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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184546 | Endpoint device configured to permit user reporting of quality problems in a communication network An IP telephone or other endpoint device in a network is configured to support a reporting mode of operation that may be entered, for example, responsive to user entry of a report command via a user interface of the endpoint device. In one aspect, the endpoint devic... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179808 | Network path tracing method Systems and methods for gathering troubleshooting information through one or more networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises a switch port configured to receive a frame that has information added by another switch. As the frame traverses the net... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8089888 | Method and apparatus for testing traffic and auxiliary channels in a wireless data communication system Techniques to test performance of terminals and access points in CDMA data (e.g., cdma2000) systems. A framework of protocols and messages is provided to support systematic performance testing of terminals and to ensure interface compatibility. The framework compris... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8054755 | Measurement managing apparatus and communication system A test packet transmitting apparatus transmits respective test packets including different pieces of identification information to a repeating installation. The repeating installation makes a predetermined number of copies of each test packet received from the test ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8027264 | Method and apparatus for measuring subjective assessment of digital video impairment A method and system for using key performance indicators of a transport channel to determine key quality indicators associated with information transported there through. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023419 | Remote monitoring of real-time internet protocol media streams In one embodiment, a packet filter (or “trap”) is installed on one or more interfaces of a router, switch (intermediary) or other node in an IP network that identifies multimedia packets for a particular media stream. A packet replicator (or “cloner”) duplic... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014304 | Method and system for decoding tokenized session initiated protocol packets The present invention relates to a method of decoding tokenized Session Initiated Protocol. A token from a tokenized Session Initiated Protocol packet is received. A decoding table is accessed and the corresponding entry for the token is determined. The token is exe... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004998 | Capture and regeneration of a network data using a virtual software switch Methods and a system of capture and regeneration of a network data using a virtual software switch are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes capturing a network data using a virtual software switch, a processor, and a memory. The network data is captured to... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7983178 | Fibre channel fabric simulator A fabric simulation device implementing a method for generating a simulated fabric of a simulated storage area network. In operation, the fabric simulation device logs into a physical storage area network as an unofficial physical fiber channel switch connected to t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983179 | Network monitoring by customer premises equipment A system for collecting data from a communications network includes customer premises equipment (“CPE”) for monitoring and storing response data. A CPE data collection module uses a Web-based service to collect information from the CPE and process the informatio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7940684 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) testing A method and apparatus for testing a VoIP telephone line are provided, the method including determining which of a plurality of VoIP call control protocols and/or CODECs is compatible with the telephone line, and conducting a series of tests on the telephone line in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936685 | Intelligent fast switch-over network tap system and methods An intelligent fast switch-over network active tap system enables active monitoring of a network segment connected between network devices. A fail-safe relay subsystem is coupled between a pair of network ports, enabling transmission of network communications signal... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7903569 | Diagnosing network problems in an IPV6 dual stack network Embodiments of the present invention are directed to diagnosing problems in a dual stack network supporting Internet Protocol Version Six (IPV6). Inventoried information can be retrieved from an inventory system in response to a problem associated the dual stack net... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903568 | Systems and methods for providing recording as a network service Systems and methods for providing recording of communications are provided. A representative method incorporates: providing recording as a service on a network such that: the network determines whether Internet Protocol (IP) packets, which are being communicated by ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7898971 | Method and apparatus for automating hub and spoke Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network trouble diagnostics A method and apparatus for automating hub and spoke network trouble diagnostics in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method retrieves provisioning and configuration data, access interface alarm information, and network facility status data rela... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7852780 | Method and system for provisioning facility-based displays in support of repairing outside network facilities The present invention provides a method and system for providing facility-based aerial displays to field personnel in support of repairing outside network facilities. The invention relates to a method and system for displaying a series of selected frames to generate... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7773534 | Computer communication interface transmission control codes analyzing method and system A computer communication interface transmission control codes analyzing system and method for a computer platform to analyze machine codes received by the computer platform are disclosed. The system includes a header record area having a plurality of header units fo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746797 | Non-intrusive monitoring of quality levels for voice communications over a packet-based network Provided is a method and apparatus for objectively and non-intrusively measuring voice quality on live calls without disrupting the call session or the network. A communication system includes plural communities each including a switch that controls access to a pack... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742428 | Dynamic gateway selection A communication network comprises a first gateway, a second gateway, a soft switch, and an end device. The end device transmits a first test message to the first gateway and transmits a second test message to the second gateway. The first gateway receives the first ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7733789 | Remote monitoring of switch network A technique for use in gathering network activity-related information from network switches is provided. Using this technique, the information can be gathered without substantially reducing performance of the switches. In one embodiment, a single remote monitoring p... