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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189578 | Simple fairness protocols for daisy chain interconnects A method for transmitting packets, including forwarding a first set of upstream packets and a first set of local packets by inserting at least one of the first set of local packets between subsets of the first set of upstream packets according to a first insertion r... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189577 | Network utilities in wireless mesh communications networks Methods and systems for providing a network and routing protocol for utility services are disclosed. A method includes discovering a utility network. Neighboring nodes are discovered and the node listens for advertised routes for networks from the neighbors. The nod... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189579 | Distributed solution for managing periodic communications in a multi-chassis routing system Techniques are described for configuration of a multi-chassis router for managing periodic communications between the multi-chassis router and other network devices. The multi-chassis router selectively processes data received from a network by determine whether the... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189580 | Method for blocking host in IPv6 network Disclosed herein are methods of searching for a host in a network using IPv4 and of blocking and searching a host in an IPv6 network which blocking access to an unauthorized network. The present invention provides a method of searching for a host in an IPv6 network,... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189576 | Systems and methods for processing packets with multiple engines A system includes an input device configured to receive a packet having a header and a packet processing device. The packet processing device is configured to examine the header, identify at least one function from a group of functions based on at least a portion of... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184628 | Network based multicast stream duplication and merging In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a join message from a receiver at a receiver edge router, the join message identifying a source and a group, and creating at least two forwarding trees for transmitting multicast data streams comprising duplicate data t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184627 | Point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network resource management Techniques for managing resources in a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network are disclosed. In some examples, a root station is adapted to transmit and receive network packets and leaf stations are adapted to transmit and receive the network packets from the root stati... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179889 | SIP servlet applications co-hosting Methods, devices, and systems are provided for allowing a single machine, such as a server, to co-host multi-SIP Archive (SAR) applications offering SIP servlet based products. The concept of a Root Application Router is introduced that is adapted to coordinate othe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179890 | Mobile IP over VPN communication protocol The present invention supports a communication protocol for transmission of information packets between a mobile node and a virtual private network. Information packets are encapsulated and decapsulated along the route as the information packet is forwarded among th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179888 | Telecommunications apparatus and method A telecommunications system for communicating internet packet data in accordance with a first internet protocol (IPV6) via a packet radio network operable in accordance a second internet protocol (IPV4). The system comprises a user equipment operable to request a be... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175092 | Address protocol resolution of router device An address resolution protocol method of a router device comprising steps of: (a) Proving an Internet domain to connect a plurality of computers and a router device. (b) Accepting an address resolution protocol due to the router device, and the address resolution pr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175089 | Extended address space capability for an industrial protocol Systems and methods are provided for communicating with control objects according to a singular and unified address space. In one aspect, an industrial communications system is provided. The system includes a global address protocol that can be employed to communica... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175090 | Outer coding methods for broadcast/multicast content and related apparatus Transmission techniques are provided that improve service continuity and reduce interruptions in delivery of content that can be caused by transitions that occur when the User Equipment (UE) moves from one cell to the other, or when the delivery of content changes f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175091 | Communication system A method of transmitting messages from a network node in a communication network to a first user device can be provided. The network node transmits to a second user device a message-waiting notification. The first user device is identified, and a node holding the me... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175093 | Modifying a rate based on at least one performance characteristic Network operating methods provide a first packet switch configured to send a plurality of packets from the first packet switch to a second packet switch via a network path traversing one or more intermediate packet switches, access data describing at least one perfo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170017 | Reliable, high-throughput, high-performance transport and routing mechanism for arbitrary data flows The present invention leverages an existing content delivery network infrastructure to provide a system that enhances performance for any application that uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as its underlying transport mechanism. An overlay network comprises a set of ed... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170015 | Integrated gateway apparatus and communications method An integrated gateway apparatus includes a policy storage for storing therein a first information on message filtering and switching policies for messages received from heterogeneous devices in lower networks via network interfaces; a device management unit for extr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170016 | Packet flow offload to remote destination with routing bypass A network utilizes centralized control for the transport of a packet flow to a destination via an intermediary network. The network identifies the intermediary network best suited for offloading the packet flow and then develops a routing policy based on Multiprotoc... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170010 | Multiple interface mobile node with simultaneous home- and foreign network connection The invention relates to a method for node management in a packet-switched network, wherein a first node acts as a proxy for a second node, both nodes having network-layer addresses and link-layer addresses, the network-layer addresses at the network layer and the l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170018 | No-sight routing for ad-hoc networks A system comprising a plurality of nodes forming a network, the plurality of nodes comprising source nodes and destination nodes; wherein a propagation limit restricts the travel of link-state information transmitted by the sources nodes to a subset of destination n... