate between one another, and at least one network controller configured to initialize communications in the network, the method including: receiving and storing i... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729245 | Method and system of monitoring the receipt of multicast traffic A method and system for monitoring data packet traffic in a multicast network comprising determining a first packet count received at a receiver router, representing a quantity of data packets associated with a multicast group and source at a first time, determining... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729246 | System and method for supporting inter-network dispatch calls Systems and methods for communications between networks that support dispatch communication services are provided. A server is coupled to at least two networks that provide dispatch communications, one of which employs an inactivity timer. When the server determines... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729243 | Reverse link rate and stability control In a radio access network, the reverse link rate of an access terminal is controlled and stabilized by determining a number of connections in one or more sectors in which the access terminal has a connection and setting a rate limit based on at least one of the dete... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729247 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) downlink packet scheduling apparatus and method in a mobile communication base station (BS) system A VoIP downlink packet scheduling apparatus and method in a mobile communication Base Station (BS) system are provided. The downlink packet scheduling apparatus includes a packet queue for storing a downlink packet when the downlink packet is received; a downlink sc... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729244 | Dynamic resource allocation based on quality-of-service A method and system for allocating a satellite payload terminal's (payload terminal) resources in response to a plurality of flow requests received by the payload terminal from one or more ground terminals is provided. The method includes, prioritizing the plurality... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729248 | Scheduler having queue for scheduling transmission of items from a station in a wireless network A scheduler scheduling items to be transmitted by a subscriber station in a wireless network in accordance with bandwidth assigned to the items by a base station in the network. The items to be transmitted by the subscriber station are placed in a queue. The queue h... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729249 | Systems and methods for improving TCP-friendliness of delay-based congestion control Disclosed herein is a novel technique that greatly improves the TCP-friendliness of CTCP over such under-buffered network links without degrading the protocol efficiency to utilize the link capacity. Instead of using a pre-defined threshold, the disclosed approach, ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724659 | Network-based autodiscovery system for MAC forwarding dispatcher A method, apparatus, and computer program product for detecting a connection configuration of a network system. An embodiment includes acquiring first and second network data flowing in the network system; determining whether the contents of the first network data a... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7719977 | Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating upstream bandwidth in passive optical networks One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates dynamic allocation of upstream bandwidth in a passive optical network which includes a central node and at least one remote node. Each remote node is coupled to at least one logical entity, w... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719975 | Method and system for communication session under conditions of bandwidth starvation A real-time communication device with an asymmetric mode is disclosed. During a real-time communication session, a communication application executing on the communication device detects an upstream communication channel having insufficient bandwidth to support real... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719974 | System and method for loadbalancing in a network environment using feedback information A method for loadbalancing in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request from an end user for a communication session at a central node. The method further includes identifying a selected one of a plurality of network nodes to facilitate the... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719970 | Serial communications system with optional data path and control plane features Integrated circuits compliant with a serial communications protocol with optional features are provided. The optional features include control plane features such as flow control, retry-on-error, clock tolerance compensation, and idle codes and include data path fea... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719971 | Peer proxy binding A method and system for connecting a guest browser with a proxy includes: sending a registration request for a proxy from a peer to a proxy director; selecting a proxy by the proxy director and sending a proxy name to the peer; sending a registration request with a ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719972 | Methods and apparatus for providing an admission control system in a wireless mesh network Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing an admission control system in a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7719976 | Variable dynamic throttling of network traffic for intrusion prevention Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for variable dynamic throttling of network traffic for intrusion prevention are disclosed that include initializing, as throttling parameters, a predefined time interval, a packet count, a packet count threshold, a t... | 05/18/2010 |
