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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170051 | In-home coexistence network Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of network bandwidth. In some examples, a guaranteed interval period, including a guaranteed interval start time and guaranteed interval end time, can be identified based upon policy. Network stations can then identify firs... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160092 | Transforming a declarative description of a packet processor Methods are provided for transforming a declarative description of a processor of the packets of a communication protocol. A first declarative description of the packet processor is input. The first declarative description includes rules that include actions for man... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160091 | System and method for synchronising a data processing network A data processing system according to the invention comprising a group of at least a first and a second module, wherein each module has a data processing facility, a clock for timing data transmissions from the module to another module, a time-slot counter for count... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155141 | System, apparatus, and method for a two-stage mechanism for quiet period management in spectrum agile radio networks The present invention is a system (1200), base station (1100)/customer premise equipment (1150) apparatus, and method (400 450) for a two-stage quiet-period management mechanism that provides the required protection to incumbents (primary... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126008 | Communication system and communication apparatus Data communication sub-slots of a cycle in a time division mode are allocated to communication apparatuses; a maintenance communication sub-slot is allocated to the communication apparatus operating as a master communication apparatus; the communication apparatuses ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8102873 | Communication system, communication apparatus and terminal accommodation apparatus A communication system, a communication apparatus and a terminal accommodation apparatus which use a metallic subscriber line and are a high-speed and inexpensive are provided. The communication system includes a plurality of terminal accommodation apparatuses 20... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8054853 | Systems and methods for combining time division multiplexed and packet connection in a meshed switching architecture The present invention provides systems and methods for supporting native TDM and native Packet switching simultaneously in a meshed switching architecture. Specifically with the present invention, the meshed links are common to both TDM and packet traffic, and both ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045576 | Methods and apparatus to manage power consumption in wireless local area network devices Methods and apparatus to manage power consumption in wireless devices are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus comprises performing a first received signal strength indicator (RSSI) scan to determine a beacon interval and a first beacon time for a wireless chann... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8031740 | Time division multiple access communication network system A transmitter node includes a first data transmission portion that transmits data in a first transmission time slot on a first transmission channel and a second data transmission portion that transmits the same transmission data from the first data transmission port... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023527 | Method and apparatus for adjusting timeslot fragments of multiple links A method and apparatus for adjusting timeslot fragments of multiple links in an Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON). The method includes the steps of: obtaining link information of multiple links necessary for timeslot fragment adjustment, calculating adju... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7961753 | Network having bandwidth sharing A communication system includes a plurality of devices, such as cable modems, in communication with a station, such as a cable modem termination system, that provides efficient upstream bandwidth sharing. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949007 | Methods of clustering actions for manipulating packets of a communication protocol Methods are provided for generating clusters of actions for manipulating the packets of a communication protocol. A declarative description is input specifying a hierarchical tree structure including a leaf module for each action and instance modules. One instance m... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936775 | Bandwidth management in a network A data stream is transmitted at a current transmission rate utilizing a first bandwidth allocation, the current transmission rate being less than an original transmission rate. A transmission rate recovery request is received from a master device on the network. The... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7903682 | Virtual upstream channel scheduling in broadband communication systems Scheduling virtual upstream channels within one physical upstream channel is disclosed. The MAP messages of the virtual upstream channels that share the same physical upstream channel are synchronized together such that any one transmission opportunity for a given v... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894469 | Generic SONET/SDH time slot selection algorithm A method, computer software program, and system provides automatic selection of time slots in time-division multiplexed connections. A network is mapped, and source and destination nodes are selected, as well as a route between them. Appropriate time slots are selec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7839885 | Connection memory for tributary time-space switches A method of switching a plurality of tributaries disposed among a plurality of time slots in a frame is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) buffering the frame, (B) switching the tributaries among the time slots in response to a read address an... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826476 | Apparatus and method to reserve resources in communications system A Resource Reservation System includes a Token Generation Unit (TGU) which generates and circulates among nodes of a communications system a Slotted Token (SLT) message having sub-fields to carry identification number for each input port in a node and the resource a... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813373 | Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting time slot interference and recovering from time slot interference in an ad hoc wireless communication network In a network comprising a source, a destination, and intermediate nodes along a route between the source and the destination, techniques are provided for allocating one or more time slots to transmit a particular data stream along the route based on the QoS requirem... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804844 | Dataflow pipeline implementing actions for manipulating packets of a communication protocol A processor is specified for implementing actions for manipulating the fields of the packets of a communication protocol. A cluster specification is input specifying clusters of independent actions. A constraint specification is input of dependencies constraining pe... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787488 | System and method of optimizing the static segment schedule and cycle length of a time triggered communication protocol An internal communication system adapted for communicatively coupling a plurality of nodes during a cycle, wherein the cycle presents a cycle length and a plurality of static temporal slots. The system includes at least one communication channel, and an electronic c... