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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189495 | Method for registering a communications device, and an associated communications device and registration unit To register a communications device (UE1) in a communications network (CN), one or more temporary communications addresses (NI1, NI2) are negotiated between the communications device (UE1) and at least one registration unit (AV1) o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189494 | System and method for merging clusters of wireless nodes in a wireless network A system includes a first cluster having multiple first wireless nodes. One first node is configured to act as a first cluster master, and other first nodes are configured to receive time synchronization information provided by the first cluster master. The system a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189496 | Surface-space managed network fabric A managed surface-space network fabric is presented. The surface-space network fabric can include a spaced-based network fabric and a surface-based network fabric integrated together to form a single fabric managed by a global fabric manager. The global fabric manag... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184554 | Method and apparatus for providing a routing registry A method and apparatus for processing a route update in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one route update from a customer edge (CE) device by a centralized routing registry. The method identifies at least one interface of a provider... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184555 | SpaceWire network management A system and method for SpaceWire network management are disclosed involving a network and a network manager (NM). The network includes a plurality of switches and a plurality of nodes. The switches and nodes do not have any preprogrammed knowledge of the network to... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179819 | Method for transmitting and receiving signals using collaborative MIMO scheme A method for reducing inter-cell interference and a method for transmitting a signal by a collaborative MIMO scheme, in a communication system having a multi-cell environment are disclosed. An example of a method for transmitting, by a mobile station, precoding info... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179818 | Proxy terminal, server apparatus, proxy terminal communication path setting method, and server apparatus communication path setting method In a proxy terminal or server a path setting can be performed by a server apparatus and a path setting that includes, as a relay point, a proxy terminal arbitrarily specified by a user or the proxy terminal located in a local network to which the user belongs, witho... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179817 | Tool for communication system A method for designing an, at least partly wireless, local area communication network for industrial application. A 3D plant model of the area in which the communication network is to operate is accessed. Devices that are to communicate in the communication, identif... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175005 | Coordinated neighbor discovery of radio access point devices and macro base stations Techniques are provided for coordinated neighbor discovery in a wireless network served by radio access point devices that provide service in relatively small coverage areas in the wireless network. A controller apparatus sends to radio access point devices, data id... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175006 | Multi-path load balancing using route controller Systems and methods are described that employ multi-path BGP to realize dynamic multi-path load balancing based on an Intelligent Route Service Control Point (IRSCP) router control architecture that uses dynamic traffic flow information to perform dynamic load balan... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175004 | Apparatus and method for gathering and reporting interference signal information between relay stations in multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system An apparatus and method for gathering and reporting interference signal information between Relay Stations (RSs) in a multi-hop relay Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system are provided. The method includes receiving, from the RS, scanning information ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169934 | System and method for peer-to-peer staging of a mobile device A system comprising a first mobile device and a second mobile device. The first mobile device includes a memory and an output arrangement. The memory stores a staging profile. The staging profile is used to configure at least a portion of the first mobile device. Th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169935 | Multi-radio connection management and bundling using web browsers A method to enable browsers to manage connections across access networks is disclosed. The method manages network connections using a simple standard browser with the least amount of user interaction for all connections. The method uses standardized WiMAX activation... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165037 | Method for switching communication networks A method for switching communication network used in a first electronic device which is able to access many kinds of communication networks is disclosed. If the first electronic device receives a switching instruction at a time when a communication link and a data t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165038 | Network physical connection inference for IP tunnels The physical connection corresponding to IP tunnels in a network are found by tracing through the device configuration and routing tables at the routers in the network to determine the outbound interface associated with each tunnel endpoint, and then inferring a lik... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165036 | Network device, information processing device, and computer readable storage medium therefor A network device is provided. The network device includes a communicating unit, configured to communicate with an information processing device via a network to make an operational setting for encrypted communication to be established between the network device and ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165039 | Wireless communication system, communication apparatus and communication method A communication apparatus holds information concerning a second network reported from a specific wireless terminal that has left a first network. In accordance with predetermined criteria, the communication apparatus decides a wireless terminal that is to be allowed... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159971 | System and method for inferring connectivity among network segments in the absence of configuration information The present system includes a system, method and device for inferring connectivity between unconnected network segments. In operation, unconnected network segments are identified. Configuration data related to the unconnected network segments may be examined to faci... