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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116305 | Multi-plane cell switch fabric system A multi-plane cell switch fabric system prevents a decrease of the effective switching capacity when switching the variable-length packets. Distribution units classify input variable-length packets for each address, arranges the packets by a first division length un... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8081625 | Method and system for utilizing a 10/100/1G/10G base-T PHY device for single channel and shared channel networks Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a 10/100/1G/10GBase-T PHY device for single channel and shared channel networks are provided. In this regard, at least one switching element may be utilized to configure an Ethernet over twisted pair PHY device for commun... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8045545 | Intelligent database exchange for OSPF The present invention relates to systems and methods for eliminating unnecessary link state database exchanges and processes when two OSPF routers are forming a full adjacency. In particular, the invention provides methods and mechanisms for deducing information abo... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023499 | Communication network control system, communication terminal, and communication network control method To guarantee continuation of communications of the level of the applications, and implement smooth and seamless switching between communication terminals that execute the service. Provided are mobility management means (120) for performing call control... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018923 | Method and apparatus for establishing a link over a preferred media in an ethernet network A physical layer device comprises an interface that communicates with a media access control (MAC) device. A first circuit attempts to establish a first link using a first transceiver over a first medium. A second circuit attempts to establish a second link using a ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014388 | Using a dual purpose physical layer interface for a flexible chassis-based server Methods and apparatus for selectively routing traffic from a port in a switch for use in a chassis-based server are provided. The switch may include a flexible physical layer component, allowing traffic from a channel (e.g., an Ethernet channel) to be routed to a co... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005078 | Packet processor, packet control method, and packet control program A packet processor having one or two or more packet processing units is provided with a packet detector which detects whether or not a packet exists in a packet processing unit, and outputs a packet detection signal indicating a result of the detection, and a clock ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995568 | Capturing user interface switch states The invention is directed to the capturing of user interface switch states. A method according to an embodiment of the invention includes: adding a state attribute to a UI switch control, the state attribute containing an expression; evaluating the expression relati... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978690 | Method to operate a crossbar switch A method is described to operate a crossbar switch comprising a crossbar fabric with N sending and M receiving ports, with port cards connected to at least one sending and/or receiving port each of the crossbar fabric, said crossbar switch further comprising a contr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974272 | Remote control of a switching node in a stack of switching nodes A methods and apparatus for remote management of switching network nodes in a stack via in-band messaging are presented. Switching nodes in the stack default to reserved switching node identifiers and stacking ports default to a blocking state upon startup, restart,... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965706 | Communication control apparatus A communication control apparatus that manages a media condition and a communication state of communication terminals in an integrated manner and optimizes a communication terminal environment according to events of various types is provided. A communication control... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7933265 | Time switch Provided is a time switch capable of allowing a user to readily set up or change a schedule. For this purpose, a chassis 30 of the time switch 10 has same size (i.e., two-row-module size) as that obtained by arranging two three-module sized implanted t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933264 | Serial multiplexer module for server management A serial multiplexer module for server management includes a first, a second and a third switching devices in circuit connection with a baseboard management controller, a serial transceiver and an input/output controller respectively. Each of the switching devices i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7907605 | Method and apparatus for selecting a media for communication in a network A method and apparatus for selecting a media for communication in a network. The method includes (i) using a first autonegotiation circuit to attempt to establish a link over a first media of a first type, and (ii) simultaneously using a second autonegotiation circu... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7889724 | Multi-station media controller A system including a plurality of software-controlled broadcast stations each having at least one media asset, and a controller to allow a user to link a first media asset of a first one of the stations to a second media asset of a second one of the stations. When t... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7869427 | System for switching data using dynamic scheduling The invention includes systems and methods for improving the performance of non-blocking data switching systems. One embodiment of the invention includes a method comprising routing data from a plurality of inputs to a plurality of outputs through a switching core a... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7869426 | Intelligent patching system and method A telecommunications network manager includes a network scanner, a scanner interface unit, and intelligence activation units. The intelligence activation units are used with cable connection modules including insulation displacement contacts for connecting to cables... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7852835 | Time switch Provided is a time switch capable of allowing a user to readily set up or change a schedule. For this purpose, a chassis 30 of the time switch 10 has same size (i.e., two-row-module size) as that obtained by arranging two three-module sized implanted t... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848317 | Communication module system having an interface module and interface module A communication module system has an interface module for interconnection with at least one communication module, the interface module containing an input, via which the interface module receives first data and/or messages, a first transmission path and a second tra... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7835348 | Method and apparatus for dynamic anomaly-based updates to traffic selection policies in a switch Techniques and architectures to dynamically modify policies used to determine how data in switched network traffic is selected for security inspection. One embodiment of the invention modifies policies used to determine how data in network traffic is redirected from... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826444 | Leader and follower broadcast stations An apparatus includes a plurality of software-controlled broadcast stations, each station capable of operating in a leader mode or a follower mode during a simulcast. Each station in the follower mode is configured to broadcast the same programs as a station in the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7817626 | Storage subsystem Deadlock is avoided in a grid storage system having superior scalability. Provided is a storage subsystem connected to a host computer for receiving a write or read access from the host computer. This storage subsystem includes a plurality of modules respectively ha... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7801120 | Method and system for efficient queue management Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for efficient queue management, and device implementations that incorporate these methods, for systems that include two or more electronic devices that share a queue residing in the memory of one of the tw... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7782843 | Method and apparatus for synchronous cross-connect switching in optical transport network A method for synchronous cross-connect switching in optical transport network, the method includes: receiving optical channel transport unit (OTU) signals; mapping the OTU signals into interim switching units, wherein the interim switching units match bit rates of t... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773589 | Load-balancing, fault-tolerant storage system There is provided architecture of a storage system, which has high scalability, low performance ununiformity, and strong fault tolerance, and a control method thereof. The storage system is connected to a host computer. The storage system has four or more nodes. Eac... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769003 | Data packet switch and method of operating same A high speed data packet switch comprising input and output ports and a switch fabric to link each input port to each output port wherein each connection between input and output ports comprises a dynamic buffer memory for storing at least one data packet for a mini... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760714 | System and method for controlling a telecom network A system for controlling a telecommunications network, e.g., a public switched switching network, which has a first switch fabric, for controlling connections or calls in the network. This fabric has first and second ports, and third ports for communicating with, e.... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7760715 | Circuit and method for rate-limiting a scheduler This invention provides a data structure and circuit method to rate limit a scheduler. An admission scheduler is used to identify the times necessary to update the profile information of the flows being scheduled. Rate check and profile check logic transfer flows be... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7710952 | Flexible counter update and retrieval A network device includes one or more processing units and an external memory. Each of the one or more processing units includes a centralized counter configured to perform accounting for the respective processing unit. The external memory is associated with at leas... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710951 | Signaling method and signaling arrangement The invention relates to a signaling method for a network system. In this solution, a common analog read signal is fed via a signaling channel to all nodal units under control of a control unit. The read signal is modified by modification means units at each nodal u... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7693141 | Method and system for switching the state of a termination in a media gateway A method for switching Termination state in an MG includes: exchanging between an MGC and an MG a ServiceChange request for a Termination in the MG, with a parameter used for instructing the Termination to be in a Test state carried in the request; testing by the MG... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7688812 | Ethernet automatic media selection logic with preferred medium selector A physical layer device comprises an interface that communicates with a media access control (MAC) device. A first circuit attempts to establish a first link using a first transceiver over a first medium. A second circuit attempts to establish a second link using a ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7684388 | Multi-grained network A multi-grained network includes edge modules that switch high-variance multi-rate data traffic, and independent core modules that switch paths having different granularities. The core may include core modules that switch fixed-size data blocks, core modules that sw... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675909 | Method and apparatus for horizontally slicing a multi-stage switch fabric A method and apparatus are provided for horizontally slicing a multi-stage switching fabric having transmission inputs and transmission outputs to and from the switch fabric. The switching fabric includes switch elements arranged in at least first and second stages,... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7660300 | Polyphase circulating switch A polyphase circulating switch includes switch modules interconnected through a multiplicity of rotators preferably arranged in complementary groups of opposite rotation directions. A polyphase circulating switch having a low switching delay is derived from a multi-... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656867 | Serial bus identification circuit for a computer chip enclosed in a stainless steel can The invention is a serial bus identification circuit for a module that enables a microcontroller or microprocessor to identify one or many modules, each having an iButton digital device. The invention enables electronic activating and identifying the digital device ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653052 | System and method for a control services link for a multi-shelf node in a communication switch A connection system for a communication switch is provided. The switch comprises a controller and shelves providing communication capabilities for the switch. The controller is able to communicate with each shelf shelves utilizing categories of communication signals... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7646765 | System and method for caching called number information A call routing system comprises a signaling processor with an internal cache memory. The signaling processor receives a signaling message and searches the cache memory with a called number to determine whether or not the called number has an associated location rout... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7639675 | Ethernet automatic media selection logic A network device includes a media access controller (MAC) and a physical layer having an interface that communicates with the MAC. A first autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a link using a first transceiver over a first media. A second autonegotiation cir... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633935 | Dynamic port updating An apparatus and method for dynamic port updating that shares a resource which includes a configurable number of groups where each group has a configurable resource share size and a controller which chooses which group are active and the share size of the resource e... | 12/15/2009 |
