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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7821930 | Fault-tolerant communications in routed networks A method for providing fault-tolerant network communications between a plurality of nodes for an application, including providing a plurality of initial communications pathways over a plurality of networks coupled between the plurality of nodes, receiving a data pac... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817543 | Regulating data-burst transfer The invention discloses methods and apparatus for regulating the transfer of data bursts across a data network comprising electronic edge nodes interconnected by fast-switching optical core nodes. To facilitate switching at an electronic edge node, data bursts are o... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7813278 | Systems and methods for selectively performing explicit congestion notification A system provides congestion control and includes multiple queues that temporarily store data and a drop engine. The system associates a value with each of the queues, where each of the values relates to an amount of memory associated with the queue. The drop engine... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813277 | Lockless bandwidth management for multiprocessor networking devices An example embodiment of the invention provides a process for lockless processing of hierarchical bandwidth partitions configurations in multiple processor architectures. In one embodiment, the process runs in an NPU's data plane and receives a packet for a partitio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813274 | Dynamic demultiplexing of network traffic Dynamic demultiplexing of network traffic to maximize availability of a source restricting service is disclosed. In one embodiment, a request is received from a host associated with a first network space to establish a connection to a source restricting service asso... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813275 | Wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method A wireless communication device, a wireless communication system and a wireless communication method for preventing buffer over flow in the wireless communication device acting as a relay node, and for improving throughput within the whole system are disclosed. The ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813276 | Method for distributed hierarchical admission control across a cluster A network cluster is provided herein having a plurality of cluster members. In order to control the admission of client requests sent to the cluster, one member of the cluster is elected “reservation coordinator.” The reservation coordinator runs a reservation a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7813273 | Soft packet dropping during digital audio packet-switched communications A method of packetizing digital audio information includes separating a digital audio sample into at least one most significant bit and at least one least significant bit. The most significant bit(s) of the digital audio sample are placed into an most significant bi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7808896 | Data path-based service deployment in hierarchical networks Provides optimizing a data path and forwarding a data from a start node to an end node over a network, wherein the data is forwarded through the data path which is determined by a data path option having a minimum overall capacity regarding first capacity values. Pr... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808897 | Fast network security utilizing intrusion prevention systems Intrusion Prevention Systems (“IPSs”) are used to detect and/or prevent intrusion events from infiltrating a computer network. However, in large computer networks the IPSs cannot conduct their analysis on network data traffic quickly enough in the network core t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808898 | Flow estimator A system for communication flow estimation and method therefore are described. The system comprises a filter array arranged to receive a packet, an index hash unit, a flow count array, and a global average counter. The index hash unit generates an index based on a r... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808899 | Method, apparatus and software program for extending the flow of information when transmitting a message Methods, apparatuses and software programs which are used to facilitate the flow of information in terms of functionalities in the domain of at least one service provider, in particular of a multimedia message in the UMTS, this functionality having been requested by... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808895 | Isochronous device communication management Various embodiments of the invention relate to apportioning a total memory bandwidth available for a time period amongst a plurality of bandwidth requests according to a power managed profile. In addition, isochronous data transmission may be appended together and t... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804774 | Scalable filtering and policing mechanism for protecting user traffic in a network Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for scalable filtering and policing mechanism for protecting user traffic in a network. A data packet is filtered by a multi-tiered filtering and transmission system. Data pac... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804773 | System and method of managing data flow in a network The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to manage data flow in a network. The method includes receiving a plurality of data flows, wherein each of the plurality of data flows includes a plurality of data packets. The method also includes determinin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804775 | Apparatus and computer program for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headers An apparatus and computer program are disclosed for collecting data about the transmission of network packets that are associated with specified applications. The packets are transmitted through a communications network fabric that is used to couple data processing ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7804772 | Receiver having integrated spectral analysis capability A method of managing traffic in a communications channel includes the steps of receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber, performing a spectral analysis on a signal received from the subscriber within a time interval identified by the subscriber ID, an... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801035 | Service parameter interworking method To achieve a transparent service parameter exchange between networks using a circuit-oriented protocol and networks using a packet-oriented protocol, there is provided a service parameter interworking method adapted to achieve a service parameter exchange between th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801033 | System of virtual data channels in an integrated circuit This disclosure relates to a system of communicating, data within an integrated circuit. Multiple components, or channels, can share common physical communication lines between elements within the system. In some aspect, only one component can access the physical li... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801032 | System and method of dynamic QoS negotiation in next generation network The present invention discloses a system and a method of dynamic QoS negotiation in NGN. The Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) provides intercommunication interfaces with Transport functional (TF) entity, Service Control Functional (SCF) entities, and ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801036 | Fairness of capacity allocation for an MPLS-based VPN A method and system for providing fairness of capacity allocation in a network is presented. The method includes intercepting RSVP messages at a PE router, counting capacity requests for reservable classes of service for each VPN on each LSP, and rejecting requests ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801034 | System and method for bandwidth allocation in an optical light-trail A method for allocating the use of an optical light-trail includes calculating a bid at a first node in the light-trail with consideration for the criticality of the node's need to transmit particular traffic on the light-trail. The method also includes transmitting... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801037 | Method and apparatus for binding redundancy versions with a system frame number and subframe numbers A method and apparatus for binding Redundancy Versions (RVs) with a System Frame Number (SFN) and subframe numbers are disclosed. The method includes: choosing any five (5) continuous subframes within a transmission window of a System Information (SI-x) message acco... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796512 | Switching source device, switching destination device, high speed device switching system, and signaling method A session mobility for moving a session held between a switching source device and a communication counterpart to a switching destination device other than the switching source device. The switching source device transmits media data relating to a session by multica... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796511 | Self-routed layer 4 packet network system and method The embodiment discloses a connection oriented packet network using an MPLS-type label switching technology. The network uses a very fast hardware-oriented self-routing protocol that can expose a path right-of-way and program a connection between a calling and calle... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796513 | Packet classification using modified range labels A method and system for encoding a set of range labels for each parameter field in a packet classification key in such a way as to require preferably only a single entry per rule in a final processing stage of a packet classifier. Multiple rules are sorted accorded ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796514 | System and method for multi-services packet network traffic engineering Systems and methods are described that provide network traffic engineering that obviate network over-provisioning by providing QoS to each traffic class. Embodiments dimension switching router LTE schedulers to ensure that each traffic class receives an appropriate ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796510 | Systems and methods for providing virtual fair queueing of network traffic Systems and methods for dynamically controlling bandwidth of connections are described. In some embodiments, a proxy for one or more connections may allocate, distribute, or generate indications of network congestion via one or more connections in order to induce th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792025 | Multi-service session admission control A Session Admission Control (SAC) for negotiating admission control in a multi-services communications network including multicast services is described. The module distributes the admission process between a centralized decision function (SAC-PDP) and a distributed... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792024 | IO latency reduction An application and audio driver communicate audio data via a ring buffer using a system interface. An application reads or writes data from the buffer in a unit of data. Positions within the buffer correspond to a particular time. To write data to the buffer at a pa... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792028 | Two-tier call admission control method in IEEE 802.11 WLAN The present invention discloses a two-tier call admission control algorithm in IEEE 802.11 WLAN. The two-tier call admission control algorithm is given to improve the overall system throughput and guarantee the quality of service of every single user in the WLAN. | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792026 | Method of calculating a time period to wait for missing data packets A method of receiving data packets. In the method of receiving data packets, a determination is made as to whether a received data packet is received out of an expected order. If the determining step determines a received packet is out of the expected order, a time ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792027 | Pipelined packet switching and queuing architecture An architecture for a line card in a network routing device is provided. The line card architecture provides a bi-directional interface between the routing device and a network, both receiving packets from the network and transmitting the packets to the network thro... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792023 | Per-flow rate control for an asynchronous metro packet transport ring An asynchronous metropolitan packet transport ring having per-flow QoS. Asynchronous packetized data flow in one direction through a fiber optic loop. A number of Metropolitan Packet Switches (MPS) are coupled to the fiber optic loop. An MPS allows packetized data f... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787371 | Method and apparatus for providing distinctive levels of access to resources on a high-speed wireless packet data network Methods and systems for managing system resources in a data transmission system are disclosed herein. An adaptive packet inactivity timer can be associated with the data transmission system, wherein the adaptive packet inactivity timer dynamically changes a behavior... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787370 | Technique for adaptively load balancing connections in multi-link trunks A technique for adaptively load balancing connections in multi-link trunks is disclosed. The present invention provides an adaptive load balancing algorithm that utilizes relative link quality metrics to adjust traffic distribution between links. Link quality metric... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787372 | Transmission control protocol with performance enhancing proxy for degraded communication channels The integration of an improved retransmission protocol into a performance enhancing proxy (PEP) for degraded communication links. Various embodiments of the invention include congestion control, window size adjustment algorithms, connection negotiation features, and... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787373 | Method and apparatus for providing secure blast calls Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for providing secure blast calls. An example embodiment includes a secure blast call apparatus including a blast component to determine if a secure or a non-secure call connection is needed and to blast a call conne... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782771 | Adjusting to network latency changes Techniques are provided for adjusting to changes to the latency for a connection between two nodes on a network. In accordance with some embodiments, when a transmitting node encounters a retransmission timeout for a packet sent to a receiving node, the latency for ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7782772 | Method for unidirectional and bidirectional label switched path setup in a label switched network Label contention in a label switched network is resolved by applying a contention resolution scheme that reconciles policies for handling unidirectional and bidirectional label switched path setup. ... | 08/24/2010 |
