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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165130 | Method and system for data management in communication networks A method for operating a node of a communication network including a plurality of peer-to-peer nodes, the node being linked with predetermined neighbor nodes among the plurality of peer-to-peer nodes, includes: a) storing, on a first storage area, node information i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8059655 | Unified interfacing for DVB-T/H mobile TV applications Transmitting data in a digital video broadcasting for handheld (DVB-H) receiver comprises a transport stream (TS) demultiplexer adapted to extract internet protocol (IP) datagrams from TS data packets; a packet identifier (PID) filter adapted to extract the TS data ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8040892 | Switching system and method for communicating information at a customer premises A switching system (14) at a customer premises communicates information associated with one or more subscribers. The switching system (14) includes multiple subscriber line ports (17) for communicating xDSL signals with subscribers, the xDSL sig... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018947 | Device for performing IP forwarding and ATM switching A communication node contains intelligence for directing both internet protocol (IP) packets and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cells toward their destinations. The ATM cells and IP packets may be received within a common data stream. The respective devices proces... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7983269 | Architecture to support public voice VPN services over an IP network The presently disclosed architecture enables a service provider to support public voice VPN services over an IP VPN network. The architecture utilizes a customer VPN, a designated gateway for the customer VPN, an IP VPN transport network, and a Call Control Element/... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978706 | Combining multiple DSL transceivers for a high data rate connection At a transmitter, an ATM cell stream is received from the ATM layer and is distributed on a cell-by-cell bases across multiple DSL PHY's. At the receiver, the cells from each DSL PHY are re-combined in the appropriate order to recreate the original ATM cell stream, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7965717 | Multi-staged services policing A multi-staged services policer implements multiple policies, at an edge device of network, on the data traffic of a single customer. In such a multi-staged services policer, services policers in a given stage may receive information from policers in subsequent stag... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953096 | Method and system for communication using a partial designated transit list A communication system includes a source PNNI node. The system includes a destination PNNI node. The system includes a network having logical group nodes representing peer groups through which the source node and the destination node communicate by establishing an S... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944925 | System and method for grouping multiple VLANs into a single 802.11 IP multicast domain A system and method for identifying and grouping multiple virtual local area networks into a single multicast domain is provided. The system and method may be configured to designate a virtual local area network within as a multicast virtual local area network to st... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940773 | System, method and apparatus for automated ATM to ethernet provisioning A system, method, and apparatus for network service provisioning includes receiving a network address request from a subscriber device. The network address request includes at least one data cell including a channel identifier associated with the subscriber device. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940772 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for transporting ATM cells in a device having an ethernet switching fabric The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for transporting ATM cells in a device having an Ethernet switching fabric. According to one method, at least one ingress ATM cell is received at an ATM network interface of... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920571 | Circuit-switched switching system A circuit switched switching system and method includes a plurality of matrix transposition memories. The memories permute the order of incoming and outgoing data, and thereby increase the efficiency of the switch. The switch and matrix transposition memories may be... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7903664 | Method and arrangement to increase the data transmission flow rate in a communication system A method and apparatus to transfer data cells having an overhead section and a payload section via a communication medium from a transmitter to a receiver. Before transfer of a data cell, the overhead section of the data cell is translated into a shortened overhead ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899058 | Using a hash value as a pointer to an application class in a communications device Systems and methods according to the present invention provide techniques for improving the efficiency of routing for requests in devices, e.g., mobile devices. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7889744 | Method and apparatus for automatic synchronization of monitoring points of a network management system along a permanent virtual circuit A method and apparatus for automatic synchronization of monitoring points for a network management system (“NMS”) along a permanent virtual circuit (“PVC”) is disclosed. A NMS in an asynchronous transfer mode (“ATM”) network coupled to a plurality of ATM... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7864773 | Virtual circuit auto-configuration for customer premises equipment The present invention pertains to a method and device for automatically configuring a virtual circuit (VC) of a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device and linking it to a software interface. In one embodiment, the CPE device configures its VC by obtaining a virtua... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860101 | End-to end connections in a switched network Described is a method of providing an AAL2 end-to-end connection in an ATM transmission network using a first and a second AAL2 endpoint and at least an AAL2 switch. The method comprises the step of establishing an end-to-end connection on a concatenation of a first... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843933 | Non-stop switching equipment for packet based communication links When packets reach from the 0 system and the 1 system, the packet selecting means 21 determines, based on the sequence numbers held in the packet output record register 22, whether or not the corresponding packet has passed, interrupts pa... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843932 | Secure ATM-based distributed virtual tandem switching system and method Narrowband signaling from a transfer node for a call originating at an end office is received at a centralized control and signaling interworking function device in an asynchronous transfer mode switching network. The received narrowband signaling is converted to br... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7809001 | Opened network connection control method, opened network connection control system, connection control unit and recording medium Disclosed are an opened network connection control method, an opened network connection control system, a connection control unit and a recording medium, which allow only terminal units capable of securing security to be connected to an opened network, thereby impro... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7792118 | Switch module memory structure and per-destination queue flow control for use in a switch To use the memory space more effectively, cell memory can be shared by an input link and all output links. To prevent one flow from occupying the entire memory space, a threshold may be provided for the queue. The queue threshold may accommodate the RTT delay of the... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7773603 | Packet communication system and packet communication apparatus A packet communication system includes a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus generates one or more data packets each having its data volume not more than a prescribed data volume, and transmits the ge... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746868 | Transporting multi-basic service set (BSS) frames over wired medium preserving BSS-ID A method for retaining network address of a wireless client device as the device roams between different access points operably connected to a single gateway is described. An embodiment comprises maintaining a table in the gateway memory containing the unique identi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738462 | Method and apparatus for processing data in controller area network A method and apparatus for processing data in a Controller Area Network (CAN) are discussed. In an embodiment of this invention, dummy data is added to data to be transmitted via a CAN message, and information indicating that the dummy data is added is transmitted v... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733869 | Providing VPLS-like service over native ATM networks A method and apparatus for emulating VPLS within an ATM network. Provider Edge devices are configured for VPLS connections. For each pair of provider edge devices supporting the same VPLS ID, one device establishes a virtual circuit between the pair. Thus, a full me... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729356 | System and method for transmitting a multimedia message This invention relates to a telecommunications system for transmitting multimedia messages from a first telecommunications terminal to a second telecommunications terminal via a telecommunications network. The inventive system comprises a message server provided for... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715406 | Method and system for apportioning channels in a programmable multi-source, multi-destination system This invention further features a method of apportioning channels in a programmable multi-source, multi-destination system, the method including determining the source for each channel by: a) computing the sum of the number of channels carried by the current and all... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706380 | Data transmission method, data transmission apparatus and data transmission system using this method A data transmission method includes a step of dividing each data into two or more low-speed data so as to create two or more sequences of low-speed data which are separated by no-signal intervals, a step of adding a fixed pattern for detecting a head or an end of ea... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706381 | Approaches for switching transport protocol connection keys Approaches are disclosed for switching transport protocol connection keys. A first node sends a keychange request message to a second node, causing the second node to accept subsequent messages digitally signed with a first or second key. The second node sends an ac... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7684404 | Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell formatting A method for formatting ATM cells compliant with SPI-4 Phase 2 specification is presented. The method enables selection among various cell formats depending on the devices employed, and enables use of a payload-only test format, a typical format having payload and h... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680119 | Main station and substation in a network and a method for transmitting data in a network A network station for a data network for receiving external data and for transmitting device-internally prepared data has a repeater for transmitting an external data packet received at a data input to a data output, a first data preparation unit for transmitting an... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668171 | Method and apparatus for providing estimated response-wait-time displays for data network-based inquiries to a communication center An Estimated Wait Time (EWT) service for a Web page provider has an internet-connected facility for monitoring communication status with a communication center having communication equipment hosting agents of the web page provider, and an interactive link in a web p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7656876 | MPLS virtual private network using dual network cores A multi-protocol label switching system using multiple cores. In establishing a virtual private network in a MPLS system, more than one core is available. Paths are established over each core separately and weights are assigned to the two routes. Thus, the route whi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620051 | ATM permanent virtual circuit and layer 3 auto-configuration for digital subscriber line customer premises equipment The present invention pertains to a method and device for automatically configuring the Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) of a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and link it to a software interface. In one embodiment, the CPE configures it... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616641 | STS frame-ATM cell circuit emulation apparatus and frame length compensation method for the same A circuit simulation apparatus is disclosed by which, even if an STS-N frame of an abnormal length is detected by a reassembly buffer, the frame length can be compensated for while preventing an overflow of the reassembly buffer. When an STS-(N×M) frame formed by m... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616640 | Load balancing between service component instances Service requests, which are used to properly process a network access request received from a client, are processed by routing the service requests between at least two service component instances according to a load balancing algorithm. Load balancing includes: cal... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602788 | Peer to peer SVC-based DSL service A subscriber dynamically establishes a peer-to-peer session from a source subscriber to a destination subscriber across a switched virtual circuit (SVC). A signaling (control) connection is established from the source subscriber to a server, and a connection request... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599372 | Apparatus for and method of integrating switching and transferring of SONET/SDH, PDH, and Ethernet signals An apparatus for and a method of integrating switching and transferring of synchronous optical network/synchronous digital hierarchy (SONET/SDH), plesiochronous digital hierarchy (PDH), and Ethernet signals, which integrate and provide connection of synchronous digi... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7599373 | Method and apparatus for automated provisioning for customer premises transport equipment Method and apparatus for automated provisioning for customer premises transport equipment supporting both circuit and packet traffic. ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7586918 | Link fragment interleaving with fragmentation preceding queuing A network router where fragmentation takes place prior to the queuing. After packets are classified, the low priority packets are fragmented and AAL5 and MLPPP encapsulated. The fragments and the high priority packets are PPP encapsulated. Next the packets are queue... | 09/08/2009 |
