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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7742507 | Method and system for phase and byte alignment on a multiplexed high speed bus A method and system for multiplexing a plurality of serialized data signals in which a first integrated circuit device generates a plurality of serialized data signals. A second integrated circuit device is in electrical communication with the first integrated circu... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7630414 | Multiple low-speed into single high-speed SDH/SONET channel mapper/framer device and method A method and a device for combining at least two data signals having a first data rate into a single data stream having a second data rate higher than the first data rate for transmission on a shared medium or vice versa. The device has at least one port for receivi... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7400657 | System and method for transporting multiple client data signals via a single server signal Systems and methods for conveying multiple low-bit-rate data streams over a data transport medium which is configured to transport data in a single, high-bit-rate data stream. In one embodiment, a plurality of low-bit-rate signals are received and a corresponding da... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7386015 | Digitally configurable multiplexer/de-multiplexer A digitally configurable multiplexer/de-multiplexer including several multiplexers, a switch matrix, and configuration logic. Each multiplexer receives multiple address signals, selects from among multiple first data signals and couples a selected first data signal ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385998 | Method and apparatus for encapsulating services for transportation over metallic physical mediums A network element employing a universal mapper enables multiple services to be mapped onto a physical medium (metallic link with a particular physical layer protocol) so that the number of service mappers, and hence the complexity of the network element, may be redu... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7340051 | Power ramp-up in a line-powered network element system A method of ramping up a power supply that supplies power on a communication medium. The method includes supplying power on the communication medium with the power supply operating at a first set point, determining if an overload condition exists, and, if the overlo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327767 | Synchronous transfer mode-256 adder/dropper A synchronous transfer mode (STM)-256 adder/dropper which provides a communication path between STM-64 optical channels in an apparatus of multiplexing STM-64 optical channels into STM-256 electrical signals, is provided. The STM-256 adder/dropper transmits STM sign... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321597 | Method and apparatus for remote network management over ethernet connections One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs remote network management over an Ethernet connection between a local node and a remote node, wherein the Ethernet connection uses x-bit/y-bit (xB/yB) encoding. During operation, the system acce... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319706 | Symmetrical clock distribution in multi-stage high speed data conversion circuits The present invention provides a high speed bit stream data conversion circuit that includes input ports to receive first bit streams at a first bit rate. Data conversion circuits receive the first bit streams and produce second bit stream(s), wherein the number and... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315556 | Shared CODEC in multiprocessor systems A single coder/decoder shared among several multiprocessors in a digital signal processing system through time-division multiplexing between multiple processors to enhance signal processing capabilities by assigning different digital-to-analog channels to different ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7289532 | Voice playout buffer for dual-PHY based integrated access device A voice playout buffer for a dual PHY-based integrated access device platform has a plurality of voice signal buffer sections. A respective buffer section has a capacity in excess of the number of digitized voice signal bytes contained in a respective cell-based com... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7260092 | Time slot interchanger A digital cross connect comprises plural switching stages. Each stage has plural switches which receive plural frames of time multiplexed input data and which switch the data in time and space. Configurations of the switches change in frame synchronization at the st... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254145 | Data transmission apparatus and a path control method thereof A data transmission apparatus using a virtual concatenated path in an SDH transmission system is capable of engaging one or more extra paths by an automated sequence execution to meet a traffic requirement that is higher than usual but up to a maximum speed of a use... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245583 | System and method for providing lifeline telecommunication service to line-powered customer premises equipment A system for providing lifeline telecommunication service includes a telecommunication interface, a data packet service module, an analog signal service module, a power generator, and a switch. The telecommunication interface receives telecommunication information f... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245240 | Integrated circuit serializers with two-phase global master clocks Integrated circuit serializer circuitry is provided that converts parallel data to serial data on an integrated circuit. A two-phase global serializer master clock generator uses a four-phase internal clock to generate a two-phase global serializer master clock. The... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239628 | Line-powered network interface device A network interface device includes a first interface, a power extractor, a transceiver, and a second interface. The first interface receives a signal that includes both power and packetized information. The power extractor extracts the power from the signal and pow... | 07/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7193539 | Precoder and optical duo-binary transmission apparatus using the same A precoder for an optical duo-binary transmission apparatus disposing the precoder before a time division multiplexer includes a judgment unit for judging whether an odd number or even number of ‘1’s exist in data input signals of N channels inputted at an n | 03/20/2007 |
