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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7701963 | Method and apparatus for the use of micro-tunnels in a communications system Micro-tunnels are used to provide multiple data service sessions to the same mobile node in a wireless communications system. Further, the flexibility of the micro-tunnels optimizes the resources of the system. On request for a data service, an encapsulation configu... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7443879 | Communication between user agents through employment of codec format unsupported by one of the user agents An apparatus in one example comprises one or more network controllers that serve to allow a second user agent to communicate with a first user agent through employment of a codec format unsupported by the first user agent. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7420986 | Method and apparatus for the detection and classification of collisions on a shared RF network The present invention is directed toward a method and apparatus for detecting collisions on a shared access network. In accordance with the present invention, two or more RF modulated signals having a plurality of different phase states are transmitted to a central ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7400641 | Bus master for a bus for connection of sensors and/or ignition means A bus master for a bus for connection of sensors and/or an ignition means device, which has at least two bus driver arrangements allowing data to be received independently of one another. For this purpose a polling operation, specifically using a multiplexer or a de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7356316 | Wireless communication system A sleep length calculation unit 410 of a terminal calculates a sleep length based on what is contained in a PLCP header of a frame, and sets the calculated length on a timer 430. An address detection unit 420 of the terminal detects a destinatio... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343425 | Multi-speed serial interface for media access control and physical layer devices A network device includes a media access control (MAC) device that transmits a first data stream at a first data rate that includes symbols having M bits. A translator converts the first data stream to a second data stream at a second data rate. The translator inclu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333504 | Simultaneous serial transmission of messages with data field arbitration A communication system has a number of nodes connected to a serial data bus. Nodes communicate with each other by transmitting dominant and recessive bits during bit intervals as taught by the CAN (controller area network) arbitration protocol. According to the CAN ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330661 | Method and apparatus for optical communication between devices A method and apparatus for processing a data signal for transmission to a remote device transmits at least two synchronized copies of the data signal, in optical form, in different directions. To that end, the data signal first is synchronized to a clock signal to p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7287113 | Method of and apparatus for controlling bidirectional streams of isochronous data flowing between an application and a bus structure An isochronous data pipe provides a bi-directional path for data between an application and a bus structure. The isochronous data pipe includes the ability to send, receive and perform manipulations on any isochronous stream of data, including data on any number of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283553 | Data relay device and multiplex communication system A data relay device connected with a plurality of networks is provided with a transmission timing adjusting device for adjusting the timing of transmission of data frames. The relay device provides a time zone, in which transmission of new data frame to the network ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269465 | Control system for controlling safety-critical processes There is provided a control system for controlling safety-critical processes that includes a fieldbus, a bus master for controlling a communication via the fieldbus, at least one signal unit for linking to at least one of the safety-critical processes, and a first c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269178 | Resolution of media access contentions in networks comprising a plurality of network nodes and at least one star mode The invention relates to a network comprising a plurality of network nodes. At least part of the network nodes are directly coupled to each other via at least one star node. The star node comprises a plurality of star interfaces which are assigned to at least one ne... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257079 | Physical layer and data link interface with adaptive speed A word-based interface between a MAC and a PHY, allowing for variable pin counts, variable PHY and MAC data speeds, and variable numbers of connected PHYs. The word-based interface allows for the PHY to provide PHY-to-MAC words to the MAC, and for the MAC to provide... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254738 | Method for processing error of received packet in ethernet MAC layer A method for processing a received packet in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer of an Ethernet which receives a packet from a physical layer and transmits the received packet to a switch. The method includes the steps of detecting an error while receiving the packe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254702 | Method of distributed recording whereby the need to transition to a second recording device from a first recording device is broadcast by the first recording device An automatically configuring storage array includes a plurality of media storage devices coupled together within a network of devices. Preferably, the network of devices is an IEEE 1394-2000 serial bus network of devices. The media storage devices are utilized to re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236481 | System and method for processing multimedia packets for a network The present invention relates to a system and method for multimedia packet processing and, in particular, to a system and method for processing video or audio data in real time or near real time. The transmission of ordinary data packets that can tolerate a certain ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7218854 | High capacity passive optical network A passive optical network suitable for use as a telecommunications access network, having a head-end transmitting in a first optical frequency and one or more subscriber stations transmitting on a second common optical frequency. A carrier sense, multiple access pro... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213138 | Data transmission apparatus, system and method, and image processing apparatus A data transmission system where an image providing device and a printer are directly connected by a 1394 serial bus, a command is sent from the image providing device to the printer, then a response to the command is returned from the printer to the image providing... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200158 | Clock synchronizing method over fault-tolerant Ethernet A device that recognizes the time synchronization packet and substitutes a real-time value from the master internal counter into the proper place in a data packet is placed between an Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) and a Physical Interface Transceiver (PHY).... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197045 | CMTS architecture based on ethernet interface locatable in a fiber node A communication device (116, 216, 316, 416) for a communications network having a first integrated circuit (IC) (141, 244, 344, 444) including one or more receivers (136, 236, 336) and a first MAC function (140, 240, 340), and a second IC... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7164682 | ATM communication apparatus and bandwidth control method of the same An ATM communication apparatus and the bandwidth control method thereof that are capable of bandwidth control to guarantee the minimum cell rate and limit the upper-limit for each of subscriber terminals, dynamically and fairly distribute the shared bandwidth based ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7145921 | Asynchronous data pipe for automatically managing asynchronous data transfers between an application and a bus structure An asynchronous data pipe (ADP) automatically generates transactions necessary to complete asynchronous data transfer operations for an application over a bus structure. The ADP includes a register file which is programmed and initiated by the application. The regis... | 12/05/2006 |
