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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189596 | Method for the mapping of packet flows to bearers in a communication system The invention relates to a method for the mapping of packet flows onto bearers in a communication system. The establishment of a session between a terminal and a remote terminal is initiated. Information on the session and packet flows associated with it is received... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184637 | Method, system and apparatus for dynamic quality of service modification A method, system and apparatus for dynamically modifying the quality of service provided to a mobile communication device. The method includes the steps of establishing a secure tunnel between the mobile communication device and a remote network through a wireless n... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184638 | H.323 user, service and service provider mobility framework for the multimedia intelligent networking The present invention provides a method and system for assuring H.323 alias address portability to an H.323 user in real-time H.323 multimedia communications where the H.323 user is registered with a home gatekeeper for the home zone of the H.323 user. Alias address... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179899 | Endpoint selection for a call completion response Techniques for selecting a call completion response from a group of call completion responses based on weights associated with the call completion responses, are provided. A server processes a call invitation for a callee by forwarding the call invitation to each of... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8155123 | Method, system, and device of packet routing for localized mobility management network A method of packet routing for an LMM network includes: by an LMA, determining that both a sending end node and a receiving end node are located in an LMM domain controlled by the LMA, and starting a route optimization; directly forwarding, by an access device attac... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149844 | Update acquisition Determining a next time to communicate via a network with a source of updates is disclosed. In some embodiments, determining a next time to communicate via a network with a source of updates comprises receiving from a request source an update request, and scheduling... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149843 | Capability exchange between network entities in WiMAX Techniques for exchanging capabilities in a wireless network are provided. In one embodiment, a first device receives a capability message over a communication link from a second device in a WiMAX network. The communication link may be between any combination of bas... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8107480 | Method, arrangement, node and article for enhancing delivery capacity in a telecommunications network by transcoding traffic into requested quality of service (QoS) Methods and apparatuses to enhance delivery capacity for traffic in a communication network are disclosed. Traffic is received to a Delivery Function with originally coded Quality of Services (QoS). A specification of requested QoS is received to the Delivery Functi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8094665 | Packet forwarding using intermediate policy information Intermediate policy information is used to translate policy information between forwarding domains. For example, a network device may associate intermediate policy information, such as intermediate CoS information, with a packet. The network device utilizes the inte... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085783 | Priority service scheme A method includes indicating a state associated with a priority service subscription indicator, indicating a state associated with a priority service activation indicator and receiving an input request for invoking a priority service for a priority communication. Th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081636 | Method, system and use thereof for controlling real time contiguous data in a packet switched data system, real time contiguous data service provided using said method The present invention relates to a method of controlling real time contiguous data in a packet switched data stream comprising data packages. Controlling of said real time contiguous data is performed by retaining data packages of said packet switched data stream fo... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8050277 | Control method for the cross-domain call and the connection of ASON The present invention discloses a control method for cross-domain call and connection of ASON. Firstly, a multi-layer network structure is constructed; a network element in parent domain corresponds to a child domain and can communicate with the network elements in ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050276 | Signal handling for wireless clients An apparatus comprising an input circuit to receive packets of data from a network. A wireless output circuit transmits respective ones of the packets of data wirelessly to one or more wireless clients. A wireless input circuit receives wireless signals from the one... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050275 | System and method for offering quality of service in a network environment A method for providing a quality of service in a network environment is provided that includes receiving communication session information associated with a packet data protocol (PDP) link for an end user. The communication session information may be mapped to the e... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036224 | Method and system for efficient routing in Ad Hoc networks The present invention relates to a method for efficient routing in a multiple hop wireless communication network. The invention is characterized in that data packets are routed over transmission paths using the following steps providing link status information by ac... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036225 | Enhanced ranging in WiMAX Disclosed herein is a method and system for WiMAX ranging using OVSF ranging codes. Specifically, in an exemplary embodiment, a WiMAX communication system that is configured to provide service at a plurality of quality of service (QoS) levels, may be configured to (... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036226 | Dynamic flow-based multi-path load balancing with quality of service assurances In general, the invention is directed to techniques of dynamically balancing network traffic load among multiple paths through a computer network. The techniques distribute and redistribute flows of network packets between different paths based on dynamically measur... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8014403 | Method of processing multimedia content description data sets, and corresponding apparatus This method of processing multimedia content description data sets to deliver a plurality of output data sets (141, 142, . . . , 14n) from a single input data set (10), the method being characterized in th... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009675 | Method and a system for providing a certain quality of service to a mobile station in a mobile communication system A method and a system are disclosed for providing a certain quality of service to a user-device within a mobile telecommunication system. The telecommunication system comprises one or several user-registers linked to a user-device, and one or several priority-tables... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009676 | Dynamically providing a quality of service for a mobile node Providing a quality of service for a mobile node includes facilitating a communication session for the mobile node. A quality of service decision factor of a context of the communication session is established. A quality of service associated with the quality of ser... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005090 | QoS information notification method, communication apparatus and inter-domain signaling apparatus for transmitting QoS information over a multi-domain network A QoS information notification method for transmitting QoS information over a multi-domain network includes steps of: (a) a first inter-domain signaling apparatus 11A transmitting QoS information to a first communication apparatus 13A; (b) the first co... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995583 | Apparatus and method for announcing a pending QoS service schedule to a wireless station An apparatus and method is disclosed for announcing to a wireless station in a wireless network that a Quality of Service (QoS) service schedule is pending for the wireless station. The apparatus of the invention comprises a hybrid coordinator that is capable of cre... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990978 | Dynamic bandwidth queue allocation In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a plurality of queues configured to share an amount of bandwidth, the amount of bandwidth being allocated between the queues in accordance with a plurality of queue weighting factors associated with the queues. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978707 | Method and apparatus for securely establishing L3-SVC connections A system and method are provided for securely establishing Layer-3 SVCs or SPVCs across an ATM network. An originating multiservice switch that generates the connection setup message for the Layer-3 connection includes security information within the setup message, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7969987 | Internet service node incorporating a bandwidth measurement device and associated methods for evaluating data transfers The present invention is directed to an intranet for providing on-demand Internet access to subscribers which includes a service node and a plurality of subscriber terminals coupled to the service node by corresponding xDSL lines. In turn, the service node includes ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957393 | Network requested packet data protocol context activation A packet switched (PS) core network (CN) supporting several quality of services levels, comprising at least a serving node (SGSN), a gateway node (GGSN), a home location register (HLR), a short message service gateway and interworking unit (SMS-GMSC, SMS-IWMSC), cha... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957394 | Automatic network switch configuration to support quality of service A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for a network device comprises a plurality of ports to exchange packets of data with one or more networks according to Quality of Service parameters configured for each of the ports; a forwarding engine to forward the... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7940775 | Priority-based data message publishing method and system according to a data message chain A priority-based data message publishing method according to a data message chain can be implemented by receiving a data message, wherein the data message has an original priority. Then, judge whether there is a corresponding data message chain corresponding to the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940774 | Method for scheduling wireless communications A system and method is provided for scheduling transmissions from a plurality of services operating over a widely distributed communications network. A headend communications device (such as a cable modem termination system) arbitrates bandwidth among a plurality of... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936761 | Communication equipment, communication control equipment, and communication system Mobile IPv6 guarantees reachability of a MN by giving the home address (HoA) to the MN. A Mobile-IPv6-compliant application of the MN performs communication without using a Care of Address (CoA), and therefore does not notify the CoA to other communication equipment... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936762 | QOS provisioning in a network having dynamic link states A network node for a network having dynamic link states includes a processing unit and computer-readable memory for causing the processing unit to monitor a link state of the network; perform QoS provisioning and make appropriate updates to the QoS provisioning base... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933274 | Quality of service in a home network In one embodiment, a method for establishing Quality of Service (QoS) in a home network is provided. The method comprises: receiving a request for bandwidth in a virtual private network (VPN); receiving a traffic specification of an application on a control point re... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929543 | Packet forwarding apparatus having gateway load distribution function A packet forwarding apparatus comprises a plurality of line interfaces each for communicating with one of user terminals or one of redundant gateways, and a protocol processing unit for controlling packet forwarding among the line interfaces. The protocol processing... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929542 | Supporting effectiveness of applications in a network environment A method of managing resources in a network. For each application executing on a host device, data transfer requirements are determined based on a capability level currently acceptable for the application. Methods of data transfer currently available to the host dev... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916732 | Method and system for implementation of SBLP for a WLAN-GSM/3G integrated system Packet data gateway (PDG) in an integrated WLAN-GSM/3G core network, is disclosed comprising a router (R) having a number of gateways (Wi; OP INT 1, OP INT 2, INT DEFAULT) which are associated with various QoS traffic properties (BE, EF), an interface ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907616 | Dynamically modifiable quality of service indicator Computer-readable media for dynamic quality of service assignment are described. In embodiments, a data packet is received that is part of a communications stream and a dynamically modifiable quality of service indicator (DMQOSI) is embedded into the data packet whe... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7907615 | Method and apparatus to manage network addresses for private voice communications A method and apparatus to manage network address for private voice communication are described. ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7894446 | Method and systems for optimization analysis in networks A user operable component is displayed on a display device and receives user input to assign weight factors for optimization criteria for a communications event from a structured collection of data. Another user operable component is displayed on the display device ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894448 | Proving that a user profile satisfies selection criteria for targeted data delivery Methods and systems for targeted data delivery are described. A user profile that includes information about a user is accessed. A root hash of a hash-based directed acyclic graph (HDAG) is computed. The HDAG includes hashed values of items of information in the use... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894445 | Method and system for redirecting networked traffic Systems and methods for redirecting network traffic are described, in which network traffic originating from a first network element and initially intended to be received at a first destination network element is modified by, for example, rewriting the Type of Servi... | 02/22/2011 |