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170012 | Phase control of a synchronization signal in a packet switching network A device is operative to send packets in a packet communication network having at least two stations. According to an exemplary embodiment, the device operates by: extracting image pips on the basis of a synchronization signal; initializing a first counter on the ba... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170013 | Automatic compensation of a delay of a synchronization signal in a packet switching network The present invention relates to a sending device able to send packets in a network comprising at least two stations, the said device comprising means for extracting image pips on the basis of a synchronization signal, initializing an image counter on the basis of t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170011 | System and method for allocating packet identifiers in a transport stream in a subscriber network An apparatus in a digital network includes the logic for allocating and assigning packet identifiers (PIDs) to digital packets, such as MPEG packets. The logic can reside in a device that transmits a transport stream or a device that controls a transport stream tran... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170009 | Method and apparatus for receiving broadcasting data A method and apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting data. The method for receiving digital broadcasting data includes: extracting location information of second service data which already received first service data refers to, from the first service data; by a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170014 | Multiple NAT traversal protocol Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with multiple NAT traversal are provided. A request is received from a host for a publicly-routable communication path identifier for the host, where the host is a member of a private network associated with a first... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165116 | Method and system to provide contact services in a communication network A communication system includes an application server that includes logic to recognize that preference data in each of a plurality of data record entries of a subscriber record has a common value. Each data record entry includes a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165113 | Session initiation protocol (SIP) message incorporating a number of predetermined address headers having predetermined address information A Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message adapted for communication between a plurality of network elements located on a multi-media services provider system to form a multi-media communication path between at least a first communication device and at least a seco... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165118 | Voice over content centric networks A system for facilitating voice calls over a content centric network (CCN) receives from a CCN user an expressed interest in receiving voice calls directed to the CCN user, wherein information in the CCN can be addressed, located, and disseminated by its content ide... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165119 | System and method of enabling a transparent Ethernet switch A system and method of enabling a transparent Ethernet switch are disclosed. According to an aspect, a network switch is disclosed. The network switch can include a plurality of physical ports configured to communicate data via a network. The network switch can furt... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165120 | Buffering architecture for packet injection and extraction in on-chip networks This method for transferring data through a network on chip (NoC) between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, comprising: retrieving from the first device request packets comprising request control data for co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165114 | Voice over IP capturing An apparatus for Voice over IP capturing in a network, comprising: a data receiver, tapping the network and configured to receive at least one data packet transmitted in the network, a VoIP identifier, associated with the data receiver, configured to determine if th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165121 | Fast computation of loop free alternate next hops A network device includes a route selection module configured to select an alternate next hop to use in forwarding network traffic to a destination in the event a primary next hop becomes unavailable, wherein a path to the destination device associated with the alte... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165115 | System for switching variable-length data packets of heterogeneous network and method for the same Disclosed is a system for data-switching variable-length packets of a heterogeneous network which includes: at least two switching interface modules connected to at least two networks respectively to transceive packets; a switching chip for receiving the packets fro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165117 | Trunking in a matrix A multistage switch includes a matrix of coupled switch devices. A logical link comprising a plurality of physical links couples a destination through the plurality of physical links to a plurality of ports in the multistage switch. Each switch device performs trunk... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160062 | Network connectivity determination based on passive analysis of connection-oriented path information Passive analysis connection detection architecture that leverages connection-oriented end-to-end stack protocol information. In a TCP/IP implementation, by passively leveraging TCP information, a given system can determine in a more realtime fashion the connectivity... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160063 | Data center interconnect and traffic engineering A system for commoditizing data center networking is disclosed. The system includes an interconnection topology for a data center having a plurality of servers and a plurality of nodes of a network in the data center through which data packets may be routed. The sys... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160064 | Systems and methods for providing a network link between broadcast content and content located on a computer network The invention relates, in various aspects, to systems and methods for linking content stored on a computer network with content broadcast over a television network. The system includes a database, a trigger mechanism, a communications interface, and a packet generat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155117 | Filtering and routing of fragmented datagrams in a data network Techniques to efficiently filter fragmented datagrams and route fragments are described. For each fragmented datagram, a filtering node obtains filter parameters as fragments for the datagram are received. When all filter parameters are available, the node applies o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155116 | Control of mobile packet streams A method, device, and system control mobile packet flows forwarded between IP based networks. Individual packet flows on an IP user plane traverse middlebox functions that are controlled from a midcom agent. Each user flow registers its presence in each middlebox it... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155115 | Method, system and network entity for indicating hierarchical mode for transport streams carried in broadband transmission A method for transmission, a method for reception, a system, a transmitter and a receiver for signalling a hierarchical priority mapping of a transport stream (TS) to a receiver is disclosed. A way to separate tuning information between different TSs with different ... | 04/10/2012 |
