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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7876747 | Method and apparatus for efficient load distribution on link aggregations A system for providing a substantially balanced distribution of traffic over an aggregation of output lines carrying digital information makes use of m random or pseudo-random bits substantially greater in number than the number of bits (n) used for selection of ind... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7515584 | Switching data packets in an ethernet switch An Ethernet data switch maintains one or more queues for each of its ports in a shared memory. The memory is divided into data packets. When a data packet is received, the switch checks whether it can be stored efficiently in the packet buffers, and if the packet ca... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7471675 | Arrangements facilitating ordered transactions Arrangements facilitating ordered transactions, e.g., ordered writes, in a packet switch system having multiple switch elements. ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7411949 | System, method and apparatus for preparing a table for a cell scheduler Methods, apparatuses and systems for populating a data structure. The data structure may be established in a memory unit and may have a total number of N slots for entries. In this case, N is defined as an integer representing the total number of slots in the data s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7394806 | Distributed space-time-space switch A wide-coverage, high-capacity, switching network is modeled after a classical space-time-space switch. In the switching network, each of the space stages comprises geographically distributed optical space switches and the time stage comprises a plurality of geograp... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7343403 | Network management system for remote setup of control equipment in a network A network management system has setup processing of a target network which can be done at other network. Therefore, it is possible to perform a network setup from a remote place. The network management system includes a plurality of networks to which equipment is co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336654 | Portable VoIP service access module A voice over IP (VoIP) softphone access module (VSAM) comprises a softphone client installed on a portable memory device (PMD). The softphone client is installed in its own read-only partition. The softphone client is adapted to autorun from the PMD when the PMD is ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327727 | Atomic lookup rule set transition Performing atomic lookup rule set transitions. A method involves performing lookups using a first set of rules, flagging a subset of the first set of rules as old rules, adding a second set of rules while continuing to perform lookups using the first set of rules, a... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328284 | Dynamic configuration of network data flow using a shared I/O subsystem A shared I/O subsystem having a forwarding table and a plurality of I/O interfaces. The forwarding table has a plurality of entries that correspond to each of the I/O interfaces. The shared I/O subsystem receives a data packet from one of the I/O interfaces where th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324546 | Network router integrated onto a silicon chip A router is integrated onto a single silicon chip and includes an internal bus that couples multiple data receive and transmit channels to a central processing unit. The channels each have an external interface for connecting to different LAN or WAN networks. The se... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7301941 | Multistage digital cross connect with synchronized configuration switching A digital cross connect comprises plural switching stages. Each stage has plural switches which receive plural frames of time multiplexed input data and which switch the data in time and space. Configurations of the switches change in frame synchronization at the st... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299039 | Method and system for providing data service in interworking wireless public and private networks A method and system for providing a data service in interworking wireless public and private networks, allows for data service data being transmitted through the private network when a data service is to be transmitted through the private network within the network ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296008 | Generation and use of a time map for accessing a prior image of a storage device The invention relates to systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for generating an image of a data store at a past time by using a map (e.g., a time map) of the locations of data stored in the data store at the specified past time. The map allows the data stor... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260518 | Network flow switching and flow data report The invention provides a method and system for switching in networks responsive to message flow patterns. A message “flow” is defined to comprise a set of packets to be transmitted between a particular source and a particular destination. When routers in a netwo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260092 | Time slot interchanger A digital cross connect comprises plural switching stages. Each stage has plural switches which receive plural frames of time multiplexed input data and which switch the data in time and space. Configurations of the switches change in frame synchronization at the st... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260115 | System and method of ordering the transmission of data packets in a radio system A system and method is provided for reordering the transmission of data packets in a queue of a radio system when an error occurs during the transmission of a data packet to any device destination address. A transmission ordering component is provided that transmits... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257115 | Data memory address generation for time-slot interchange switches Time-slot interchange (TSI) switches and a pipelined data memory address generation circuit are provided. The TSI switches and the pipelined data memory address generation circuit include a first pipeline stage that reads data from a connection memory. A second pipe... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257084 | Rollover bits for packet departure time calculator A traffic management processor includes a departure time calculator for generating a departure time for each packet, a departure time table having a plurality of rows, each having a first portion for storing the departure time for a corresponding packet and having a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243183 | SONET data byte switch A switch system including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports for transferring data from one of the input ports to one of the output ports, and a plurality of memory devices is disclosed. The memory devices include a first memory bank configur... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233590 | Switched channel-band network Rather than restricting a stream of data to a single channel within a multi-channel link between a source node and a core node, each channel is divided into time slots and the stream of data is distributed among these time slots in several channels. However, to ease... