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| 7916748 | Method and system for initialization configuration of managed device A method for initialization configuration of a managed device, includes: predefining and storing initial configuration information of the managed device; detecting a message requesting for IP address assignment broadcasted from the managed device; searching in the i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7881329 | Method and system for maintaining high reliability logical connection A method and system for maintaining a high reliability logical connection between hosts employs adaptive transparent pinging, clone blocking and bandwidth leveling to realize improvements in the areas of connection status verification, security and bandwidth managem... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7746888 | System and computer-readable medium for avoiding data loss during network port recovery processes A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed in a data processing system for avoiding data loss during network port recovery. A first network port is linked to a second network port via a network. The second network port transmits data to the first n... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7590141 | Method and apparatus for an automatic network boot procedure for a resource in a utility computing environment Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for an automatic network boot procedure for a resource in a utility computing environment. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives a media access control (MAC) address from a resource in... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7362740 | Arrangement with a number of units that can communicate with each other via a wireless connection system and a method for use with such a system An arrangement comprises a number of units that can communicate with each other via at least one wireless connection system for the transmission of messages. The connection system works with first and second reception areas. A time slot system is established in a fi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359315 | Method, system, and computer program product for avoiding data loss during network port recovery processes A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed in a data processing system for avoiding data loss during network port recovery. A first network port is linked to a second network port via a network. The second network port transmits data to the first n... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356619 | Method and apparatus for dynamic management of input/output subsystem addressing A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing a set of I/O subsystems. Previously stored I/O subsystem information is compared to current I/O subsystem information collected from the set of I/O subsystems. The I/O subsystem information includes address... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7327988 | Wireless communications system having reduced noise mode operation capability A wireless communication system having a terminal unit operates in a reduced noise state during receipt of a wireless transmission from a control unit. The terminal unit includes terminal circuitry, a radio and noise management circuitry. The noise management circui... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324468 | System and method for medium access control in a power-save network A method and apparatus for accessing, controlling and utilizing a network communication medium. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise a first networked device with power-save capability. The first networked device may acquire control of a communicati... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7209490 | Rapid vehicle bus network activity An apparatus and method for rapidly providing activity on a vehicle network bus includes a node having a bus connection to the vehicle network bus. The node includes a Rapid Response Stack loaded with the predetermined message to respond to any network bus request b... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7139839 | Method and apparatus for assigning a network node address A method and apparatus for assigning a permanent identifier to a client node initially having a default identifier and being operably connected to a network. A server determines a location of the client node and assigns the permanent identifier to the client node in... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093141 | Power aware adaptive polling A method for adapting the periodicity of polling for pending service requests, by polling system devices for pending service requests, recording whether or not there was a pending service request and, based on accumulated data, determining whether or not the system ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079009 | Anticollision protocol with fast read request and additional schemes for reading multiple transponders in an RFID system Arbitration of multiple transponders, such as RFID tags, occurs in an interrogation field. The arbitration process is custom-tailored for individual applications, under software control, by the transponder reader or tag reader. Different wake-up slots are calculated... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050401 | Monitoring system and method implementing test result display logic A channel plan with a corresponding test plan are implemented in connection with a plurality of nodes that communicate signals. The channel plan has one or more predefined specifications for each of one or more signal channels on each of the nodes. The channel plan ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047319 | System and method for enabling a collision-free protocol over ethernet A collision-free protocol for transmitting frames between stations connected over a shared transmission medium such as an IEEE 802.3 Ethernet LAN. A logical ring is formed and a token is circulated among the connected stations part of the logical ring (not all conne... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7002905 | Method and apparatus for performing the rebooting of a network node with minimal loss of network traffic A method of managing a network switch having a processor card, including a memory and a processing unit in the processor card is described. The method includes the steps of detecting an error and determining a type of the error. Then, determining whether a threshold... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002947 | Method and system for data collision avoidance in a wireless communications system A method of transmitting data over a single-channel wireless network having a plurality of nodes is disclosed. According to the method, a first link is established between two of the nodes and data is transmitted therebetween. A break in transmission between the two... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6937080 | Current-controlled CMOS logic family Various circuit techniques for implementing ultra high speed circuits use current-controlled CMOS (C3MOS) logic fabricated in conventional CMOS process technology. An entire family of logic elements including inverter/buffers, level shifters, NAND, NOR, X... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6903681 | Global synchronization unit (GSU) for time and space (TS) stamping of input data elements A global synchronization unit (GSU) for time and space (TS) stamping of input data elements. The GSU comprises a GPS Receiver and an associated antenna for receiving GPS signals from signal sources associated with a GPS system symbolically embedded within a global r... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6854053 | Method for identifying and communicating with a plurality of slaves in a master-slave system A method of identifying a plurality of slave processors using a master processor is provided which includes assigning a unique identification code to each of the plurality of slave processors, and transmitting an attention command from the master processor to the pl... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6763033 | Reset sequence for segmented computer network topology A segmented computer network topology has a plurality of network hosts, which are coupled in a ring. A method of resetting the segmented computer network topology includes initiating a reset sequence having a flushing phase, a subsequent scrubber selection phase, a ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6687219 | Detecting and counting node port loop initialization origination A hub port in a Fiber Channel loop includes a hub data source, a loop initialization data detect circuit, and a loop initialization counter. The hub data source supplies data to the hub port from the Fiber Channel loop. The loop initialization data detect... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6512756 | Routing area updating in packet radio network The invention relates to a cellular packet radio network and to a method for updating a routing area in a packet radio network. Packet radio support nodes (SGSN) are connected to a digital cellular radio network (BSS), which provides a radio interface for... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6466559 | Method and apparatus for allocating processing resources First and second pools of resource units are configured using a structure having plural levels including first and second level resource units. A relationship is established between ones of the two pools of resource units. A request is made for a resource... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438285 | Facility for intializing a fiber optic data link in one mode of a plurality of modes An initialization facility is provided for a fiber optic data link wherein the link can be initialized in one of a plurality of fiber control modes, including one or more open fiber control (OFC) modes and a non-OFC mode. Initialization may be automatic, ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434113 | Dynamic network master handover scheme for wireless computer networks A network node is configured control operations in a wireless computer network and to automatically hand over network master operations to an alternate network master device upon detecting an operational failure of the network node. In a further embodimen... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6370147 | Method for addressing of passive network hosts in a data-over-cable system A method is provided to address passive network devices in a data-over-cable system. A "passive" network device, such as a printer, facsimile machine, computer other network device, is a device that is assigned a network address by the data-over-cable sys... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6337853 | Method for channel assignment in a mobile communication system with space division multiple access In a mobile communication system with space division multiple access, under channel re-use conditions, the channel to be assigned to a terminal is determined by evaluating a cost of the assignment of each channel already in use. This cost is a function of... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6259697 | PVC switching system and PVC switching method When switching of PVCs is performed, an administrator performs switching of PVCs systematically and in batch at his/her discretion without affecting communication state of PVCs not subject to switching. A plurality of PVC switching information tables are ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6252885 | CATV communication system, method of communication by the same, and center and terminal devices thereof The CATV system includes a center device and a plurality of terminal devices. The center device sends downstream timeslots, to the terminal devices, including upstream timeslots occupancy information and collision information. Upstream timeslot occupancy ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6185630 | Device initializing system with programmable array logic configured to cause non-volatile memory to output address and data information to the device in a prescribed sequence A low-cost implementation of a switching system using a multiport network switch avoids the necessity of a microprocessor by using programmable array logic (PAL) configured to drive a non-volatile memory. The PAL includes an address generator state machin... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6175556 | Remote powered ethernet repeater A system and method for remotely powering an Ethernet network repeater through an attachment unit interface (AUI) between the repeater and a remote personal computer ("PC") or workstation. The AUI includes logic circuitry to detect when the Ethernet is su... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6163544 | Configuration method for auxiliary resources A generic information model for configuration, control and management of auxiliary resources within a telecommunication network. The information mode comprises a hierarchical structure of objects classes: a network object class, a managed element class, a... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6091738 | Transmission-equipment and method for assigning transmission-equipment identification number in transmission system The method for assigning an identification number is constructed in that in a transmission system with transmission system managing equipment being connected to at least one of a plurality of pieces of connected transmission equipment, each of all or some... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6076952 | Fieldbus network configuration utility with improved parameter control A system and method for displaying and configuring parameters in a fieldbus configuration system. The fieldbus configuration utility first determines the devices and blocks present in the system, and then determines the parameters of each block. When the ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6038235 | Fiber channel automatic arbitration and communication control A method for automatically arbitrating for mastership of a fiber channel loop in a host adapter circuit configured for coupling a host electronic device with the fiber channel loop. The host adapter circuit has a processor and a loop control circuit diffe... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5848244 | System and method for time-based real-time reconfiguration of a network A system and method for time synchronized reconfiguration of a telecommunications network is disclosed. The method first identifies a new configuration for the telecommunications network. After the configuration has been identified, the new configuration ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5768277 | Automatic ID assigning device for network instruments An automatic ID assigning device for LAN instruments connected in a network assigns ID numbers from a master LAN instrument to respective slave LAN instruments connecting sequentially to the master LAN instrument. A first slave LAN instrument stores, as i... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5742239 | Background arbitration monitoring to improve access on lightly consumed network A method for arbitrating for control of a network medium for transmission, combining aspects of the time slots and collision-based arbitration schemes by dynamically modifying the scheme used in accordance with network load. In a preferred embodiment, thi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5712852 | D2B device station address initialization starting with stored address A single channel communication bus system has stations which communicate with each other via the bus. Each station must have a unique address which is initialized during a system initialization. In order to facilitate initialization, a manufacturer-determ... | 01/27/1998 |
