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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7808969 | Voice over internet protocol (VoIP) ready computer system and method A VoIP ready computer system includes a housing having an integrated audio communications device holder adapted to receive an audio communications device. The housing includes a portion adapted to contain processing circuitry operable to execute programs and a stora... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808970 | Method of dynamically assigning mobility configuration parameters for mobile entities A method and system of enabling dynamic configuration of mobility configuration parameters for a mobile entity (105) by a mobility configuration agent (120) may be implemented, wherein the assigned mobility configuration parameters for the mobile entit... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808968 | Method for determining non-broadcast multiple access (NBMA) connectivity for routers having multiple local NBMA interfaces The present invention discloses an efficient architecture for routing in a very large autonomous system where many of the layer 3 routers are attached to a common connection-oriented layer 2 subnetwork, such as an ATM network. In a preferred embodiment of the invent... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808971 | Routing cache for distributed hash tables In a distributed hash table (DHT), a participating node has a routing cache associating nodes in the DHT with their respective network addresses. Messages can be routed with the routing table using prefix-matching or numerical-closeness without requiring rigid struc... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808972 | Method for processing the distributed path information request A method for processing distributed path computation requests includes: storing all path computation requests in an autonomous system, in each of Path Computation Elements (PCEs); and performing a path computation by a PCE in accordance with a path computation reque... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801110 | Efficient detection and/or processing in multi-hop wireless networks A multi-hop wireless network system is disclosed that includes a plurality of routing nodes configured to route packets transmitted from a source node to a destination node. In the preferred embodiments, the plurality of routing nodes are configured to perform captu... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796579 | Technique for interconnecting intermediate network nodes A technique is provided for relaying data packets by an intermediate network node, the data packets being transported via a protocol, such as SCTP, in which an association containing one or more streams transporting sequenced data packets is established between two ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796578 | Resolution of IP addresses associated with a telephone number utilizing query flags Queries for IP addresses associated with a telephone number are conducted in accordance with query flags contained with an ENUM record. A query flag indicates the type of query to be initiated against the DNS databases. The query flag provides a means for interpreti... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778236 | Method and system for implementing transport service of next generation network A method for implementing transport layer service of NGN, wherein the NGN includes a service layer and a transport layer, the method including: establishing an independent transport-layer control device in the control plane of the transport layer in the NGN network;... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778235 | Compression of a routing header in a packet by a mobile router in an ad hoc network Each mobile router in a mobile ad hoc network is configured for identifying routes to nearby nodes that are within a prescribed distance, based on storage of explicit paths specified within routing headers of packets transmitted from a host node to a destination nod... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778234 | Local provisioning of bandwidth and other network resources A system for local allocation or provisioning of resources in a network. Allocation rules are defined based on one or more factors of user identity, device identity and device location. A communication is given a priority level based on the rules. A device in the ne... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773578 | Packet transmission method for wireless signals in a wireless base station system A method of transmitting one or more branches of wireless signals between a channel processing unit and a remote radio frequency unit in a centralized base station, or between base stations through a packet network, each of said branches of wireless signals being a ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7768994 | Data transmission method and apparatus A data transmission method and apparatus for performing a data transmission between end terminals of a telecommunication network, where the data is transmitted from at least one of the end terminals using the first data bearer. Then, data transmission is switched fr... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768995 | Techniques for one-way synchronization of routing information among intermediate nodes Techniques for synchronizing routing data include determining whether conditions are satisfied for one-way transfer with an adjacent router. If it is determined that conditions are satisfied for one-way transfer of routing table data with the adjacent router, then a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760702 | Automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol for a multihop cooperative relay communication network A method is provided for confirming whether a data unit transmitted from a base station (BS) was successfully relayed to a subscriber station via one of a plurality of relay stations in a multihop cooperative relay network. Selected ones of the relay stations are de... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7760701 | Arrangement in a router for distributing a routing rule used to generate routes based on a pattern of a received packet A router is configured for sharing routing rules with other routers, the routing rules defining aggregated routes according to a prescribed topology. Each routing rule, used by the router for routing a packet having a corresponding matching destination address prefi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746843 | Method of providing reliable transmission quality of service in a communication network A method is disclosed for providing reliable transmission Quality of Service (QoS) in communication network, in which a QoS connection is established between bearer network resource managers in bearer network control layer, and maintenance management mechanism is we... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7746844 | Method and apparatus for analysis of VoIP network performance A method, apparatus and computer product for modeling and analyzing performance of a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) configuration, composed of a plurality of components, is disclosed. The method comprises the step of representing selected ones of the plurality of components a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742459 | Method for distributing aggregate route information A method for distributing aggregate routes that does not require a user to provision a next hop address or specify a redistribution policy is presented. Embodiments of the method utilize a modified command language interface (CLI) with a network device (e.g., router... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738442 | Communication control unit and filtering method in communication control unit Origination and incoming are regulated for each service in user units. An origination filter table stores contract service information indicating whether or not each service can be used and the maximum number of sessions that can be activated by the originator corre... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738443 | Asynchronous broadcast for ordered delivery between compute nodes in a parallel computing system where packet header space is limited Disclosed is a mechanism on receiving processors in a parallel computing system for providing order to data packets received from a broadcast call and to distinguish data packets received at nodes from several incoming asynchronous broadcast messages where header sp... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733844 | Packet filtering apparatus, packet filtering method, and computer program product A packet filtering apparatus includes a first network interface which receives a first packet from a communication device located in a first network, and a sender information acquiring unit which acquires sender information including at least one of security informa... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729337 | Protocol for the determination of network topology A method of operating a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes connected by a number of links. A method according to the present invention provisions a virtual path between a first and a second one of the plurality of nodes by: identifying the ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720047 | Managing periodic communications Techniques are described for managing periodic communications between devices. For example, a periodic packet process may receive configuration parameters from a routing protocol process. The periodic packet process may manage periodic communication sessions with ne... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715362 | 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... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706353 | Congestion control in connection-oriented packet-switching networks Congestion control in connection-oriented packet-switching networks is accomplished by rerouting any misbehaving non-real-time connection over an alternative path, if network resources permit. In one exemplary methodological implementation, a congestion notification... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697503 | Dynamic speed-dial list Methods are provided for managing communications over a communications routing network. A data store is maintained of records of communications links established over the communications routing network between a first endpoint of the communications routing network a... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697502 | Communication multistage switching techniques Multistage switching for mixed SONET VT traffic, such as VT1.5s and VT2s, is accomplished by employing an input time switch, a space switch and an output time switch. The input time switch and output time switch include VT1.5 time switches arranged to alter the time... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697505 | Techniques for decreasing queries to discover routes in an interior gateway protocol Techniques for recovering lost routes include receiving reported costs for transmitting data to a destination from neighboring nodes; and determining total costs as a sum of costs for transmitting data packets to the neighboring nodes and a corresponding reported co... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7697504 | Mesh network that includes fixed and mobile access nodes An apparatus and method of selecting a routing path through a mesh network that includes a mobile access node is disclosed. The method includes each access node of the mesh network capable of receiving routing beacons from at least one upstream access node. The rout... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7684382 | Provider network for providing L-2 VPN services and edge router The provider network that interconnects user networks includes a plurality of edge routers. At least one of the plurality of edge routers includes an obtaining unit for obtaining information of a packet transferred by the edge router itself, a creating unit for crea... | 03/23/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