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7203195 | Method for packet transferring and apparatus for packet transferring A method or apparatus for transferring packets, which enables fast lines to be housed for a high load service that requires many calculations in an edge node in a communication network, in which data flows are concentrated. Information obtained from an input packet ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203761 | Method and apparatus for routing data to/from a mobile user A home agent, attached to a home network, receives, adapts and forwards messages intended for a mobile node attached to one of a plurality foreign networks. The home agent, having received a message, passes the message on to a processing unit to assess whether the m... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193874 | Content addressable memory device A content addressable memory (CAM) device having a memory, a hash index generator to associate a search value with a unique location within a memory, and a compare circuit. The index generator generates an index based on the search value. The memory receives the ind... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7164688 | Transporting a gigabit per second data stream over a SDH/SONET network A data stream having a bit rate of R gigabits per second (R=1 or an integer power of 2) is transported over a synchronous network using virtual concatenation. A prescribed number of channels (e.g., 7 for SDH, 21 for SONET) are allocated for transmitting streams of c... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161934 | Satellite based content distribution system using IP multicast technology A method and system of performing IP multicast includes a client at one of many downstream networks that sends a request signal to an upstream network via a return channel (e.g., the Internet), and the upstream network sends the request to a media server. The media ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152115 | Virtual private networks A network can be organized for providing virtual private network services to customers into two regions. A network core for providing layer 2 transport and an associated number of logical provider edges. Each logical provider edge is partitioned into first an... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7130302 | Self-route expandable multi-memory packet switch Data transmission system comprising a plurality of Local Area Networks (LANs) (10-1 to 10-4) interconnected by a hub (12) including the same plurality of LAN adapters (16-1 to 16-4) respectively connecte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130301 | Self-route expandable multi-memory packet switch with distributed scheduling means Data transmission system comprising a plurality of Local Area Networks (LANs) (10-1 to 10-4) interconnected by a hub (12) including the same plurality of LAN adapters (16-1 to 16-4) respectively connecte... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120728 | Hardware-based translating virtualization switch Placing virtualization agents in the switches which comprise the SAN fabric. Higher level virtualization management functions are provided in an external management server. Conventional HBAs can be utilized in the hosts and storage units. In a first embodiment, a se... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116659 | Data transmission memory Data transmission memory (1) for the transmission of data packets between subscribers T with a pointer address memory (2) for storing chained subscriber-pointer address lists, comprising pointer addresses, for each subscriber; a plurality of subscriber... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110373 | Apparatus and method for controlling memory for a base station modem An apparatus and a method for controlling memory in a base station modem supporting multi-users including a memory divided into logical blocks for supporting the multi-users, and a controller for allocating the memory blocks dynamically in hardware. This allows non-... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110982 | Secure access method and system A secure electronic content system and method is provided. The system includes a controller including an interface component, a host system coupled to the controller, the host system configured to present content under predetermined conditions, the host system opera... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103708 | PERFORMING LOOKUP OPERATIONS USING ASSOCIATIVE MEMORIES OPTIONALLY INCLUDING MODIFYING A SEARCH KEY IN GENERATING A LOOKUP WORD AND POSSIBLY FORCING A NO-HIT INDICATION IN RESPONSE TO MATCHING A PARTICULAR ENTRY Methods and apparatus are disclosed for performing lookup operations using associative memories, including, but not limited to modifying search keys within an associative memory based on modification mappings, forcing a no-hit condition in response to a highest-prio... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099912 | Integrated service management system The present invention provides techniques for creation, operation and management of network-based storage services. Specific embodiments provide improved efficiency of the service management tasks used for designing, operating and accounting the robust and profitabl... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072817 | Method of designing an initiator in an integrated circuit A method for designing an integrated circuit where the integrated circuit includes a plurality of modules and where each module includes an initiator port and a target port coupled to a distributed routing network. The initiator port is implemented by configuring wh... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7020134 | Multiplexing method, a multiplexing apparatus and a network therewith A multiplexing apparatus multiplexes two or more data streams and output to an arbitrarily selected circuit, and includes a time division switch for multiplexing inputted data and outputting the multiplexed data to a selected circuit, and a memory unit which stores ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009941 | Node-search method, device, and medium on which a node-search program is recorded There are disclosed a method and device for searching equipment, such as a printer, connected to a network through a router by using a broadcast packet are disclosed. A host 110 acquires routing information from a router 200. The host 110 analyz... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993622 | Bit level programming interface in a content addressable memory An apparatus and method for generating a comparand in a content addressable memory array. The apparatus includes a content addressable memory (CAM) array and translation circuitry to receive translation information indicative of translation of a bit group from an in... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993035 | System for routing data packets through a crossbar switch in expansion mode The present invention describes a switching module for use either in port or speed expansion mode. The switching module is preferably used in a data transmission system consisting of a number of Local Area Networks LANs interconnected by a hub which includes a numbe... | 01/31/2006 |
