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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189488 | Failback to a primary communications adapter Methods, systems, and program products are provided for failback to a primary communications adapter. Embodiments of the present invention include receiving, in a driver for a primary communications adapter and a backup communications adapter, a link up event for th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8169922 | Diagnosing problems associated with route groups in a network A system and method directed to diagnosing a problem associated with a route group in a network are disclosed. A problem associated with a route group is diagnosed by comparing inventory information associated with a route group to current route information associat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8125914 | Scaled Ethernet OAM for mesh and hub-and-spoke networks Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: configuring a maintenance domain on a first network node; configuring a maintenance association within the maintenance domain on a first network node; c... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107383 | Reducing traffic loss in an EAPS system A ring network with an automatic protection switching domain includes a control VLAN and at least one data VLAN. A master node in the ring is connected to at least one transit node. Each node in the ring network is linked to an adjacent node by a primary port or a s... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8068433 | Low power operation of networked devices Methods of reducing power consumption of networked devices are described. When a main processor and associated hardware in a computing device is powered down, a processing element, with lower power consumption than the main processor, performs networking functions o... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7995488 | Connectivity fault management for ethernet tree (E-Tree) type services A Maintenance Association and corresponding method for configuring maintenance entities for Ethernet Tree (E-Tree) type service instances. A root MEP communicates with each of a plurality of leaf MEPs. Remote MEP state machine instances are activated within the root... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7969896 | Method and system for providing connectivity outage detection for MPLS core networks based on service level agreement Method and system for providing network connectivity outage detection for MPLS cores based on service level agreement (SLA) parameters including receiving a service level agreement parameter, determining a probe interval associated with the service level agreement p... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957299 | System and method for tracking alarms in a packet network A system and method for locating failures in a metro Ethernet network. Packets are communicated from a maintenance end point through a plurality of maintenance entities. An alarm is generated at a maintenance entity in response to determining the packets are not com... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957300 | Network management apparatus and method thereof A network management apparatus in a network that includes a physical network, and a logical network assigned to the physical network performs: acquiring nodes stored in a distance information storage unit with distances larger than a distance for a node identified b... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7948905 | Troubleshooting voice over WLAN deployments A voice over WLAN diagnostic system. In particular implementations, a method includes simulating, in response to a triggering event, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications with a remote diagnostics engine; gathering metric data characterizing one or more... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7881210 | Method and apparatus for identifying label distribution protocol flapping events A method and apparatus for identifying a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) flapping event in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method counts a total number of LDP session up events, a total number of LDP session down events, a total number of l... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876694 | Identifying VPN faults based on virtual routing address and edge interface relationship information In an embodiment, a network service provider (NSP) operates a provider network to provide VPN services to its customers. A VPN links various customer sites allowing customers to send data between these sites over the NSP network. Each site network includes a custome... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7839795 | Carrier Ethernet with fault notification A method of fault notification in a carrier Ethernet having the capability of generating and transmitting OAM packets having flag fields, comprises inserting a bit in one of the flag fields to indicate the presence of service-affecting information in the OAM packets... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7756046 | Apparatus and method for locating trouble occurrence position in communication network When a communication abnormality has occurred, links that are included in the communication path on which the communication abnormality has occurred and that are included in communication paths between nodes that allow communication are excluded while referring to i... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7746794 | Integrated municipal management console Embodiments of the invention provide a networked system and management console for visualizing, identifying, and handling municipal or other regional events of interest as they arise. The management console is communicably linked via a wide area wireless network and... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7688743 | Tracing routing differences A routing validation method and system identifies routers that are likely to be the cause of differences in forwarding tables associated with two versions of a network. Each destination sub-network prefix is processed to identify all the routers that exhibit differe... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7664046 | Mobile communications terminal for supporting extended link adaptation techniques and method thereof A mobile communication terminal including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to set at least one or more predetermined parameters according to communication channel states, and a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) transmission/reception processor configu... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646722 | Generation of synchronous transport signal data used for network protection operation Each node (130) of a SONET bidirectional line switch ring (BLSR) (120) generates a squelch table. Squelch table generation does not require a separate computer connected to the node. Each node also generates a payload table indicating a type of a synch... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7564795 | Obtaining per-port location information for wired LAN switches In one embodiment, a device with a wireless transceiver and a network interface, such as a wireless location determination device or a laptop with wireless capability and an Ethernet port, is coupled to a network switch port via the network interface. A request for ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7522531 | Intrusion detection system and method A system, method and computer program product are provided. Network traffic information is received from a plurality of controllers. The network traffic information is reported utilizing at least one network-based interface. Further, a map of a network is generated ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7505417 | Method and apparatus for controlling packet transmission in a mobile telecommunication system A method of adapting a mobile telecommunication system to channel conditions. To control transmission of a data packet from an access network (AN) in both a link adaptation scheme and an ARQ (Automatic Repeat reQuest) scheme, an access terminal (AT) compares the rec... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7433323 | Remote testing of high speed data and voice communication networks Faults or degradation of performance of a voice/data communication network (2) are identified without the need to dispatch service personnel by selectively testing isolated sections of the communication network. For some of these tests, the communication netw... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418054 | Transmitter adjustment based on transmission statistics A WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) transmitter or another data communications apparatus is provided that includes a transmission section that is configured to generate signals to be transmitted, and a control section that is connected to the transmission section t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400234 | Multimedia unit having multiple transceivers for use in a vehicle In a ring-shaped MOST network installed in a motor vehicle, several units are linked to one another by several linkage sections. They function as data source, data sink, or transceiver. At least some of the units have two or more transceiver modules. To relieve the ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392017 | Assessing wireless network quality A method of providing information indicative of network coverage by one or more wireless service providers in a geographic area may include obtaining, at an information provider, performance indicators for a plurality of accesses to the information provider by a plu... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385929 | Method and system for detecting false packets in wireless communications systems Specific bits of an incoming transmission are compared against a predetermined bit pattern. If the selected bits do not match the predetermined bit pattern, then the incoming transmission is rejected as a false packet. The predetermined bit pattern can include legal... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369571 | Method and system for sending E-LSP packets having QoS across a cell ATM based network A telecommunications system includes a packet based network. The system includes a packet ingress node for packets having a QOS in communication with the packet based network. The system includes an ATM ingress node for an ATM network. The ATM ingress node receiving... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370362 | Method and apparatus for locating rogue access point switch ports in a wireless network Methods and apparatus are disclosed for locating and disabling the switch port of a rogue wireless access point. In one embodiment, a network management device is configured to detect the presence of a rogue access point on a managed wireless network. Once detected,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370102 | Managing recovery of service components and notification of service errors and failures A method and apparatus for providing management and maintenance to a node within a data communications network and to the composite data communications network. A network management application is started on a host which may be located at a network operation center.... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366954 | Data transfer device and abnormal transfer state detecting method A data transfer device comprises a unit for collecting data of a control state by monitoring the control state of a circuit which controls communications protocols within the local device, and a unit for detecting an abnormal state of a data transfer based on the co... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366148 | Intrusion detection system for wireless networks A method and system (FIG. 2) for facilitating detection of intruders into a wireless network, through the use of physical layer anomalies. One or more monitoring stations (22, 24, 26) can be distributed across the potential intruder's signal transmissi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366106 | Radio communication terminal and communication method A radio communication terminal, being used in a radio communication systems in which the transmission rate varies depending on radio wave conditions and communication statuses of other users, comprises a reception module which receives packets transmitted by a base ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362714 | Packet network monitoring device A network diagnostic device is disclosed that digitally samples the voltages on the cabling of the network, but does so at a much higher rate and with greater resolution then is required to minimally detect digital transmissions on the cabling. This sampling provide... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359331 | Alarm transfer method and wide area Ethernet network An alarm transfer method for use in a wide area Ethernet network has the steps of generating a plurality of fixed-length frames from an Ethernet frame sent from a client terminal, generating capsules each comprised of each of the fixed-length frames, a type field fo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355965 | Apparatus and method for rapid detection of unidirectional breaks in a network ring Normal 802.3 Ethernet requires a tree topology. If a ring or a loop exists, then packets will be forwarded around the ring indefinitely. If the ring is broken, then there is no possibility of packets being propagated forever. This invention shows how to quickly impo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355966 | Method and system for minimizing disruption in common-access networks A method and fibre channel switch element is provided for isolating a defective device that is coupled to a fibre channel arbitrated loop. The method includes, isolating a port if a loop initialization primitive (“LIP”) is detected from a device coupled to the a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355985 | Automatic update of squelch tables for optical network applications A method and system for processing a squelch table for optical network applications. The method includes receiving a first cross-connection entry associated with a first cross-connection and a first channel, and generating a first squelch entry associated with the f... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355982 | Subscriber line terminal device and loopback test method The present invention provides a subscriber line terminal device, which enables identification of the cause of abnormality when abnormality is detected in remote monitoring of a subscriber line terminating device connected to the terminal device via an optical fiber... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352780 | Signaling byte resiliency A method and system for providing signaling byte resiliency across a telecommunications network. Embodiments of the invention create copies of original signaling bytes and transports the copies in addition to the original signaling bytes. Testing is performed at eac... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349969 | Phased learning approach to determining closest content serving sites In order to direct content requests to an appropriate content serving site in a computer network, a phased learning approach is utilized to ensure that, as best as possible, the request is made to content serving site with the shortest delay. In a setup phase, an in... | 03/25/2008 |