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733790 | Method and apparatus for verifying service provisioning in networks used to provide digital subscriber line services A method and apparatus to permit testing of Layer 2 and higher services provisioned for a port on a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) line card. Each line card is provisioned with a virtual port, a virtual port cross-connect function, and a virtual ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729266 | Network load detection system, method, apparatus, and program A system includes a unit transmitting test packets to a to-be-measured communication link at a first time interval, a unit transmitting burst loads each including a series of load packets to the communication link at a second time interval, a unit performing measure... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715322 | Systems and methods for the implementation of a remote test access feature using virtual connection points and sub-network connections Systems and methods for the implementation of a remote test access feature using virtual connection points and sub-network connections by the merge-and-split of flexible permanent virtual circuits. A sub-network connection is created between a remote test set and a ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710889 | Communication system, delay insertion server, backup server and communication control apparatus A communication system includes a probe transmission server 3 which transmits at fixed intervals of time a probe multicast packet distributed along the same path as a main multicast packet, a delay insertion server 5 which appends the same fixed delay ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7672246 | System and method for using per-packet receive signal strength indication and transmit power levels to compute path loss for a link for use in layer II routing in a wireless communication network A system and method for evaluating at least one communication link between a transmitting node and a receiving node in a communications network. The system and method perform the operation of assigning respective link quality values to the respective communication l... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7630319 | Method and system for decoding tokenized Session Initiated Protocol packets The present invention relates to a method of decoding tokenized Session Initiated Protocol. A token from a tokenized Session Initiated Protocol packet is received. A decoding table is accessed and the corresponding entry for the token is determined. The token is exe... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623466 | Symmetric connection detection Symmetric Connection Detection (SCD) is a method of detecting when a connection has been fully established in a resource-constrained environment, and works in high-speed routers, at line speed. Many network monitoring applications are only interested in connections ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7573829 | Method and apparatus for low overhead network protocol performance assessment A method and apparatus for testing network performance are provided. In data provided by an application on a first host for transport or communication to an application associated with a second host according to a first data transport protocol is intercepted at the ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564797 | Method and system for conveying multiple calls on a single telephone line A system for implementing multiple communication channels on a single twisted pair transmission line is disclosed. The system derives additional communication channels by way of a separate transceiver unit for each derived line. Each transceiver unit communicates in... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7512075 | Method and apparatus for collecting statistical information from a plurality of packet processing blocks A system (100) can update a network performance counter and include link layer (MAC blocks) devices (102-0 to 102-N) coupled in a daisy chain manner. A single performance counter (104) can serve all of the link layer devices (10... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7411915 | Automatically configuring switch ports with appropriate features A method and apparatus for automatically configuring a physical port of a switch with features appropriate to a connection type snoops incoming packets to determine the connection type and executes a port configuration macro installed on the switch to apply appropri... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408898 | Flexible network wireless transceiver and flexible network telemetry transceiver A transceiver for facilitating two-way wireless communication between a baseband application and other nodes in a wireless network, wherein the transceiver provides baseband communication networking and necessary configuration and control functions along with transm... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406050 | Simulation and test system for at least one item of equipment on an AFDX network The invention relates to a system for simulating at least one item of equipment missing on an AFDX network and for testing such a network comprising at least one real item of equipment, which uses non-specific computer means including: ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7391739 | System and method for creating a frame relay port mirror Systems and methods for monitoring communications in a frame relay network are described. In an embodiment of the present invention, an analyst or automated system creates a command to instruct a network element to mirror a port to another network element in communi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391720 | Local span mesh restoration (LSMR) An embodiment of the invention provides a method and apparatus for restoring a connection in a network. The connection is typically a sub network connection (SNC). In an embodiment, a failed line in a link connecting a first node and a second node is detected, where... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388843 | Method and apparatus for testing loop pathway integrity in a fibre channel arbitrated loop A method for performing a fibre channel arbitrated loop integrity test using a fibre channel switch element is provided. The method includes, sending a fibre channel frame through the arbitrated loop; receiving the fibre channel frame after it has traversed through ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385919 | Local network, particularly Ethernet network having redundancy properties, and coupling device for such a network A local network, particularly an Ethernet network having redundancy properties, in which coupling devices (K1, K2, K3) and a redundancy manager (RM) are interconnected in a ring-shaped topology. The redundancy manager opens the ring to create a ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372817 | Apparatus and method for operating and maintaining private mobile communication service system using IP network A private mobile communication service system is operated and maintained using an internet protocol (IP) network. The private mobile communication service network has a private base station controller (pBSC) and a base station transceiver subsystem (BTS). The appara... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373103 | Relay terminal, base station, charging server, communication system, charging method, program computer data signal, and storage medium In a relay terminal A for relaying packet communication between a destination terminal C located outside a service area of a base station Z, and the base station Z, a contribution to relaying is measured and the measurement result is transmitted to a billing server ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373386 | System and method for configuring access to electronic mailboxes A system and method for configuring access to an electronic mailbox based on limited configuration parameters received from a user. A database stores configuration conventions for a mail domain. A mailbox interface module receives configuration information from a us... | 05/13/2008 |