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159970 | Method of transmitting image data in video telephone mode of a wireless terminal Disclosed is a method of communicating image data to a second communications device from a first communications device while the first communications device is in an image communications mode of operation. The method includes the steps of checking the codecs of the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159973 | Ultra-scalable supercomputer based on MPU architecture The invention provides an ultra-scalable supercomputer based on MPU architecture in achieving the well-balanced performance of hundreds of TFLOPS or PFLOPS range in applications. The supercomputer system design includes the interconnect topology and its correspondin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159974 | Method of configuring interfaces between a plurality of communication nodes One embodiment includes monitoring, for each communication node, at least one factor of interest and a plurality of potential influencing factors associated with the factor of interest. The factor of interest characterizes an operating condition of the communication... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159972 | Network management apparatus and switching apparatus A network management apparatus is for managing a plurality of switching devices that relay data through a data communication network. The network management apparatus includes a configuration information storage, a connectivity relationship detector and a configurat... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155028 | Method and apparatus for providing full logical connectivity in MPLS networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for configuring logical connectivity for a network comprising a plurality of nodes. A method includes determining a physical topology of the network, determining a set of LSP paths based on the physical topology of the n... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155027 | Dynamic system and method of establishing communication with objects According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamically creating a network of a plurality of nodes operable to communicate with objects in operating sectors comprises establishing a first communication link between a first node and a second node of the ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155029 | Method and arrangement for assuring prefix consistency among multiple mobile routers The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement in communication systems utilizing network mobility (NEMO). In moving networks comprising a plurality of mobile routers, MRs, it needs to be assured that two or more MRs sharing the same prefix, belong to ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149734 | Communication network apparatus and method A communication network apparatus and method for routing communication signals from a source device to a receiving device. The apparatus performs only local processing on communication signals to thereby increase the speed of processing the signals. A plurality of t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149735 | Utilizing ad-hoc network pathway support via communication devices A user end-point device may determine a plurality of personal communication devices that are operable to provide ad-hoc network pathway support when communicatively coupled to the user end-point device, and negotiate with the personal communication devices for incen... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149731 | Technique for transferring data over a packet switched network A technique transfers data over a packet-switched network (PSN), comprising a plurality of intermediate nodes, in a manner that does not require that the intermediate nodes support a network layer infrastructure. A network controller coupled to the intermediate node... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149732 | Clearing message broker system Systems and methods are provided for efficiently permitting the transmission and receipt of trading messages between message sources configured to use a variety of different protocols. Messaging gateways may be configured to reformat messages for proper transmission... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149733 | Systems and methods for synchronizing communication networks In many aspects, the invention relates to systems and methods for synchronizing a communication network, particularly a slotted communication network, having a plurality of nodes. In slotted communication networks, the nodes are configured to transmit or receive dat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144618 | Method and apparatus for automatic verification of a zone configuration and network access control construct for a plurality of network switches Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for automatic verification of a zone configuration of a plurality of network switches. In one method embodiment, the present invention accesses an actual network access control construct and an actual zo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144625 | DisplayPort auxiliary channel active buffer with auxiliary channel/display data channel combiner for fast auxiliary channel A system and a method for exchanging communication data between devices using a bi-directional communication channel are disclosed. A combiner is coupled to a source device via first bi-directional configuration channel and to a sink device via a second bi-direction... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144619 | Multifactorial optimization system and method A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144624 | Method and system for discovering a pure hub-and-spoke topology Presented is a method and system for determining network topology of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in a Wide Area Network (WAN). The method includes obtaining a list of CE (customer edge) routers in a network, obtaining a list of prefixes advertised by each CE rou... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144620 | Method and system for implementing network connection service A method and system for implementing a network connection service is provided. In the invention, the port information of the network ingress node and the network egress node is registered with the directory server or configured manually. During the establishment of ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144621 | Node, routing control method, and routing control program Disclosed is a node that includes a distributed hash table generation means that generates a distributed hash table which indicates the next node to which a message is to be transferred, using a link state routing protocol, a link state information that exchange uni... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144623 | Method and apparatus for automatically setting IP address An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of setting an IP address of an electronic apparatus including receiving a router advertisement transmitted from the router, receiving prefix information of the router advertisement, additionally storing an I... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144622 | Wireless architecture and support for process control systems A wireless communication system for use in a process environment uses mesh and possibly a combination of mesh and point-to-point communications to produce a wireless communication network that can be easily set up, configured, changed and monitored, thereby making a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139506 | Wireless communication apparatus for data communication through two or more channels A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus which communicate with each other. The first wireless communication apparatus simultaneously transmitting frames to the second wireless co... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139502 | Method and system for network migration scheduling A method of transforming an ordered list of nodes of a network into one of a plurality of elite ordered lists, the ordered list corresponding to a deloading sequence, the deloading sequence including a temporary capacity requirement, each of the elite ordered lists ... | 03/20/2012 |
