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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165154 | Systems and methods for reliable broadcast and multicast transmission over wireless local area network Broadcast and multicast (BM) systems have not been reliable in the wireless local area networks. Higher bandwidth and more reliable BM transmissions are necessitated by video and audio applications. A class of BM reliable frames is transmitted at a higher rate. The ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8077736 | Fast audio/visual reception in DVB-H systems An apparatus and method of reducing a channel switching delay in TDM mobile television systems, and comprises receiving a data burst associated with channels for reception on a RF channel bandwidth received on a mobile television receiver, wherein the data burst com... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7746887 | Dynamic value reporting for wireless automated systems A wireless automation device monitors a condition and wirelessly reports an event over an automation network in response to detecting a change in the condition. The condition is sampled at a variable periodic interval, and the event reported during intervals when a ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7668192 | Use of the FP header to signal the RNC that the node B has not been able to determine or has not been able to accurately determine the number of retransmissions The FP header is used to signal the RNC that the Node B has not been able to determine or has not been able to accurately determine the number of retransmissions. A first embodiment is to reserve a bit pattern for use in the ‘Number of HARQ retransmissions’ fiel... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7463645 | Medium reservation with channel selectivity A medium-reservation mechanism improves transmission efficiency in a multiple-channel network that includes stations with limited-selectivity receivers. The mechanism employs a medium-request signal that conveys channel information. In this network, stations check t... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7453903 | System and method for determining priorities in a wireless network A wireless network device that assigns priorities to communications in a network has a first circuit for receiving wireless messages from remote wireless network devices and a second circuit operable to send wireless messages to the remote wireless network devices. ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7433703 | Method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system The present invention provides a method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system. The method may include selecting at least one resource control bit that is not to be transmitted. The at least one resource control bit is selected based on at least... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430217 | Method and apparatus of prioritising the usage of slotted links by single network devices in a wireless network Method of prioritising the usage of slotted links by single network devices in a wireless network for adapting to varying traffic loads, comprising the steps of pre-setting a distribution of priorities for using a link to predetermined values, monitoring the current... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7406536 | Dynamic power line access connection A method of connecting a power line modem to an external network. The method includes receiving, by the power line modem, a plurality of packets directly transmitted from a plurality of neighboring devices connected to the power lines, determining for each of the pl... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366529 | Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366194 | Fibre channel zoning by logical unit number in hardware The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an act... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366168 | TCP control packet differential service A method and switch for controlling the allocation of priority of TCP packets, more particularly for distinguishing between data and control packets and assigning an increased priority to control packets. The layer 4 information in the form of the flag bits of the h... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356335 | Wireless communication apparatus A wireless communication apparatus coordinates communication among a set of mobile stations by giving the mobile stations permission to transmit packets. The mobile stations divide comparatively long packets into shorter fragment packets. When the wireless communica... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352740 | Extent-based fibre channel zoning in hardware The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an act... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349331 | Procedure and system for scheduling a shared recourse between multiple information packet flows Each synchronous flow (h=1, 2, Ns) is associated to a respective synchronous capacity value (Hh) indicative of the maximum amount of time for which a synchronous flow can be served before relinquishing the token. Each asynchronous flow (I=1, 2,... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337241 | Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connection A system for protocol processing in a computer network has an intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) associated with a host computer. The INIC provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most large multi-packe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330480 | Adaptive network resource control An admissions control technique improves processing capacity utilization in a token-based admission control scheme by matching token allocation to actual processing requirements. In an exemplary application, the processing capacity of a processing entity is discrete... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330874 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An object of the present invention is to allow a client to make a request for music data stored in a server and to receive it and play it back. A client program 421 controls the sending of a request signal to a server 401, the reception and playback pr... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324452 | Weighted credit-based arbitration using credit history A system for managing data transmission from a number of queues employs a regular credit count and a history credit count for each queue. Generally, the regular credit count is used in arbitration. The count is decreased when data is transmitted from the queue and i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317686 | Fair sharing of multi-access channels A network node computes a fair share data rate for the sharing of a shared communication channel in a local area network. The network node determines the required information for computing the fair share by snooping the network, by receiving the required information... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313408 | Method and apparatus for enhancing packet service performance of a mobile communication terminal A method and apparatus for enhancing performance of a packet service of a mobile communication terminal is disclosed. When the mobile communication terminal uses a packet service, an RAB set between the mobile communication terminal and a base station is compared to... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301965 | Packet shaping for mixed rate 802.11 wireless networks A method of shaping data packet transmissions by nodes in a wireless network is presented. Each node sets a maximum limit for MAC service data unit size based on data rate so that maximum transmission times for data packet transmissions by all of the nodes are appro... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289438 | Method and device for serial data transmission between a position measuring system and a processing unit A method for serial data transmission between a position measuring system and a processing unit that includes transmitting position data and further data between the position measuring system and the processing unit in serial form as digital data words, transmitting... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284070 | TCP offload network interface device A system for protocol processing in a computer network has an intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) associated with a host computer. The INIC provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most large multi-packe... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283486 | Method and system for creating and implementing zones within a fibre channel system In a system comprising a first fabric and a plurality of devices coupled to the fabric by Fibre Channel connections, the devices are logically grouped to form configurations and zones. A configuration includes at least one zone, and each zone includes at least one d... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280555 | System and method employing algorithms and protocols for optimizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols in wireless networks A system and method for achieving enhanced CSMA/CA which improves channel availability and quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communications network. The system and method establish channels to enable communication between nodes in a communication network, based... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277388 | Method and apparatus for random packet marking for differentiated services A method is disclosed for a router to provide random assignments of three priorities, each signifying a drop precedence, to packets on a per customer basis. The router determines a sending rate estimate. Then the router marks a packet a priority level based on the s... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274674 | Loop network hub using loop initialization insertion A loop network hub including a hub port with a loop initialization insertion mechanism. The loop initialization insertion mechanism causes a hub port which detects a new node port connection to automatically begin generating loop initialization data. A hub port cont... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272119 | Methods and systems for quality of service in networks comprising wireless devices Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for providing transmission priority to stations in a wireless LAN system. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266617 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus is disclosed. The method determines whether a connected node is a border node and forwards isochronous and asynchronous requests if the node is not a border node. If the node is a border node, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263476 | High speed information processing and mass storage system and method, particularly for information and application servers A high speed, microcomputer based, Fibre Channel compatible and fault tolerant information processing and mass storage system especially suited for information servers and application servers. A unique and extremely versatile system architecture, including a dual lo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247994 | Methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light The invention provides methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light. The internal electronics of the wireless network component are contained within a housing. Attachment means are used to attach the housing to a fluoresce... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242693 | Method and apparatus for fiber autonegotiation A first network device includes a first physical layer device with a first autonegotiation circuit. A bypass timer determines a predetermined period. A second network device includes a second physical layer device. The first network device enables autonegotiation by... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237036 | Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding a TCP connection A system for protocol processing in a computer network has an intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) associated with a host computer. The INIC provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most large multi-packe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224693 | Long packet handling A switch for switching packets from a plurality of sources. The switch includes a memory in which portions of packets are stored. The switch includes a transferring mechanism which transfers predetermined portions of a packet to the memory as the predetermined porti... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7193977 | Hand-off notifying and controlling method of mobile node A hand-off notifying and controlling system of a mobile node is disclosed including a mobile node (MN) that transmits a registration request message. An old foreign agent (FA) provides a mobile IP service to the MN, before the hand-off takes place. A new FA provides... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194564 | Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus is disclosed for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus. One method has the acts of: selecting at least two candidates to join said bus; establishing a dominant candidate from one of said at least two candidates; testing for loops in said bus; ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191241 | Fast-path apparatus for receiving data corresponding to a TCP connection A system for protocol processing in a computer network has an intelligent network interface card (INIC) or communication processing device (CPD) associated with a host computer. The INIC provides a fast-path that avoids protocol processing for most large multi-packe... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191244 | System and method for routing media The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises and an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The RTSMS has a r... | 03/13/2007 |
