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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7656890 | Downstream channel change technique implemented in an access network A dynamic channel change technique is disclosed which may be implemented between nodes and a Head End of an access network. Initially a network device may communicate with the Head End via a first downstream channel and a first upstream channel. When the network dev... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7630391 | CQICH allocation request header for communicating feedback information A method of communicating feedback information between a mobile station and a base station by determining a need to request bandwidth allocation; providing information to a base station according to the determining, wherein the information indicates bandwidth alloca... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7616654 | Spectrum management systems and methods for cable networks The present methods and systems provide spectrum management for enhancing upstream performance for cable networks. According to one embodiment, a method of enhancing upstream performance in a cable network includes the steps of measuring performance of an upstream c... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7596148 | Receiving data from virtual channels A method for receiving data from a plurality of virtual channels begins by storing a stream of data as a plurality of data segments, wherein the stream of data includes multiplexed data fragments from at least one of the plurality of virtual channels, and wherein a ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7564862 | Assignment of channels to links of nodes within a mesh network Embodiments for assigning channels to links of a node of a mesh network are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method of assigning channels to links of a node of a mesh network, wherein the mesh network includes the node and an upstream node. The method includes a... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7525981 | Glare resolution An embodiment of the invention provides a method for glare resolution in a network. The method first designates a master node and a slave node. The method prevents the slave node from initially allocating a first line and a first timeslot for a first sub network con... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525982 | Method and apparatus for facilitating asymmetric line rates in an Ethernet passive optical network One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for facilitating asymmetric line rates in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) which includes a central node and at least one remote node. During operation, the system provides a downstream code-group c... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519075 | Method and system for serverless VoIP service in personal communication network Method and system for supporting serverless VoIP service are provided. Network information of a first device and a second device is exchanged through a telecommunication network. A VoIP connection between the first and second devices can be established through an in... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7499465 | Heuristic assignment of light-trails in an optical network A method for assigning a light-trail in an optical network includes identifying unassigned traffic flows in the network that require assignment to a light-trail, where each traffic flow is communicated from an associated source node to an associated destination node... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7486691 | Method, logic arrangement and program for assigning a primary trunk Method, logic arrangement or program employ trunking identifiers to assign primary trunking connection between a switch pair. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486692 | Modularization of broadcast receiver driver components A modularized broadcast receiver driver architecture includes one or more control nodes, under control of a network module, that perform a series of one or more functions to receive a broadcast signal and extract content information from the signal. None of the mult... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7471692 | Method and apparatus for maximizing call connect rate in a remote access application An apparatus and method for maximizing call connect rate in a remote access application. The method uses an adjustable hunting algorithm for allocating calls to channels to be connected. The method described categorizes the channels based on their past performances ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7453900 | System and method for monitoring noise associated with a communication link A method for monitoring noise associated with a communication link is provided that includes monitoring a plurality of communication links that facilitate a plurality of communication flows and determining whether an error parameter associated with a selected one or... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453901 | Networks and methods integrating digital mobile standards Communications in a wireless communication system based on two or more communication standards are configured for delivery to cell sites or to subscribers using a digital link having channels assigned to the two or more communication standards. A T-1 level can be di... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443872 | System and method for multiplexing channels over multiple connections in a storage system cluster A system and method multiplexes channels over multiple connections between one or more nodes. Each node includes a cluster fabric interface module adapted to implement a novel network protocol that enables intra-cluster communication among the nodes. The network pro... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440393 | Method and system for managing communication in a data network The present invention provides a method and system for managing communication in a data network. The method and system involves monitoring the communication channels at the host level. The hosts are updated with the monitoring information following which they take a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440391 | Method and system for dynamic bandwidth allocation Systems and methods for bidirectional communication are provided. In one embodiment, a bidirectional communication comprises a multipoint-to-point host unit and a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the multipoint-to-point host unit through an ortho... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433943 | Volume-based network management scheme Methods, apparatuses and systems allowing for deployment of volume-based network policies across a computer network. In one embodiment, the present invention monitors network utilization of a plurality of users and detects the occurrence of network utilization miles... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426744 | Method and system for flexible channel association A supervisory communications device, such as a headend device within a cable communications network, monitors and controls communications with a plurality of remote communications devices, such as cable modems, throughout a widely distributed network. The supervisor... