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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7522627 | System and method for packet forwarding The present invention provides a system and method for packet forwarding. The packet forwarding improves the performance of common network security applications. The system includes an operating system kernel, a plurality of packet forwarding paths, and a packet cla... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7428236 | Architecture for a hybrid STM/ATM add-drop multiplexer Architecture for a SONET network element. The architecture includes an interconnection system for a network element, including a line unit slot, a switch fabric slot, and service unit slots. The line unit slot is connected as a hub to the switch fabric slot and the ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7359988 | Subnet of power line communication network, method for setting up the same, electronic appliance connected to the same, and communication module used in electronic appliance A communication network for detecting and regulating identifier overlap generated after subnet is created includes a communication module including a starting means for starting a subnet creation sequence; identifier generating means for generating at least two type... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359384 | Scheduling of guaranteed-bandwidth low-jitter traffic in input-buffered switches A switch schedules guaranteed-bandwidth, low-jitter-traffic characterized by a guaranteed rate table (GRT) method. A rate matrix generated from collected provisioning information is decomposed into schedule tables by a low jitter (LJ) decomposition method. The LJ de... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356614 | Method for detecting and regulating identifier overlap on power line communication network, electronic appliance connected to subnet of power line communication network, and communication module used in electronic appliance A method for detecting and regulating subnet identifier overlap on a power line communication network includes a communication module. The communication module includes an identifier generating means for generating at least two identifiers for identifying a home sub... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352751 | Accounting for link utilization in scheduling and billing An apparatus for transferring data in a telecommunications network. The apparatus includes a memory in which a packet memory length is stored. The apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a link length for the packet that will be sent into the network based on... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7320037 | Method and apparatus for packet segmentation, enqueuing and queue servicing for multiple network processor architecture A method is described that forms different pieces of a packet and sends each one of the pieces toward a different memory unit amongst a plurality of memory units. Each one of the memory units is managed by a different network processor. The method also receives each... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302423 | Search-on-the-fly with merge function Sort-on-the-Fly/Search-on-the-Fly data retrieval or analysis provides an intuitive mechanisms for accessing databases, allowing a user to access or obtain information about data in the database without having to know anything about the database structure. A user sel... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286755 | Method and apparatus for testing an optical component The present invention relates to a system for testing the connection paths of a switch fabric by using a spontaneously emitted signal as a test signal. The system includes at least one first module and at least one second module, wherein each one of the second modul... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7249186 | System and method for identifying a subscriber for connection to a communication network A system for identifying a subscriber includes an access server coupled to a number of subscribers using a first communication network and further coupled to a second communication network, a memory coupled to the access server, and a processor coupled to the memory... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243367 | Method and apparatus for starting up a network or fabric A method and system for starting up a network or network device with particular discussion regarding Fibre Channel networks and switches. The method and system relate to powering on or re-starting a plurality of Fibre Channel switching devices, each of those devices... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233590 | Switched channel-band network Rather than restricting a stream of data to a single channel within a multi-channel link between a source node and a core node, each channel is divided into time slots and the stream of data is distributed among these time slots in several channels. However, to ease... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218632 | Packet processing engine architecture The invention provides a method and system for packet processing, in which a router (or switch) is capable of quickly processing incoming packets, thus performing level 2, 3, and 4 routing and additional services, in real time. A system includes a packet processing ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216175 | System and method for determining subscriber information A system for determining subscriber information includes an access server coupled to a number of subscribers using a communication network, a memory coupled to the access server, and a processor coupled to the memory. The access server receives a communication from ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200107 | Method and apparatus for lossless switchover in a redundant switch fabric Method and apparatus for lossless switchover in a redundant switch fabric improves the reliability and predictability of a cell reaching its destination without the cell being lost during switch-over through redundant switch fabrics. Ingress and egress buffers are d... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7154885 | Apparatus for switching data in high-speed networks and method of operation A packet switch for switching cells comprising fixed-size data packets. The packet switch comprises: 1) N input ports for receiving and storing cells in input queues; 2) N output ports for receiving and storing cells from the N input ports in output queues; 3) a swi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133413 | Time multiplexing method, and related arrangements to be used in a central station and network terminals of a communications network In a communications network wherein a central station (CS) is coupled to a plurality of network terminals (T1, T2, T3, T4) via the cascade connection of a common link (L) and respective individual links (L1, L2, L3, L... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126959 | High-speed packet memory A high-speed packet memory is provided, the memory having a write port and a read port and comprised of the following: a plurality of N memory modules for storing fixed size cells, which are segments of a variable size packet divided into X cells, the X cells being ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113505 | Mesh architecture for synchronous cross-connects A synchronous cross-connect switch for routing data samples from a source node to a destination node comprises a mesh architecture including a plurality of inputs for receiving one or more of the data samples presented to the cross-connect switch. The mesh architect... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7114161 | System and related methods for reducing memory requirements of a media processing system A method of generating a development project including at least a matrix switch and one or more adjacent objects is presented comprising establishing an initial rendering of the development project, and negotiating buffer size and attributes between an input/output ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103059 | Scalable 2-stage interconnections Modifications to the 2-stage interconnection to allow flexible scalability. Different switching fabrics having a range of different sizes can be constructed out of the same set of I/O switching nodes through this modified 2-statge interconnection, which can further ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099314 | General self-routing control mechanism over bit-permuting switching networks A self-routing switching network composed of sorting cells interconnected as a bit-permuting network and, in particular, as a banyan-type network, and the concomitant general self-routing control mechanism for routing packets over such networks. The self-routing mec... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095741 | Port isolation for restricting traffic flow on layer 2 switches This invention provides for an apparatus and method to isolate ports on layer 2 switches on the same VLAN to restrict traffic flow. The apparatus comprises a switch having said plurality of ports, each port configured as a protected port or a non-protected port. An ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093278 | Remote console for monitor and control of system firmware A system and method are provided for permitting a console to be connected to an external port of a first node for monitoring and controlling the first node in a default mode. The first node may also operate in a terminal mode in which an internal port of the first n... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089407 | Packet processing device processing input packet data in a packet routing device A packet processing device which can reserve a calculation time for each instruction procedure execution unit independent of the data length of a packet by sequentially selecting an instruction procedure execution unit by a selection signal generation unit and perfo... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085913 | Hub/router for communication between cores using cartesian coordinates A method and structure for an integrated circuit is disclosed. The invention includes a plurality of logic cores, a plurality of local hubs connected to said logic cores, and a plurality of global hubs connected to said local hubs. The local hubs and the global hubs... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072334 | Physical implementation of switching fabrics constructed from recursive 2-stage interconnection Physical implementation of the switching fabric of a massive broadband switching network constructed from recursive 2-stage interconnection. The recursive 2-stage construction is realized through a hierarchical levels of implementation, including inside-chip impleme... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069291 | Systems and processes for call and call feature administration on a telecommunications network Improved systems and methods for call and call feature setup, administration and processing on PSTN and other telecommunications networks are provided. Calls are set up on a service plane of a conceptual switch that includes a switch plane, control plane, and servic... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065079 | VC sharing for multicast in a computer network Only one point to multipoint virtual circuit (p2mp VC) is used within a router to handle all of the sources for a particular multicast group when other particulars of the multicast group are identical within that router. The router receiving a multicast packet for a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065074 | Generalized divide-and-conquer networks A generalized divide-and-conquer network and concomitant methodology for recursively constructing large-scaled switching fabrics to meet the need for present-day broadband switching. Such a network achieves optimal layout complexity among the class of banyan-type ne... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061868 | Method for flow control in a switch and a switch controlled thereby The invention relates to a method for flow control in a switch and a switch controlled thereby. In order to ensure that no or few packets are dropped in a switch because of a congested internal memory, pause frames or stop command messages are sent to upstream sende... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061899 | Method and apparatus for providing network security An apparatus and a method are provided for performing network routing. The present invention comprises authentication logic, decision logic and routing logic. The authentication logic is configured to receive packets sent from a source agent to a tunnel endpoint and... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7050429 | Conditionally nonblocking switch of the decompressor type Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042873 | Conditionally non blocking switch of the circular-unimodal type Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016345 | Conditionally nonblocking switch of the expander type Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7012895 | Packet-switching network with symmetrical topology and method of routing packets A mesh network for routing a plurality of data segments therethrough, each of the data segments containing address information. The network includes: a first, second, and third switch element each having a respective external input for routing data segments into the... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013335 | Intelligent call platform for an intelligent distributed network architecture The present invention provides an intelligent call processor, an intelligent switching node and an intelligent communications network for use in a communications system. The intelligent call processor comprises a logical platform having a plurality of functions wher... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012916 | Method and apparatus for accessing communication data relevant to a target entity identified by a number string Service resource items (49) for use in call setup in a telephone system are held on servers (58) that are connected to a computer network which is logically distinct from the telephone system infrastructure; this computer network may, for example, make... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007075 | Flexible computer resource manager A Flexible Resource Manager, or FRM, enables multiple clients to share disparate resources, including database connections, communication ports and tasks for multiple clients. The approach balances performance issues, such as the latency introduced by resource alloc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999466 | Switching concentrator An m-to-n concentrator constructed from smaller concentrator/sorters wherein m is not necessarily equal to 2n. For instance, the m-to-n concentrator can be implemented from an └m/2┘-to-n concentrator/sorter, an ┌m12┐-to-n concentrator/sorter, and n sorting c... | 02/14/2006 |
