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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179902 | Method and system for automatic generation of route distinguishers for virtual private networks A method and system for automatically generating a route distinguisher for a virtual private network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a virtual private network name and rejecting the virtual private network name if the name comprises a number of bytes gr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8155125 | Apparatus and method for utilizing aggregate network links for multicast switching A method, system, and apparatus to transmit replicated multicast packets over a plurality of physical network links that are combined into one logical channel or link so that the replicated multicast packets are distributed over more than one network link is disclos... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155126 | Method and apparatus for inferring network paths Disclosed is a method and apparatus for inferring AS paths between two endpoint nodes communicating over a network having a plurality of nodes without having access to the endpoint nodes. The method and apparatus determine routing tables of at least some of the plur... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8089971 | Method and system for transmitting flow control information Method and system for network communication between a first port and second port using plurality virtual lanes provided. The method includes: (a) configuring a threshold value for each of the plurality of virtual lanes; wherein the threshold value defines an amount ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8072988 | Method and system for buffer-to-buffer credit recovery in fibre channel systems using virtual and/or pseudo virtual lanes A method and system for distributing credit using a fiber channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes, a wait threshold counter that is used to set up a status for a port that has to wait for certain duration to send a frame due to lack of buffer... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054841 | Partner node migration control unit and method Disclosed is a migration communication control device constructed to control a continuous communication between a mobile node and a node unaffected the mobile node's migration. The migration communication control device comprises a first migration control unit, a se... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8036229 | Switch with virtual network identifier re-write capability A switch includes a processor, an ingress port having ingress port logic, and an egress port. It may also include a virtual network identifier rewrite component for rewriting a virtual network identifier in a data frame received the ingress port with a new virtual n... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027348 | Frame transfer method and frame transfer device Disclosed herewith is a network that can connect as many VPNs as possible to itself. In order to realize such a network, in the frame transfer method of the present invention, which enables a transfer path to be formed between nodes in the network so as to transfer ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027347 | Border gateway protocol extended community attribute for layer-2 and layer-3 virtual private networks using 802.1ah-based tunnels Described are a network, network device, and method for a method of distributing routing information for a virtual private network (VPN) application through a packet-switched network (PSN) having fully meshed provider edge (PE) routers through Provider Backbone Brid... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7995588 | Systems and methods for distributing data within an internet having a plurality of nodes Disclosed are systems and methods for distributing data. In an exemplary method of distributing data within an internet, there is a step of receiving, in a first node, an identifier corresponding to a file. Subsequently, the exemplary method uses the identifier to s... | 08/09/2011 |
| RE42587 | Method and apparatus for serving data VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a s... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7965719 | Media exchange network supporting multiple broadband network and service provider infrastructures Certain embodiments of the invention for supporting a plurality of broadband networks and service provider infrastructures may comprise establishing a second communication path that is independent of a first communication path that couples at least two end points vi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961739 | Systems and methods for voice over multiprotocol label switching A method, system, and computer-readable medium for transmitting voice over multiprotocol label switching is provided. A packet that includes layer 3 and layer 4 headers is received. A label that identifies a label switched path in the packet is inserted, and a strea... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7907620 | Method of handling of ATM cells at the VP layer The invention proposes a method for handling ATM traffic comprising packets of AAL5 type composed of ATM cells, at a network node at VP-layer. The method comprises monitoring each of the cells incoming the node to obtain information at least on its VC-layer and VP-l... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7852859 | System and method for interfacing legacy IP-PBX systems to SIP networks A system and method for integrating a legacy IP-PBX to a session initiation protocol (SIP) network supporting one or more SIP sets. A SIP-PBX proxy server coupled to the legacy IP-PBX and the SIP network maintains a logical IP set for each SIP set on the SIP network... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848333 | Method of multi-port virtual local area network (VLAN) supported by multi-protocol label switch (MPLS) The present invention provides a method of supporting a multi-port virtual local area network (VLAN) with a multi-protocol Label switch (MPLS), comprising steps of: establishing a label switching path (LSP) by the label distribution protocol (LDP), and obtaining inf... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7839865 | Dynamically controlling fair access to a system packet interface attached switch enclosure A method for maintaining configurable and dynamically adjustable per-channel local port/bypass port access ratios in the multiple SOCs within an SPI-attached frame-based switch enclosure to improve the access fairness of devices upstream from the destination device ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835367 | Network connection method, network connection system, and, layer 2 switch and management server forming the network connection system In a network connection method for interconnecting a virtual LAN distributed over plural sites via a network formed by plural layer 2 switches, a layer 2 switch monitors a first virtual LAN configuring frame sent from a site in the plural sites for configuring the v... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835368 | Systems and methods for mitigating the effects of upstream far-end cross talk A method is described for reducing self-induced far end crosstalk (self-FEXT) in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) digital subscriber line (xDSL) system. An initial value for an off-diagonal multiple input multiple output canceller (ODMC) is derived while the ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826461 | Packet switching system, packet switching method, routing apparatus, structure of packet, and packet generating method The packet switching system for transmitting and receiving a packet via a packet switching network 100, which comprises a plurality of routing tables (#0, #1, #2 . . . ), each of which has been generated by a unique routing policy, stored in the routin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7787474 | Method and apparatus for deep packet processing A method and apparatus for deep packet processing including a parsing and a searching method supported by a data structure storing the state-transition rules in the state-transition rule tables of a programmable state machine for parsing. The state-transition rule t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778255 | Frame transfer method and frame transfer device A network enables a transfer path to be formed between nodes in the network so as to transfer frames. A terminal for transmitting frames located outside the transfer path, upon transmitting a frame through the transfer path, writes the transfer path selection inform... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7778256 | Method and system for implementing virtual circuit status consistency A method and a system for implementing virtual circuit status consistency. A transmitting provider edge router (PE) send an extended network layer reachability information (NLRI) message to a remote PE; the remote PE updates the status of the virtual circuit from th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773607 | Efficient processing of connection control messages in managing virtual circuits using signaling protocols To send a connection control message associated with a first set of attributes, only a difference of the first set of attributes from a second set of attributes associated with an already active virtual circuit (to a common destination) may be sent (contained in the... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7751412 | Virtual circuit automatic configuration New virtual circuits (VCs) may be configured by a router as they are brought up, eliminating any need for preconfiguration. Specific ports may be set up to autoconfigure (and certain ports may be excluded for security or other reasons). When a packet from an unconfi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7701953 | Client server SVC-based DSL service An SVC is established between a client and a host by dynamically configuring a host CPE device using a custom module designed for the host CPE device. The configured host CPE device enables communication between the client and the host via the SVC connection. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| RE41091 | Method and apparatus for serving data VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a s... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7630384 | Method and system for distributing credit in fibre channel systems A method and system for distributing credit using a fiber channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes, a wait threshold counter that is used to set up a status for a port that has to wait for certain duration to send a frame due to lack of buffer... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7580417 | Method and apparatus for load balancing over virtual network links Techniques for load balancing network traffic over virtual point-to-point data links at a data-link layer include determining a particular group of virtual point-to-point data links that reach a particular local area network of one or more network nodes. A particula... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7519070 | Method and apparatus for deep packet processing A method and apparatus for deep packet processing including a parsing and a searching method supported by a data structure storing the state-transition rules in the state-transition rule tables of a programmable state machine for parsing. The state-transition rule t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515594 | Enhanced virtual circuit allocation methods and systems for multi-stage switching elements A system and method for routing data, which includes a switching node, including a plurality of switching elements and plurality of links coupled to the switching elements for providing a routing path for the data; and a virtual circuit identification algorithm in c... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7443858 | Method for traffic management, traffic prioritization, access control, and packet forwarding in a datagram computer network The invention provides an enhanced datagram packet switched computer network. The invention processes network datagram packets in network devices as separate flows, based on the source-destination address pair in the datagram packet. As a result, the network can con... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433324 | User experience for collaborative ad-hoc networks A system and method for creating an ad-hoc network is described. A user may navigate a number of options to create an ad-hoc network and/or join an ad-hoc network using the described system. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424025 | Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources are disclosed. According to one method, the logical and physical resources in a media gateway are divided and dynamically managed at the Transport Layer (i.e. OBI Layer 4), whic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420974 | Method for reducing data loss in automatically re-configured ATM networks In an ATM network, data loss caused by pre-programmed network optimizations can be reduced or avoided if a record of such optimizations is made, and if, prior to another optimization, some event occurs. The detection of some external event should indicate that anoth... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415111 | Optical network unit and optical line terminal An optical network unit and an optical line terminal which efficiently control the data receiving and dechurning processes in a passive optical network. In a churning parameter memory subsystem, a first memory bank stores churning parameters that are currently used,... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408874 | Method for moving network elements with minimal network outages in an active ATM network A method for moving permanent virtual circuits in an ATM network with minimal downtime includes creating a list of the permanent virtual circuits to be moved; building a set of shadow permanent virtual circuits using the new ATM port and a temporary set of virtual p... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403477 | Packet communicating apparatus Bandwidth control over users accommodated under ONU in PON is achieved. BAS sets user bandwidth information obtained during user authorization in OLT. The OLT achieves bandwidth control on a user basis, using bandwidth information set from the BAS. The present inven... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400634 | MAC address learning apparatus In a network providing a wide-area LAN service which allows communications to be performed between user networks (12, 13) via a carrier network (11), edge switches (14, 15) each comprise: a tentative learning registration means (16) which... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391778 | Label switching router having internal channel share function over ATM, and method for sharing internal channel using the same A label switching router having an internal channel share function over an asynchronous transfer mode that sets up an internal channel in advance of the external channel and shares it when an external channel needs to be set up, and a method for sharing an internal ... | 06/24/2008 |
