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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386612 | Method and apparatus for disambiguating transmit-by-exception telemetry from a multi-path, multi-tier network An apparatus and methods for disambiguating data elements transmitted by exception over a multi-path, multi-tiered communications network of nodes from at least one originating node to a destination node. A method includes the steps of receiving counter data from ea... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385932 | Wideband frequency domain reflectometry to determine the nature and location of subscriber line faults A technique for estimating distances and the nature of irregularities and faults on a telephone subscriber line is disclosed. Reflected test signals are measured as a function of frequency. The measurements are compensated for variable propagation velocity and varia... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382735 | System and method for monitoring a packet network A method and system is provided for monitoring the quality of signal transmissions in a communications network by calculating Quality of Services (QoS) scores and corresponding Transmission Impairment Test (TIT) scores, and then monitoring a QoS score to predict a c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382721 | Nodal computer network A nodal computer network comprises a plurality of nodes grouped into different classes. The classes include at least a first class of fully interconnected nodes and a second class of fully interconnected nodes, and the first class includes a source node having an in... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382734 | Directing a path verification request along a specific path to a mesh network switch to test operability of the specific path An apparatus in one example comprises a first mesh network switch that directs a path verification request along a specific path to a second mesh network switch to test operability of the specific path. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379422 | Flow control enhancement A networking/communication chip having a receiving buffer or FIFO whereby it receives data from a data source across a network and transfers the data to a host system. The memory in the host system acts as a logical extension of the receiving buffer in the chip; in ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379418 | Method for ensuring system serialization (quiesce) in a multi-processor environment A method of ensuring system serialization in a multiprocessor multi-nodal environment is used to force all processors in a multiprocessor environment to temporarily suspend operations while one processor changes the system state. Architected designs where latencies ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371637 | Oxide-nitride stack gate dielectric A method of making a semiconductor structure comprises forming an oxide layer on a substrate; forming a silicon nitride layer on the oxide layer; annealing the layers in NO; and annealing the layers in ammonia. The equivalent oxide thickness of the oxide layer and t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372807 | Method and apparatus for multiplex transmission In a transmission network including multiplex transmission units A, F, G, D and E, when the line breakage has occurred on the OC-12 transmission path of the direction from unit A to unit F, the unit F detects the signal coming in from the OC-12 path indicative of th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373401 | Label switched path OAM wrapper Methods and devices for logically segmenting an LSP so that OAM DTUs may be used to determine the performance and/or the status of LSP segments. To segment a previously determined LSP, a dedicated subpath (a logical LSP) within that predetermined LSP is defined betw... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369605 | Method and device for injecting a differential current noise signal into a paired wire communication link The present invention relates to a device and method for injecting a noise signal into a wire pair of a communication link. In operation a first current source and a second current source are disposed in series with a node therebetween coupled resistively to a wire ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366988 | Method and apparatus for converting a network description into a computer program for disambiguating transmit-by-exception telemetry from a multi-path, multi-tier network A method for making an apparatus for disambiguating telemetry sent by exception over a multi-path, multi-tier communications network having a plurality of telemetry source nodes producing telemetry data elements, a plurality of linked relay nodes, and one destinatio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366866 | Block size allocation in copy operations Described herein are exemplary storage network architectures and methods for block size allocation in copy operations. A copy operation from a first storage cell to a second storage cell is initiated. The copy operation initially utilizes a first write block size. T... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362713 | System and method for accessing digital subscriber line data A system and method of accessing digital subscriber line data is provided. The system includes a first server having an input to receive a telephone number from a web browser interface and having an output to provide performance analysis data associated with at leas... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362710 | Organization and maintenance loopback cell processing in ATM networks A communication system comprising a plurality of sources, a plurality of destinations, and a plurality of switches forming an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network connecting the sources to the destinations. Each switch in the plurality of switches includes a plu... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362773 | DOCSIS 2.0 SCDMA capable sniffers which can capture legacy DOCSIS bursts as well A DOCSIS 2.0 compatible sniffer which can receive legacy DOCSIS 1.x TDMA bursts as well as DOCSIS 2.0 SCDMA bursts. One embodiment uses two cable modems in the sniffer, one to capture downstream data bursts and the other to capture downstream messages and to recover... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362974 | Method for planning or provisioning data transport networks A tool for static or dynamic planning of a WDM network with dedicated protection. The WDM network is represented by a layered graph having image nodes for each node of the network and horizontal arcs for each link of the network, so as to replicate in each layer the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363367 | Systems and methods for robust, real-time measurement of network performance Methods and apparatuses for obtaining delay, jitter, and loss statistics of a path between server and an end user coupled via an internetwork are described. The server may comprise a web server in communication with the end user via the Internet. Statistics are obta... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363419 | Method and system for terminating write commands in a hub-based memory system A memory hub receives downstream memory commands and processes each received downstream memory command to determine whether the memory command includes a write command directed to the memory hub. The memory hub operates in a first mode when the write command is dire... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359330 | Fault location on a telecommunications network A fault location system for a telecommunications network including a local exchange or switch, a node such as a primary connection point and a plurality of line terminations includes probability calculation to establish the location of a fault measured from the exch... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356739 | System and program for controlling a distributed processing system The highly reliable distributed system is composed of a communication protocol processing unit which comprises a mailbox for storing a communication message, and executes communication protocol processing between data of an application program and a network controll... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356335 | Wireless communication apparatus A wireless communication apparatus coordinates communication among a set of mobile stations by giving the mobile stations permission to transmit packets. The mobile stations divide comparatively long packets into shorter fragment packets. When the wireless communica... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356612 | Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving data related to paths of a multi-path, multi-tier network An apparatus is provided for storing and retrieving data relating to paths through a network having a plurality of linked nodes and a destination node, each node of the plurality of nodes having a counter operable to transmit counter data when the node is operating ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355971 | Determining packet size in networking A method of determining a maximum packet size for data packets sent along a network path. A sending computer sends a packet to a receiving computer through a sending interface. The packet is fragmented during transfer to a receiving interface. The fragments are anal... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355983 | Technique for graceful shutdown of a routing protocol in a network A graceful shutdown technique modifies a routing protocol to allow an intermediate node, such as a router, to announce to its peer routers (peers) its intention to be gracefully shutdown and removed from service in a network. By announcing its intention to be remove... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356037 | Telecommunication system and method for transmitting data A telecommunication system includes a base station, a router allocated to the base station, and several subscriber stations that are connected to the base station via an access network. Subscriber station routers set up a telecommunication link with the base station... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356127 | Global digital measurement device A digital wideband node (DWN) (28, 48) is coupled to a remote terminal (RT) (22, 42) that in turn is coupled to a subscriber's telephone line (26, 46). The DWN (28, 48) is configured to (1) pass a subscriber's telephone number signal dire... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356047 | 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps serial media independent interface (SGMII) A SGMII that operates to transfer data between MAC and PHY chips at 2500/1000/100/10 Mbps utilizes a unique frame extending technique in one embodiment where frames having multiples of 2 and 3 data bytes are utilized to change the data transfer rate by multiples of ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353314 | Time-out control apparatus, terminal unit, time-out control system and time-out procedure The present invention is built on a time out control apparatus to control the time out when a packet is transferred between terminal units connected to different buses. In the time out control apparatus, delay measuring means measures the delay time required for a r... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352746 | Frame forwarding installation A frame forwarding installation on the side of a transmitting terminal refers to a header of a received frame and determines whether a host application is a real-time application. If the application is a real-time application, the received frame is sent to a plurali... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353407 | Methods and apparatus for provisioning phantom power to remote devices An apparatus provisions power from a power budget to remote devices configured to obtain phantom power. The apparatus includes, among other things, a controller which is configured to identify a power demand for a remote device (e.g., a power demand based on an actu... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352692 | Resource reservation scheme for path restoration in an optical network A method for reserving resources for restoration of a failed virtual path in a mesh optical network is defined. The method in one embodiment, defines multiple classes of service for the virtual path by allocating certain path performance, path implementation and pat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352705 | Method and apparatus for determining endpoints for use as testing devices A method and apparatus for testing a digital network having a plurality of subnetworks by determining by one of a plurality of user endpoint devices assigned to one of the plurality of subnetworks upon the one of the plurality of user endpoint devices being idle tha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349994 | Method and apparatus for coordinating routing parameters via a back-channel communication medium Systems and methods are described for enabling routers to coordinate via a back-channel communication medium. The information exchanged over the back-channel is used to increase the number of paths considered for the routers during route optimization. The Decision M... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349344 | System and method for performing subscriber loop testing in an optical network An access network includes a test system controller that provides a test request in Signaling Network Management Protocol (SNMP) messages to an element management system. A network gateway, in conjunction with the element management system, provides test commands to... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350012 | Method and system for providing fault tolerance in a network A configurable switching fabric port is disclosed having, in a particular configuration. A first interface that employs port interface resources and leaves at least one interface resource dormant and a second interface utilizing the dormant resource. One particular ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349345 | Method and apparatus for testing communications between a network edge device and a customer premises device A method and apparatus for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device. Network data traffic is diverted from the customer premises device to a test device. The test device emulates the customer prem... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349979 | Method and apparatus for redirecting network traffic Methods and apparatus are described for intelligently redirecting and/or processing traffic. In one embodiment, a method of facilitating redirection of traffic sent from a first processing device (e.g., a client) to a second processing device (e.g., a server) is dis... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349350 | Determining two node-disjoint paths using on-demand flooding The present disclosure relates to determining and establishing at least two node disjoint paths, and, more specifically, to determining and establishing at least two node disjoint paths within a wireless ad-hoc network that includes a source and a target node using ... | 03/25/2008 |
