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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184556 | Systems and methods for distance-proof N-pass auto negotiation for gigabit ethernet The present invention provides distance-proof N-pass Auto Negotiation systems and methods for Gigabit Ethernet. The present invention distance proofs Auto Negotiation. No matter the distance between two nodes configured according to the systems and methods of the pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175007 | Call priority based on audio stream analysis A method and system of prioritizing calls based on audio stream analysis includes receiving a plurality of calls, wherein each call comprises an audio stream. The audio stream associated with one of the calls is analyzed for pre-determined audio characteristics. The... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175008 | Auto MEP ID assignment within CFM maintenance association A device may include a maintenance association endpoint configured to select a maintenance association endpoint identifier, transmit the maintenance association endpoint identifier to one or more other maintenance association endpoints, and automatically assign the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165042 | Network communication apparatus, method and program The present invention filters packets and reduces traffic when communication is performed with a device on a network utilizing the IPv6 protocol. To achieve this, a printer driver operating in a personal computer correlates and stores the name of the communicating p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165040 | Method for routing mobile node in wireless mesh network and a communication system thereof A wireless mesh network includes several mesh networks and the wireless mesh network access points to which the mesh networks belong. A method establishing backbone routing and network tolopogy among each wireless mesh network access points, selecting one said wirel... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165041 | Peer to multi-peer routing A collaboration system using peer-to-multi-peer distribution of messages representing changes to a shared workspace. Each peer determines a distribution mechanism for messages to each of the target peers sharing the workspace. The selected distribution mechanism may... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159975 | Self-configured network system and self-configuration method of same A self-configured network system includes a server including a plurality of columns. Each column records therein correlation of a domain name to a corresponding network addressing information. An internet protocol device is built therein a preset domain name and acq... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159976 | Neural network-based mobility management for healing mobile ad hoc radio networks A self healing ad hoc communications network and method of training for and healing the network. The network includes wireless devices or nodes that include a neural network element and the ad hoc network operates as a neural network. Some of the nodes are designate... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149736 | Distributed storage of routing information in a link state protocol controlled network A distributed hash table is implemented to store routing information on a network. Node IDs exchanged in connection with implementation of a link state routing protocol are used as keys in the distributed hash table, and routes are stored at one or more nodes on the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144627 | Inferring connectivity in the presence of conflicting network data The connectivity information provided by a variety of inference engines is integrated to provide a set of inferred links within a network. A consolidation is performed among inference engines that operate at a base level of connectivity detail to create a model of t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144626 | Determining disjoint paths with an optimized number of regenerators According to particular embodiments, determining disjoint paths includes receiving a graph representing a network comprising nodes and links. The graph is transformed such that the number of intermediate nodes of a path indicates the number of regenerators for the p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139508 | Self-forming network A connected computer may be operated as node by inspecting communications from other nodes that pass through that node. From the communications, two or more pointers may be determined for the given node. These pointers may include a first pointer identified by a def... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139509 | Installation and management of mobile device [{S]} configuration Embodiments of a method and system for managing configurations on mobile devices are described. A method under an embodiment utilizes one or more advanced commands defined by the OMA DM protocol. One such command is the “Get” command, which can be used recursive... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139507 | Network graph for alternate routes Routes between cells in an interconnection network are represented with a graph using graph theory. Failed links are identified, and using the graph, alternative routes between cells in the graph are found. ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134937 | Distributed content storage system, content storage method, node device, and node processing program A node device included in a distributed content storing system configured that a plurality of content data are distributed and stored in a plurality of node devices mutually communicable through a network, and node information of the node device storing the above co... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134938 | Delay control in a mobile communication system The present invention is related to controlling delay in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes receiving a signal from a plurality of base stations, measuring at least one signal delay of each of the plurality of base stations, reporting th... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134939 | Multichannel ring and star networks with limited channel conversion A ring communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of nodes in which a single one of the nodes is configured for full channel conversion and the remaining nodes, other than the single node, are configured for no cha... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130677 | Method and system for configuring a network communications device A method and system for auto-provisioning communications devices, the system includes a network appliance associated with a software and/or hardware module with instructions for managing the automatic configuration of communications devices. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130678 | Automatic fall behind warning method and system Disclosed relates to an automatic fall behind warning method and system applied in a group activity environment. Each individual in the group corresponds to a node and all of such nodes form an independent network. The method initializes an outside node table for th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121055 | Method of collection of quality statistics and corresponding method of management of collection of quality statistics The invention relates to the field of telecommunication and more particularly, to the acquisition of a statistics related to quality related to data reception, for instance quality of service and/or quality of user experience of digital audio and/or video services. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121054 | Method for gap analysis for network topology inspection in ethernet-based network A method for gap analysis for topology inspection to recognize a topology of a deep segment through gap discovery in an Ethernet network, includes: a gap division process of dividing a gap into atomic gaps that are no longer divided through path crossing test (PCT);... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116234 | Detection of home network configuration problems A diagnostic tool for identifying a configuration of a private network that may disrupt operations involving communication between two devices on the network. The tool, when run on a device in the network, can identify a “double NAT” configuration in which the d... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116233 | IP assignment scheme for dynamic peer-to-peer networks An approach for assigning IP network addresses and for performing name resolution and service discovery in infrastructure mode and/or ad-hoc mode peer-to-peer networks. The size of an ad-hoc network and/or the size of infrastructure network basic service sets may be... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107399 | Methods and devices for providing robust nomadic wireless mesh networks using directional antennas The number of directional antennas and associated radios needed to ensure a nomadic wireless mesh network (NWMN) remains operational in the event of node or link failures, while minimizing delay and other unwanted effects, may be determined using novel methods and d... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107400 | Secure localization for 802.11 networks with fine granularity A system and method that uses wireless-capable desktop computers in a vicinity such as to enable one to securely determine the location of an untrusted user with office level granularity. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102784 | Localization in a network A system for determining node locations comprises an interface for receiving a first set of measurements at a first set of nodes, the first set of nodes having known locations. The system further comprising an interface for receiving a second set of measurements at ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098596 | Method and apparatus for configuring channel node tree in an OFDMA wireless communication system A method and apparatus for configuring a channel node tree in an OFDMA wireless communication system are provided, in which as many DRCH nodes as the number of DRCHs used for a frame are configured at base nodes, as many BRCHs as the number of DRCHs are selected fro... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098597 | IAS-based configuration for UMB Femto devices A method and apparatus configure Femto Devices in an Ultra Mobile Broadband network system. A Femto Device transmits a Femto pilot signal to an Access Terminal, which is served by a plurality of base stations in the Ultra Mobile Broadband network system. The Access ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094584 | Node, network system, frame transfer method, and frame transfer program For eliminating a reduction in throughput in a network as a whole according to optimum path transfer technique which is the expansion of spanning tree protocol, a frame switching unit of the network has an STP control unit for, when a port state of a spanning tree i... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085691 | Wireless communication system, wireless communication control apparatus and wireless communication control method, and computer program A communication terminal under the control of a wireless base station recursively has wireless base station capabilities in a parent network, constructs a daughter network within a scope of resources of the own apparatus assigned by the wireless base station, and as... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085690 | Managing routing information in a hub-and-spokes network A routing device may be connected to multiple spoke site networks, and may receive local routes from these spoke site networks. The routing device may include routing information and forwarding information. The routing device may update the routing information to in... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077633 | Transient loop prevention in a hybrid layer-2 network In one embodiment, a first switch at a border between a first network of a first protocol (P1 network) and a first network of a second protocol (P2 network) is interconnected via the first P1 network with a second switch between a second P1 network (interconnected w... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072907 | Method and system to restart IS-IS when LSP wraps A method, system, apparatus and machine-readable medium for transmitting a packet through a network to convey network topology is provided. The method includes the step of generating at least one link state protocol data unit (LSP) with a first identifier until reac... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072906 | Signal propagation delay routing A method of routing a message from a source node to a destination node in an adhoc wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, comprising the steps of; transmitting a first message from the source node to the destination node, receiving said first message at s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072908 | Partitioned forwarding of packets originated on a broadcast link among layer 2 forwarding devices of different adjacency networks The designated forwarding device functionality for forwarding of packets originated on a broadcast link among layer 2 is shared among multiple forwarding devices of different adjacency networks. As these networks do not form adjacencies, the forwarding devices do no... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064366 | Apparatus for discovering devices in a wireless network A Bluetooth-enabled computing device includes a user interface for displaying a prompt to specify a descriptive identifier for a network device prior to performance of a Bluetooth Device Discovery Routine, the descriptive identifier being different from Bluetooth De... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059562 | Listener mechanism in a distributed network system A method of controlling a packet flow in a distributed network system comprising a plurality of network nodes having the same destination address is disclosed. Network nodes each having an application running that waits for connections on a given destination port ar... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050195 | Traffic performance evaluation system in wireless network and method thereof A traffic performance in a tree type multi-hop wireless network of a CSMA/CA method is evaluated easily and highly precisely. A traffic performance evaluation system in the multi-hop wireless network includes: a performance index estimation unit regarding the multi-... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050196 | Method and apparatus for controlling packet transmissions within wireless networks to enhance network formation Network formation in wireless networks according to an embodiment of the present invention is enhanced based on control of network formation packet transmissions (e.g., Packet Radio Organizational Packet (PROP) transmissions). A source-initiated approach controls re... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045484 | Method for problematic user detection A method for problematic station detection featuring problematic station detection algorithm based on calculating the amount of time a station is wasting. ... | 10/25/2011 |
