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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116334 | Dataflow FIFO communication buffer using highly-multiported memories A First In First Out (FIFO) communication buffer for receiving data from a source and distributing the data to a first sink and a second sink is disclosed. The FIFO communication buffer includes a FIFO memory and a FIFO control circuit. The FIFO memory includes a fi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8040908 | Method and apparatus for reducing transmission delay of down-link frame in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for reducing a transmission delay of a downlink frame in a wireless communication system are provided. A frame transmission method in an access point (AP) includes classifying each of a plurality of hosts as any one of a normal destination and... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031730 | System and method for transmitting a sequence of messages in an interconnection network Method for transmitting a sequence of messages in a point-to-point interconnection network comprising message initiating agents, message destination agents and message transmission agents. During a transmission of an indivisible sequence of messages from an initiati... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7936772 | Enhancement of end-to-end network QoS A network endpoint system and related method and computer program product for use in a network to support enhanced end-to-end QoS in the network. The network endpoint system is adapted to receive network data of varying priority on behalf of a data consumer operatin... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7916743 | System and method for improved multicast performance The present invention provides an improved architecture and method for the processing and transmission of multicast packets within a switching device. Briefly, as multicast packets arrive, a copy of the packet, or preferably a pointer for it, is placed in a multicas... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7881322 | Power-saving mechanism for periodic traffic streams in wireless local-area networks A novel method for coordinating the delivery of frames to and the receipt of frames from a power-saving station in a wireless local-area network (LAN) is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment establishes a wake-up schedule for a power-saving station based on a temp... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869452 | Dataflow FIFO communication buffer using highly-multiported memories A FIFO communication system is provided using a FIFO and connection circuit to transmit data from a single source to multiple sinks. The connection circuit operates to enable simultaneous reads by the multiple sinks with a single output port FIFO. Multiple FIFOs can... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7813365 | System and method for router queue and congestion management In a multi-QOS level queuing structure, packet payload pointers are stored in multiple queues and packet payloads in a common memory pool. Algorithms control the drop probability of packets entering the queuing structure. Instantaneous drop probabilities are obtaine... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7796626 | Supporting a decoding of frames For supporting a decoding of encoded frames, which belong to a sequence of frames received via a packet switched network, it is detected whether a particular encoded frame has been received after a scheduled decoding time for the particular encoded frame and before ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7773623 | Communication device having a buffer with a read-out speed based on a traffic volume of a different buffer A first controller calculates a first read-out speed based on the traffic volume in a first buffer and information of a request for the first read-out speed, sets the speed in a first scheduler. The first controller also generates information of a request for a seco... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773622 | Deferred queuing in a buffered switch A method and apparatus is disclosed for temporarily deferring transmission of frames to a destination in a data switch. When a request for transmission of a frame to the destination port is received, the congestion status of that destination is determined. If the de... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746882 | Method and device for assembling forward error correction frames in multimedia streaming In a RTP stream having a plurality of FEC frames containing source blocks of media packets, random access points are inserted in front of the source blocks so as to allow a media decoder to decode the media packets as soon as FEC decoding is finished. In particular,... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7724759 | Method for the asynchronous arbitration of a high frequency bus in a long latency environment A method of transferring data over a plurality of optical channels. Bus access is requested. A bus grant is issued and received by the bus requester. The bus requester places data and a clock on an optical bus with the data synchronized to the clock. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7710991 | Scalable packet routing and switching device and method Methods of routing and switching a packet from an incoming link to an outgoing link of a router. In one example, the method includes assigning a destination queue to the packet, determining if the router is implemented in a scaled-down configuration, remapping the d... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7680139 | Systems and methods for queue management in packet-switched networks This disclosure relates to methods and systems for queuing traffic in packet-switched networks. In one of many possible embodiments, a queue management system includes a plurality of queues and a priority module configured to assign incoming packets to the queues ba... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7613200 | Method and apparatus using a random indication to map items to paths and to recirculate or delay the sending of a particular item when a destination over its mapped path is unreachable Methods and apparatus are disclosed using a random indication to map items to paths and to recirculate or delay the sending of a particular item when a destination over its mapped path is unreachable, including, but not limited to the context of sending of packets a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7492781 | Router with overflow management The object of the invention is to create a router which has an enhanced processing speed. According to the invention, before access through a readout unit, the pointers for information packets stored in the buffer memory are arranged as required. If an overflow is i... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7453898 | Methods and apparatus for simultaneously scheduling multiple priorities of packets Methods and apparatus are disclosed for simultaneously scheduling multiple priorities of packets, such as in systems having a non-blocking switching fabric. In one implementation, the maximum bandwidth which a particular input can send is identified. During a schedu... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7430169 | Retro flow control for arriving traffic in computer networks The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await further processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by st... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424027 | Head of line blockage avoidance system and method of operation thereof A head of line blockage avoidance system for use with network systems that employ packets having an associated priority and a method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the head of line blockage avoidance system includes: (1) m inputs, m numbering at least two,... