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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165023 | Methods for the secured interconnection of VNET sites over WAN One embodiment provides a method to interconnect virtual network segments (VNETs) defined for a local-area network (LAN) infrastructure separated by a wide-area network infrastructure. The technique involves the routing device at the LAN-WAN interconnection points t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159953 | Method and apparatus for managing allocation of resources in a network To manage resource allocation between users of a wireless or wireline network, recent resource usage by each user is determined and priorities are assigned accordingly. Then, the network resources are allocated according to the assigned priorities. A respective prio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159952 | Data packet traffic scheduling Techniques of scheduling data packets are disclosed. For example, such data packet scheduling techniques may be employed to schedule data packets on wired and/or wireless networks. An example embodiment includes techniques for scheduling voice-over-Internet protocol... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159951 | System and method for Ec/Io access screening in a CDMA network Provided are system and method for performing access screening in a CDMA network. In one embodiment, the method comprises comparing a strength of a reference pilot specified in an origination message (“ORM”) received from the mobile unit to at least one of an up... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155004 | Mobile network system for dynamically controlling communication path and method thereof Disclosed is a mobile network system based on ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) routing algorithm, including: a destination node: a source node for transmitting a data packet to the destination node by following a communication path; and a mobile node for rece... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155005 | Transporting QoS mapping information in a packet radio network A method and a GGSN support node for sending data packets to a mobile station in a mobile communications system from an external communication system. The GGSN receives data packets from the external communication system in a first plurality of data flows which it m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155006 | Method, device, and communication system for adjusting data rates in a network A method for adjusting data rate in a network is disclosed. In the method, when a device is added to the network, a data rate controlling parameter is configured, and when there is a new service or the requirements of a service have been changed, the data rate will ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149712 | 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... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149707 | Minimization of radio resource usage in multi-hop networks with multiple routings Packets in a multi-hop wireless network are routed based on the available link throughputs, network node congestion and the connectivity of the network in a manner that minimizes the use of radio resources and minimizes delay for packets in multi-hop system. The rou... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149708 | Dynamically switching streams of packets among dedicated and shared queues Streams of packets are dynamically switched among dedicated and shared queues. For example, when a packet stream is in a maintenance mode (such as to keep a tunnel or packet stream associated with a server active) all packet traffic received over a packet stream is ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149709 | Serialization queue framework for transmitting packets A method for sending packets. The method includes determining with which of a plurality of virtual serialization queues (VSQs) a first packet is associated, wherein a first application is attempting to issue the first packet, if a first VSQ of the plurality of VSQs ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149711 | Data stream control for network devices A method and apparatus for data stream control for network devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include a receiver to receive a token for a command associated with a stream of data, where the command is one of multiple command types. The token has a fixed size ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149710 | Flexible and hierarchical dynamic buffer allocation In one embodiment, a method comprises the following steps: receiving a first set of inputs comprising a first plurality of entities and a first traffic behavior; determining a first region of a buffer corresponding to the first traffic behavior; assigning the first ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144592 | Zone based quality of service in a fibre channel fabric Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fibre channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. Configuration of Quality of Service (QoS) information is made easy by using zones as... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144590 | Distributed resource allocation in stream processing systems A system and method for resource allocation includes, in a network having nodes and links, injecting units of flow for at least one commodity at a source corresponding to the at least one commodity. At each node, queue heights, associated with the at least one commo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144589 | Learning-based semi-persistent scheduling in wireless communications Systems and methods are provided for a learning-based determination of semi-persistent scheduling of data-packet flow wireless communication. A packetized data flow served to a wireless terminal is fully scheduled for an initial period of time in order to collect st... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144586 | System and method for controlling network bandwidth with a connection admission control engine A system and method for controlling network bandwidth. Network performance information that includes information regarding real-time data packets using performance information packet data packets is gathered. The network bandwidth is throttled for each of a number o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144588 | Scalable resource management in distributed environment A method may include receiving a packet in a network device, selecting one of a group of ingress buffers, where each ingress buffer is associated with a different one of a group of processors, distributing the packet to the selected ingress buffer; and scheduling th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144587 | System and method for load balancing network resources using a connection admission control engine A system and method for load balancing network resources. Network performance information regarding data flow through a network is gathered using performance information packet data packets. The data flow is distributed through access points of the network using con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144591 | System and method for reducing latency in call setup and teardown Systems and methods for reducing latency in call setup and teardown are provided. A network device with integrated functionalities and a cache is provided that stores policy information to reduce the amount of signaling that is necessary to setup and teardown sessio... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139487 | Strategies for selecting a format for data transmission based on measured bandwidth A strategy is described for transmitting data from a first entity to a second entity. The data is transmitted using a format that is selected to accommodate available bandwidth in a communication coupling that connects the first entity and the second entity. The fir... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139490 | Deadlock prevention in direct networks of arbitrary topology Aspects of the invention pertain to routing packets in a computer system while avoiding deadlock. A turn rule is set according to unique identifiers associated with switches in the system. Numeric values of switches in possible turns are compared to determine whethe... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139486 | Method and system for generating data frames for asynchronous over TCP/IP protocol Described are a method and system for generating an asynchronous data frame. A character received from an asynchronous device is buffered. Each additional character from the asynchronous device is buffered if the additional character is received before the expiratio... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139488 | Cooperative flow locks distributed among multiple components Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with cooperative flow locks distributed among multiple components, such as on different application-specific integrated circuits in a packet switching device. Flo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139489 | Robust jitter-free remote clock offset measuring method A clock offset between a client and a server is measured by: (a) the client sending a request to the server; (b) upon receiving the request in step (a), the server optionally sending a server acknowledgement to the client; (c) upon the client receiving the server ac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134925 | Disaster prevention system Each terminal devices (1, 4) connected to one another via a LAN (11) includes: a main control portion (e.g. 31) performing operational control, a transmission LAN unit (34) performing transmission control regarding transmission and recept... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130648 | Hierarchical queue shaping A network device and method include token buckets, each token bucket associated with one of clients and virtual ports and configured to process information based on a predefined bandwidth and a strict priority/weighted deficit round robin. A maximum rate shaper modu... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130649 | Ingress traffic flow control in a data communications system Embodiments of the invention provide flow control of incoming data packets to data processing resources via a controller that can receive and react to advanced backpressure messages. These advanced backpressure messages are used to rate limit the data packets based ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130650 | Retro flow control for arriving traffic in computer networks The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await further processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by st... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130651 | Addressable fiber node A system and method for providing a hybrid fiber network (HFN) means to identify a fiber node by a unique address. An addressing module is installed in proximity to, or collocated with, a fiber node. The addressing module comprises an addressing module identifier th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130652 | Control of data in communication networks A router (14) for use in a communication network (10) and an associated method. The router (14) includes input ports each having an associated input buffer for receiving data packets from a sending device and output ports for sending data packet... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125908 | Adaptive network traffic classification using historical context Adaptive network traffic classification using historical context. Network traffic may be monitored and classified by considering several attributes using packet filters, regular expressions, context-free grammars, rule sets, and/or protocol dissectors, among other m... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125909 | Methods and apparatus for controlling congestion in a communication network A subscriber unit: sends a media flow to a correspondent host; receives, from the correspondent host, an indication of a level of congestion in the communication network; compares the level of congestion to a congestion threshold (TH1) during a first time... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121033 | Methods for packet network traffic regulation A method of traffic regulation in a packet communication network involves a token bucket associated with a subscriber. Packets arriving at the regulator are handled in accordance with the token bucket configuration. The method involves measuring a demand placed on t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121036 | Wireless mesh network for inter-component data communications in satellite systems A network system for inter-component communications in an electronic device is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of components for an electronic device, where each of the components communicates with at least one other component over a communications mediu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121034 | Method for the optimised management of resources in a terminal comprising multiple interfaces A method is provided for the transmission of data flows through multiple interfaces. The method includes: comparing a maximum throughput value offered by an interface with a cumulative value resulting from a sum of the throughputs attributed to the flows effectively... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121037 | Fixed mobile convergence (FMC) with PDIF and SIP gateway Apparatus and methods are described for establishing a connection to a wireless subscriber network over a wireless LAN. A secure tunnel is established between a PDIF and a mobile station. Both voice and data calls are exchange via the tunnel. Voice calls are forward... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121035 | Apparatus and method for packet buffer management in IP network system An apparatus, computer program and method for packet buffer management in an IP network system. The apparatus includes at least one link queue buffer, a shared buffer, a buffer state detector, and a buffer manager. The at least one link queue buffer is allocated a b... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116203 | Multiple virtual channels for use in network devices A method for establishing a virtual channel between network devices is disclosed. In the case of a local network device establishing a virtual channel with a remote network device, a virtual channel request message is sent from the local network device to the remote... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116204 | Scheduler The present invention relates to a node and a method in a cellular radio network telecommunication system for assigning resources to users, comprising a network node having resources to be allocated to users being present in a radio cell served by the network node. ... | 02/14/2012 |
