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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135043 | Mobile communication system, core network apparatus, and MBMS data transmission method used for the same A mobile communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the invention is a mobile communication system which includes eNBs (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) NodeBs) and a core network apparatus, wherein the core network apparatu... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8000354 | Method and apparatus for forward delay compensation for virtual concatenation A method and apparatus for processing member containers of a virtual concatenation group at a source side of a member container transmission network to compensate for differential delay between the member containers. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7957427 | Method and apparatus for estimating traffic flows using dynamic latency constraints A method and apparatus that use dynamic latency to estimate traffic flows in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains a demand matrix having at least one point pair demand, and satisfies each of the at least one point pair demand in the... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7864817 | Transport systems and methods incorporating absolute time references and selective buildout delays In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides transport systems and methods incorporating absolute time references, such as global positioning system (GPS) time references and/or the like, and selective buildout delays, such as first-in, first-out... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7826496 | Gaming systems configured for large scale controlled and secure data downloading Gaming systems to manage the secure download of data to a very large number of network connected client gaming machines distributed within large geographic areas. The gaming systems utilize adaptive data throttling and make optimal use of network data bandwidth. The... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7773639 | Synchronization of voice packet generation with transmission opportunities in a wireless network One embodiment of the present invention includes a method for synchronizing packet production and receipt from a digital signal processor (DSP) with polled transmission opportunities in an IEEE 802.11e network. The method comprises producing a packet via the DSP and... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764715 | Circuits and methods for data multiplexing A method and apparatus for data multiplexing is capable of high-speed operation with acceptable timing margins and has reduced sensitivity to supply voltage, temperature, manufacturing and other variations. One implementation relates to a data multiplexer that has n... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7680155 | PCR jitter reduction in a VSB and/or EVSB multiplexer system Program clock references in first and second MPEG data streams are re-stamped in accordance with delays introduced into the first and second MPEG data streams. Accordingly, the program clock references in the first MPEG data stream are re-stamped according to a vari... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7573914 | Systems and methods for synchronizing time across networks By equipping receiving devices in a network with synchronizable clocks it is possible to periodically send an “impulse” signal that is received by all of the clocks at the same (or relatively the same) instant of time. The accuracy of the impulse clock need not ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7542487 | Methods and systems for large scale controlled and secure data downloading A method to manage the secure download of data (102) to a very large number of network connected client devices (104, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 1120, 122) distributed within large geographic areas. The method provides adaptive data throttling and makes ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7515616 | Packet transmission scheduling technique A packet data transmission method of the HSDPA system includes collecting information on the quality of physical channels, a status of the MAC buffer, the priority level of data, the delay of data, and the like, determining the transmission order of data and the siz... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7460561 | Delay compensation In a discrete tone system, a base station receives a transmission burst from a remote unit being installed that includes delay compensation pilot tones that are uniformly spread throughout the transmission bandwidth. The arrival time transmission burst is not synchr... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7418012 | Method and device for time-synchronized relaying of signals The invention relates to a method and device for the time-synchronised relaying of signals, whereby various signals from at least one signal source are relayed over various signal paths to at least one signal receiver, with time markers overlaid on the various signa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415002 | Circuit synchronization over asynchronous links A device that synchronizes circuits over asynchronous links is disclosed. Some embodiments of the invention include a device that comprises a plurality of circuits. One of the plurality of circuits is designated as a “master” circuit. The master circuit is confi... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415039 | Data transmitting apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data transmission control apparatus It is objected to simplify a procedure concerning bandwidth acquisition. Bandwidth acquiring means 809 of a second transmitting apparatus 814 acquires a bandwidth which was used by a first transmitting apparatus 806 by using a propagation delay ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408873 | System and method for round trip delay adjustment in a multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system Systems and methods for round-trip-delay adjustment in a multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for multipoint-to-point communication comprises: receiving at a host a plurality of upstre... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406105 | System and method for sharing a common communication channel between multiple systems of implantable medical devices A system and method that facilitates multiple systems of communicating devices, i.e., a master device and one or more implantable slave devices, to coexist on a common, e.g., RF, communication channel having a limited temporal bandwidth while maintaining the require... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403799 | Base station and call search method used for the same In a base station providing a large-distance service area (large area) such as a mobile communication system WLL of the CDMA method, the time required for performing call search (path search) is reduced so as to reduce the call connection time. When performing a pat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7388887 | Methods and systems for distributing multimedia data over heterogeneous networks Real-time communication of multimedia data over heterogeneous networks that may include constant delay networks, variable delay networks that have a common reckoning of time, and variable delay networks that do not have a common reckoning of time. If there are any v... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369488 | Wireless LAN apparatus for changing packet length according to changing conditions A packet synthesizing unit packetizes transmit data and thereby creates a transmit packet data, and more specifically, synthesizes the number of the transmit data indicated by a packet-length information from a packet length controlling unit into a transmit packet d... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366175 | ATM packet scheduler A packet scheduler controls dispatch of packets containing constant bit rate (CBR) or real time variable bit rate (rt-VBR) at an ingress operation of multiplexing the packets into payloads of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) bearer virtual circuit connection. Pac... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362715 | Frame synchronization circuit Disclosed is a mobile communication system including a network constituted of at least one switching center and a plurality of base stations, and a mobile station which communicates with the base stations simultaneously. The system permits varying transmission delay... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356671 | SoC architecture for voice and video over data network applications A system-on-chip (SoC) for voice and video over data network applications includes a first and a second general purpose processors and a plurality of coprocessors. The coprocessors include: a VCODEC engine for video compression/decompression, a security engine for d... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352712 | System and method for detecting a delay in a computer network Described is a system comprising a computing device, a wireless computing unit and a network management arrangement (“NMA”). The NMA receives a first signal and a second signal from the computing device. The NMA forwards the second signal to the unit and receive... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7336667 | Apparatus, method and program product to generate and use CRC in communications network The CRC for the CPS Header of an ATM AAL2 cell is generated by a CRC generator which uses the 8 bits of the CID field to generate partial 5 bits CRCs which are loaded in a first table. The 6 bits LI field and 5 bits UUI field are added to the partial 5 bits CRC to f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336462 | Alternator and starter tester protection apparatus and method An method and apparatus testing an alternator and/or starter assembly including a power source for energizing the alternator and/or starter, a computer processor for monitoring electrical current supplied to energize the alternator and/or starter wherein the compute... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327989 | Dual channel two-way satellite communication The present invention relates to a system, device and method for two-way satellite communication using a dual channel communication configuration to make better use of limited bandwidth. The two channels include a dedicated Unicast channel for each remote VSAT termi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324457 | Method and apparatus for compensating for optical transmission delay in a synchronous mobile communication system using synchronous digital hierarchy A method and apparatus are disclosed for compensating for optical transmission delays in a synchronous mobile communication system. A Base Station Transceiver Subsystem (BTS) includes a Main Unit (MU) for processing a mobile communication signal and a plurality of R... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305485 | Method and system for network management with per-endpoint adaptive data communication based on application life cycle A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product is presented for management of a distributed data processing system. The present invention uses an improved iterator methodology to dynamically adapt the administrative communication operations of the network... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301952 | Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using IP transfer network Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay ex... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301968 | Communication protocol for passive optical network topologies A protocol for communicating data on a passive optical network conforming to the Ethernet standard provides processes for remote network node discovery and synchronization. Uplink packet transmissions to a central controller, such as an optical line terminal, are sc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300041 | Vertical alternator holding apparatus and method for alternator testing An apparatus for supporting an alternator for testing uses a supporting pin mounted to extend in a first direction relative to the alternator. A first holding pin extends in a second direction relative to the alternator, and has two ends with a first end having a bo... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301896 | Redundant changeover apparatus A redundant changeover apparatus causing no frame synchronization loss even upon occurrence of changeover between working system and protection system. In case of an in-apparatus synchronization system, when two input signals which are mutually asynchronous in phase... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292609 | Method and apparatus for CDMA signal reception The N peaks are selected from a delay profile in order starting from the highest peak involved in the delay profile, the path level and path timing are determined for each of the selected peaks, and the identical paths individually responsible for different delay pr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292574 | Automated method for mapping constant bit-rate network traffic onto a non-constant bit-rate network A constant-to-variable cache router is situated between a constant bit-rate network and a variable bit-rate network. A monitor within the variable bit-rate network measures the available bit-rate within the variable bit-rate network and communicates the available bi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292530 | Method and apparatus to manage packet fragmentation Embodiments of a method and apparatus to improve network performance by managing packet fragmentation are described. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292454 | System and method for optimizing printed circuit boards to minimize effects of non-uniform dielectric A system and method for minimizing the effects of non-uniform dielectric properties includes forming traces on printed circuit boards (PCB) where the fibers within the printed circuit boards are non-rectangular with respect to the rectangular edges of the circuit bo... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289451 | Delay trading between communication links The available delay budget for a full-duplex communication is distributed between the links depending on their activity, present and near history. By keeping track on if a link in a full-duplex communication system is active or inactive, i.e. Knowing the information... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290159 | Fixed latency data computation and chip crossing circuits and methods for synchronous input to output protocol translator supporting multiple reference oscillator frequencies A synchronous input to output protocol translator supporting multiple reference oscillator frequencies and fixed latency data computation and chip crossing circuits enables implementation of a method for delaying osc2 relative to osc1 in a conf... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280550 | Bandwidth optimization of ring topology through propagation delay compensation In a ring topology digital network propagation delay is reduced A master node transmits a clock signal into the network in one direction. Each slave node propagates the signal to the next slave node without regeneration until the signal is received by the master nod... | 10/09/2007 |
