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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189600 | Method for IP routing when using dynamic VLANs with web based authentication A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing IP Routing when using dynamic virtual local area networks (VLANs) with web based authentication. A downstream VLAN is assigned to a first switch port of a first network device. A first upstream VLAN is a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184640 | Compact virtual local area network mapper for the gigabit-passive optical network optical network management and control interface An apparatus comprising a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) mapper associated with a plurality of interfaces and a plurality of ports corresponding to the interfaces, wherein the VLAN mapper is configured to direct a plurality of packets between the interfaces and t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179900 | Edge node redundant system in label switching network In a label switching network, in normal times, packet transfer is performed using a protection-target label switching path set between a primary edge node device and a remote edge node device. Then, when a failure occurs in the primary edge node device, a secondary ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175102 | Neighbor discovery method and apparatus for mobile node in heterogeneous network environment A neighbor discovery method and apparatus for performing network-transparent neighbor discovery in a heterogeneous network environment is provided. A neighbor discovery method for a multi-mode mobile node includes determining a type of a network, with which a mobile... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170033 | Virtual private local area network service (VPLS) flush mechanism for BGP-based VPLS networks A network device includes a control unit configured to execute an extended layer three (L3) routing protocol within a control plane of the network device. The extended L3 routing protocol is extended to process a routing protocol control message having a set of laye... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8135019 | Mobile virtual LAN A communication system in which multiple protocols and proxy services are executed by an access point. In one embodiment of the invention, GVRP and GMRP registrations are combined in a single packet when a wireless device roams to a different VLAN. In addition, outb... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116320 | Mapping external port using virtual local area network A program product comprising program instructions, embodied on a storage medium that are operable to cause a processor to switch input data packets for ingress to at least one internal-device port of an internal device from all external ports using virtual local are... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102860 | System and method of changing a network designation in response to data received from a device A method and system to create a virtual network to isolate a device connected to a port, and to change a designation of such network in response to identification data received from the device so as to provide the identified device with access to further areas of a ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098668 | Methods and arrangements for LAN emulation communications LAN emulation in a moving network environment is disclosed. An emulated LAN encompassing a number of moving networks is formed by means of a set of layer 2 tunnels that interconnect a home agent with mobile routers in the moving networks. The home agent and the mobi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089970 | Method and apparatus for managing admission and routing in multi-hop 802.11 networks taking into consideration traffic shaping at intermediate hops A method and a system control admission for voice transmission over a multi-hop network. The method takes multiple parameters into account in order to make a decision and ensures that the system remains stable. The parameters may include options (e.g., aggregation l... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081638 | Communication system and communication apparatus controlling a switching for power saving A CPU of an image forming apparatus controls, according to establishment of a sleep change condition, a MAC/PHY in a network unit to change the image forming apparatus from a link-up state to a link-down state. The CPU controls the image forming apparatus to change ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8054840 | Data center virtual local area network system and method A method, system and service for a data center computer network. A core network switches data using a first protocol layer. A first access switch is in electrical communication with the core network. The first access switch communicates the data to the core network ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8023515 | Distributed connection-oriented services for switched communication networks Connection-oriented services for packet switched data communications networks are provided, including distributed MAC and protocol alias addresses discovery. Link state topology exchanges provide each switch with network topology graphs to determine paths from sourc... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8005095 | Carrier ethernet over DOCSIS A network includes a provider edge device with logic to encapsulate Ethernet frames received from customer equipment into Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) frames using Layer Two Tunneling Protocol. The provider edge device further includes lo... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990981 | Distributed connection-oriented services for switched communication networks Connection-oriented services for packet switched data communications networks are provided, including distributed MAC and protocol alias addresses discovery. Link state topology exchanges provide each switch with network topology graphs to determine paths from sourc... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983275 | LAN emulation over infiniband fabric apparatus, systems, and methods A method and device for local area network (LAN) emulation over an Infiniband (IB) fabric. An IB LAN driver at a first node on an IB fabric receives the port and associated local identifier (LID) of one or more remote peer nodes on the IB fabric. An IEEE 802.3 Ether... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7961737 | Ethernet/TMPLS hybrid network operation administration and maintenance frame creation method A method for creating an Operation Administration and Maintenance frame in an Ethernet/Transport Multi-Protocol Label Switch hybrid network. The method includes mapping values in an Ethernet Operation Administration and Maintenance data field in a protocol data unit... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961738 | Method for accessing virtual private network, virtual private system, virtual private network and provider edge device thereof A method for accessing VPN using PW Emulation Edge-to-Edge Virtual Leased Line includes: configuring a first PW ID in a first Provider Edge Device that hosts a VSI, and an IP address of a second Provider Edge Device that hosts an PW Emulation Edge-to-Edge Virtual Le... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948992 | Ethernet-to-ATM interworking technique A network interworking facility (24) advantageously interworks Ethernet and ATM networks (22, 26) having different protocols to permit the data from in one network to pass to the other and vice versa without the need for the source in to account for th... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940778 | Cross-layer approach to virtualized overlay on ad hoc networks Methods and apparatus relating to a cross-layer approach for virtualized overlay on ad hoc networks are described. In one embodiment, a virtual address is used to search for a (key,value) pair in a virtual overlay. In an embodiment, a route request for a virtual add... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7912071 | Passive optical network system for supporting virtual ethernet service and method for the same A passive optical network (PON) system includes at least one optical line terminal (OLT), a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) connected to each OLT, and an OLT management server used to manage the OLT. The OLT management server creates a VLAN access control ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894453 | Multiple virtual network stack instances A method for processing packets that includes receiving a first packet for a first target on a host, prior to sending the packet to a Network Layer in the host, determining the first target of the first packet, obtaining a first target ID associated with the first t... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7876765 | Method for supporting IP network interconnectivity between partitions in a virtualized environment A method for preventing loopback of data packets sent between entities residing on a single host. In one embodiment, an auxiliary address shared among entities residing on the host indicates that a data packet is to be routed to an entity residing on the host. In an... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876764 | Multiple aggregation protocol sessions in a daisy chain network Various systems and methods that allow multiple aggregation protocol sessions to be established in a daisy chain network are disclosed. One method involves sending a first aggregation protocol packet and a first session identifier associated therewith to a first net... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7852857 | Coupler for a ring topology network and an ethernet-based network A network coupler is provided between a network, on which Ethernet messages can be transmitted, and a plurality of subscribers, the network being linked to an external interface of the network coupler and the plurality of subscribers being linked in series to a ring... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7830892 | VLAN translation in a network device A network device for implementing VLAN translation on a packet. The network device includes a user network interface port for receiving and transmitting packets to customers of a network. The network device also includes a network to network interface port for commu... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7801154 | System and method for automated access of a data management server through a virtual private network A provider system connects through a virtual private network to a site having various possible virtual private network variants. A virtual private network connection is established to site data management server through a network interface. A virtual machine server,... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796613 | Detection of mismatched VLAN tags A network device, system and method are provided for detection of mismatched VLAN tags on a port of a network chip and a packet. The network device includes a processor, a memory and a network chip having a number of network ports. One of the ports is tagged with a ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796611 | Method for providing efficient multipoint network services A method, system and device for enabling efficient bandwidth utilization of a multipoint network service over an arbitrary topology network that includes a plurality of network elements (NEs). In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises the steps of setting up a... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796612 | Gigabit switch with frame forwarding and address learning A network switch and a method thereof for network communications include a first data port interface and a second data port interface supporting a data port transmitting and receiving data at a first data rate and a second data rate, respectively. The switch has a C... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792123 | Method and system for implementing hierarchical VPLS A method for implementing hierarchical Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), includes: using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in a VPLS network; and implementing hierarchical VPLS in the VPLS network by using the BGP. The invention further provides a system for implement... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7751409 | Logical service domains for enabling network mobility A method, and corresponding system, for managing a service delivery network. The method includes steps to add a service to the network including receiving a request for a new service, such as a service provided by a service application. The request is processed to i... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751410 | Apparatus and method for managing traffic using VID in EPON An apparatus and method for managing traffic using a VID in EPON are provided. The apparatus includes a MAC lookup table, a service classification policy table, a service control policy table, a MAC lookup unit, a first and second classification module, a VID learni... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738467 | Output port based double Q tagging One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of processing a packet sent to a provider network. The packet is received via a user port of an edge switch of the network. Forwarding and routing by the edge switch is determined based on a user VID. A provider VLAN tag,... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733876 | Inter-autonomous-system virtual private network with autodiscovery and connection signaling A layer-2 virtual-private-network (L2-VPN) service with automatic discovery and connection establishment is provided within a wide-area, multiple-autonomous-system (AS) network according to one of two approaches. In the first approach, inter-AS tunnels are used to c... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720075 | Network idle protocol with reduced channels According to some embodiments, a Gigabit Ethernet link is maintained with a link partner using less than four channels. Embodiments may also establish the Gigabit Ethernet link using four channels, determine that the link is idle, and terminate communication with th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720076 | Distributed connection-oriented services for switched communication networks Method and apparatus providing connection-oriented services for packet switched data communications networks. Directory services include distributed discovery of MAC addresses and protocol alias addresses. Topology services include a link state topology exchange amo... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7693158 | Methods and systems for selectively processing virtual local area network (VLAN) traffic from different networks while allowing flexible VLAN identifier assignment Methods and systems for selectively processing VLAN traffic from different networks while allowing flexible VLAN identifier assignment are disclosed. According to one aspect, a layer 2 switch includes a virtual switch identifier data structure that associates a VLAN... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684411 | Apparatus for limiting VPNv4 prefixes per VPN in an inter-autonomous system environment An apparatus for limiting Virtual Private Network (VPNv4) prefixes per VPN in an inter-autonomous system environment are presented. A limit on the number of VPNv4 routes per VPN for a Route Distributor (RD) or a group of RDs associated with a VPN is defined, at an A... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7684410 | VLAN aware trunks Dynamically enable link aggregation control protocol on a per port and per virtual local area network (VLAN) basis. ... | 03/23/2010 |
