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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179887 | Method and apparatus for improving performance of TDM sequencing for packet processing engines using a delay line A network system, having an array of processing engines (“PEs”) and a delay line, improves packet processing performance for time division multiplexing (“TDM”) sequencing of PEs. The system includes an ingress circuit, a delay line, a demultiplexer, a tag me... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175087 | Method and system for communicating multiple data signals over a single unidirectional isolation component Method and system for serially sending data signals captured from multiple sources through a single unidirectional isolation component. Data signals from respective multiple sources are captured in parallel. Such captured data signals are stored in respective storag... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165111 | Telecommunication and computing platforms with serial packet switched integrated memory access technology A computing and communication architecture utilizes a serial protocol based switched fabric among circuit cards housed in packaging arrangement. In one embodiment, each circuit card connected to the serial protocol based switched fabric in the packaging arrangement ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8135003 | Communications session management A scheduling algorithm is disclosed that allows mobile units, participating in an ongoing communications session, to temporary perform channel-demanding communications operations without ending the session and that is useful in the case of no free radio channels. Th... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8098655 | Systems and methods for converting a packet/cycle datapath to a packet/cycle datapath A system includes a queue that stores P data units, each data unit including multiple bytes. The system further includes a control unit that shifts, byte by byte, Q data units from the queue during a first system clock cycle, where Q | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098654 | Storage system, computer system and interface module An interface module comprises a serial signal transceiver to be connected to an external transmission path and an interface processing unit connected to the transceiver. The interface processing unit comprises a serializer/deserializer circuit, an encoder/decoder, a... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8072971 | Platform architecture and method for making same The present invention provides an architecture for a platform, which includes (1) gates located in a central area of a die for supporting an application layer; (2) a SerDes region located at one side of the die for holding at least one SerDes device; (3) a Link Laye... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8018924 | Network device with multiple MAC/PHY ports A network device includes a multi-port media access controller (MAC) device that comprises a plurality of MAC devices. Some of the MAC devices output respective data streams at different speeds. A plurality of speed translators translates the speeds of the respectiv... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7974273 | Data transmitting apparatus and data receiving apparatus This invention relates to a data transmitting apparatus and a data receiving apparatus, which multiplexes and transmits HD-SDI signals, and which receives the multiplexed and transmitted HD-SDI signals. The data transmitting apparatus is characterized by being equip... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7948974 | Creating a low bandwidth channel within a high bandwidth packet stream Creating a low-bandwidth channel in a high-bandwidth channel. By taking advantage of extra bandwidth in a high-bandwidth channel, a low-bandwidth channel is created by inserting extra packets. When an inter-packet gap of the proper duration is detected, the extra pa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948975 | Transparent switching fabric for multi-gigabit transport A communication apparatus includes at least one input port, multiple output ports, at least one Serial-to-Parallel (S/P) converter and at least one Parallel-to-Serial (P/S) converter. The S/P converter is operative to receive from the input port an input data stream... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7912044 | Expandable structure for peripheral storage device The present invention relates to an expandable structure for peripheral storage devices. The expandable structure includes an interface controller having a plurality of connecting ports for serial data transmission; and a Port Multiplier electrically connected to on... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7881290 | Serial interface circuit and serial receiver A serial interface circuit includes a plurality of serial transmitters for a plurality of channels, respectively; and a plurality of serial receivers provided for said plurality of channels and connected with said plurality of serial transmitters, respectively. Each... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848318 | Serializer circuitry for high-speed serial data transmitters on programmable logic device integrated circuits Serializer circuitry for high-speed serial data transmitter circuitry on a programmable logic device (“PLD”) or the like includes circuitry for converting parallel data having any of several data widths to serial data. The circuitry can also operate at any frequ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7746850 | Interface card and CTI system applying interface card This invention discloses an interface card built in each single unit of a CTI system and connected to the Voice Processing Unit (VPU) of the single unit via local CT-BUS. On the transmitting side of an interface card, low-speed signals from the VPU in the single uni... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742469 | Data input circuit and semiconductor device utilizing data input circuit A data input circuit converts input serial data to n-bit parallel data, and outputs the n-bit parallel data by following an address signal. The data input circuit includes a data shifting unit including a plurality of columns, and sequentially shifting the input ser... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7672300 | Network device with multiple MAC/PHY ports A network device comprises a multi-port MAC device that includes N MAC devices and that outputs a port multiplexed and encoded parallel data stream. A first serializer/deserializer (SERDES) serializes the port multiplexed and encoded parallel data stream from the mu... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7653053 | Programmable bit rates in a constant bandwidth TDM switch A method and a TDM digital switch are provided for switching data at a variety of data rates. Input streams having a data rate less than the maximum data rate of the switch are grouped and multiplexed to form multiplexed streams carrying data at the maximum data rat... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7639677 | Optical transponder having switching function Provided is an optical transponder that receives a tributary signal such as a SDH/SONET signal, a GbE (Gigibit Ethernet) signal, and a SAN (Storage Area Network) signal in a WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transmission system and a SDH (Synchronous Digital Hi... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7596133 | Apparatus and method for data transmission/reception using channel state information in wireless communication system Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving data according to a channel state in a wireless communication system, the method includes measuring a characteristic of transmission channels used for data transmission and transmitting channel state information o... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583663 | Systems and methods for converting a packet/cycle datapath to a packet/cycle datapath A system includes a queue that stores P data units, each data unit including multiple bytes. The system further includes a control unit that shifts, byte by byte, Q data units from the queue during a first system clock cycle, where Q | 09/01/2009 |
