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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155136 | Single network interface circuit with multiple-ports and method thereof The invention discloses a single network interface device with multi-ports, the network interface device supports two or more physical network transmission routes to transmit and receive data, and upload the received data into a host through a host interface or down... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8098678 | PON system Disclosed herewith is a PON system and a bandwidth controlling method capable of controlling congestion with use of an upstream bandwidth in a PON section efficiently when congestion occurs in a gateway (GW) connected to an OLT. An OLT connected to a plurality of ON... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8031733 | High speed electronic data transmission system A high-speed electrical data transmission system (10) includes a signal mixer (13) for receiving high-speed data from external network transceiver (12). The signal mixer (13) converts the data into an electrical current-fluctuating data s... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7995600 | Monitoring receiver having virtual receiver and line numbers A virtual receiver having multiple communication ports for connecting a link to a plurality of local security systems. The virtual receiver is programmed with a virtual receiver number and a virtual line number for each physical communication port on the receiver. T... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978722 | Host digital terminal tools for voiceport redistributions Communication capacity of a node served by a host digital terminal is managed by redistributing communication lines among headend modems for the node in the host digital terminal. Each node has a plurality of communication lines connected to one or more headend mode... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970000 | Increasing the number of supported devices on a DOCSIS interface A network device communicates in a cable network. The network device has a port to allow the device to communicate on a cable network. The network device also has a processor to send a message indicating that the device is assuming a dormant state. The processor the... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933285 | Distributed digital subscriber line access multiplexers to increase bandwidth in access networks Example distributed DSLAMs to increase bandwidth in access networks are disclosed. An example DSLAM comprises a first distribution cable segment to couple an SAI to a first pedestal and to transport user data, a second distribution cable segment to couple the first ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7889752 | Dual ported network physical layer A switching physical layer (PHY) device comprises a first termination network, a switching transmitter, and a switching receiver. The first termination network communicates with a first network connector. The switching transmitter includes first and second outputs, ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7876768 | Systems and methods of assembling an elementary stream from an encapsulated multimedia transport stream Systems and methods of assembling an elementary stream from an encapsulated multimedia transport stream are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is performed in a digital home communication terminal (DHCT). This method comprises the steps of: receiving a layer- | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876767 | Network combining wired and non-wired segments A local area network (60) within a residence or other building, including both wired (5) and non-wired segments (53). The wired segments are based on new or existing wires (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7839879 | Method and system for supporting cross cluster extension mobility in internet-protocol telephony A method to support cross cluster extension mobility (CCEM) in a communication network, which includes a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a call manager, the method includes receiving a request for cross cluster extension mobility f... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7787482 | Independent drive enclosure blades in a blade server system with low cost high speed switch modules A high speed fabric is provided and is partitioned into sub-fabrics for host adapter traffic and device adapter traffic. A high-speed switch includes an expander for host adapter traffic and an expander for device adapter traffic. The high-speed switch also includes... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7756150 | Communication method for multi-mode wireless terminal Provided is a receiving method for a terminal supporting at least two communication modes and at least one receiving algorithms. The receiving method includes the terminal recognizing at least one current communication mode and a channel status, selecting a receivin... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7693168 | Apparatus for decomposing an automatic cross connect system at a remote wiring hub Apparatus for providing connectivity at a hub having a plurality of subscriber lines and a plurality of feeder lines. The apparatus includes a first switch module for coupling to N of the plurality of subscriber lines, where N is an integer. The first switch module ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7623538 | Hardware-based network interface per-ring resource accounting Incoming/outgoing data packets to/from a network are processed by associated receive/send rings of a network interface. A plurality of counters, disposed in hardware, are each associated with particular receive/send rings. Each of the plurality of counters maintains... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620060 | Method for automatically configuring terminal equipment A method for automatically configuring terminal equipment improves the performance of configuring and managing the terminal equipment. The method includes: after being powered on/reset, the terminal equipment reporting the current configuration information to the te... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616653 | Network interface card aggregation framework In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a network interface card (NIC) aggregation framework, including a plurality of providers each configured to publish at least one port, a MAC client configured to send a packet to the at least one port, and a media ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602800 | PON system Disclosed herewith is a PON system and a bandwidth controlling method capable of controlling congestion with use of an upstream bandwidth in a PON section efficiently when congestion occurs in a gateway (GW) connected to an OLT. An OLT connected to a plurality of ON... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7583689 | Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques are disclosed. A host system includes an expansion unit through which control information and communication traffic may be exchanged with an expansion system. The expansion system is thereby controllab... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7564860 | Apparatus and method for workflow-based routing in a distributed architecture router A router for transmitting data packets to and receiving data packets from N interfacing peripheral devices. The router comprises a plurality of processors that exchange data packets with each other over a common bus. A source processor transmits a data packet to a d... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7525980 | Network address assignment in a passive optical network Assignment of network addresses, e.g., IP addresses, to network nodes in a passive optical network (PON) may involve assignment of IP addresses within a common subnet scope to network nodes coupled to different optical fiber links and different interface modules in ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7443881 | Method and apparatus for interfacing synchronous core network with asynchronous radio network A method and apparatus for interfacing a synchronous core network with an asynchronous radio network in a next-generation mobile telecommunications system is disclosed. The method for mapping a message in order to interface a synchronous core network with an asynchr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430212 | System and method for improved data transmission speed by fixing the lower corner frequency at a frequency above voice band in a symmetric DSL transmission system A system and method of the present invention improves data transmission speeds by fixing the lower corner frequency at a frequency above voice band in a symmetric DSL transmission system. By using a fixed lower corner frequency that is above the voiceband and increa... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426205 | No-addressing modular-assembly Ethernet switch with a G.Link An Ethernet switch has a header device with a crossbar device and a number of downstream interface modules with a first number of a series of ports and a second number of a series of ports, respectively, such that in each case the same one in the series of the first... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420970 | Read ports and methods of outputting data via read ports A read port for selectively coupling one of a plurality of inputs to an output is disclosed. The read port comprises: a plurality of inputs; an output; a plurality of multiplexers operable to selectively couple a selected input to said output; and a multiplexer cont... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7420112 | Universal digital media communications and control system and method A digital media communications and control system includes a plurality of audio devices each of which includes a device interface module for communication of digital media data and control data from at least one of the devices to at least one other of the devices. A... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7406042 | Method and apparatus for dynamic multi-line bonding in communication systems A bundler, un-bundler and sequencer for use in controlling and driving opposing sets of logical or physical modems to drive multiple-subscriber lines with multiple communication channels. The sequencer determines subscriber requirements such as maximum and minimum b... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7385998 | Method and apparatus for encapsulating services for transportation over metallic physical mediums A network element employing a universal mapper enables multiple services to be mapped onto a physical medium (metallic link with a particular physical layer protocol) so that the number of service mappers, and hence the complexity of the network element, may be redu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379442 | Method and apparatus for buffer storage of data packets which are to be transmitted via a connection that has been set up So-called LCH packets are defined in the Hiperlan Type 2 System for wire-free transmission of video and audio data streams. These LCH packets have a length of 54 data bytes. Furthermore, the Hiperlan/2 Standard provides for so-called ARQ messages to be sent back to ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376142 | Integrated services director (ISD) overall architecture A video enable answering machine having many new features including customized video announcement messages, caller ID based video announcement messages, and time based video announcement messages. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372863 | Systems for monitoring and controlling operating modes in an ethernet transceiver and methods of operating the same Disclosed are systems and methods for monitoring and controlling operating modes in a network transceiver. In one embodiment, a computer system is associable with an Ethernet network, and comprises a processing unit, a memory and a transceiver. The transceiver compr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370239 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system includes a plurality of input/output (I/O) devices and a controller in communication using a bus. Each I/O device has an interface for communicatively linking the I/O device with the bus, and includes a device processor which, upon detection... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366116 | Network telephone system and methods therefor One embodiment of the present invention includes a telephony interface, a network interface and a local area network (LAN). The telephony interface provides connectivity between one or more netphones and an external telephone network such as a PSTN telephone system.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360230 | Overlay management A method of personalizing a broadcast channel, comprising: receiving an input from a user (110); and personalizing the broadcast channel; and transmitting the personalized broadcast channel to the user using a compressed video transport method. Preferably, co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359396 | Optical-core network with selective signal queueing A core network shared by a large number of edge nodes comprises core nodes interconnected by core channels. Selected core channels are provided with buffers to enable temporal alignment of signals arriving at any core node from several other core nodes. A buffer may... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352748 | Updating of routing data in a network element In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a logic coupled to receive a number of data packets. The logic comprises an execution unit to generate a request for routing data for a data packet of the number of data packets. The logic also includes a memory lookup engin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349980 | Network publish/subscribe system incorporating Web services network routing architecture Methods, apparatuses, and systems facilitating the deployment, configuration and maintenance of publication/subscription systems within the context of Web service networks. In one embodiment, the present invention provides Web services network system that presents a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340601 | Electronic certificate An electronic certificate has content data specifying an attribute delegation from an identified issuer to an identified subject, and an electronic signature for confirming the content data. The content data includes a condition requiring that a particular subject m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330654 | Ethernet passive optical network and point-to-point emulation method Disclosed is a point-to-point emulation method for operating an Ethernet passive optical network having an optical line terminal (OLT) and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) each connected to the OLT. A tag Ethernet frame transmitted between the OLT and the... | 02/12/2008 |
