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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094671 | Base station apparatus and packet scheduling method The object can be achieved by providing a base station apparatus with: priority calculation means configured to calculate priority of a user in packet scheduling; priority correction means configured to correct priority calculated by the priority calculation means a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8031738 | Method of enhancing continuous packet connectivity in a wireless communications system and related apparatus In order to avoid system malfunction, the present invention provides a method of enhancing continuous packet connectivity, known as CPC, for a user equipment, known as UE, in a wireless communications system. The method includes the following steps. A control channe... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7912079 | System and method of communicating a priority indication in a call control/bearer control telecommunication system The present invention relates generally to telecommunication services, and in particular, to communicating priority indications between telecommunication nodes in a telecommunication system having a separated call control and bearer control architecture. The present... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7839883 | Methods and apparatus for implementing a flexible multi-user advance reservation system where reservation requests are specified in terms of multiple options and where each option has an associated business value The present invention concerns methods and apparatus for implementing a multi-user advance reservation system where reservations are specified in terms of flexible constraints, inflexible constraints and business values. The specification of reservations in this man... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7701959 | Distributed network system with hierarchical management of resources Network devices of a digital network for communication between a plurality of devices have a source for transmitting data into the network, and sinks for receiving data from the network. Managers (logical controllers) to which priorities are assigned in a hierarchic... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7606256 | Distributed trunking mechanism for VHF networking A system and method for communicating between nodes in a communications network. The network includes nodes that broadcast and receive data packets over a radio channel. The system includes a distributed trunking method that distributes the communications between th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7593421 | Communication control device having multiprocessor A communication control device comprising a plurality of network processors for performing high-speed communication among these network processors. The communication device connects a plurality of processor interfaces to each other using an internal communication pa... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7447229 | Method for providing prioritized data movement between endpoints connected by multiple logical channels A data network and a method for providing prioritized data movement between endpoints connected by multiple logical channels. Such a data network may include a first node comprising a first plurality of first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues arranged for high priority to... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7391788 | Method and system for a three conductor transceiver bus Aspects of the invention provide a method and system for a communication bus for resetting one or more devices connected to the bus. The transceiver bus (620) may include a single serial data line (616), a single serial clock line (614) and a si... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389469 | Bus systems, apparatuses, and methods of operating a bus Data transmission between transmitting/receiving nodes in a bus system may be controlled based on an error check of received data. When an error in the received data is detected, the transmitting node may cease data transmission, and other nodes, which may not have ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360035 | Atomic read/write support in a multi-module memory configuration Efficient transfer of data to and from random access memory is described. Multiple request sources and a memory system comprise memory modules having memory banks, each bank containing rows of data. The retrieval comprises transferring all data pursuant to a given r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349380 | System and method for providing an addressing and proxy scheme for facilitating mobility of wireless nodes between wired access points on a core network of a communications network A communications network which is capable of effectively and efficiently handling mobility of wireless user terminals between access point nodes of a packet-switched network with minimal overhead and packet loss, and a method for using the same. The communications n... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336204 | Method for monitoring a parking lot with parking meters and corresponding parking meters A method for monitoring a number of terminals, particularly parking meters, in which at least first and second adjacent terminals are able to communicate with each other and with a monitoring center, comprises a monitoring protocol according to which the first and s... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328289 | Communication between processors A method of communicating between a first and a second processor includes the first processor sending a datum over a common control bus, and the second processor receiving the datum from the common control bus. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321615 | At-command analyzing method An UART receives asynchronous transmission serial data based on a baud-rate clock from a DTE. An MPU analyzes the data received by the UART. A baud-rate generating portion generates the baud-rate clock to be output to the UART in accordance with instructions from th... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321588 | Serial control of radio frequency integrated circuits A serial controller for use in controlling various radio frequency (RF) modules within an RF integrated circuit is disclosed. The serial controller is coupled to an serial bus that internal to the RFIC that transmits commands and data from a microcontroller to a dat... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7313798 | Aggregate drivers for a configurable media-independent server One or more third party channel drivers interface with a centralized communication application server. An aggregate channel driver (ACD) is included in a channel driver to implement commands and command parameters that are supported by a particular core channel driv... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313151 | Extendible asynchronous and synchronous interface bus for broadband access Apparatus for simultaneously transferring synchronous and asynchronous signals among broadband access devices includes a data bus, a clock bus, and a plurality of control lines which are used to indicate the type of data being carried on the bus. According to the me... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305237 | Hole-filling channel access Channel access techniques are provided for use in a high throughput wireless network that utilizes multiple wireless channels within a single service set. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305008 | Parallel bus LAN A Local Area Network based on a parallel bus architecture is disclosed. The LAN provides a means of utilizing relatively low cost CMOS circuitry to obtain performance superior to LAN's utilizing more exotic high speed technology. The disclosed LAN is based on a para... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289482 | Method of controlling connection between nodes in digital interface A method of controlling connection between nodes in a digital interface whereby a first node that is a master node determines a second node to be the master and controls a point-to-point connection or a broadcast connection to another node. The first node having the... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289895 | Electronic control systems for construction machine In an electronic control system for a construction machine, a governor control unit, an excavator body control unit, and an electric lever control unit are interconnected for transmission and reception of data. A universal communication line is connected to the gove... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284268 | System and method for a routing device to securely share network data with a host utilizing a hardware firewall A system and method for providing the ability to selectively share data in a network routing device with an associated host. The system and method employs a hardware firewall in the routing device which restricts the host such that it can only access areas in shared... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280545 | Complex adaptive routing system and method for a nodal communication network A complex adaptive routing system and method for routing data packets in a nodal network, in particular, an ad-hoc nodal network. Each data packet contains data representing its routing strategy for routing to a destination node. When a node receives the data packet... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280555 | System and method employing algorithms and protocols for optimizing carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols in wireless networks A system and method for achieving enhanced CSMA/CA which improves channel availability and quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communications network. The system and method establish channels to enable communication between nodes in a communication network, based... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266104 | Time division protocol for an AD-HOC, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel An ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio system includes a series of radio terminals forming a service group, each radio terminal having a transceiver for communicating with terminals in the same service group, computer means, and memory for storing program software. Within th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266129 | Communication line control system A communication line control system and a communication line control method have an architecture, in which if a plurality of calls that should be processed simultaneously occur in one communication terminal incorporating communication functions containing voice comm... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257661 | Scalable home control platform and architecture A home-control platform and architecture includes a plurality of serial buses that provide communications among processing devices that are connected to the home-control platform. A bus control unit is configured to allocate the buses among the devices that request ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254661 | Methods, circuits, and computer program products for variable bus arbitration Arbitration for a communications channel can be provided by scheduling a grant for future access to one of a plurality of requestors to a communications channel shared by the plurality of requestors based on an indication of which of the plurality of requestors is g... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251243 | Method and system for communicating broadband content A method of, and an apparatus for, providing broadband services to multiple remote units located at a client premise via a single communication line are provided. Authorization data is communicated from distribution equipment to the remote units and the authorizatio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236497 | Facilitating arbitration via information associated with groups of requesters According to some embodiments, a requester is selected in accordance with information associated with a first and second groups of requesters. For example, a first input may receive a first priority signal, indicating whether at least one of a first group of request... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233601 | Cascade architecture and operation for packet-based communication systems A connecting unit for use in a system comprising a ‘stack’ of network communication units having a cascade connection has three ports having lines for forwarding and receiving data packets and for forwarding and receiving control messages. The connecting unit in... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221686 | System and method for computing the signal propagation time and the clock correction for mobile stations in a wireless network A system and method for enabling a node, such as a mobile user terminal in a wireless communications network, such as an ad-hoc network, to effectively and efficiently determine a clock correction factor for its local clock relative to a local clock of at least one ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215638 | System and method to provide 911 access in voice over internet protocol systems without compromising network security A system and method to provide emergency call access in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems without compromising network security. The system and method enables VoIP emergency signal detection at a user device, and transmission of the VoIP emergency signal f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212504 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206294 | Movable access points and repeaters for minimizing coverage and capacity constraints in a wireless communications network and a method for using the same A system and method for improving the ability of a wireless communications network, such as a packet-switched data communications network, to provide service to mobile user terminals. The system and method employs a mobile access point, adapted for use with the pack... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200149 | System and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in multi-hop wireless ad-hoc networks for the purpose of avoiding such potentially problem nodes in route selection A system and method for identifying potential hidden node problems in a multi-hop wireless ad-hoc communication network, such as an 802.11 network. The system and method evaluates the relationship between the neighbors of each respective node to identify nodes of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197016 | Time division protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network having coordinating channel access to shared parallel data channels with separate reservation channel A novel protocol for an ad-hoc, peer-to-peer radio network that provides collision-free channel access with an emphasis on improving geographic reuse of the frequency spectrum. The protocol of the invention is executed on the reservation or control channel, and prov... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190672 | System and method for using destination-directed spreading codes in a multi-channel metropolitan area wireless communications network A system and method for enabling a node in a mobile wireless ad-hoc communications network to use a particular spreading code to spread a message to be transmitted to a destination node without having to provide information on the spreading code to the destination n... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191321 | Microengine for parallel processor architecture A parallel hardware-based multithreaded processor is described. The processor includes a general purpose processor that coordinates system functions and a plurality of microengines that support multiple hardware threads. The processor also includes a memory control ... | 03/13/2007 |
