Quotables
"The radio craze will die out in time."
Thomas Edison ; 1922
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094563 | Method and system for integration of trunking and conventional land mobile radio systems An integrated Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system enables communication between a trunking land mobile radio (trunking LMR) system and a conventional land mobile radio (conventional LMR) system. The trunking LMR system includes a trunking site controller including a firs... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089884 | Method and apparatus for early warning of congestion in Ad-Hoc wireless networks The present invention embodiments bypass congested links in a multi-hop Ad-Hoc wireless network. Initially, congestion is measured at each network node based on channel utilization for both transmission and reception of TDMA and CSMA messages. The measured utilizati... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085671 | Method and system for providing interoperable communications with congestion management A method for providing interoperable communications with congestion management includes facilitating communications of a plurality of virtual talk groups. Each virtual talk group comprises a plurality of endpoints of different communication networks communicating us... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077622 | Systems and methods for efficiently load balancing based on least connections Systems and methods for load balancing services based on fewest connections by decreasing granularity of service selection as a number of fewest connections serviced by the services increases may include establishing, by an appliance, a set of identifiers correspond... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8064346 | Communication path control system, program, and storage medium therefor A communication path control system includes a storage device which stores data of paths between communication nodes; and a communication path selecting device which selects a path candidate for setting a new communication path among path candidates, each of which c... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8031612 | Altering operation of a network interface controller based on network traffic A method includes, at a network interface controller receiving packets from a network connection for a set of multiple coupled processors, distributing received packets to each of a first set of the processors. In response to determining the change in network traffi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014290 | Traffic flow management through a multipath network A method for managing traffic flow through a multipath network and systems and apparatuses configured to employ such a method are provided. The method includes forwarding a packet along a first link of the multipath network and tracking a load of the first link subs... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009570 | Router device for efficient routing with congestion minimized In a router, a receiver receives a communication packet meant for a communication destination other than this router device. A calculator calculates a cost value for forwarding a communication packet to a destination by each of neighboring routers adjacent to the ro... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7995479 | Systems and methods for visualizing a communications network A system facilitates the visualization of a network having multiple nodes. The system collects information from at least one of the nodes (510). The information describes network operation over a period of time. The system then reconstructs the network operat... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995480 | Offloading content routing cost from routers Embodiments of the present invention are directed to reconfiguring communication routing architecture. A determination may be made that loading on one or more routing entities require adjustment. Adjustment may be required in situations where, for example, the amoun... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992120 | Congestion estimation for programmable logic devices Various techniques are provided for estimating signal congestion in a programmable logic device (PLD). In one example, a computer-implemented method of estimating signal congestion in routing resources of a PLD is provided. The routing resources comprise a plurality... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990875 | Telecommunications system and method A telecommunications system provides mobile internet protocol related communications services to mobile nodes via a plurality of access networks that each include an access gateway, a mobility manager operable to receive link quality messages from the mobile nodes p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983170 | In-band quality-of-service signaling to endpoints that enforce traffic policies at traffic sources using policy messages piggybacked onto DiffServ bits IP packets are scheduled at source devices such as cell phones on a private network that connect to the Internet at an edge device. A private traffic controller by the edge device detects pre-Internet congestion on the private network. The private traffic controller... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965641 | Robust cooperative spectrum sensing for cognitive radios The disclosed subject matter relates to communicatively coupled cognitive radio systems, devices, methodologies, or combinations thereof, facilitating improved utilization of unused portions of spectral bands by secondary users generally allocated to other primary u... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961625 | Routing under heavy loading According to the invention, a delivery network for assisting delivery of content objects over an Internet is disclosed. The delivery network includes a network outlet, an interface and a routing function. The network outlet is coupled to a plurality of full-route ne... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948898 | Method and system to efficiently manage a network connection to connect a client and a resource This document discusses, among other things, an example system and methods for connecting a client and a resource. Example embodiments may include receiving a request from a client computer, for a connection to a generically named resource that is associated with mu... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948899 | Method and apparatus for communications traffic engineering This invention provides for a technique for selectively off-loading traffic from congested sub-regions of a network to more lightly-loaded regions by making use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). For each network element, an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) rou... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7916647 | Automatic adjustment of logical channels in a fibre channel network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates automatic adjustment of logical channels in a Fiber Channel (FC) network. During operation, the system receives FC data frames. A respective data frame is associated with a logical channel. T... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7876688 | Traffic protection in a communication network A loop protection mechanism including dynamically determining a link connecting two adjacent nodes of a loop in a communication network in accordance with a predefined criterion, and reconfiguring the loop so that the loop is broken at the determined link which is a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872976 | System and method for multi-protocol label switching network tuning A system for and method of multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network tuning. In one embodiment, the system includes a hot zone clearing subsystem that recursively identifies label switched paths (LSPs) to be rerouted from a defined hot zone subject to edges to b... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864686 | Tunneling scheme for transporting information over a cable network A cable network includes a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) set-top gateway (DSG) server connected to an Internet Protocol (IP) network and a DSG client operating in a set-top device connected to a cable network. A DSG agent operates in a ca... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7826372 | Network routing process for regulating traffic through advantaged and disadvantaged nodes A process for use in conjunction with a communications network routing protocol that automatically adjusts for congestion that may occur due to the presence of advantaged and partially disadvantaged nodes. The network nodes check to determine if they are advantaged ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7821944 | Optimal interconnect utilization in a data processing network A method for managing packet traffic in a data processing network includes collecting data indicative of the amount of packet traffic traversing each of the links in the network's interconnect. The collected data includes source and destination information indicativ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7808912 | Devices, softwares and methods for incorporating burstiness of packet loss metric in QoS based network routing Devices, software, and methods quantify a burstiness quality of the packet loss in the node of a path. The quantified burstiness becomes a metric for determining the Quality of Service (QoS) offered by a node in retransmitting data through a network. Network routing... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796522 | System and method for performing traffic process in integrated network of voice-over internet protocol network and public switched telephone network A system and method for performing a traffic process in an integrated network of a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) network and a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) are provided. The system includes: a softswitch which has a plurality of ASPs (Application S... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796523 | Network usage optimization with respect to a virtual circuit network A network usage optimization method for minimizing the total network usage fee. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a network and a data processing apparatus, wherein the data processing apparatus communicates via a PVC of the network; (b) obtaining past ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787381 | Methods and apparatus to manage network transport paths in accordance with network policies Methods and apparatus to manage network transport paths in accordance with network policies are disclosed. An example apparatus comprises a policy manager to manage a first policy for a first endpoint and a second policy for a second endpoint, and a path manager to ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778182 | Method and apparatus for communications traffic engineering This invention provides for a technique for selectively off-loading traffic from congested sub-regions of a network to more lightly-loaded regions by making use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). For each network element, an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) rou... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7746788 | Traffic information aggregating apparatus A traffic information aggregating apparatus (hereinafter an aggregating apparatus) receives traffic information from a network apparatus. The aggregating apparatus generates aggregated data in which the traffic information for each previously determined aggregation ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742422 | Distributed message routing in a virtualized messaging system using recursive least squares links cost estimation with choke points Routing data packet traffic in packet networks, expediting the flow of the data packets and reducing the effects of congestion at nodes is accomplished by capturing latency data for nodes for initial measurement times; and computing a least squares estimate of the d... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7710878 | Method and system for allocating traffic demands in a ring network A method of allocating a plurality of traffic demands on a network having a plurality of stations connected by a bi-directional ring is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a first traffic demand from the plurality of traffic demands. The method then acquires a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710879 | System and method for improving the quality of real time multimedia sessions The present invention provides a system and method for improving the quality of real-time multimedia sessions wherein each endpoint of a real-time packet stream transmits (1) feedback reports that describe the quality of the stream received by the endpoint an... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710880 | Method and apparatus for security protection of service interruption in switch network Embodiments of the present invention provide a security protection method and apparatus for performing security protection during service interruption occurring in a switch network. In an embodiment of the present invention, a transmitting-end device selects each su... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706280 | Heavy load packet-switched routing According to the invention, a content delivery network (CDN) for delivering content objects over the Internet is disclosed. The CDN includes a point of presence (POP), a content object request interface, and a routing function. At least one POP is coupled to a plura... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706281 | Selecting paths in multi-homed transport-layer network associations A multi-homed network node comprises an interface that is addressable using a primary network address and a secondary network address. Network packets identifying the primary network address traverse a first network path and packets identifying the second network ad... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693070 | Congestion reducing reliable transport packet retry engine A method, apparatus and computer readable medium for transmitting at least one packet across a network destined for reception by at least one network endpoint. A plurality of packets is processed sequentially from a queue to be sent to at least one network endpoint.... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693069 | Method, apparatus and system for improved inter-domain routing convergence A method and apparatus for improved inter-domain routing convergence, include transmitting reason information associated with a route update or withdraw. An apparatus receiving the reason information associated with the update or withdraw uses the reason information... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7680053 | Inter-device flow control A network switching device comprises first and second ports. A queue communicates with the second port, stores frames for later output by the second port, and generates a congestion signal when filled above a threshold. A control module selectively sends an outgoing... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675860 | Method and apparatus for determining a preferred backup tunnel to protect point-to-multipoint label switch paths A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a preferred backup path to protect a point-to-multipoint label switching path is presented. A point-to-multipoint backup path is computed for each node located upstream from a branching node, the backu... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7668103 | Inter-device flow control A system with switching capability comprises a controlling device, a first switching device, and first and second ports. The first port communicates with the controlling device. A control module selectively instructs the second port to assert flow control when a flo... | 02/23/2010 |
