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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184625 | GPON management system The present invention provides the capability to manage NEs with a large number of units of equipment and facilities, by providing functions such profiling, auto-creation, link aggregation and scoping. This makes it easier for to manage GPON data, voice and video se... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8116304 | Method and system for duty cycling a network port based on duty cycling of a link communicatively coupled to the port Aspects of a method and system for duty cycling a network port based on duty cycling of a link communicatively coupled to the port are provided. In this regard, in a network node communicatively coupled to a network link which operates at a plurality of data rates, ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8085762 | GPON management system The present invention provides the capability to manage NEs with a large number of units of equipment and facilities, by providing functions such profiling, auto-creation, link aggregation and scoping. This makes it easier for to manage GPON data, voice and video se... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8027337 | SONET multiplexer card having front panel access to electrical and optical connectors for use in compact enclosure for SONET multiplexer cards A reduced size multiplexer and, in particular, a reduced size SONET multiplexer module is provided for use in a reduced size enclosure. The SONET multiplexer module has electrical and optical connectors on its faceplate to provide ease in access without having to re... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7995567 | Apparatus and method for network control A network control apparatus and network control method is provided. The network control apparatus including: a content addressable memory receiving to store a plurality of addresses which are generated by at least one master intellectual property, determining whethe... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7953073 | Communications module interface A communications module including an electrical interface for operatively connecting the communications module to an electric device is disclosed. The electric interface enables data communication between the communications module and the electric device in either a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7551611 | Radio apparatus A control unit produces a packet signal composed of a plurality of streams, based on a plurality of inputted data signals. For each of a plurality of data signals, a baseband processing unit multiplies the produced packet signal by a weight vector. The control unit ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7512121 | T1 grooming translation of yellow alarms An alarm indication translation mechanism in a digital access and cross-connect system monitors all incoming tributary DS1 streams for the presence of an alarm indication. Whenever an alarm indication is detected in a fractional tributary DS1 data stre... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7443838 | Mobile communications system and operation control method, and node and wireless control apparatus therefor A normal audio communication terminal can use the VoIP technology in a mobile communications system by using an audio communication circuit for a conventional wireless circuit, and adding an audio communications function to a packet communication device. In a PS (pa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7408958 | Device for transmitting asynchronous data having clock deviation control An asynchronous data transmission device includes a data reception terminal receiving data clocked by a sampling signal in synchronization with a local clock signal. A register is connected to the data reception terminal for receiving the data. A clock deviation mea... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372805 | Traffic grooming methods for undersea trunk and branch architectures In a network architecture, selective grooming is performed. In selective grooming, a low traffic node is coupled (a) directly to an other low traffic node via a high capacity trunk, and (b) to a high traffic node via a high capacity trunk such that only a portion of... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372811 | Load balancing model for multilink frame relay A system and method for load balancing transmissions across a multilink frame relay connection is disclosed. A credit value is assigned to each bundle link in the multilink based on the amount of data transmitted over a set period of time. Frames or frame fragments ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363371 | Traffic flow management in a communications network Admission of rapidly varying traffic flows to a communications network is controlled by sampling the traffic flows each at an ingress, and sampling an aggregate flow of said flows at some or all of the resources used by the aggregate flow. From this sampling, a mean... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352766 | High-speed memory having a modular structure A high-speed memory is provided, the memory having a write port and a read port and comprised of the following: a plurality of N memory modules for storing fixed size cells, which are segments of a variable size packet divided into X cells, the X cells being grouped... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7327688 | Digital communications system A computer communications network comprises a plurality of interconnected ATM switches forming a WAN or LAN area network over which ATM cells are transmitted, and a plurality of user devices including LAN interface adapters for connection to one or more to local are... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324517 | Converting data packets in a communication network Converting a data packet involves receiving a first data packet. The first data packet has a first header expressed according to a first protocol, where the first header has a first source address and a first destination address. A second header corresponding to the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318102 | Reliable datagram A reliable datagram service is implemented with a source and destination resource (SDR). Source SDR resources, at a source device, multiplex units of work produced by at least one source application instance (AI) into a serial unit of work stream having units of wor... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313097 | Loop back testing structure for high-speed serial bit stream TX and RX chip set A bit stream multiplexer includes an input ordering block, a plurality of multiplexers, an output ordering block, and a loop back circuitry. A bit stream demultiplexer includes an input ordering block, a plurality of demultiplexers, and an output ordering block. Dur... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310662 | Token-based web browsing with visual feedback of disclosure A data communications network may be browsed using one or more tokens by receiving an input keyword string from a user, determining whether there is a match between the input keyword string and a database of keyword strings, determining a category of the keyword str... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305014 | Synchronous system bus A flexible and expandable system bus for connecting traffic mapping devices to SONET/SDH framing devices. The system bus passes control signals generated by a master device to multiple tributaries to orient them relative to a SONET/SDH frame. These control signals o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298737 | Parity exchange A switch of a network for switching data. The switch includes a fabric for switching the data. The switch includes a parity fabric. The switch includes a connection mechanism connected to the fabric for providing data to and from the fabric and connected to the pari... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7298703 | Hysteresis method for reducing control code transmission between a line card and a switching fabric Disclosed is a circuit and method for reducing control code transmission between a line card and a switching fabric. One embodiment includes a memory receiving (and storing) data transmitted at a second rate during a first period of time. A quantity of data in the m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7274689 | Packet switch with one-stop buffer in memory with massive parallel access A broadband packet switch that handles all packets that arrive within the same frame time by simultaneously bit-pipelining the packets into different sections of the one-stop packet buffer through an input switch. Each packet remains in is selected section until its... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254130 | Predictively allocated bandwidth in a communications network In a broadband communications network, bandwidth is allocated to bearer channels for a circuit connected service, such as narrowband telephony. The allocated bandwidth is changed automatically as a function of time so as to track expected changes in demand for beare... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245102 | Method and system of compensating wave reflections in transmission lines A method and system of compensating wave reflections in transmission lines is provided. The system includes a compensator that transforms a transmission line (which connects an actuator and a motor) into a delay transfer to remove wave reflections, by exploiting a s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245607 | Apparatus and method for telephony feature access and gatekeeper policy interaction on combined ToL/PBX systems A ToL/PBX system is provided whereby a single policy may be enforced for both TFA (telephony feature access) and ToL (telephony over LAN) users by making the H.323 gatekeeper (103) aware of those TFA connectors so as to accurately allocate the remaining avail... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245583 | System and method for providing lifeline telecommunication service to line-powered customer premises equipment A system for providing lifeline telecommunication service includes a telecommunication interface, a data packet service module, an analog signal service module, a power generator, and a switch. The telecommunication interface receives telecommunication information f... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243154 | Dynamically adaptable communications processor architecture and associated methods A dynamically adaptable communications processor includes a memory element, which includes executable content, and a control element, coupled with the memory element, that selectively implements the executable content to modify the dynamically adaptable communicatio... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239628 | Line-powered network interface device A network interface device includes a first interface, a power extractor, a transceiver, and a second interface. The first interface receives a signal that includes both power and packetized information. The power extractor extracts the power from the signal and pow... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221685 | Method and system relating to bandwidth utilization The present disclosure is generally directed to a system and method of measuring transport utilization of data that is to be multiplexed and transmitted over a digital transport facility. In a particular embodiment the method includes receiving at least one frame of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198197 | Method and apparatus for data acquisition Systems and methods are shown for reading data. One method includes receiving at a first circuit, from a second circuit, a plurality of data input signals and a timing reference signal, generating a plurality of oversampled data input signal and an oversampled timin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197250 | System and method for transporting data Systems and methods for transmitting data from one point to another by transparently converting the data from an initial form into an intermediate form for transport via a transmission or transport medium, and then converting the data back into the initial form, whe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194673 | Detecting intermittent losses of synchronization in a fibre channel loop Described are a storage system and method for detecting an intermittent loss of synchronization in communication signals received by an enclosure connected to a Fibre Channel loop. A control board produces a first signal representing a status of communication signal... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184440 | Multi-protocol switch and method therefore A multi-protocol switch that supports both ATM and IP traffic and method for use is presented. The multi-protocol switch associates certain input connections, as identified by virtual path identifier/virtual connection identifier (VPI/VCI), with either IP or ATM tra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184427 | System and method for communicating telecommunication information from a broadband network to a telecommunication network A system for communicating telecommunication information includes a memory, packetization modules, and a telecommunication interface module. The memory stores subscriber profiles associating each of several subscribers with a telecommunication interface. The packeti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185301 | Generic method and apparatus for implementing source synchronous interface in platform ASIC The present invention is a method and apparatus for implementing a source synchronous interface in a platform using a Generic Source Synchronous Interface (GSSI) infrastructure. The GSSI infrastructure includes the GSSI bit slices and clock management system. The GS... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180913 | Transparent error count transfer method and apparatus It is proposed that currently unused portions of transport overhead in frames sent on a high-speed outgoing channel be used to carry error count information from each of four low-speed input channels. At a 4:1 combiner, error monitoring bytes are extracted from tran... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177030 | Determination of thin film topography A method and device for determining the topography of a thin film having a front surface and a back surface. The method comprises: irradiating the film with an incident coherent or partially coherent light beam so as to get two reflected beams, the first reflected b... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170854 | System and method using switch fabric to support redundant network ports In a method for providing protection switching in a voice-over-broadband (VOB) gateway, egress traffic is multicast from a switch fabric to a working port and to a protection port. The working port forwards the egress traffic to a network in a working mode of operat... | 01/30/2007 |
