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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680097 | Network switch having a hybrid switch architecture A network switch having a hybrid switch architecture, which is scalable to increase connectivity, buffering, and bandwidth by using multiple shared-memory switch fabrics and multiple crossbar switch fabrics. Each of the crossbar switch fabrics is coupled to each of ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680096 | System for configuring switches in a network A network is set forth that comprises a plurality of multiple port switches, a plurality of endpoint devices connected to the ports of the plurality of switches, and an enumerating endpoint device that is connected to at least one of the multiple port switches. The ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675898 | Session relay apparatus for relaying data, and a data relaying method A session identification unit (11) determines a session to which an incoming packet belongs, while a session relay unit (12-1-12-N) relays between a session with a transmission terminal and a session with a reception terminal. A packet sc... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675899 | Packet-aware transport architecture for enhanced data volume Packet-aware transport architecture and techniques for implementing same that enhance data volume by scaling effectively to rapid data growth are disclosed. For example, a technique for determining a route for a demand in a circuit-switched network comprises the fol... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672293 | Hardware throttling of network traffic sent to a processor based on new address rates In an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus for hardware throttling of network traffic, includes: receiving a packet; and preventing the packet from being copied, based on a rate field value associated with a new address in the packet information in th... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668154 | Information processing apparatus, communication control method, and communication control program The information processing apparatus comprises a network setting information storage portion for storing network setting information corresponding to each of a plurality of locations; a communication interface setting information storage potion for storing communica... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664094 | System for utilizing genetic algorithm to provide constraint-based routing of packets in a communication network A Path Generator connects to a communication network and uses genetic algorithms to assign flows to paths. Genotypes encode flow to path assignments for working and protection paths. Genotype fitness functions are computed as a weighted sum of constraint fitness fun... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660291 | Method for processing packets of a VLAN in a network switch A method for processing packets of a VLAN in a network switch is provided. The VLAN comprises a plurality of physical LANs and are divided into a plurality of subnets. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a packet through an ingress port of the network switc... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660290 | System and method for visualizing traffic and path in network Systems and methods for visualizing traffic coming in from outside to a network to be managed and being sent out of the network. An information presentation apparatus acquires traffic information regarding a traffic specified in accordance with a user's instruction,... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656859 | Internal substitution bi-level addressing for compatible public networks A computer readable medium stores a program in an ingress capable network device of a network for routing signals through the network. The computer readable includes a receiving code segment for receiving an original signal, which has an embedded destination service... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656858 | Apparatus for and method of using an intelligent network and RFID signal router Apparatuses, systems for, and methods of transporting digital signals and radio-frequency (“RF”) signals are disclosed. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, an intelligent network (e.g., a combination router) and corresponding method are p... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656857 | Directed acyclic graph computation by orienting shortest path links and alternate path links obtained from shortest path computation Each network node in a network is configured for calculating a directed acyclic graph that provides at least one path from all the other network nodes toward the one network node. The network node performs a modified shortest path first calculation by identifying ne... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656856 | Method and system for transmitting LSP fragments Methods, systems, and apparatuses for transmitting link state packet (LSP) through a network are provided. The method includes dividing the LSP into LSP fragments having respective fragment numbers, transmitting the LSP fragments repetitively through the network, id... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653044 | Address scope checking for internet protocol version 6 An apparatus having a corresponding computer program and method comprises a plurality of ports to receive packets each associated with source and destination Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses; a site circuit to determine a source site for the source IPv6 ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646759 | Apparatus and method for configuring data plane behavior on network forwarding elements A method and apparatus for configuring data plane behavior on network forwarding elements are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, within a network element control plane, protocol configuration information extracted from a protocol applicatio... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7646760 | Multi-port system and method for routing a data element within an interconnection fabric A system and method for routing data elements from an origin to a terminus is disclosed. The switches each have a plurality of ports. These ports are numbered relative to one another, such that a first output port, adjacent to the input port, may be numbered “0”... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7643469 | Method for channel assignment and routing for multi-radio wireless mesh networks A methodology for making joint channel and routing assignments in multi-radio wireless mesh networks that takes into account interference constraints, the number of channels in a network and the number of radio available at each mesh router, and maximizes bandwidth ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643467 | Source-implemented constraint based routing with source routed protocol data units Source-implemented constraint-based routing with source routing enables traffic engineering to be performed and reservations to be made within a domain without requiring constraint information and reservation information to be disseminated to all nodes in the domain... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643466 | Method and system for using either public or private networks in 1xEV-DO system A high-speed wireless data system for providing services for either a public wireless network terminal or a private wireless network terminal, the system comprising: a base station for assigning an Unicast Access Terminal Identifier to each of terminals of the publi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643468 | Data-center network architecture A data-center network architecture. The data-center network architecture incorporates a front end having an aggregation layer exhibiting integrated service-module intelligence. A server farm connects the front end with a storage network. In a specific embodiment, th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633928 | Communication data method and system for voice applications excecutable by user equipment A communication system includes a data base storing voice applications corresponding to programs executable by user equipment and user profiles. The voice applications are arranged to provide assistance in relation to the programs. A communication handler causes exe... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630358 | Mechanism for implementing multiple logical routers within a single physical router A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a plurality of logical routers to be implemented within a single physical router. The logical routers emulate the behavior of interconnected, standalone routers. For example, the logical routers may be made aware of the presence... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620030 | Method and apparatus for terminating/generating physically and virtually concatenated signals A SONET signal is terminated by pointer processing a physically concatenated SONET signal to output a pointer processed physically concatenated SONET signal. Virtual concatenation-related byte markers (for example, H4 and J1) are then inserted into the pointer proce... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620031 | Method and apparatus for code division switching Time division multiplexed input signals (i.e., separated into time slots) are spread in each time slot with a destination code. This spreading is applied for destination identification as opposed to signal information modulation. Each spreading signal is associated ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7620032 | Mobile station, communication system and telephone communication switching method A mobile station such as a cellular phone, a communication system, and a telephone communication mode switching method that enable smooth switching between telephone communication using a public telephone line and telephone communication using the Internet shortly a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613165 | Method for selecting broadcast routing path using genetic algorithm in Ad-hoc network Provided is a method for selecting a broadcast routing path using a genetic algorithm in an Ad-hoc network. In the method, a plurality of nodes of the Ad-hoc network is defined as one chromosome, and the chromosome is represented with pairs of {order, power} in each... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613166 | Scheme for routing circuits with dynamic self-adjusting link weights in a network The present invention relates generally to routing of circuits in a network. More particularly, the invention encompasses a method and an apparatus for routing circuits using dynamic self-adjusting link weights within a network. The invention further includes multip... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7606214 | Anti-spam implementations in a router at the network layer In one embodiment, a router inspects at a network layer source addresses of network layer packets flowing through the router. The router compares the source addresses to addresses of computers employed by spammers, and performs a predetermined action on a particular... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599349 | Computing inter-autonomous system MPLS traffic engineering LSP paths Systems and methods for computing the paths of MPLS Traffic Engineering LSPs across Autonomous System and/or area boundaries. A distributed path computation algorithm exploits multiple path computation elements (PCEs) to develop a virtual shortest path tree (VSPT) r... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593386 | Database management apparatuses for transmitting packets A forwarding table, in a network device such as a router, used to forward packets in a communications network includes indicia whose state determine whether information contained in the forwarding table or information contained in the header portion of a packet is t... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590102 | Multi-stage packet switching system In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a multi-stage switch having at least one ingress switch module to receive data and to generate frames that are transmitted as a wavelength division multiplexed signal. The multi-stage switch further includes a core... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7586897 | Method for controlling routing operations in a network, related network and computer program product thereof A communication network with controlled routing operations, including a set of nodes, wherein topological information on the network is broadcast to all the nodes in the set. The network is associated with an external network, such as, a standard public network, and... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7583656 | Method and apparatus for loop breaking on a serial bus A method for loop breaking includes selecting a first port of a node, transmitting a first packet containing a first identifier from the first port of the node, listening for a second packet containing a second identifier for a period of time on a second port of the... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7580401 | Method and apparatus for performing routing operations in a communications network A server for use in a communications network implementing a routing function that serves multiple client NEs. The server interacts with a database storing true topology information corresponding to the client NEs. The routing function uses the true topology informat... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577131 | System and method for voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and facsimile over internet protocol (FoIP) calling over the internet A system and method for sending long distance telephone calls over the Internet utilizes cost and quality of service data to optimize system performance and to minimize the cost of completing the calls. The system utilizes a network of gateways connected to the Inte... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573866 | Method for finding optimal paths using a stochastic network model A method finds an optimal path from a source to a destination. The possible paths from the source to the destination are represented as a stochastic graph of nodes connected by edges. Each edge has an independent probability distribution over a cost of the edge. A c... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570628 | Methods and apparatus for providing a dynamic on-demand routing protocol Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing a dynamic on-demand routing protocol are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed comprising receiving, by a destination node, a first route request from a source node over a plurality ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567547 | Method and system for loop-free ad-hoc routing One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates loop-free ad-hoc routing in a wireless network. During operation, the system advertises a local sequence number associated with a local node for a destination node, and receives a first route... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561562 | Communication terminal An object of the invention is to provide a communication terminal having improved convenience when a user utilizes a short message service. An SMS related table memory portion of a memory device has a storing region for each SMSC apparatus, and the telephone number,... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558246 | Selecting a routing mode for a call session Routing a call includes receiving a request to initiate a call session for a call from a caller endpoint to a callee endpoint, where the caller endpoint belongs to an internal network. Whether the call is internal or external is determined. A routing mode is selecte... | 07/07/2009 |