| 7502365 | Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer-readable storage medium A wireless communication apparatus includes a random number range holding unit configured to hold a random number range, a random time setting unit configured to set a random time based on the random number range, a random time counting unit configured to count the ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7411946 | Network monitor and method A network monitor that taps data from a network link has first and second interfaces that allow the network monitor to be connected in-line in the network link between two network devices. The monitor has first and second programmable logic devices. The programmable... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411947 | Storage system, computer system and interface module An interface module comprises a serial signal transceiver to be connected to an external transmission path and an interface processing unit connected to the transceiver. The interface processing unit comprises a serializer/deserializer circuit, an encoder/decoder, a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401170 | Communication system, and master apparatus and slave apparatus used in the same, and communication method This communication system performs serial data communication between a master apparatus and a plurality of the slave apparatus via a data transmission line. The master apparatus generates, by using a controller, a serial conversion order control signal for controlli... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7366165 | Input line interface device and packet communication device An input line interface device that is used to accommodate packets from a high-speed line efficiently and to reduce a processing load on a back stage caused by routing control. A packet allotting section divides a variable-length packet, allots divided packets to pa... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362761 | Packet processing apparatus A packet processing apparatus that realizes improved overall relaying performance by distributing input packets to multiple packet analyzing modules for information processing is disclosed. The packet processing apparatus includes a distributor for assigning a seque... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359376 | Serial compressed bus interface having a reduced pin count There is provided a serial compressed bus interface having a reduced pin count. The interface includes a serial-to-parallel converter having a single serial data input line adapted to receive time-division multiplexed serial data from a plurality of data sources. En... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360153 | Method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program A method and apparatus for importing digital switching system data into a spreadsheet program. Via the switch data examiner of the present invention, raw data from a digital switch/switching system such as the 5ESS® is converted by the switch data examiner to a for... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355987 | Multi-rate, multi-port, gigabit SERDES transceiver A multi-port Serdes transceiver includes multiple parallel ports and serial ports, and includes the flexibility to connect any one of the parallel ports to another parallel port or to a serial port, or both. Furthermore, the multi-port transceiver chip can connect a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356047 | 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps serial media independent interface (SGMII) A SGMII that operates to transfer data between MAC and PHY chips at 2500/1000/100/10 Mbps utilizes a unique frame extending technique in one embodiment where frames having multiples of 2 and 3 data bytes are utilized to change the data transfer rate by multiples of ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349431 | Dynamic bandwidth allocation system A digital transmission device for dynamically allocating bandwidth comprises a plurality of peripheral cards, that require different amounts of system bandwidth, and an allocation module. The allocation module is connected to the plurality of peripheral cards by tra... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349466 | Parallel interface transmission using a single multi-frequency composite signal A parallel interface modem for simultaneous transfer of a plurality of parallel signals across a medium is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the parallel interface modem includes a modulation circuit for qualifying each of the plurality of parallel device interf... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342977 | Serial data transmitter with bit doubling A method is provided for transmitting serial data. The method includes receiving successive transmit data words, wherein each transmit data word has a plurality of bits. Each of the plurality of bits in each transmit data word is multiplied into a multiple number of... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340133 | Configurable dispersion compensation trimmer The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission systems, and is particularly relevant to transmission of large volumes of data over long distances at high rates. An improved apparatus achieving precise dispersion compensation in a fiber span is disclosed. In pa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336673 | Creating a low bandwidth channel within a high bandwidth packet stream Creating a low-bandwidth channel in a high-bandwidth channel. By taking advantage of extra bandwidth in a high-bandwidth channel, a low-bandwidth channel is created by inserting extra packets. When an inter-packet gap of the proper duration is detected, the extra pa... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334068 | Physical layer device having a SERDES pass through mode A physical layer device (PLD), comprising: a first serializer-deserializer (SERDES) device having a first parallel port; a second SERDES device having a second parallel port; a third SERDES device having a third parallel port; and a path selector being selectively c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330912 | Configuration in a configurable system on a chip The present invention allows a user to customize the configuration sequence of a configurable system on a chip (CSoC), thereby adding considerable flexibility to the configuration process. The present invention also provides certain features, transparent to the user... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327725 | Method and apparatus capable of transferring very high data rates across a midplane or backplane A method and apparatus of communicating data packets across the midplane of an electronic system in which the packets are partitioned into segments of a predetermined size and then serialized to a predetermined width. The serialized packets are transmitted, in phase... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321558 | Method and apparatus in a computer network A method and the corresponding apparatus for multi-plexing data flows from a number of transmission units. In the method signals are sent from the transmission units and the signals are detected at inputs of a switching unit. Signals, which are detected at a point o... | 01/22/2008 |