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424026 | Method and apparatus providing continuous adaptive control of voice packet buffer at receiver terminal Disclosed is a device, a computer program and a method to receive and buffer data packets that contain information that is representative of time-ordered content, such as a voice signal, that is intended to be presented to a person in a substantially continuous and ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408947 | Method and apparatus for scheduling packets and/or cells A system and method of scheduling packets or cells for a switch device that includes a plurality of input ports each having at least one input queue, a plurality of switch units, and a plurality of output ports. There is generated, by each input port having a packet... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7382787 | Packet routing and switching device A method for routing and switching data packets from one or more incoming links to one or more outgoing links of a router. The method comprises receiving a data packet from the incoming link, assigning at least one outgoing link to the data packet based on the desti... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7382792 | Queue scheduling mechanism in a data packet transmission system A queue scheduling mechanism in a data packet transmission system, the data packet transmission system including a transmission device for transmitting data packets, a reception device for receiving the data packets, a set of queue devices respectively associated wi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379468 | Packet distributing apparatus and packet distributing method In a packet distributing apparatus and a packet distributing method which, in a situation in which a link can be allocated to a specific user or a specific traffic with priority, can effectively utilize any unoccupied link, a packet inputted via first through Nth th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7369574 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that is operable in an ingress mode or in an egress mode A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369491 | Regulating data-burst transfer The invention discloses methods and apparatus for regulating the transfer of data bursts across a data network comprising electronic edge nodes interconnected by fast-switching optical core nodes. To facilitate switching at an electronic edge node, data bursts are o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366133 | Integrated, self-optimizing, multi-parameter/multi-variable point-to-multipoint communication system [II] A method and system for adaptive point to multipoint wireless communication. The method and system integrate adaptive and dynamic responsiveness for communication parameters related to multiple characteristics of wireless communication links, both for a single sende... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366785 | Communication control apparatus, communication control method and communication control program product A communication control apparatus includes a storage device configured to store corresponding weighted values for each of a plurality of predetermined portions of a sender address, a connection request receiver configured to receive a connection request packet inclu... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362761 | Packet processing apparatus A packet processing apparatus that realizes improved overall relaying performance by distributing input packets to multiple packet analyzing modules for information processing is disclosed. The packet processing apparatus includes a distributor for assigning a seque... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352695 | Switch and a switching method A switch at a transmission end of a system including a number of memory devices defining queues for receiving traffic to be switched, each queue having an associated predetermined priority classification, and a processor for controlling the transmission of traffic f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352741 | Method and apparatus for speculative arbitration An arbiter is used so multiple users can use shared resources. The arbiter allocates at least one of the resources speculatively to one of the users for use during a particular access interval in the absence of a request for the resource from the user. The arbiter c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349416 | Apparatus and method for distributing buffer status information in a switching fabric Network switching and/or routing devices can use switching fabrics that gather information about output port buffer status and distribute that information to various line cards for use in data frame congestion avoidance. The switching fabric can gather output buffer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349342 | Traffic metering in data networks Methods and apparatus are provided for metering data packets having a plurality of different packet lengths in a data communications network. A token count TC is incremented at a token increment rate CIR subject to an upper limit CBS on the token count. O... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349419 | Queue sizing for packet routing The present invention relates to determining a queue size for a network router based on the number of voice channels capable of being handled by a particular output link and a desired failure probability for transmitting voice information over that output link. Sinc... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342887 | Switching device A switching device in a network system for transferring data includes one or more source line cards, one or more destination line cards and a switching fabric coupled to the source line cards and the destination line cards to enable data communication between any so... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342942 | Multi-service segmentation and reassembly device that maintains only one reassembly context per active output port A multi-service segmentation and reassembly (MS-SAR) integrated circuit is disposed on a line card in a router or switch. The MS-SAR can operate in an ingress mode so that it receives packet and/or cell format data and forwards that data to either a packet-based or ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339900 | Method and apparatus for preventing spanning tree loops during traffic overload conditions One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that prevents loops from occurring when spanning tree configuration messages are lost while executing a spanning tree protocol on bridges in a network. During operation, the system executes the spanning tree ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339935 | ATM switch for distributing cells to avoid blocking in the ATM switch An ATM switch includes a first stage, a second stage and a third stage each of which stages includes at least one basic switch, wherein the first stage, the second stage and the third stage are connected. The basic switch includes a part which refers to time informa... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339943 | Apparatus and method for queuing flow management between input, intermediate and output queues An apparatus is described that includes a plurality of queuing paths. Each of the queuing paths further comprises an input queue, an intermediate queue and an output queue. The input queue has an output coupled to an input of the intermediate queue and the input of ... | 03/04/2008 |
