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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7342873 | Efficient architectures for protection against network failures Traffic demands are routed between network elements so as to provide improved protection against network failures. A given traffic demand is routed from a first network element to a second network element, where the second network element is preferably either one of... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342400 | Method and apparatus for measuring employing main and remote units A test instrument employs main and remote test units at respective ends of a cable under test. The units operate in an active or passive measurement mode, wherein one of the units begins as the active unit, applying test signals to the cable under test to make a set... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336607 | Methods and apparatus for flow control based packet aggregation in a communication network The present invention is a methodology for providing packet aggregation based on transmission window size to achieve improved transport efficiency. One embodiment of the invention includes the steps of receiving an indication of a transmission window size for packet... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336615 | Detecting data plane livelines in connections such as label-switched paths Testing the liveliness of a data plane of a label switched path (LSP) using a two stage approach. The first stage may use a general echo request operation that may be implemented using hardware. Therefore, the first stage does not heavily burden the control plane of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332234 | Optoelectronic device capable of participating in in-band traffic An optoelectronic device that has a network address (e.g., IF address) and participates in in-band traffic for purposes of performing functions (e.g., network diagnostics, network control, network provisioning, fault isolation, etc.) that are traditionally performed... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333464 | Automated service discovery and wireless network set-up The present technique for automating service discovery and the set-up of a wireless network improves a user's experience when setting-up the wireless network and using one or more services. The technique includes automatic neighbor/service discovery using special be... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330924 | Network media access controller embedded in a programmable logic device—physical layer interface An aspect of the invention is physical layer interface for a network interface including a plurality of input/output pins. The input/output pins are coupled for being multiplexed into a physical layer interface selected from among a Reduced Gigabit Media Independent... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330431 | Multipoint to multipoint communication over ring topologies A method for assigning bandwidth in a network including nodes coupled by links arranged in a physical topology, the method including: defining between the nodes logical connections associated with a data transmission service to be provided over the network, the logi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330481 | Highly channelized port polling in a telecommunications switch A method of telecommunication network switch port polling enables very highly channelized ports to be polled. A polling engine reads information from at least one of a plurality of poll registers, and each of the plurality of poll registers is associated with a uniq... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330437 | Checking connectivity for point-to-multipoint connections A method and system thereof for checking connectivity between endpoints in a network are described. A message is sent from an originating endpoint to a terminating endpoint. The message directs the terminating endpoint to enable detection of continuity check cells u... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327691 | System and method for satellite-based transmission of voice signals using an otherwise dedicated wireless channel In a wireless communication system (20) configured for default communication of subsectional signals of a first transmit signal (72/73) over multiple wireless channels (46), a signal selector (82) and method (138) detect an intent ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327728 | Broadband telecommunications system A communication system comprises a signaling processor configured to receive telecommunication signaling for calls, and responsively on a call-by-call basis, select routing information based on the telecommunication signaling and transfer control messages indicating... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324455 | Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data in a fibre channel input/output system A computer Input/Output system having a fabric, a control unit (CU) and a host computer including a channel, the channel having a channel port connected by a first link to a channel neighbor port of the fabric, and the control unit having a CU port connected by a se... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324456 | Apparatus and method for testing an xDSL transceiver unit-central office A tester and related method test an xDSL transceiver unit-central office so as to measure performance of a transceiver unit by automatically converting many output ports by connecting a multiplexer to the xDSL transceiver unit. A transceiver unit-central office test... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325053 | Object oriented communication among platform-independent systems over networks using SOAP A system for object oriented communication among platform independent systems over networks using SOAP, in which communications can be performed over the internet and through a firewall utilizing a single communications protocol. A simple object access communication... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324634 | Telecommunications systems A telecommunications network includes a management system for analyzing call detail records (CDR's) from terminating switches. The management system recovers CDR's by polling through switch managers which poll dependent exchanges. CDR's indicating a call clear occur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319671 | Time division polling scheme for network management systems Techniques for monitoring nodes in a network are provided. A circular list of bins is maintained and each bin stores identifiers to zero or more nodes to be monitored. At periodic intervals, the nodes specified by a bin are processed such as by sending a polling mes... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319672 | Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications network In a method of label selection for end-to-end transport of label switched traffic through a communications network between a source node and a destination node, a request message is launched toward the destination node from the source node. The request message inclu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317729 | System and process for providing auxiliary information for a packet-switched network of shared nodes using dedicated associative store A system and process for providing auxiliary information about a distributed network of shared nodes, at least a plurality of the nodes being adapted for receiving at least one type of ESP-(associative ephemeral store processing) packet. Available for access at each... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318016 | System and method for staggering time points for deployment of rings in a fiber optic network simulation plan A system and method for optimizing placement of network equipment and information load in a network over a period of time. A demand input structure having a plurality of demands organized by their time points is provided as an input to a model generator and an optim... