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| 8184642 | PCR jitter reduction in a VSB and/or EVSB multiplexer system Program clock references in first and second MPEG data streams are re-stamped in accordance with delays introduced into the first and second MPEG data streams. Accordingly, the program clock references in the first MPEG data stream are re-stamped according to a vari... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8149848 | Enhanced caller ID information based on access device information via a broadband access gateway A system and method for providing enhanced information to a user is described. A broadband access gateway communicatively coupled to a plurality of access devices may collect information about multimedia content available on the access devices and/or information exc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8040901 | Packet queueing within ring networks In general, techniques are described for packet queuing within ring networks. In accordance with the techniques, a network device of a ring network comprises a memory having a different queue for each order-dependent pair of the network devices. Each pair represents... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031723 | Centralized switching and routing packet handling device A device comprising i) input ports and output ports for receiving and transmitting data packets, ii) a receiver to extract primary switching or routing data and secondary data to be handled and to associate the secondary data with a selected storage address, iii) a ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7856022 | Non-disruptive data migration with external virtualization engine Transferring I/O from a first storage device coupled to a storage area network to a second storage device coupled to the storage area network includes blocking I/O operations for a first port of the first storage device coupled to the storage area network, where the... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7778254 | Method for managing congestion in a network switch A method for managing congestion in a stack of network switches includes the steps of receiving an incoming packet on a first port of a network switch for transmission to a destination port and determining if the destination port of the packet is a monitored port. T... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7450594 | Message writing apparatus, message writing method, message readout apparatus, message readout method, memory address control circuit for writing of variable-length message and memory address control circuit for readout of variable-length message In multi-connections, a message writing apparatus is provided. This message writing apparatus (21) comprises a path recognizing section (21a), a received message assembling section (21b), a receive control section (21c | 11/11/2008 |
| 7406039 | System and method for a failover protocol in storage area network controllers A system and method for managing the multipath failover protocol of a storage area network that includes storage systems that include multiple ports and multiple storage controllers. A number of available storage paths between each server and each storage unit of th... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7370125 | Stream under-run/over-run recovery Machine-readable media, methods, and apparatus are described to recover from stream under-run and/or over-run conditions. In some embodiments, an audio controller may discard any partial sample block of the stream. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362705 | Dynamic load-based credit distribution Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting credits used to distribute available bus bandwidth among multiple virtual channels, based on the workload of each virtual channel, are provided. Accordingly, for some embodiments, virtual channels with higher workloads r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349406 | Method and apparatus for virtual network connection merging A method and apparatus are provided for performing a virtual network connection merge. In one example, the method assembles at least one data unit from data traffic of at least one network connection. A credit is calculated for each network connection. A chosen data... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333498 | Method and apparatus for separating data packets in a memory buffer Method and apparatus of separating packets. Specifically, a method of separating data packets in a memory buffer is disclosed. The method locates a memory buffer containing a pre-selected address at a buffer header of the memory buffer. A first data packet containin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327759 | Sequence-preserving deep-packet processing in a multiprocessor system Packets or frames of data may be compressed, encrypted/decrypted, filtered, classified, searched or subjected to other deep-packet processing operations before being distributed through the internet. The microprocessor system and method of the present invention prov... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310332 | Network switch memory interface configuration A network switch for network communications includes a first data port interface, wherein the first data port interface supports a plurality of data ports for transmitting and receiving data at a first data rate. The network switch also includes a second data port i... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305458 | System and method for auto-configuring stackable network devices A system and a method for auto-configuring stackable network devices are disclosed for automatically configuring a plurality of stackable network devices. The system for auto-configuring stackable network devices comprises: a configuration file, a command line inter... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292580 | Method and system for guaranteeing quality of service in a multi-plane cell switch Data cells of plural classes are transferred from input ports to output ports through a switch by storing the cells at each input port in class-specific virtual output queues (VOQ) within sets of VOQs associated with output ports, and providing credits to VOQs accor... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286559 | Technique for controlling selection of a peek adapter or a read adapter from multiple adapters connected to a high speed switch A technique is provided for facilitating peeking and reading of messages from multiple adapters connected, for example, to a high speed switch in a distributed computing environment. The technique employs a first, relatively quick filter to initially test whether a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286543 | Memory system with apparatus and method to enable balanced bandwidth utilization A memory subsystem includes Data Store 0 and Data Store 1. Each data store is partitioned into N buffers, N>1. An increment of memory is formed by a buffer pair, with each buffer of the buffer pair being in a different data store. Two buffer pair forma... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277389 | Systems and methods for grouping of bandwidth allocations A data traffic shaping system, comprises a plurality of burst groups, each burst group having a burst group credit allocation mechanism configured to earn credit over time; a shaping engine configured to manage incoming entries of traffic and to assign each incoming... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274689 | Packet switch with one-stop buffer in memory with massive parallel access A broadband packet switch that handles all packets that arrive within the same frame time by simultaneously bit-pipelining the packets into different sections of the one-stop packet buffer through an input switch. Each packet remains in is selected section until its... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272150 | System and method for shaping traffic from a plurality of data streams using hierarchical queuing A system for shaping traffic from a plurality of data streams comprised of a first queuing stage configured to shape traffic from the data streams and having a plurality of shaping queues; and a second queuing stage coupled to the first queuing stage and configured ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272149 | Bandwidth allocation systems and methods A system for shaping traffic from a plurality of data streams includes a queuing stage having a plurality of first-in, first-out shaping queues, the queuing stage being configured to classify incoming entries of traffic, and to assign an incoming element of traffic ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269180 | System and method for prioritizing and queuing traffic A system is provided for prioritizing and queuing traffic from a plurality of data streams. The system includes a queuing structure, processing circuitry, and a search engine. The queuing structure has a plurality of queues. The search engine is implemented on the p... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269171 | Multi-data receive processing according to a data communication protocol Embodiments of the present invention provide for multi-data receiving and processing by a network communication protocol. The present invention aggregates multiple data packets destined for the same application. The present invention also provides for header/payload... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260096 | Method and router for forwarding internet data packets The Internet data defining destinations accessible by a router are partitioned into a portion containing the address search information and a portion containing forwarding option data. The address search information is stored in fast memory in a tree search format a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260104 | Deferred queuing in a buffered switch A method and apparatus for temporarily deferring transmission of packets/frames to a destination port in a buffered switch is disclosed. When a request for transmission of at least one packet/frame to the destination port is received, it is determined whether the de... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257616 | Network switch and components and method of operation A network switch apparatus, components for such an apparatus, and methods of operating such an apparatus in which data flow handling and flexibility is enhanced by the cooperation of a control point and a plurality of interface processors formed on a semiconductor s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249220 | Storage system To provide a storage system with a cost/performance meeting the system scale, from a small-scale to a large-scale configuration. In the storage system, protocol transformation units and data caching control units are connected to each other through an interconnectio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239645 | Method and apparatus for managing payload buffer segments in a networking device A method and apparatus for bridging network protocols is disclosed. In one embodiment, a data frame is received and stored in a dual-port memory queue by hardware logic. An embedded processor is notified of the data frame once a programmable number of bytes of the d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233601 | Cascade architecture and operation for packet-based communication systems A connecting unit for use in a system comprising a ‘stack’ of network communication units having a cascade connection has three ports having lines for forwarding and receiving data packets and for forwarding and receiving control messages. The connecting unit in... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230917 | Apparatus and technique for conveying per-channel flow control information to a forwarding engine of an intermediate network node A flow bit mechanism and technique conveys per-channel flow control information pertaining to the status of output buffers located on line cards to at least one performance routing engine (PRE) of an intermediate network node, such as an aggregation router. Each lin... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230940 | Wireless communication system A network controller for facilitating roaming of a mobile wireless communications device between access points communicates with at least one access point over a wired network which, in turn, communicate with a mobile wireless communications device over a wireless n... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227843 | Method for reducing congestion in packet-switched networks The present invention permits a network service provider to detect an operational condition—such as congestion—in a packet-switched network and to alleviate such congestion by providing customer incentives to avoid use of the network. The detection mechanism tri... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224694 | Apparatus for and method of generating pointers for transfer of structured data in AAL1 An apparatus for and a method of generating pointers for identifying structure boundaries of data for leased lines such as T1/E1 in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) adaptation layer Type 1 (AAL1) through an ATM layer. The apparatus includes a control signal gener... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215676 | Method of converting ATM cells in ATM network system A method of converting AAL2 cells that includes an original user data set into AAL5 cells and another method of converting AAL5 cells that includes an original user data set into AAL2 cells are disclosed. In the method of converting AAL2 cells, the length of the dat... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215673 | Multiplexing and demultiplexing method and apparatus The invention relates to a multiplexing and demultiplexing method and apparatus, wherein a transmission of input data from one or a plurality of input buffers to a plurality of or one output buffer, respectively, is released when all of the plurality of or the one o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212551 | Time-coordination in a burst-switching network In a wide-coverage network comprising electronic edge nodes interconnected by bufferless core nodes, where each edge node comprises a source node and a sink node, both sharing an edge-node controller and having means for data storage and managing data buffers, the t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197044 | Method for managing congestion in a network switch A method for managing congestion in a stack of network switches includes the steps of receiving an incoming packet on a first port of a network switch for transmission to a destination port and determining if the destination port of the packet is a monitored port. T... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7184431 | Rotator communication switch having redundant elements A rotator switch includes active and redundant tandem buffers used to switch information units through the switch. The tandem buffers are interconnected to inputs and outputs by way of commutators. Information provided to one or more of the active buffers is provide... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184446 | Cross-bar switch employing a multiple entry point FIFO A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports for receiving data packets and a set of sink ports coupled to the input ports to accept and forward the data packets. Each sink port includes a multiple entry point FIFO with multiple data inputs for receiving data pa... | 02/27/2007 |
