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| 7680130 | Method for finding resource and service in network and relay node apparatus In a method for finding a resource and a service conducted in each of relay node relaying a frame, a search table is maintained to register more than one node providing a resource or a service, when an access request including an identification identifying the resou... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680131 | System and method for interworking SCFs and protocols in open service gateway Provided are a system and method for interworking Service Capability Features (SCFs) and protocols in an open service gateway. The system includes service capability features that generate and process various protocol messages, and a protocol stack that enables an i... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668180 | Distributed multimedia and messaging router over layer 2 A system and a method are disclosed which utilizes the standard communication devices at the users' premises and a standard LAN communication in order to enable utilization of IP communication possibilities such as V/FoIP calls, SMS and MMS messaging and video commu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664119 | Method and apparatus to perform network routing A method and apparatus to route information over a network is described. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664120 | Multiple-transceiver distributed dynamic channel selection in a communication network In certain embodiments, a first node among a plurality of distributed nodes capable of forming or reforming a communication network between the nodes, each of the nodes including one or more transceivers, includes a memory for storing values for variables for the fi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660315 | Characterizing achievable flow rates in multi-hop mesh networks with orthogonal channels A method of routing data in a multi-hop network. In one embodiment, the method includes: determining that a link-flow vector representing a set of flows to be routed from a source to a destination node satisfies necessary scheduling conditions for achievability; gen... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660314 | Apparatus and method for multi-protocol route redistribution in a massively parallel router A router for interconnecting external devices coupled to the router. The router comprises: i) a switch fabric; ii) a plurality of routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric, wherein each of the plurality of routing nodes is capable of exchanging data packets with th... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7653070 | Method and system for supporting efficient and cache-friendly TCP session lookup operations based on canonicalization tags Aspects of a method and system for efficient and cache-friendly TCP session lookup operations based on canonicalization tags are presented. Aspects of the method may include searching a plurality of tag fields, retrieved via a single memory read operation, to locate... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7643496 | Application specified steering policy implementation A data plane architecture enables IP applications, hosted on any processor within a network element, to define steering policies that may be implemented in the data plane. The steering policies enable the applications to define steering policies containing both attr... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633951 | Ethernet wide area network and method An ethernet wide area network (10) has a number of interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A first local area network (18) has a first local area ethernet switch (16) and is connected to one (14) of the interconnected networ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7633952 | Discovery of physically adjacent neighbor devices using a unidirectional in-band process coupled with an out-of-band follow-up process Equipment generates a discovery message containing its address/node identification (ID) and/or other information. Adjacent equipment (e.g., physically adjacent equipment) monitors control overhead bytes (section trace (J0) bytes, Data Communication Channel (DCC) con... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630385 | Multiple domains in a multi-chassis system Creation of port domains in a multi-chassis system. The multi-chassis system includes two or more chassis that each includes one or more blades. In one embodiment, a sync group of at least two chassis is created, typically by connecting the two or more chassis with ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7623528 | Method and system for optimizing routing of data packets A method and system for determining a route for a packet traveling over at least one system from a source to a destination is disclosed. A first geographic area corresponds to the source and a second geographic area corresponds to the destination. The destination fu... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609703 | Group communication system and method Provided is a system and method for directing group communication in a system environment that has a plurality of discrete application nodes networked with at least one discrete memory node, establishing a shared memory providing a passive message queue. A code libr... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7606241 | Extending standalone router syntax to multi-chassis routers A multi-chassis router allows an administrator to deliver commands from a single interface. Additionally, the multi-chassis router presents a software image consistent with that of a standalone router and uses commands and configurations consistent with those used b... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7606240 | Ethernet automatic protection switching Preventing a loop in a virtual network that spans at least two rings when there is a failure in two or more segments shared between the rings. A node connected to one of the shared segments is designated as the root blocker node and prevents transmitting data traffi... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7602793 | Method of blocking alert messages to mobile units The present invention provides a method is provided for blocking alert messages to mobile units. The method includes determining at least one location of at least one mobile unit based on at least one response to a first page message provided to the at least one mob... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599377 | System and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network A system and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network. When a bus protocol message arrives on a connecting node in the network, a bus driver in the node will capture the message and store it into a message buffe... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596144 | System-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration Certain aspects of a method and system for a system-on-a-chip (SoC) device with integrated support for Ethernet, TCP, iSCSI, RDMA, and network application acceleration are provided. Aspects of the method may include storing on a multifunction host bus adapter (MHBA)... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7583679 | Network for data transfer The object of the invention is a data transfer network for data transfer and data processing comprising one or more transfer channels (2a, 2b, 2c, 20a, 20b, 20c, 21a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577154 | System and method for traffic accounting and route customization of network services Traffic accounting and route customization of network services is described. According to one embodiment of the invention, a route customization server selects one or more network service providers to provide network services for one of a plurality of network users.... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577155 | Printer with automatic acquisition and printing of network address A printer and printer system that is capable of quickly acquiring a network address and connection, and quickly reporting the same to the user. The printer is part of a network and is thus configured to connect to the network and communicate with other devices conne... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573890 | Method and system for a low-overhead mobility management protocol in the internet protocol layer A system and method for supporting mobile Internet communication is provided which employs a plurality of Routers and a plurality of Mobile Nodes (MNs). Each Router has a unique communication address. Each MN is associated with a home Router. Each Router has an asso... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570649 | Forwarding state sharing between multiple traffic paths in a communication network The sharing of forwarding states between multiple traffic paths is described. There is described a method for establishing a data traffic path in a communication network from a first node towards a second node. The method includes searching a set of pre-existing for... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561584 | Implementation of a graph property in a switching fabric for fast networking A system, including at least one central processing unit, at least one memory unit, and a plurality of integrated circuits that form a switching fabric configured to propagate data packets between the at least one central processing unit and the at least one memory ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7554992 | Mobile device communications system and method In a communications system connected to a mobile terminal and using a network having a plurality of input/output points at a plurality of service providing servers, it is possible to maintain a TCP connection and a user session by passing a series of communication p... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551627 | Offloading routing functions from network routers A system monitors signaling data transmitted between routers. The system includes at least one router that communicates signaling data via a session with at least one other router. The system also includes a network element that receives a copy of the signaling data... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548545 | Disaggregated network management Systems and methods for disaggregated management of a network fabric are presented. Network elements composing the network fabric can operate as a fabric manager with respect to one or more management functions while also continuing to operate as a communication con... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545817 | Data loop port acceleration circuit An apparatus associated with a device connected to a data loop processes data received from the data loop to determine whether data from the data loop is to be routed back to the data loop. The apparatus may determine how to route data based on an analysis of whethe... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545816 | Transaction processing systems maintenance A communications network can comprise a plurality of network sites, to each of which a transaction terminal, a maintenance terminal, or a server may be connected. Each transaction terminal (which may be an ATM or a point-of-sale terminal) may have at least one servi... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7529253 | IP packet ready PBX expansion circuit for a conventional personal computer with expandable, distributed DSP architecture A personal computer includes a PBX control program and one or more switch cards located in expansion board slots. The one or more switch cards are coupled to one or more port expansion units (PEU), which are coupled to telecommunication lines out to the various exte... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525974 | Method and apparatus for capability based addressing in a communications network Capability based addressing in a communication network enables protocol data units (PDUs) to be addressed to network constructs such as network elements or interfaces with particular capabilities rather than with specific addresses. This allows PDUs to be addressed ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522613 | Multiplexing media components of different sessions A method of multiplexing different sessions using the same authorized contexts for media, comprising: distinguishing the sessions to be multiplexed, by a device; creating a new session on a control plane; indicating media flows of different sessions; and enabling th... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7515595 | Network using encoded transmissions and forwarding A first network node may include a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause information that is received by the receiver to be delivered to the user interface, if that information is enco... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505470 | Clique aggregation in TDMA networks In one embodiment, a method resolves cliques formed in a network comprising a plurality of nodes that are communicatively coupled to one another over at least a first channel. The method comprises, at each node, wherein that node is a member of a current clique: lis... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505471 | Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using IP transfer network Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay ex... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499459 | Partitioned routing information base A system and method for routing in a network according to a routing protocol. In a router having a plurality of route processors, a routing information base (RIB) is partitioned so that it executes as processes on two or more of the plurality of route processors. A ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7496102 | Broadband telecommunication service with personalized service capability for mobile terminals Embodiments of a system and method of providing broadband telecommunication services over a packet-switched network enable enhanced personalization. A mobile terminal is registered in a first remote environment, where the mobile terminal has a home environment and a... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7483437 | Method of communicating packet multimedia to restricted endpoints A method, performed in a network element, for communicating packet multimedia data between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, the method comprising the machine-implemented steps of receiving an outbound multimedia data packet; determining if the outbound multim... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7468982 | Method and apparatus for cluster interconnection using multi-port nodes and multiple routing fabrics Interconnect networks are described that allow nodes having more than two ports to be interconnected. More particularly, each node interfaces with multiple and more than two, fabrics. Also, all fabrics are incomplete in that not every node interfaces with every fabr... | 12/23/2008 |