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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184626 | High-radix interprocessor communications system and method A high-radix interprocessor communications system and method having a plurality of processor nodes, a plurality of first routers and a plurality of second routers. Each first router is connected to a processor node and to two or more second routers. Each first route... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8102843 | Switching apparatus and method for providing shared I/O within a load-store fabric An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus has a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and core logic. The first plurality of I/O ports is coupled to a plurality of oper... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7983250 | Method and communications system for transmitting information in a motor vehicle A communications system for a motor vehicle, including a plurality of electrical components, a data bus structure to which the components are connected in order to transmit information among the components, and a power line structure to which the components are conn... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7957371 | Linearly expandable broadcast router apparatus A linearly expandable router is comprised of first, second, third and fourth router components. First, second and third discrete links couple an input side of a routing engine of the first router component (102) to an input side of a routing engine of the sec... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953074 | Apparatus and method for port polarity initialization in a shared I/O device An apparatus and method are provided that enable I/O devices to be shared among multiple operating system domains. The apparatus includes a first plurality of I/O ports, a second I/O port, and a plurality of port initialization logic elements. The first plurality of... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7626982 | System and method for communication over an adaptive service bus An adaptive service bus comprising adaptable logical components for transporting communications. A configuration of each logical component of the adaptive service bus is determined by receipt of a control message that establishes the behavior of that component. Ther... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7430201 | Methods and apparatus for accessing full bandwidth in an asynchronous data transfer and source traffic control system Methods for accessing full bandwidth in an asynchronous data transfer and source traffic control system include permitting some bus users (e.g. networks cards) to access both odd and even frames while permitting other bus users (e.g. subscriber line cards) to access... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426220 | Method and apparatus for aligning the clock signals of transceivers in a multiple access communication system utilizing programmable, multi-tap phase-locked loops A multi-sectored, multiple access communication system provides for low-skew sector transceiver clocks by novelly utilizing a multi-tap digital Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) in the delay match circuitry of each transceiver to efficiently and inexpensively generate clock s... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417982 | Hybrid switching architecture having dynamically assigned switching models for converged services platform A converged services platform based on a hybrid switching architecture in which either a traditional switching model or a soft-switching model may be selected on a call-by-call basis. In addition, the assigned switching model may be dynamically changed while a call ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411931 | Inter-frequency measurements with MIMO terminals The invention is a terminal, system and method for providing inter-frequency and inter-system handovers. A terminal 20′ in accordance with the invention includes at least one radio transceiver including P radio receivers and at least one transmitter (16 | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412551 | Methods and apparatus for supporting programmable burst management schemes on pipelined buses Methods and apparatus for supporting programmable burst management schemes on pipelined buses. The apparatus includes a plurality of bus masters (masters), configured in a plurality of clusters, and a plurality of target sub-groups. Each target sub-group includes on... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7372912 | Method and apparatus for allocating channelization codes for wireless communications A data transmission method for a MIMO (Multiple-input Multiple-Output) system allowing multiple terminals to share channelization codes according to the channel states, by receiving channel information from terminals, allocating channelization codes for each transmi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372852 | Integrated circuit capable of balancing switch transitions A method according to one embodiment may include controlling, by an integrated circuit, a first plurality of switches to generate a first output signal having a first amplitude and a second amplitude and a second plurality of switches to generate a second output sig... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369574 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that is operable in an ingress mode or in an egress mode A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365781 | Camera apparatus and method for synchronized transfer of digital picture data and compressed digital picture data An image signal processor 12 inputs digital picture data 101 into a compressor 13 and into a resolution changer 16 in parallel. The compressor 13 outputs compressed data 102, which is compressed digital picture data 101 | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362975 | Bandwidth allocation device and dynamic bandwidth allocation method based on class of service in Ethernet Passive Optical Network A bandwidth allocation device and a dynamic bandwidth allocation method are provided for differentiated classes of service in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), which includes an optical line termination (OLT), an optical distribution network (ODN), and a p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356030 | Network switch cross point A switching fabric having cross points that process multiple stripes of serial data. Each cross point includes a plurality of port slices and ports. Each port includes a plurality of FIFOs, a FIFO read arbitrator, a multiplexer, a dispatcher, and an accumulator. In ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355965 | Apparatus and method for rapid detection of unidirectional breaks in a network ring Normal 802.3 Ethernet requires a tree topology. If a ring or a loop exists, then packets will be forwarded around the ring indefinitely. If the ring is broken, then there is no possibility of packets being propagated forever. This invention shows how to quickly impo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352719 | Method and mobile communication terminal for communicating voice message using packet-switched scheme Disclosed are a mobile communication terminal for and a method of transmitting/receiving voice messages using a packet-switched scheme. According to the present invention, it is possible to allow mobile carriers to promote the use efficiency of communication channel... