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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8130779 | Switch device, storage system, and routing method determining output port for a frame based on hop count A switch device includes two cascade ports each connected to another switch device; at least one direct port connected to a storage medium; a hop-count determining unit that determines whether a frame input from one cascade port has already gone through a predetermi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8005105 | Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports A fiber channel switch element for routing fiber channel frame is provided. The switch element includes a fiber channel port that can be configured to support plural data transfer rates. The data transfer rate may be 1 G, 2 G, 4 G, 8 G or 10 G. The switch element in... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7881325 | Load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network A technique is disclosed for managing load balancing operations in a storage area network. A frame is received at a switch in the fibre channel fabric. According to a specific implementation, the frame includes header information including a source device identity a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7796629 | Packet switch with configurable bandwidth allocation precision A packet switch including input ports and output ports allocates an output bandwidth of each output port among virtual channels based on bandwidth allocations values corresponding to the virtual channels and a bandwidth precision value of the output port. The bandwi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792133 | Packet relay device and packet method, and program A relay device (1) includes a plurality of network processing units (200-1˜200-N) having the same function and structure. A session management unit (202-1) in a certain network processing unit (e.g. 200-1), when rece... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7773624 | Network system and method with centralized flow behavioral mapping between layers A network system (10). The system comprises a network (WAN1, LAN1, LAN2) having an architectural model comprising a plurality of layers. The system also comprises a centralized manager node (CM1), coupled to the net... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7706393 | Packet switching A method of allocating switch requests within a packet switch, the method comprising the steps of collecting switch request data at each input port; processing the switch request data for each input port to generate request data for each input port-output port pairi... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7675930 | Chip circuit for combined and data compressed FIFO arbitration for a non-blocking switch A system for switching data packets through a multiple (m) input, multiple (n) output switching device providing switching having a fast one-cycle throughput. A respective switching device behaves like an output queued switch from a set of distributed output queues ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7643505 | Method and system for real time compression and decompression Method and system for compressing a data packet is provided. The method includes receiving a data packet; comparing the data packet with content stored in a history module; wherein plural comparisons are performed in parallel; generating a plurality of masks based o... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7586929 | Method and system for content-oriented routing in a storage-embedded network A content relay node comprising a data processing unit for storing or transmitting a data packet on the basis of the data attribute, a storage connected to the data processing unit, transmitting units each for processing the header of a data packet in accordance wit... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7558281 | Method and system for configuring fibre channel ports A fiber channel switch element for routing fiber channel frame is provided. The switch element includes a fiber channel port that can be configured to support plural data transfer rates. The data transfer rate may be 1 G, 2 G, 4 G, 8 G or 10 G. The switch element in... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7433904 | Buffer memory management Various systems and methods for buffer memory management are disclosed. In one embodiment a buffer memory includes at least one queue configured to store a number of buffer access tasks. Buffer reclamation logic is executed to free at least one segment of the buffer... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428244 | Data transmission In order to measure the rate at which a terminal 2 can receive data from a source 5, 6, 7 the source temporarily increases it transmitting rate. The time taken to receive these higher-rate transmissions is measured at the terminal (or acknowledged by t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424028 | Cable modem for connecting customer premises equipment and method of controlling flow of data between cable modem and customer premises equipment A cable modem for connecting Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) includes a Media Access Control (MAC) layer controller, a Logical Link Control (LLC) bridge (113) interacting with the MAC layer controller, an IP stack processing IP frames and interacting with t... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415006 | Method and system for transporting data packets of a data stream For transporting data packets of a data stream between a packet-oriented network (LAN) and a channel-oriented data stream processing module (VMOD), a data stream controller (ST) is provided which, via a data channel allocation module (VMUX), accesses an interface mo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415283 | Method and system for signaling in broadcast communication system A method and a system for providing signaling in cellular telephone system providing broadcast services to fully integrate broadcast services with the services provided by the cellular telephone systems. The signaling method coordinate interaction between an access ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403478 | Method for data traffic policing, a data traffic policer realizing such a method and a telecommunication network including such a data traffic policer The present invention concerns a method for use in a telecommunication network by a data traffic policer for data traffic policing on a data communication link. The data traffic includes data cells that are grouped into frames. For each data cell of a frame, upon re... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397768 | Zone management in a multi-module fibre channel switch A method for changing zoning in a fiber channel fabric is provided. The method includes receiving zone date from a management module, wherein the zone data is received by a fiber channel switch; waiting for active Zone Set; and sending a merge request to neighboring... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397806 | Method for integration of a packet-oriented network into a communication system A method for Integration of a packet-oriented network in a communication system has at least one central communication device embodied with an application interface for exchange of communication data with a computer system, with a number of communication control pro... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7382790 | Methods and apparatus for switching fibre channel arbitrated loop systems Methods and apparatus for switching Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Systems is provided between a plurality of Fibre Channel Loop devices. In one aspect of the invention, the system switches based at least in part on arbitrated loop primitives. An exemplary interconne... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379470 | Combined and data compressed FIFO based arbitration for a non-blocking switch A method and system for switching data packets through a multiple (m) input, multiple (n) output switching device providing a switching method having a fast one-cycle throughput. A respective switching device behaves like an output queued switch from a set of distri... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366194 | Fibre channel zoning by logical unit number in hardware The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an act... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366092 | Hash and route hardware with parallel routing scheme A multiprocessor switching device substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described in connection with a parallel routing scheme for calculating routing information for incoming packets. Using the programmable hash and route routing scheme, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363367 | Systems and methods for robust, real-time measurement of network performance Methods and apparatuses for obtaining delay, jitter, and loss statistics of a path between server and an end user coupled via an internetwork are described. The server may comprise a web server in communication with the end user via the Internet. Statistics are obta... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362717 | Method and system for using distributed name servers in multi-module fibre channel switches A method for processing a Get Identifier (“GI_A”) command received by a switch module of a multi-module fiber channel switch with a plurality of switch modules is provided. The method comprises determining if a domain value in the GI_A command is that of the mul... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359401 | Transmitter/receiver apparatus A transmitter/receiver apparatus has a status checker that checks whether a plurality of ports of different types are active or not and a reference table that holds, among the transmission delay values between the individual ports, the maximum values corresponding t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355966 | Method and system for minimizing disruption in common-access networks A method and fibre channel switch element is provided for isolating a defective device that is coupled to a fibre channel arbitrated loop. The method includes, isolating a port if a loop initialization primitive (“LIP”) is detected from a device coupled to the a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356040 | Communication system, method and controller for routing calls within private networks distributed among geographically distant zones A controller (GK) of a communication system (SYS) including in each of a plurality of geographically distant zones (ZA, ZB, ZC) a zone-specific controller (GK) and one or more subscriber terminals (EP) comprises a controller characteristics memory (CCM) for storing ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352742 | Method and apparatus for transmitting to an upper layer of information included in a packet A method for transmitting information included in a received packet to an upper layer of a node, including: judging whether or not a first packet satisfies a first condition, storing information which is information in the first packet and used as a part of or all o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352740 | Extent-based fibre channel zoning in hardware The present invention provides a system and a method for filtering a plurality of frames sent between devices coupled to a fabric by Fiber Channel connections. Frames are reviewed against a set of individual frame filters. Each frame filter is associated with an act... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352701 | Buffer to buffer credit recovery for in-line fibre channel credit extension devices A method and system for credit recovery of lost frames and R_RDYs in an in-line credit extender is provided. The method includes, comparing received frame count and a programmable counter value when BB_SCs are received; loading the difference between the frame count... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352765 | Packet switching fabric having a segmented ring with token based resource control protocol and output queuing control A packet switching fabric includes means forming a data ring, means forming a control ring, and means forming a plurality of data communication network links each having at least one network node coupled thereto. The fabric further includes a plurality of output que... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349960 | Throttling distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing distributed statistical data retrieval in a network device. Periodically, statistical data is gathered by processes on one or more remote cards in a network device and transferred to a central proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349994 | Method and apparatus for coordinating routing parameters via a back-channel communication medium Systems and methods are described for enabling routers to coordinate via a back-channel communication medium. The information exchanged over the back-channel is used to increase the number of paths considered for the routers during route optimization. The Decision M... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349411 | Economically expansible switching network A telecommunications switching node comprising a plurality of input and output (I/O) ports configured to receive and transmit telecommunications signals, a switching core comprising a plurality of switching networks and a backplane connecting each of the plurality o... | 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 |
| 7339785 | Interposer for blade center A computer system for receiving standard and expanded computer devices includes a chassis, a midplane, and an interposer. The chassis includes bays, each adapted to receive the standard computer device. The midplane includes connectors respectively aligned with the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340167 | Fibre channel transparent switch for mixed switch fabrics A method and a Fibre Channel switch element are provided that allows communication between a host system and a target device attached to a proprietary switch fabric in a network. The Fibre Channel switch element includes a first port that communicates with the targe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334046 | System and method for optimizing frame routing in a network A method for routing Fibre Channel frames in a Fibre Channel system is provided. The method compares a cost associated with a pre-programmed preferred route when the pre-programmed preferred route has been pre-programmed to route Fibre Channel frames between a sourc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330892 | High-speed data transfer in a storage virtualization controller A storage virtualization controller for transferring data between a host and a storage device at a wire-speed data transfer rate. A downstream processing element adapted for connection to the storage device is configurable coupled to an upstream processing element a... | 02/12/2008 |
