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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7327706 | Resynchronization of point-to-point protocol sessions for inter-PDSN handoffs Methods and apparatus are presented to support the mobile Internet Protocol (mobile IP) across different air interface standards. In particular, mechanisms are provided that will allow a mobile device to selectively force a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) session resy... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327760 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device operable with either a cell-based or a packet-based switch fabric A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327744 | Fibre channel forwarding information base According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to improve the techniques and mechanisms for forwarding packets at a fiber channel switch. A combined area table/domain table (ATDT) is accessed using destination information associated with a fi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327673 | Asymmetric digital subscriber line provision flow control on digital subscriber line access multiplexer switches Disclosed is a system for an ADSL access network for providing ADSL provision flow control at a DSLAM switch. The system includes an element management system in communication with a DSLAM switch; and a network management system in communication with the element man... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324491 | Method and apparatus for over-the-air bandwidth reservations in wireless networks Embodiments control access to a wireless network providing communication for wireless traffic and controlled by a wireless access point to assure quality of service for designated traffic by assigning all communication of the designated traffic to use one of the pri... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324040 | Method of automatically setting the gain of an interrogator receiver within a non-contacting identification system An attack is activated in a receiver amplifier of an interrogator whenever an amplified input signal exceeds an attack threshold voltage value Vatt, and the receiver amplifier at least during a waiting period, the length of which preferrably equals the double length... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325068 | Method and system for managing data transfer over a network A method, system, and computer-readable media are provided for managing the transfer of data over a network. In accordance with one method of the invention, the level of actual network bandwidth utilization is monitored. A timestamp indicating when the level of actu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324515 | Proxy addressing scheme for cable networks A proxy in a cable modem termination system receives IP packets having an address associated with set top box out of band messages. The proxy encapsulates the packets in an Ethernet frame containing an Ethernet address. A cable modem associated with the set top box ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324516 | Data packet header conversion A method of converting a data packet that has a header includes storing the data packet and generating a header template having a plurality of static fields. The method further includes generating at least one dynamic field and merging the header template with the h... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325167 | System and method for using network interface card reset pin as indication of lock loss of a phase locked loop and brownout condition A method for providing an indication from a network interface controller to a microcontroller is disclosed wherein upon occurrence of a particular condition within the network interface controller, an indication is provided from a reset pin of the network interface ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324548 | Transceiver system and method supporting variable rates and multiple protocols Present herein is a multirate transceiver wherein data can be received at a first data rate and transmitted at a second data rate. The transceiver device comprises a first interface for receiving data at one data rate a mapper that can map data from a first rate to ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7325064 | Distributed locking protocol with asynchronous token prefetch and relinquish Asynchronous messages are used to prefetch and/or relinquish tokens used in providing locking of shared resources. A message is sent to prefetch one or more tokens, and prior to receiving a reply for the message, another message (e.g., an acquire) is sent for at lea... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324564 | Transmitting odd-sized packets over a double data rate link A method may involve: receiving an even number of odd-sized packets for transmission over a double data rate link; re-packetizing the even number of odd-sized packets into several even-sized packets; transmitting the even-sized packets over the double data rate link... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324817 | Wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting cells based on measurements performed using directional beams and an omni-directional beam pattern A wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting and reselecting cells used by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a wireless multi-cell communication system. The WTRU includes a switched beam antenna configured to form a plurality of directional b... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324528 | Remote access, emulation, and control of office equipment A business has a main office (13) which has a controller (225), a plurality of telephones, a plurality of computers, a PBX and/or an ACD (216), and a plurality of corporate resources (220) such as servers, hosts, applications, databases, ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324818 | Mobile station implementation for switching between licensed and unlicensed wireless systems An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324549 | Synchronisation communication systems A method and apparatus of transmitting data at a line rate to a bus operating at a bus rate includes transmitting the data in a packet format having a plurality of frames each having a plurality of time slots. Each time slot has successive message groups, and each m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321578 | Multiprotocol WLAN access point devices The embodiment of the present invention comprises a device-internal data flow organization coupled with a wireless communications medium access control protocol for a set of WLAN “Multiprotocol Devices”, each containing a 2.4 and 5 GHz frequency band-agile CCK a... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321593 | Fibre channel SERDES with elastic transmitter FIFO A data transfer system having a method and computer program therefor comprises a buffer adapted to receive parallel data according to a first clock signal, and to transmit the parallel data according to a second clock signal, wherein the buffer comprises a plurality... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321600 | System, method, and article of manufacture for initializing a communication link using GFP data frames A system and a method for initializing a communication link for transmitting a data stream from a first computer through a synchronous optical communication network to a second computer are provided. The method includes transmitting a first request message in a firs... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321602 | Apparatus and method for inserting null packet in digital broadcasting transmission system A null packet insertion apparatus including a null packet remover for removing an irregularly inserted null packet from an externally received video/audio transport stream; a null packet bit rate calculator for calculating a bit rate of the removed null packet; a GU... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321780 | Enhanced uplink rate selection by a communication device during soft handoff A method for rate selection by a communication device for enhanced uplink during soft handoff in a wireless communication system includes a first step of receiving information from a scheduler. This information can include one or more of scheduling, a rate limit, a ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321562 | Packet transmission method, network element and arrangement A packet transmission method in a telecommunication network is provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes the steps of transmitting, estimating and controlling. The transmitting step transmits, in the network, packets of different priority on at leas... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321597 | Method and apparatus for remote network management over ethernet connections One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs remote network management over an Ethernet connection between a local node and a remote node, wherein the Ethernet connection uses x-bit/y-bit (xB/yB) encoding. During operation, the system acce... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319701 | Modem relay protocol redundancy for reliable low speed modem communications over IP networks with substantial packet loss Minimized Wave-zone Buoyancy is a new approach to oil and gas platform design with superior construction and performance characteristics compared to state-of-art off-shore drilling and production platforms. Minimized Wave-zone Buoyancy platforms capitalize on low cr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319682 | Methods and apparatus for selecting a wireless local area network port and establishing communication therewith A method for wirelessly connecting a workstation, such as a computer, to a local area network includes selecting a LAN with which the workstation is to communicate. A wireless LAN access device that communicates with a processor of the workstation receives signals b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319684 | System and method for wireless communication using a management server and access points A system and method are provided for wireless communication. In one example, a wireless communication system that enhances total system throughput is provided. The system performs parallel data transmission from a plurality of access points to a plurality of user te... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319667 | Communication system with priority data compression A data compression system that dynamically adapts the degree of compression used in response to the priority of the data to be compressed is provided by virtue of one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment, only low priority data is compressed while ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317683 | Weighted fair queue serving plural output ports A data communication apparatus includes a plurality of output ports and a scheduler for assigning priorities for outbound data frames. The scheduler includes one or more scheduling queues. Each scheduling queue indicates an order in which data flows are to be servic... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317716 | Methods and systems for presence-based telephony communications A system and method can enable a user of a communications network, such as a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), wireless and/or voice over IP network to participate in Presence Availability Management (PAM) and Instant Messaging (IM) activities of a PAM/IM ne... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317732 | Method and apparatus for handling link suspend pulse and silent line state transitions of a network device A method and apparatus for handling data during link suspend pulse and the silent line state of a network device operating in a low power link suspend mode is presented. Accordingly, a new generation of network devices capable of operating in both the full power ope... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317920 | System and method for providing fast call set-up in a wireless communication system A system and method is provided for fast call set-up in a wireless communication system. A base station sets up a call from a mobile station by sending null frames to the mobile station on a forward traffic channel instead of sending a base station acknowledgement o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318089 | Method and apparatus for performing network-based control functions on an alert-enabled managed client A method and apparatus for performing network-based control functions on an alert-enabled managed client. An alert proxy translates generic, management-based command data received from a management application/agent into specific client-based hardware control data. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315900 | Multi-link routing The invention is directed to techniques for supporting multi-link protocols within a computer network. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a set of data blocks from a plurality of links in one or more interface cards according to a multi-link protocol and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315531 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving variable rate data A variable rate transmission system transmits a variable rate data packet including an accompanying rate indication signal indicative of the transmission rate of the variable data packet. The data packet can be spread using a long pseudonoise (PN) code, the mask of ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315554 | Simple peering in a transport network employing novel edge devices Simple peering is provided in a novel network in which transport technology is independent of network access technology. An out-of-band network may be used to carry advertisements to an update facility. The update facility may use layer 3 destination address informa... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315571 | Method and apparatus for a variable bandwidth multi-protocol X-DSL transceiver A transceiver for communicating a multi-tone modulated communication channel on a subscriber line. The transceiver includes: a digital signal processor (DSP) with a Fourier transform module and an analog front end (AFE). The DSP determines an available range of freq... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315573 | Channel monitoring for improved parameter selection in a communication system A method is provided for automatically improving throughput of an active channel in a communication system comprising: receiving input from one or more modules that identify and characterize impairments in the active channel; monitoring the input to track changes in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315817 | Sound encoder and sound decoder An sound encoder accepts a sound signal and then produces a plurality of codes which represent the sound signal on a frame-by-frame basis. The sound encoder determines the order in which the plurality of codes is to be multiplexed into a multiplexed code based on on... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313098 | Communication system endpoint device with integrated call synthesis capability Techniques are disclosed for improved monitoring and analysis of VoIP communications, multimedia communications or other types of network traffic in a network-based communication system. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, an endpoint device of the syste... | 12/25/2007 |