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7746889 | Storage device and method of controlling access A storage device is provided. The storage device includes a plurality of ports for a first kind of access, a second kind of access having a band-secured access period longer than that of the first kind of access, and other kinds of access; and an access controller. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738485 | Parallel wireless scheduler A method, medium, and wireless system are provided for scheduling access terminals to prevent starvation of other access terminals connected to a communication network. The wireless system includes access terminals and base stations that are configured with a first ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724767 | Adaptive network to dynamically account for hidden nodes One embodiment of the present invention relates to a network element that is configured to be associated with a network having a number of nodes. A node is configured to receive a beacon signal from a master node and at least one relayed beacon signal from at least ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720091 | Systems and methods to arrange call back Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving in a system a call back time window fo... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7701964 | Distributed device identifier numbering and total device counting algorithm with smart time division multiplexed serial port A distributed method and apparatus for assigning a unique identifier number to devices connected in a sequential fashion and determining a total device count is presented. Additionally, a method and apparatus for enabling the support of a variable number and type of... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7660326 | Enhanced reservation based media access control for dynamic networks and switch-fabrics A communications node for an optical network is disclosed. The node includes a tunable wavelength receiver for receiving optical data from source nodes at a plurality of source wavelengths and a tunable wavelength transmitter for transmitting optical data to destina... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7639708 | Method for dynamically reallocating bandwidth to accommodate bursty traffic in a wireless network A method for reallocating bandwidth includes assigning a node to a position message slot, running an allocation algorithm, generating a table based on the allocation algorithm, selecting a row of the table, aligning a value of the row with a node identifier; and ass... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7623544 | Data processing system, access controlling method, access controlling apparatus and recording medium A data processing system including a storage section, a processing section, a control section, and a memory. The control section performing an action to allocate, to all of the ports, a time slot of a period of time which guarantees one seek action within a cycle ti... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7583692 | Communications network and method of controlling the communication network The invention relates to a communications network with at least two network nodes, between which data may be transmitted via a transmission medium, in which a communications schedule is provided which allots time slots to the netwo... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7573897 | Method and grant scheduler for cyclically allocating time slots to optical network units A grant scheduler and method for cyclically allocating time slots to traffic container (T-CONTs) included in one or more optical network units (ONUs) for transmitting respective data based on known respective service level agreements for each T-CONT. A first process... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564865 | Weight factor based allocation of time slot to use link in connection path in network on chip IC An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processing modules (M, S; IP) and a network (N) arranged for coupling said modules (M, S; IP) is provided. Said integrated circuit further comprises a plurality of network interfaces (NI) each being coupled between one... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561594 | User equipment having improved power savings during full and partial DTX modes of operation The present invention achieves power savings by turning off all or some of the baseband processing for codes and timeslots that have not been transmitted due to full or partial DTX. With respect to partial DTX, the transmitted codes and associated timeslots and radi... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7496110 | Virtual upstream channel scheduling in broadband communication systems Scheduling virtual upstream channels within one physical upstream channel is disclosed. The MAP messages of the virtual upstream channels that share the same physical upstream channel are synchronized together such that any one transmission opportunity for a given v... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7450607 | Communication in a data network The invention relates to a method and a system for communication in a data network (101), in particular switched Ethernet, and a user (102) in such a data network (101). To reduce the communication resources required for the transmission of tele... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7443877 | Method for coding a sequence of data bits, in particular for transmission via an air interface A method for coding a sequence of data bits (B1-B5), at least one of said bits having a logical on value or a logical off value. The data bits are organized in a sequence of time slot frames (Fr1-FR5). At least one time slot frame has a p... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440427 | Increasing channel capacity of TDMA transmitters in satellite based networks The present invention discloses a method for increasing the channel capacity of a communications network, comprising a plurality of one-way TDMA transmitters sharing said channel, and at least one compatible receiver, by reducing transmission collisions among said t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436847 | Method for internet-protocol-based transmission of communication data In a communication data stream transmitted within IP datagrams via a communication network, the timing of the transmission of the IP datagrams is oriented toward a timestamp which is transmitted to a transmitter of the IP datagrams. In this context, the transmitter ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428231 | Channel sharing method and device thereof A channel sharing method and device thereof are disclosed. The method starts by providing a plurality of channels, wherein each of the channels comprises a time interval. A time slot having a width being X times of a maximum value of all the time intervals is provid... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424030 | Method, system and storage medium for providing a cross connect user interface A user interface for managing connections in a communication network cross connect. The user interface provides for creation, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. When displaying connections, a granularity may be adjusted to allow for effective vie... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424003 | Multi-parameter scheduling in communication systems A method of scheduling the handling of communication channels by a processor assigned to handle a plurality of channels. The method includes determining for each channel, handled by the processor, a target time by which time it should receive processing, selecting o... | 09/09/2008 |