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318100 | Cooperative proxy auto-discovery and connection interception In a network supporting transactions between clients and servers and proxies that are interposable in a network path between at least one client and at least one server, wherein a pair of proxies can modify a packet stream between a client and a server such that pac... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318091 | Methods and systems for providing converged network management functionality in a gateway routing node to communicate operating status information associated with a signaling system 7 (SS7) node to a data network node Disclosed is a communications network element that is capable of routing signaling messages and also performing inter-network management functions in a converged telephony-data network environment. A signaling gateway routing node is adapted to facilitate signaling ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317690 | Method of constructing network topology and interface circuit An interface circuit that can disconnect a loop connection among nodes. The interface circuit includes ports, which are connected to bus cables, a state machine and a port controller, which is connected to the ports and the state machine. The state machine determine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315898 | Data communication system, data transmission apparatus, data reception apparatus, data communication method, and computer program In a data communication system, the function of automatic repeat request is provided for transmission of packets based on a data communication protocol such as the Real-Time Transport Protocol or the User Datagram Protocol. Lost packets are detected at various timin... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315963 | System and method for detecting errors in a network A system and method for efficiently and accurately detecting errors in a network is provided. Devices coupled to a network are configured to determine their local network status and transmit their local network status to a centralized location. The centralized locat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313635 | Method and apparatus for simulating a load on an application server in a network A method is disclosed for simulating a load on an application server in a network. The method intercepts data packets of a request from a sender to a receiver. The data packets to be intercepted can be selected according to specified criteria, such as communications... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313598 | Method and apparatus for partial replication of directory information in a distributed environment A method is disclosed for partially replicating directory information from a master directory server to one or more distributed directory servers. Distributed directory servers are established in a network that partially replicates master directory information from ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310688 | Relative addressing for network elements A relative address protocol for communicating message packets along a linear chain network or quasi-linear chain network is disclosed. The protocol includes a relative destination address field that includes a counter having a preselected initial value at a source n... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310746 | Method for transmitting messages between bus users A method is provided for transmitting messages between bus users that are each linked with a communication bus for the purpose of exchanging messages and with a diagnostic device for detecting the failure of the communication bus. In a diagnostic operation mode that... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310669 | Network appliance for vulnerability assessment auditing over multiple networks An apparatus, system, and method are directed towards enabling auditing of network vulnerabilities from multiple network vantage points virtually simultaneously. Multiple network vantage points may include, but are not limited to, remote/branch enterprise sites, dev... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310671 | System and method for a trouble shooting portal to allow temporary management access to a communication device A troubleshooting portal method for providing connectivity between a first communication device and a second communication device. The second communication device resides in an access provider communication system. One embodiment comprises receiving a specification ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305473 | Provision of transparent proxy services to a user of a client device A proxy server for providing transparent proxy services to a user of a client device is provided. The proxy server receives a request from a browser for a unit of digital content, requests the unit of digital content from a remote server, receives the unit of digita... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305466 | Network fault isolation Techniques are provided for improved fault isolation and fault reduction. A system for use with a data network includes multiple diagnostic units each adapted to communicate with the network including to a network user. A central controller is operatively connected ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305488 | Routing of electronic messages using a routing map and a stateful script engine The present invention enables an electronic message to be distributed sequentially to selected recipients. The electronic message is associated with a routing map, which defines the route of the electronic message. The routing map includes a list of operations, at l... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304954 | Identification of non-performing switches in the path of a connection A connection-trace standard is used to collect cell-drop information from switches in the path of a network connection in order to identify non-performing switches. Special codes may be inserted in the vendor specific fields of the trace transit list information ele... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305006 | System for allowing a single device to share multiple transmission lines A front end, such as can be used in a Home Phoneline Networking Alliance network, may connected to a plurality of transmission lines. Each of the plurality of transmission lines may connected to one or more devices, such as a plain old telephone service device or an... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304956 | Extended wrap mode with source/destination wrap Apparatus and method for automatically testing hardware and software components of a system. A request type message is generated in the software component of the system. A request-type message, including a destination address and a source address, is made to travers... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302379 | DSL system estimation and parameter recommendation Estimates of a communication system configuration, such as a DSL system, are based on operational data collected from a network element management system, protocol, users and/or the like. The operational data collected from the system can include performance-charact... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301895 | Virtual path restoration scheme using fast dynamic mesh restoration in an optical network A method for restoring a virtual path, provisioned between a source and a target node, in a mesh zoned optical network is described. The method, in one embodiment, broadcasts or floods restore path requests in the network to expedite the identification of an alterna... | 11/27/2007 |