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353313 | General input/output architecture, protocol and related methods to manage data integrity An enhanced general input/output (EGIO) communication architecture, protocol and related methods are presented. The elements of an EGIO architecture may include one or more of a root complex (e.g., implemented within a bridge), a switch, and end-points, each incorpo... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349380 | System and method for providing an addressing and proxy scheme for facilitating mobility of wireless nodes between wired access points on a core network of a communications network A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling mobility of wireless user terminals between access point nodes of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications n... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342942 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that maintains only one reassembly context per active output port A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340556 | Signal switch for console and peripheral devices A signal switch for sharing a video monitor, a plurality of console devices compliant with an industry standard and one or more than one peripheral device in any of a plurality of computer systems, is provided comprising a CPU with a first memory for storing a manag... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339887 | Multipoint protected switching ring Normal 802.3 Ethernet requires a tree topology. If a ring or a loop exists, then packets will be forwarded around the ring indefinitely. If the ring is broken, then there is no possibility of packets being propagated forever. This invention shows how to quickly impo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336624 | Broadcast discovery in a network having one or more 1394 buses A method and apparatus for providing broadcast discovery in a network having one or more 1394 buses is disclosed. Devices connected to a bus generate advertised discovery information upon either a reset of the bus or a receipt of a solicit packet sent to all devices... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327760 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device operable with either a cell-based or a packet-based switch fabric A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328291 | System and method for controlling the service engagement in a data bus system Data bus system and method are provided for controlling service engagements for bus users. At least one bus user provides services and other bus users use these services. A resource manager stores information about the available services and information about the se... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324541 | Switching device utilizing internal priority assignments In general, in one aspect, a switching device is described that includes a segmentation unit to receive packets and divide packets having a length greater than a maximum segment length into multiple segments. A plurality of queues associated with a source and a dest... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321592 | Method of and apparatus for implementing and sending an asynchronous control mechanism packet used to control bridge devices within a network of IEEE Std 1394 serial buses An asynchronous control mechanism packet is used to send control messages and information to one or more bridge devices within a network of buses of devices. The asynchronous control mechanism packet is addressed to a device on one of the buses and is intercepted by... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7310332 | Network switch memory interface configuration A network switch for network communications includes a first data port interface, wherein the first data port interface supports a plurality of data ports for transmitting and receiving data at a first data rate. The network switch also includes a second data port i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308023 | Dual function clock signal suitable for host control of synchronous and asynchronous target devices A host device in a data communication system provides a dual-function clock/enable signal at a single output port shared by at least one asynchronous target device and at least one synchronous target device. In the asynchronous operating mode, the host device genera... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305510 | Multiple master buses and slave buses transmitting simultaneously A bus system, such as an internal bus system located within a digital device, is disclosed herein. The bus system comprises a plurality of master buses, each master bus connected to at least one master. The bus system also comprises a multi-bus interface connected t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301933 | Delivery of a service program to a digital signal processor within a multiservice processing system A method including determining whether a digital signal processor needs a service program stored in a juke box overlay memory, and delivering the service program to the digital signal processor from the juke box overlay memory over a host port interface bus is discl... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295574 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device involving multiple data path integrated circuits A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289165 | Self-directing bus amplifier and method A self-directing bus amplifier and method is disclosed, which includes an input biased at a given voltage level and a tri-state amplifier with a first input terminal coupled to the biased input and an output coupled to an output bus. A field effect transistor with a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290075 | Performing arbitration in a data processing apparatus An apparatus for arbitration within a data processing apparatus between a plurality of transfers to be routed over a corresponding plurality of paths provided by an interconnect circuit. The plurality of paths include a shared connection, the data processing apparat... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286565 | Method and apparatus for packet reassembly in a communication switch A method and apparatus for reassembling packets using a limited number of reassembly contexts is presented. Upon receipt of a first cell of a packet corresponding to a selected source, a reassembly context is allocated to the selected source. The reassembly context ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286543 | Memory system with apparatus and method to enable balanced bandwidth utilization A memory subsystem includes Data Store 0 and Data Store 1. Each data store is partitioned into N buffers, N>1. An increment of memory is formed by a buffer pair, with each buffer of the buffer pair being in a different data store. Two buffer pair forma... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286566 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that maintains reduced number of segmentation contexts A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 10/23/2007 |