| RE39405 | Network link endpoint capability detection Support for a mixed network environment is provided which can contain multiple isochronous and/or non-isochronous LAN protocols such as isochronous-ethernet, ethernet, isochronous-token ring, token ring, other isochronous-LAN or other LAN systems. Support for a mixe... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124292 | Automatically configuring storage array including a plurality of media storage devices for storing and providing data within a network of devices An automatically configuring storage array includes a plurality of media storage devices coupled together within a network of devices. Preferably, the network of devices is an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus network of devices. The media storage devices are utilized to re... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103700 | Method of and apparatus for controlling bidirectional streams of isochronous data flowing between an application and a bus structure An isochronous data pipe provides a bi-directional path for data between an application and a bus structure. The isochronous data pipe includes the ability to send, receive and perform manipulations on any isochronous stream of data, including data on any number of ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096289 | Sender to receiver request retry method and apparatus Disclosed is a method for and an apparatus using various factors including system performance feedback data to optimize the time suggested to attempt retry of a request. Among the factors used there is included present system performance, type of request, status of ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088717 | System and method of operating a communication network associated with an MPLS implementation of an ATM platform A system and method of operating a communications network having a plurality of interconnected nodes is provided by: establishing a connection path from an ingress node to an egress node through intermediate nodes; associating the connection path with a network-wide... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085535 | Radio communication device for avoiding frequency collision among different radio control schemes A radio communication device is provided with a unit for acquiring a prediction information for a frequency, time or direction to be used by each one of the first radio control scheme of the radio communication device and a second radio control scheme of another sur... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082472 | Method for transmitting data over a network medium Disclosed is a method to reduce contention in a networked system and to provide superior bandwidth allocation to network devices contesting for network use. The method achieves reduced contention by reducing the amount of delay a network device is required to wait b... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079853 | System and method for application location register routing in a telecommunications network A system and method for application location register routing at a signal transfer point (26) are provided. The signal transfer point (26) includes processor clusters (64, 66, 68) and databases (236, 238) for processing queries including ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079555 | Integrated digital loop carrier system with virtual tributary mapper circuit An integrated digital loop carrier (IDLC) system includes digital line feeders and signal processors to interface with the feeders an to ultimately provide data to subscriber instruments. The system can be employed as a central office terminal (COT) or remote digita... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076393 | Methods and apparatus for testing dynamic network firewalls A test method for Internet-Protocol packet networks that verifies the proper functioning of a dynamic pinhole filtering implementation as well as quantifying network vulnerability statistically, as pinholes are opened and closed is described. Specific potential secu... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065054 | Method and apparatus for automatic activation of a clock master on a stackable repeater A method of automatically activating a clock master circuit in a stack of repeaters includes selectively connecting a first on pin in a first repeater to a voltage source when the first repeater is powered on. The first on pin is connected to a power state output pi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065065 | Access and backoff mechanism A base station transmits access control signals on a periodic basis having a first transmission rate. The base station transmits access control modification signals at a second transmission rate higher than the first transmission rate. The user equipment transmits a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062579 | Data transmission apparatus, system and method, and image processing apparatus In a system where a digital still camera 1101 is connected to a printer 1102 on a 1394 serial bus, when the digital still camera 1101 as a data transfer originator node transfers image data to the printer 1102 as a data transfer destinati... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017373 | Glassware forming machine control system A glassware forming machine system includes a glassware forming machine having first operating mechanisms for converting gobs of molten glass into articles of glassware, a gob delivery system having second operating mechanisms for delivering gobs of molten glass to ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6993646 | Automatically configuring storage array including plurality of media storage devices for storing and providing data within a network of devices An automatically configuring storage array includes media storage devices coupled together within a network. Preferably, the network is an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus network. The media storage devices record and retrieve data transmitted within the network. The media... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6980561 | System, device, and method for initial ranging in a communication network A system, device, and method for initial ranging that dynamically adjusts the backoff window size to maximize the probability of success during contention access. The invention takes a first system performance measurement using a first backoff window size, a second ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6967965 | Multi-user network system and method of data communication using enhanced preamble A system and method of data communication for multiple stations using shared communication media within a network. A data communication message structure uses a preamble that includes both source and destination data. The message structure allows use of collision re... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967966 | Digital return path for hybrid fiber/coax network An optical distribution node for an hybrid fiber/coax network is provided. The optical distribution node includes a laser transmitter coupleable to a fiber optic link that transmits upstream, digital data to a head end of the network. The node also includes a data c... | 11/22/2005 |
