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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7680123 | Mobile terminated packet data call setup without dormancy When the binding of a mobile station (MS) in a home agent (HA) expires, the HA generates an identifier from the MS's IMSI. The HA maintains a binding between the home address (HoA) and a special care of address (MAP-CoA), where the host ID of MAP-CoA is the identifi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675917 | Method for providing packet data service in a wireless communication system Discloses is a method for providing a packet data service in a wireless communication system. A packet data service node (PDSN) or a home agent (HA) allocates an IP (Internet Protocol) address to a mobile station and then registers the allocated IP address informati... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672311 | Communication device suitable for setting IP address of server connected to network, network parameter setting method and network parameter setting program product In order to easily set IP addresses required for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network, an MFP includes a port scan unit for acquiring, by port scanning, an IP address of a server having a predetermined port open from one of the servers connected to ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668174 | Methods and apparatus for home address management at home agent for NAI based mobile nodes The present invention provides methods and apparatus for managing an IP address assigned to a Mobile Node. In one embodiment, the Mobile Node appends an extension to the registration request that is sent to its Home Agent, which indicates that the Mobile Node reques... | 02/23/2010 |
| RE40999 | Vlan frame format In a network device such as a network switch having a port coupled to a communications medium dedicated to a single virtual local area network and another port coupled to a communications medium shared among multiple virtual local area networks for transmitting data... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7586920 | Merging multiple data flows in a passive optical network The disclosure is directed to techniques for merging multiple data flows in a Passive Optical Network (PON). The PON comprises an interface module and a plurality of network nodes connected to the interface module via an optical fiber link. Each of the network nodes... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7577150 | Peer discovery Upon initial connection of a peer to a peer-to-peer network, the peer notifies other peers of its connection to the network. The peer receives existence notifications from other peers and may use them to create a list of the peers on the network, which may be sorted... | 08/18/2009 |
| RE40826 | ATM over MPLS connection establishment mechanism Methods and apparatus for establishing connections between network nodes across an MPLS domain. A data receive node transmits to a data transmit node the service label that the data receive node expects to receive embedded in packets originating from the data transm... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7535910 | Method and system for obtaining a permanent virtual circuit map Systems and methods for obtaining logical layer information in a frame relay and/or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a physical layer test system, such as an integrated testing and analysis system, communicates with... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7512133 | Method and apparatus for obtaining multiple port addresses by a fibre channel from a network fabric A method, apparatus and program product for assigning or confirming multiple address identifications to a single channel adapter. A server contains multiple partitions connected to a single channel adapter which is used to send data and commands to a fabric. A reque... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7483432 | Packet transport arrangement for the transmission of multiplexed channelized packet signals A data packet transport arrangement includes a tag-based packet multiplexer and a tag-based packet demultiplexer, that utilizes an identification tag to identify packets to each of the N input channels so as to provide a logical transport channel for each of the N c... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7474660 | MAC address extension to maintain router information in source routed computer networks The invention solves the problem of maintaining Route information Field (RIF) information in a router for populating the RIF field of packets routed by the router, by storing the RIF information with the Layer 2 address in the address binding table. The address bind... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471687 | Distribution of identifiers in serverless networks A method for assigning identifiers in a distributed system involves establishing a circle as a locus of all identifiers, with the value of any point on the circle being the portion of one complete revolution in a first direction around the circle to the point, measu... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7447212 | Method and system for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network A system and methods for automating membership discovery in a distributed computer network is presented. A first virtual circuit label switch path (LSP) associated with a first VPLS is established between a first multi tenant unit (MTU) and an attached provider edge... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443859 | Method and apparatus for address allocation in GPRS networks that facilitates end-to-end security A General Packet Radio System (GPRS)-based communications network that includes a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) assigns an IPv4 address to a mobile station in a GPRS-based network that conserves IPv4 addresses and simultaneo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443860 | Method and apparatus for source authentication in a communications network One embodiment of the invention provides a method of handling an incoming packet at a node in a network. The method includes associating at least one source identifier with a link into the node. A packet is then received at the node over the link, and a source ident... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436836 | Method and apparatus for detecting support for a protocol defining supplemental headers Various methods and systems for detecting whether a network device supports a protocol, which defines a supplemental header, are disclosed. One method involves detecting a value within a preamble generated by a sending device and verifying that a header format of a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426553 | Provisioning data link connection identifiers in a communications network A system for remotely displaying network configuration information, the system comprising a frame relay network comprising at least one permanent virtual connection, wherein the permanent virtual connection has an endpoint associated with a data link connection iden... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426212 | Connection control device, method and program According to prior art techniques, it is not possible to set virtual groups of network devices between SANs and IP networks and to provide virtual connection control of network devices between SANs and IP networks. A network system having an IP network for interconn... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424025 | Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources are disclosed. According to one method, the logical and physical resources in a media gateway are divided and dynamically managed at the Transport Layer (i.e. OBI Layer 4), whic... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420975 | Method and apparatus for a high-speed frame tagger In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a network processor interface suitable for coupling to a network processor. The apparatus further includes a central processor interface suitable for coupling to a central processor. The appara... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420976 | System directing flow of packets by-passing policy-based application for processing by policy engine according to action specification in policy cache A hardware-based policy engine that employs a policy cache to process packets of network traffic. The policy engine includes a stream classifier that associates each packet with at least one action processor based on data in the packet, and the action processor furt... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415025 | Method and apparatus for clearing a large number of connections in an ATM network A method for clearing a plural number of connections from each of two connected nodes by clearing the first connection from the first node, generating a single first message from the first node to the second node identifying the connections, clearing the connections... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415026 | Method and apparatus for session release in a communication system A method and apparatus for session release in a communication system supporting Internet Protocol (IP) communications. In one embodiment, when the MS has lost a bearer connection (i.e., PPP session), the notification is provided by a Packet Data Service Node (PDSN) ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412169 | FTTH system for convergence of broadcasting and communication through switched broadcasting A fiber to the home FTTH network for convergence of broadcasting and communication is disclosed. The network includes: an OLT for receiving and converting a first predetermined number of broadcast signals and an Ethernet signal into a plurality of converted optical ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406085 | Auto configuration for asynchronous transfer mode based access device A method for obtaining virtual path identifier, virtual channel identifier, and encapsulation values in an asynchronous transfer mode access device for a network using either non-static or static internet protocol address assignments and asynchronous transfer mode a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406540 | Method and apparatus for content-aware web switching This invention provides methods and apparatus for web switching without connection termination while providing content routing functionality. Content-aware web switches terminate incoming TCP connections and inspect the HTTP header to recognize the URL (content) bei... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400579 | Method and apparatus for per-call filtering of H.323 packets A method and system for filtering data packets in a multiple-call environment are described. In one embodiment, each data packet received from a packet source is associated with an identifier of an IP telephone call that corresponds to this data packet. The IP telep... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392034 | Communication system and method for establishing a connection to a serving network element The invention relates to a communication system and method wherein a user equipment contains, or is provided with, a list of items of service-related information. The list of service-related information represents a list of service provider names, services and/or se... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391778 | Label switching router having internal channel share function over ATM, and method for sharing internal channel using the same A label switching router having an internal channel share function over an asynchronous transfer mode that sets up an internal channel in advance of the external channel and shares it when an external channel needs to be set up, and a method for sharing an internal ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385982 | Systems and methods for providing quality of service (QoS) in an environment that does not normally support QoS features Systems and methods for providing fractional bandwidth communication channels in classes of service that do not normally support these types of channels. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving one or more frames, wherein each frame contains non-QoS header i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382720 | Active/standby switching system and active/standby switching method An active/standby switching system includes two AAL2 (ATM Adaptation Layer Type 2) cell assembling/disassembling processor units (20, 30) as an active system and a standby system so that active/standby switching is carried out between the active... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370201 | Secure identification method between two radiofrequency network appliances In a radiofrequency network, such as a Bluetooth network, two devices are securely identified to one another for a communication session. One of the devices is designated as a master apparatus, and the other is a slave apparatus. An automatic identification process ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366121 | Method and system for reducing data overhead in a wireless system A method and system for compressing an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) header suitable for wireless ATM systems is provided. The ATM Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) and Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI) are replaced with four and eight bit pointers, respectively. In a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366189 | Method and apparatus for associating PVC identifiers with domain names of home gateways A method and apparatus associates a domain name of a home gateway with one or more PVCs. After the PVC is established, a tunneling protocol is used to request the domain name of the home gateway, and the domain name is associated with the PVC. When a user logs on vi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362738 | Method and system for delivering information to a user A system and method for delivering information to a user (e.g., a worker) comprises equipping a user with a data processing device associated with a portable display. A particular location or context of the user is determined. A display automatically displays inform... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359383 | Load balancing with mesh tagging One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of load balancing traffic in a switching mesh. A packet is received at a switch of the mesh. A MAC destination address is gathered from the packet. An entry in a MAC address table is found with the MAC destination address... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359325 | Method and apparatus for inserting empty memory cells into a data flow of network connections of a computer network A method and an apparatus are provided for inserting empty memory cells into a data flow of network connections of a computer network. In one example, the method includes receiving an insertion request for an empty memory cell to be inserted into the data flow. A ba... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356339 | Method and apparatus for allocating an Unicast Access Terminal Identifier according to an access terminal's movement to subnet in a high-speed data dedicated system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for allocating a Unicast Access Terminal Identifier (UATI) to an access terminal (AT) from a source subnet to destination subnet in a 1×Evolution Data Only (1×EV-DO) system serving as a high-speed data dedicated system. The AT t... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356026 | Node translation and protection in a clustered multiprocessor system A method of node translation for communicating over virtual channels in a clustered multiprocessor system using connection descriptors (CDs), which specify the endpoint nodes for virtual connections. The system includes a local processing element node, a remote proc... | 04/08/2008 |