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418010 | Transmission method of several services combination A transmission method of multiple services combination is as follow. During service initialization of both communication sides, an identical TFCS (Transport Format Combination Set), containing all TFC (Transport Format Combination), is created in both sides. When a ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412532 | Multimedia scheduler A song and ad scheduler supporting clip-based and stream-based scheduling of multimedia items generates several hours of schedule in advance. Having multiple channel capability, the scheduler uses as inputs: the channel, associated playlists associated, rotation pat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408924 | Video communication method of internet protocol phone A video signal communication method, applicable to IP phone, the method comprises of the following steps: when starting up the supporting video signal function, also starting to receive transmission using video related communication protocol; receiving the internet ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409480 | Electronic equipment, method of receiving data, method of transmitting data, method of setting channel and method of grouping electronic equipment into channels It becomes possible for a user to set a transmission or reception channel arbitrarily and easily. Each of equipment connected to an IEEE 1394 bus may include a register provided within a RAM 113 to thereby set a transmission or reception default channel. If c... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400612 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program Disclosed is radar wave detection and DFS (dynamic frequency selection) with high efficiency while considering, for instance, the power consumption of each communication station within an autonomous distributed network. At least one communication station runs in an ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397810 | Artery nodes A method of communicating over a network of nodes is disclosed. According to the method, it is determined whether a first node forms part of an interconnected sub-network within the network. Broadcast slots are assigned to the first node if the first node is part of... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397803 | Method of dynamic transmit scheduling using channel quality feedback A method and system for dynamic rate switching via medium access channel layer signaling is disclosed, wherein data rates for high data rate channels are automatically shifted up or down based on a predetermined metric. In a preferred embodiment, data rates are auto... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385959 | Power-efficient channel condition feedback for OFDM channels A wireless data communications device having a corresponding method and computer program comprises a Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) transceiver to communicate on an Orthogonal Frequency Division Modulation (OFDM) channel; a measurement circuit having an acti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379418 | Method for ensuring system serialization (quiesce) in a multi-processor environment A method of ensuring system serialization in a multiprocessor multi-nodal environment is used to force all processors in a multiprocessor environment to temporarily suspend operations while one processor changes the system state. Architected designs where latencies ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372832 | Channel selection The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for transmitting data between a first node and a second node in a communications network, for example a wireless network. The method comprises the steps of selecting a transmission channel from a predetermined set o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372869 | Device and method for the packet based access of classical ISDN/PSTN subscribers to a switching system The invention relates to a device and to a method for the packet-based access of classical ISDN/PSTN subscribers to a switching system. The convergence of packet-based networks and TDM networks leads to a situation where classical analogous and ISDN subscribers and ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369514 | Source credit based fairness scheme A method and apparatus for minimizing starvation of a station in a ring networked environment includes allocating a tax to each of the stations in the ring, and, for each packet that is to be transited though the ring, providing bandwidth to the station in the form ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370116 | Approach to minimize worst-case queuing delay for a switching communication system with transmission constraints An approach for minimizing queuing delay of packets is disclosed. M number of queues are configured to store packets. A memory stores a search order table that has table entries corresponding to the M queues. Specifically, the table entries store values that corresp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366534 | Wireless communication apparatus, method thereof, and wireless communication system employing the same A wireless communication apparatus, a method thereof, and a wireless communication system employing the same. The wireless communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly includes a transmitting portion for transmitting the data through at lea... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367052 | Access list key compression Methods and apparatus for implementing an access list key for accessing information associated with a packet from an access list are disclosed. The packet includes an IP source address field and an IP destination address field, the IP source address field including ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366123 | Power source based sleep mode A device and method to allocate a secondary power supply to a Fiber-to-the-Home subscriber is disclosed. The present invention employs methods to selectively accept or rejects packets in order to conserve power of the secondary power supply while allowing critical p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366154 | Forward error correction scheme for high rate data exchange in a wireless system A transmitter/receiver system for high data transfer in a wireless communication system includes a physical layer processor that comprises an FEC coder, a demultiplexer and a plurality of modem processors. The FEC coder applies error correction codes to the high dat... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363600 | Method of simulating bidirectional signals in a modeling system A method of modeling a design in a high level modeling system that supports unidirectional data flow, may comprise identifying a bus-block to represent a connectivity of a bi-directional bus in an system. The bus-block may be represented in serial relationship with ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362775 | Exchange mechanisms for digital information packages with bandwidth securitization, multichannel digital watermarks, and key management Responsibility can be established for specific copies or instances of copies of digitized multimedia content using digital watermarks. Management and distribution of digital watermark keys (e.g., private, semiprivate and public) and the extension of information asso... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362737 | Minimization of channel filters within wireless access nodes A wireless access node includes a first radio operable to transmit/receive on one of at least N transmission channels. A second radio is operable to transmit/receive on another one of the at least N transmission channels. A first filter bank, of less than N filters,... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359434 | Programmable PHY for broadband wireless access systems A system and method for communication between a wireless modem and wireless hub on a selected downstream channel of a plurality of downstream channels is provided. The selected downstream channel is selected by the wireless modem after receiving communication parame... | 04/15/2008 |