Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7944841 | Method and apparatus for transmitting error information between ethernet network and synchronous digital hierarchy network Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting error information between an Ethernet network and a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) network. According to the present invention, when an error occurs in the Ethernet network or the SDH network, OAM information... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7826371 | Flow control method and receiving end device A method and device for a flow control over network devices includes a receiving end device and a transmitting end device. The receiving end device monitors an input buffer and determines whether an available space in the input buffer is less than a predetermined th... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7742421 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for distributing application or higher layer communications network signaling entity operational status information among session initiation protocol (SIP) entities Systems, methods, and computer program products for distributing application or higher layer communications network signaling entity operational status information among SIP entities are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining operational s... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7706279 | Communication performance measurement method The present invention includes a designating packet transferring step, a measurement packet transmitting step and a measurement packet collecting step. The designating packet transferring step is a step of transferring a designating packet in a target section for a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7630316 | Method and apparatus for selecting a transport format combination A method for selecting a transport format combination used in a wireless communication network for multiplexing data between logical channels and transport channels. After receiving a configuration table with logical and transport channel information, a transport fo... | 12/08/2009 |
| RE40823 | Method for bit error rate measurements in a cell-based telecommunication system A method for bit error rate measurements in a cell-based telecommunication system is presented, comprising the following steps of generating a first bit pattern at a first location of said telecommunication system, transmitting said first bit pattern from said first... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7525917 | Flow control in a distributed scalable, shared memory switching fabric system A traffic control system and method with flow control aggregation. The system includes a switching fabric and an ingress module. The switching fabric includes read counters that are associated with a plurality of queues. The read counters represent an aggregated num... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7518997 | Wireless mobile communication stations for operation in non-exclusive spectrum Wirelessly-linked, distributed resource control (RCS1-RCSn, RCSB, RCC, ARM) supports a wireless communication system (50) for operation in non-exclusive spectrum (24-29). An available resource map (ARM) contains resource availability info... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7443795 | Data transmission control method for GPRS A data transmission method of a GPRS includes estimating a possibility of an impending stall state of a transmit window, transmitting a stall state alarm signal of the transmit window to a network if it is predicted that the stall state of the transmit window is app... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436772 | Available bandwidth estimation A new system and method of available bandwidth estimation applies even where the narrow link and tight link in a network path are in different locations. In embodiments of the invention, a unique packet probe series structure and processing is employed to estimate a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7372833 | Resource allocation in packet network The idea of the invention is to negotiate the resource allocation between two network elements on the Application or Transport layer level so that the negotiation is possible over the network, even if the network comprises several physically different networks. To d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373417 | Methods and systems for improving data transmission rates having adaptive protocols A machine-readable medium, a system, and an apparatus are provided for increasing a data transmission rate. A window size is established, where the window size is an indicator of an amount of data a terminal can receive. Data segments are received in accordance with... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369497 | Data communication speed control system, transmitter apparatus and receiver apparatus This invention aims to make it possible to realize data communication having excellent communication throughput and good quality even if the communication state fluctuates. According to the present invention, by sequentially adjusting the transmission speed of data ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369504 | Bandwidth management of resilient packet ring network Techniques for bandwidth management and flow control on a resilient packet ring (RPR) network is described. The RPR requires allocation and guarantee of a bandwidth for each channel between two nodes on the ring. The bandwidth is managed by shaping traffic on a chan... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360127 | Method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system A method and apparatus for evaluating and optimizing a signaling system is described. A pattern of test information is generated in a transmit circuit of the system and is transmitted to a receive circuit. A similar pattern of information is generated in the receive... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349416 | Apparatus and method for distributing buffer status information in a switching fabric Network switching and/or routing devices can use switching fabrics that gather information about output port buffer status and distribute that information to various line cards for use in data frame congestion avoidance. The switching fabric can gather output buffer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349406 | Method and apparatus for virtual network connection merging A method and apparatus are provided for performing a virtual network connection merge. In one example, the method assembles at least one data unit from data traffic of at least one network connection. A credit is calculated for each network connection. A chosen data... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346679 | Method and system for identifying lossy links in a computer network A computer network has links for carrying data among computers, including one or more client computers. Packet loss rates are determined for the client computers and, based on the loss rates, a number of possible sets of solutions for the loss rates at each of the l... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342883 | Method and apparatus for managing network traffic Numerous embodiments of a method and apparatus for managing network traffic are disclosed. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339935 | ATM switch for distributing cells to avoid blocking in the ATM switch An ATM switch includes a first stage, a second stage and a third stage each of which stages includes at least one basic switch, wherein the first stage, the second stage and the third stage are connected. The basic switch includes a part which refers to time informa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330908 | System and method for processing packets using location and content addressable memories An apparatus and method for enhancing the infrastructure of a network such as the Internet is disclosed. A packet interceptor/processor apparatus is coupled with the network so as to be able to intercept and process packets flowing over the network. Further, the app... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330444 | Cluster communication in heartbeat messages A method and mechanism for inter-node communication. A first node is coupled to a second node via a communication link. The first node is configured to convey a heartbeat or similar data packet to the second node on a periodic or other scheduled basis. A message man... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330471 | Multi digital subscriber line access multiplexor system A multi digital subscriber line access multiplexor M-DSLAM system, connecting with an asynchronous transfer mode ATM network, linking with multiple data transmission service networks, and multiple subscriber receiving/transmitting units to perform subscriber line co... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327736 | Changing of channel capabilities In a telecommunications system, in which a connection comprises a part with an interworking function at both ends, a channel is allocated to the connection between the interworking functions. The required channel capabilities may vary during the connection, whereby ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324446 | Communication method, related buffering element and line termination element The present invention relates to a communication method, and related buffering and line termination elements to be used in a communication network. The communication network includes a buffering element, a line termination element and several network termination ele... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324449 | Method and apparatus for dynamic backhaul resource management in a wireless communication system Various embodiments are described to address the need to lower backhaul costs for EGPRS operators while maintaining the low and constant delay characteristics they require. 20 msec TRAU frames (221-226) are still used for backhaul to maintain the low a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315897 | Adaptable control plane architecture for a network element A method, computer program product, and data processing system for distributed control of network elements is disclosed. The present invention divides the control plane functions of a network element into subsystems, which are implemented as processes or threads. A ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313606 | System and method for automatic configuration of a bi-directional IP communication device During manufacturing, a unique bi-directional IP communication device identifier, such as a gateway serial number, is assigned to a each bi-directional IP communication device, preferably a DSL gateway. Once an order for such a device is received from a user, the un... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310341 | System and method for parallel connection selection in a communication network The invention provides a system and method of a selecting an egress connection from egress connections at a node for a call being established in a network along a path being associated with the node. Each connection has sufficient bandwidth to carry the call and ter... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304954 | Identification of non-performing switches in the path of a connection A connection-trace standard is used to collect cell-drop information from switches in the path of a network connection in order to identify non-performing switches. Special codes may be inserted in the vendor specific fields of the trace transit list information ele... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305431 | Automatic enforcement of service-level agreements for providing services over a network The invention deals with the enforcement of Service Level Agreement for the services provided over a client-server network. The invention discloses a method, system and a program product for automatic enforcement of SLAs. This is achieved by automatic metering of re... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301951 | Resource reservation protocol based guaranteed quality of service internet protocol connections over a switched network A method and system for establishing a guaranteed quality of service (QoS) Internet protocol (IP) connection between an first bridging device and a second bridging device through a switched transport network. The second bridging device receives a first signaling mes... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301903 | Method and apparatus for achieving an optimal response time in a telecommunications system Response time estimation is provided to forecast the response times of a telecommunications device, particularly, a media gateway (206a . . . n). A soft switch (216) switches communication data in a telecommunications network. A call feature ser... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295516 | Early traffic regulation techniques to protect against network flooding Methods and apparatus for providing an Anti-Flooding Flow-Control (AFFC) mechanism suitable for use in defending against flooding network Denial-of-Service (N-DoS) attacks is described. Features of the AFFC mechanism include (1) traffic baseline generation, (2) dyna... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292529 | Memory load balancing for single stream multicast A system for multicasting a packet of data to a single data stream is provided. The system may determine a size of the packet and may send a single copy of the packet if the size of the packet exceeds a threshold value. A number of copies of the packet yet to be mul... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289507 | Method and network element for a safety transport of ethernet frames over a transport SDH/SONET network Disclosed is a method and network element for providing a safe transport of Ethernet frames over a transport SDH/SONET network. The method is characterized by comprising: at the sending point (AP#0), receiving Ethernet frames to be transported through an Acce... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275195 | Programmable built-in self-test circuit for serializer/deserializer circuits and method A built-in self-test circuit for use in testing a serializer/deserializer circuit includes a programmable transmit register that transmits data to the serializer/deserializer circuit having programmably varying characteristics. The built-in self-test circuit include... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272651 | RSVP transmitter proxy A Resource reSerVation Protocol (RSVP) transmitter proxy reserves network resources on behalf of a multimedia server that lacks RSVP facilities. The RSVP transmitter proxy is preferably disposed in an intermediate network device that is proximate to (e.g., one hop a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263067 | Method and apparatus for accelerating throughput in a wireless or other telecommunication system A method and equipment for accelerating throughput of communication segments from a sender (30) to a receiver (40) each of which include a protocol layer (30a 40a) for providing such segments, the method in case of TCP inclu... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245585 | Method and system for transmitting traffic in a virtual tunnel of a transmission line A network element for a telecommunications network includes a port for connection to a transmission line of the telecommunications network. A plurality of transmission line interfaces each include a scheduler to transmit traffic in port transmission slots allocated ... | 07/17/2007 |