| 7184427 | System and method for communicating telecommunication information from a broadband network to a telecommunication network A system for communicating telecommunication information includes a memory, packetization modules, and a telecommunication interface module. The memory stores subscriber profiles associating each of several subscribers with a telecommunication interface. The packeti... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181206 | Broadband communication platform and methods of network operation A subscriber platform for broadband communication, according to various aspects of the present invention, includes an antenna, a plurality of transceivers, and a processor. The antenna supports communication via a plurality of directional beams. The plurality of fre... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177328 | Cross-connect switch for synchronous network A cross-connect switch (1000) is adapted for a plurality of input channels in a synchronous network. Each input channel has a pointer processor (800) including a pointer interpreter (802), an elastic store buffer (804), and a pointer gene... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173941 | Resilient detection of repeaters An apparatus and method are detailed that allows for improved detection of communication devices and/or doublers in an associated physical communication links, in particular on HDSL communication links. The improved device apparatus and method additionally allows fo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170854 | System and method using switch fabric to support redundant network ports In a method for providing protection switching in a voice-over-broadband (VOB) gateway, egress traffic is multicast from a switch fabric to a working port and to a protection port. The working port forwards the egress traffic to a network in a working mode of operat... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171466 | Method and system and article of manufacture for IP radio stream interception for notification of events using synthesized audio A system, method, and article of manufacture suitable for transmitting a programmable message in place of or intermixed into a streaming media data stream to a receiving device upon receipt of an event is disclosed. The system comprises an Internet data communicatio... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7161993 | Method and apparatus for coding in a telecommunications system First and second transmission links are established with a remote station. An information signal is encoded to provide an encoded information signal having more bits than the information signal. First and second transmission signals are provided wherein each transmi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158523 | Multi-link segmentation and reassembly sublayer for bonding asynchronous transfer mode permanent virtual circuits Systems and methods are described for bonding asynchronous transfer mode permanent virtual circuits using a multi-link segmentation and reassembly sublayer. A method includes: transforming a stream of asynchronous transfer mode cells into a stream of bonded asynchro... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7149182 | System and method for providing lifeline telecommunication service A system for providing lifeline telecommunication service includes a gateway, an analog signal service module, and an integrated access device. The gateway receives telecommunication information from a telecommunication switch and generates data packets for communic... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140017 | Performance of channels used in communicating between senders and receivers A plurality of batch lists are maintained by a channel in order to improve the efficiency of the channel in performing messaging between a sender and a receiver. For example, a Next Batch list is used to prefetch messages to be sent to the receiver from the sender; ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132968 | Hardware-efficient implementation of dynamic element matching in sigma-delta DAC's A data shuffler apparatus for shuffling input bits includes a plurality of bit shufflers each inputting corresponding two bits x0 and x1 of the input bits and outputting a vector {x0′, x1′} such that a number of 1's at... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116742 | Timing recovery system for a multi-pair gigabit transceiver A method and a timing recovery system for generating a set of clock signals in a system which includes a set of subsystems. Each of the subsystems includes an analog section. The set of clock signals includes a set of sampling clock signals. Each of the analog secti... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7106789 | Method and apparatus for provisioning TDM and packet based communications on a VDSL communication medium An method and apparatus for provisioning multiple Next and fractional T1 along with packet based communications over a shared X-DSL communication link is disclosed. The communication link may be wired or wireless. The current invention provides a method and apparatu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106967 | Optical packet switching apparatus and methods An optical packet switch switches optical packets according to bit-rates at which the optical packets are provided. For example, optical packets that are received at similar bit-rates may be routed to a destination at separate time slots over a single channel wavele... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099310 | Method and apparatus for providing voice signals to and from a telecommunications switch A voice gateway (64) includes an input port (70) that receives a voice signal from an unbundled analog line (62) coupled to a Class 5 switch (52). The voice signal is converted to a digital format by an analog-to-digital and digita... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079555 | Integrated digital loop carrier system with virtual tributary mapper circuit An integrated digital loop carrier (IDLC) system includes digital line feeders and signal processors to interface with the feeders an to ultimately provide data to subscriber instruments. The system can be employed as a central office terminal (COT) or remote digita... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075952 | Multiplexing in a PDH telecommunications network The invention relates to a multiplexing method used in a PDH network. Standard PCM signals are received in the network element, at least some of which are multiplexed on a time-division basis into the same outbound transmission frame, the capacity of the payload por... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065099 | Digital circuit multiplication equipment In a digital circuit multiplication equipment (DCME) equipped with tandem pass-through function, a speech coding device and a speech decoding device are resettable in a synchronous resetting mode. The DCME includes a transmission device and a unit to continuously as... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061872 | Managed HDSL repeater A repeater for HDSL transmission is presented. The repeater replaces the regenerator commonly used in HDSL by utilizing the activation/deactivation process in the HDSL specification. The repeater is adjusted to detect an activation/deactivation sequence, whereby a f... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7039073 | Bound mode technique for accommodating high-bandwidth data flow within an intermediate network node A bound mode mechanism and technique efficiently accommodates high-bandwidth data traffic flow within an intermediate node of a computer network. The bound mode mechanism combines two half-slot line card connectors of a backplane in an aggregation router into a sing... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7016344 | Time slot interchanging of time slots from multiple SONET signals without first passing the signals through pointer processors to synchronize them to a common clock A SONET multiplexed system architecture that permits greater levels of integration. The architecture includes a time slot interchanger for routing information from at least one SONET input signal path associated with a respective first time slot to at least one SONE... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006536 | System and method for transporting multiple low-bit-rate signals over a single high-bit-rate medium Systems and methods for conveying multiple low-bit-rate data streams over a data transport medium which is configured to transport data in a single, high-bit-rate data stream. In one embodiment, a plurality of low-bit-rate signals are received and a corresponding da... | 02/28/2006 |
