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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189601 | Communication apparatus and method for terminating a maintenance message A communication apparatus is disclosed for receiving one or more frames from a network. The communication apparatus includes a first determining part configured to search a first table by using a VLAN identifier included in one of the frames, a second determining pa... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8098669 | Method and apparatus for signaling virtual channel support in communication networks A method and apparatus for signaling virtual channel support in communication networks. A node receives a data packet from another node to examine whether the other node commonly supports one or more virtual channels of a given type on a point-to-point communication... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8027349 | Database event driven motion systems A data collection system for distributing data from at least one target asset to at least one software application, comprising a machine platform and a data routing system. The machine platform stores data associated with the at least one target asset. The data rout... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7864785 | Method and apparatus for creating bundle of soft permanent virtual circuits A method and apparatus create a bundle of soft permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs) coupling form a source end to a destination end via a communications network. The SPVC bundle includes a plurality of member SPVCs, each member SPVC including a permanent virtual circu... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7839866 | Extended virtual user-to-network interface with ATM network Communication between a source and a destination is dynamically established. A connection request is received. The connection request is based on a request transmitted over a best-effort path from the source. A network connection is established having a specified qu... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7729359 | Methods and systems for providing address transparency Improved methods and systems are provided to facilitate delivery services between a sending party and a receiving party while permitting a physical location of the receiving party to remain transparent to the sending party. For example, a system as disclosed herein ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7697547 | Internet protocol video delivery in passive optical networks Data representing video content is distributed over a passive optical network (PON) on virtual channels that are assigned to television (TV) channels as subscribers request the TV channels and de-assigned from TV channels when subscribers are no longer viewing them.... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7649896 | System using label switching techniques to support QoS for mobile ad-hoc networks and its label distributing and switching method The present invention provides a system using label switching techniques to support QoS for mobile ad-hoc networks and its label distributing and switching method. The system includes plural clusters, each having plural mobile nodes. At least one mobile node in a cl... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7633950 | Method and apparatus for automatically assigning virtual concatenation group members to virtual concatenation groups The invention comprises a method and apparatus for assigning at least one virtual concatenation group member to a virtual concatenation group at a terminating node. Specifically, the method comprises receiving originating configuration information comprising at leas... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7586925 | Data adaptation protocol A gateway apparatus includes multiple network server cards which are synchronized with each other to allow time slot switching of synchronous data across an asynchronous medium between source and destination server cards. The gateway includes synchronization logic a... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573889 | Systems and methods for efficient buffering and metering of high-speed flows Systems and methods are disclosed in which one or more cells are buffered in a communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a cell; classifying the cell as one of a set of flows; transmitting the cell to one of a set of queues of static mem... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7443863 | Cell switching method and system A cell switching method and system are disclosed that divide an input ATM cell into ATM adaptation layer (AAL) 2-type common part sublayer (CPS) packets. The divided CPS packets are stored in different first storage areas, in accordance with virtual paths/virtual ch... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7412169 | FTTH system for convergence of broadcasting and communication through switched broadcasting A fiber to the home FTTH network for convergence of broadcasting and communication is disclosed. The network includes: an OLT for receiving and converting a first predetermined number of broadcast signals and an Ethernet signal into a plurality of converted optical ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7400619 | Method for sub-port multicasting in an ATM switching system A method for sub-port multicasting in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switching system, including inserting multicast fan-out port information for sub-ports of each of a plurality of switch ports into a multicast cell at an ingress port card, transmitting the mu... | 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 |
| 7388863 | Port label switching A communications switch comprising a plurality of numerically identified input traffic ports, a plurality of numerically identified output traffic ports, at least one significant label extractor and at least one numerical processor, the communications switch being a... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382785 | Extended virtual user-to-network interface with ATM network An SVC is established via an ATM switch port, which includes multiple virtual paths (VPs), by associating multiple virtual user-to-network interfaces (UNIs) to each of the VPs. Each of the VPs includes multiple virtual circuit (VC) ranges, each of which corresponds ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372863 | Systems for monitoring and controlling operating modes in an ethernet transceiver and methods of operating the same Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and controlling operating modes in a network transceiver. In one embodiment, a computer system is associable with an Ethernet network, and comprises a processing unit, a memory and a transceiver. The transceiver compr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369553 | Unicast/multicast system A unicast/multicast system has an internal cell generating section that generates an internal cell to include its output index information based on user data, and an output port conversion table that stores the relation of output index information and output port nu... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369547 | Group restart for scalable switched ATM networks The present invention relates to group restart in switched ATM networks. In accordance a method of one embodiment of the present invention, a first network switch receives a message (e.g., a call setup message) at one of a plurality of interfaces to the first networ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366769 | System, method and computer program product for a universal communication connector In one embodiment a system for managing communication on a network includes a host connected to a LAN. In a particular embodiment, the host is in a mobile data acquisition unit for a well-logging operation. The host acquires data from a data acquisition device such ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366173 | Method for distributing calls to a group of end points A switching apparatus distributes incoming calls to end point terminals that belong to a service group and that interact with the switching apparatus via messages. The messages query the end point terminals by specifying a range and asking those end point terminals ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366894 | Method and apparatus for dynamically securing voice and other delay-sensitive network traffic A request is received for secure network traffic from a device having a private network address at a source node. The private network address of a requested destination device is obtained at a destination node from a route server based on signaling information assoc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362697 | Self-healing chip-to-chip interface A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of signal paths for a chip. A defective signal path within the set of signal paths for the chip is detected. Signals are re-routed through the set of signal paths such that the defective signal path i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363367 | Systems and methods for robust, real-time measurement of network performance Methods and apparatuses for obtaining delay, jitter, and loss statistics of a path between server and an end user coupled via an internetwork are described. The server may comprise a web server in communication with the end user via the Internet. Statistics are obta... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359402 | System and method for configuring bandwidth transmission rates for call connections A communication system comprises a signaling processor and an interworking unit. The signaling processor receives and processes signaling for a call to select a connection and a first bandwidth rate. The signaling processor transfers a first message indicating the c... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359364 | Monitoring in communication system with wireless trunk A communication system having a wireless trunk for connecting multiple phone lines over wireless communication links to a cellular network comprises a central telephone switch, such as a private branch exchange or key system, connected through one or more trunk line... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356026 | Node translation and protection in a clustered multiprocessor system A method of node translation for communicating over virtual channels in a clustered multiprocessor system using connection descriptors (CDs), which specify the endpoint nodes for virtual connections. The system includes a local processing element node, a remote proc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349994 | Method and apparatus for coordinating routing parameters via a back-channel communication medium Systems and methods are described for enabling routers to coordinate via a back-channel communication medium. The information exchanged over the back-channel is used to increase the number of paths considered for the routers during route optimization. The Decision M... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349401 | Bonded G.shdsl links for ATM backhaul applications Systems and methods are described for deploying bonded G.shdsl links for ATM backhaul applications. A method includes transporting digital data including: coupling a first end of a plurality of unbundled network elements to a first modem; coupling a second end of th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349960 | Throttling distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device. Periodically, statistical data is gathered by processes on one or more remote cards in a network device and transferred to a central proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346051 | Slave device, master device and stacked device A stacked device is disclosed which is easily manufactured while identifying a plurality of devices that are stacked in the stacked device. The stacked device includes a stack of a plurality of slave devices and a master device having identical terminal arrangements... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346066 | Integrated broadband and narrowband SS7 signaling gateway with M3UA and point code mapping A method and system provide for using an integrated broadband and narrowband SS7 signaling gateway with M3UA and point code mapping. In general terms one embodiment of the system has: a single physical media carrying at least one bearer path and at least one signali... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340535 | System and method for controlling routing in a virtual router system One or more functions are applied to network data packets in a virtual router. A packet comprising part of a packet flow is received, and the packet is evaluated to determine which of the one or more functions are to be applied to the flow. The results of the evalua... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340529 | Bandwidth monitoring method and its device A bandwidth monitoring device for use in a network for transferring priority packets in preference to non priority packets as far as the amount of the priority packets is within a contract bandwidth established between a network user and a network operator, comprisi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340530 | Methods, for providing data from network secure communications in a cluster computing environment Secure communications are provided over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through a distribution processor by a common network address. Secure communications are provided by routing both inbound and outbound commu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336658 | Methods and system of virtual circuit identification based on bit permutation of link numbers for multi-stage elements A method and system of assigning paths through an interconnection network (100) consisting of a plurality of switching elements (102:165) and a plurality of links coupling the switching elements (102:165) are provided. Physical restrictions of t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336661 | Transmitting packet data The present invention related to handling of data units in a node of a communication system. The data units are distributed in a plurality of transmission queues based on priority parameters that associate with the data units. The queues are weighted such that the w... | 02/26/2008 |
