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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111685 | Communication network with co-routed multi-channel traffic Embodiments of the present invention route a wavelength division multiplexed signal across multiple communication paths using skew characteristics of at least some of the communication paths. The network is a wavelength division multiplexed optical transport network... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111684 | Path shortening in a wireless mesh network In one embodiment, a method includes a mesh point receiving mesh advertisement messages from advertising mesh points of a wireless mesh network having a mesh portal with a wired connection to a wired network. Each mesh advertisement message specifies a corresponding... | 02/07/2012 |
| RE43163 | High-speed network of independently linked nodes A method of operating a network is beneficially conducted on a municipality or neighborhood level. The method in disclosed embodiments comprises installing a digital communications network within a limited selected geographical region. The network is formed from a h... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107458 | Power-based networking path allocation A method for routing network traffic in a data network having a plurality of network switches, the method including identifying network traffic to be routed in the data network, evaluating multiple options for allocating at least one data path in the data network to... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8098650 | Apparatus and method for processing contents using routing table A routing apparatus includes: a routing table management unit for generating a routing table by receiving interest information of a user of a mobile node, and for broadcasting the routing table through the mobile ad hoc network; an effectiveness calculation unit for... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098648 | Load distributing method When path status information is updated, the time at which the update is effective is recorded. A packet arrival time in each path is predicted based on new status information and data transmission history after the effective time. The packet is transmitted to the p... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098649 | Using network transport tunnels to provide service-based data transport Service-based distribution paths that provide transport tunnels and control capabilities for data communication over a service are disclosed. Service-based distribution paths or transport tunnels include services mapped or bound to the transport tunnel. Encapsulatio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089953 | Method and system for network entity configuration A system for configuring a plurality of network entities by a central server, each of the network entities being associated with a unique identifier, and each of the network entities being associated with at least one service provider having configuration settings d... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089952 | Intelligent call routing A call routing decision for connecting a call between source and target devices is based on the traffic type (e.g., facsimile, modem, voice). In some implementations, the traffic type is determined and stored (e.g., in a billing record). The traffic type can be used... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085755 | Data driven route advertisement Various methods and systems for performing data-driven route advertisement are disclosed. One method involves inhibiting advertisement of a route that is associated with a data source. Advertisement of the route is then allowed in response to detecting data sent by ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081620 | System and method for supporting link aggregation and other layer-2 protocols primarily over unidirectional links Traffic through a bridge or other network device is directed in a manner that enables link aggregation and other layer-2 protocols to operate fully, even though the device may have as few as a single bidirectional link, with the remaining links being unidirectional.... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077699 | Independent message stores and message transport agents Multiple independent MTAs transmit messages such that if one of the MTAs fails, the other MTAs may continue to transmit messages. Multiple independent message stores are provided such that if one of the message stores fails, messages on the other message stores may ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068479 | System and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network Aspects of the invention may be found in a system and method for hardware acceleration in a hybrid wired/wireless local area network. In according with various embodiments of the invention, hardware acceleration may comprise creating at least one policy to be distri... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068478 | Resource sharing broadband access system, methods, and devices Methods, systems and devices for sharing communication resources among a plurality of clients (200-204) that are part of a common wireless community (1000). The communication resources are, for example, Internet access resources (101-1... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064433 | Control architecture and implementation for switches with carrier sensing A scalable switch, a system of switches and methods, configured to sense a carrier at the output of the respective switch. The invention intelligently, and dynamically, controls the connection of a respective switch input to a respective switch output as a function ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064432 | 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... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064431 | One way information transmission method A method of one way transmission of information is provided. Preferably, the method steps include analyzing customer supplied information to determine a format to be selected, transmission priority, available transmission resources, and transmission destination. The... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064430 | Network element apparatus and intermediate router apparatus As an apparatus itself moves, its access section gets access to a router using a temporarily assigned global address when making a roaming connection to a different network from a network to which the apparatus belongs currently. A message generating section generat... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8054824 | Method for dimensioning a data packets handler apparatus in a packet-switched mobile communications network A method of dimensioning a data packets handler apparatus in a mobile communications network includes a plurality of cells, each one providing mobile communications coverage in a respective geographic area, the mobile communications network supporting packet-switche... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050251 | VPN optimization by defragmentation and deduplication apparatus and method An apparatus for optimizing a virtual private network operates by defragmenting and deduplicating transfer of variable sized blocks. A large data object is converted to a plurality of data paragraphs by a fingerprinting method. Each data paragraph is cached and hash... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040872 | Frame forwarding apparatus A MVAC spoofed frame or a loop frame generated by a user is prevented from obstructing communication and the source port ID of a fraud is reported to the network administrator. A MAC frame forwarding apparatus adds the input port ID and the source MAC address of a r... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036207 | Adaptive routing Methods and devices are shown for improving an existing route between a first node and a second node in a first ad-hoc network that includes a plurality of nodes, the method and devices selecting based on a predetermined performance criterion or criteria one of a pl... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027330 | Efficient classification of network packets Embodiments describe a system and/or method for efficient classification of network packets. According to an aspect a method includes describing a packet as a feature vector and mapping the feature vector to a feature space. The method can further include defining a... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027331 | Data transmission method and communication system using the same A data transmission method suitable for a communication system is provided. The communication system includes a plurality of first stations which uses an 802.11 protocol and a plurality of second stations which uses an 802.11e protocol and supports Quality of Servic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014381 | Communication system and communication terminal The present invention provides a communication system and a communication method for linking the switching of a transmission path with the switching of an application according to the change of a communication condition caused by the movement of a user in a mobile e... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014382 | Routing method, transceiver station and computer program for carrying out the method A routing method, apparatus, and computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the method in a network having a set of communication nodes, to establish a route from at least one source node to a destination node, which includes broadcasting a request fro... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014380 | Method and system for automatically establishing a return label switched path A method and apparatus for unilaterally forming a bi-directional label switched path between first and second routing devices in a network is disclosed. The method of the preferred embodiment is comprised of the steps of: sending a first LSP path message comprising ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005066 | Techniques for path finding and terrain analysis A system for path finding and terrain analysis. The system includes at least one processing unit, a graph processing unit and an artificial intelligence logic unit. A local bus is coupled to the at least one processing unit, the graph processing unit, the artificial... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005067 | Method for communication information recall in an enterprise network A method is disclosed for communication information recall in an enterprise network. An illustrative embodiment describes, in particular, a method for communication information recall following a communication attempt by an originating party using a first communicat... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000315 | Communication method and wireless communication device having a frame which is exchanged between nodes A frame such as a beacon in wireless communication, with a maximum MAC address, hop count, and maximum hop count, described therein is exchanged between nodes. All the nodes measure the number of hops from a node with the maximum MAC address, and exchange the maximu... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000314 | Wireless network system and method for providing same A wireless network, which includes a wireless router client operable to broadcast data packets to at least one wireless server and one additional wireless client. Each client and server includes programs for determining optimum routes between them. The client also i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995555 | Identification fragment handling A device stores forwarding information associated with fragments of a first data unit, stores information common to the fragments of the first data unit, receives fragments of a second data unit, and forwards the fragments of the second data unit based on the forwar... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990946 | Node apparatus and path setup method A node apparatus includes: a control unit setting up a path; a path setup time measuring unit measuring path setup time required to set up the path; a path setup time reporting unit reporting the path setup time to another node apparatus on a communication network; ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990945 | Method and apparatus for provisioning a label switched path across two or more networks Disclosed is a method and apparatus for provisioning a label switched path (LSP) between two endpoints executing a first set of MPLS functions. The method and apparatus associates a first node with the first endpoint and a second node with the second endpoint. The f... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990947 | Network watermark A network communications method utilizing a network watermark for providing security in the communications includes creating a verifiable network communications path of nodes through a network for the transfer of information from a first end node to a second end nod... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986683 | System for setting router identifier in network supporting at least one protocol and method of controlling the same A system for setting a router identifier in a network supporting at least one protocol. The system includes an interface storage storing information about at least one port and its Internet protocol address, a router identifier storage storing information about a re... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983239 | Systems and methods for constructing a virtual model of a multi-hop, multi-access network A system constructs an OSPF-compatible virtual model of a multi-hop, multi-access packet radio network that includes a plurality of routers (120) and which includes its own private, internal routing system (150), in order to facilitate the incorporatio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983240 | System and method for communication session correlation A system and method for correlating communication sessions. A globally unique correlation identifier is created and exchanged between the parties during SIP session setup to allow for association and correlation of additional SIP sessions. The correlation informatio... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978682 | Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing the communication of data packets in a data network Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing the communication of data packets in a data network. Network devices, such as routers, in the data network may be optimized to automatically calculate current latency values for a network path... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978681 | Network apparatus, system and method for discovering path MTU in data communication network An apparatus, system, and method for discovering a path MTU in a data communication network, wherein a path MTU option header is included in a signal message or first data packet and thus a MTU suitable for a routing path can be determined. A network apparatus for d... | 07/12/2011 |
