Class 370/902 - Packet switching

Subclass of Class 370 - Multiplex communications
Definition: Subject matter wherein the information data to be switched
No. of patents: 33
Last issue date: 02/19/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7334071	Expansion of cross-domain addressing for PCI-express packets passing through non-transparent bridge A PCI-Express compatible switch is provided with two or more, internal virtual buses. In one embodiment, at least one of the plural virtual buses is designated as a special bus that is limited to having no more than 16 devices on it even though the protocol allows f...	02/19/2008
7301936	Ring overlay network dedicated to carry broadcast traffic to DSLAMs A broadcast overlay network has a ring topology to carry broadcast traffic from a head-end network. A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) has a network interface in communication with the broadcast overlay network. The DSLAM is to receive a request fo...	11/27/2007
7301938	Method of transferring a packet switched to a circuit switched call In the method, a packet call controller establishes a bearer path between the end point and the second network when a call transfer request associated with the mobile station is received from a network providing circuit switched communication. The call transfer requ...	11/27/2007
7184418	Method and system for host mobility management protocol The present invention is directed to a mobility management protocol for supporting real-time and non-real-time multimedia applications on mobile stations of third generation internet protocol (3G-IP) networks. The present invention utilizes as well as extends the se...	02/27/2007
7136624	Radio resources allocating method, radio resources allocating apparatus, and mobile communication system An object is to select destination mobile stations so as to prevent directional beams directed to the respective mobile stations from interfering with each other in application of a directional antenna, and to allocate the radio resources to the mobile stations thus...	11/14/2006
7050809	System and method for providing concurrent data transmissions in a wireless communication network A system and method is disclosed for providing concurrent data transmissions in a wireless communication network. The invention comprises a register unit within a base transceiver station that prepares data packets to be transmitted to mobile stations within a plura...	05/23/2006
7032072	Method and apparatus for fast lookup of related classification entities in a tree-ordered classification hierarchy A method and apparatus for performing classification in a hierarchical classification system performing caching are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises walking a classification tree in the hierarchical classification system to determine whether an inc...	04/18/2006
6993613	Methods and apparatus for reducing receive interrupts via paced ingress indication Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for efficiently handling incoming network traffic by preventing protocol stack overruns and minimizing packet latency are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the present invention monitor the level of a protocol stack's p...	01/31/2006
6985451	Method and apparatus for baseband transmission between a top floor unit and an outdoor unit in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network A method and apparatus for baseband transmission between a top floor unit and an outdoor unit in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network. A terminal for a wireless link in a metropolitan area network includes an extender device (e.g. a top floor unit) fo...	01/10/2006
6687226	Base station subsystem and method for handling an increase in traffic volume that overloads a terrestrial link in an internet protocol network A base station subsystem (BSS) and method is provided that handles an increase in traffic volume which temporarily overloads at least one terrestrial link in an IP network by gracefully downgrading the transmission rate of one or more calls. More specific...	02/03/2004
6671273	Method for using outgoing TCP/IP sequence number fields to provide a desired cluster node In accordance with the present invention a method is provided for encoding connection ownership information in the sequence number field of an outgoing TCP/IP data packet header. That connection information includes the network layer address of the proces...	12/30/2003
6633546	Network-provisioning data generating method and a transmission device using the same A network-provisioning data generating method, by which manual data registration can be prevented so that correct network provisioning data can be collected and registered in real time, and a transmission device, which is constituted according to the gene...	10/14/2003
6628647	Internet network based telephone call forwarding system and method An Internet network based telephone call forwarding system comprising a home unit to which a user's telephone calls are directed and a remote unit to which a user's telephone calls are forwarded, wherein the home unit has an incoming line connectable to a...	09/30/2003
6611231	Wireless packet switched communication systems and networks using adaptively steered antenna arrays Methods, apparatuses and systems are provided for use in a wireless routing network. One apparatus, for example, includes an adaptive antenna that is configurable to receive a transmission signal from a transmitter and in response transmit corresponding o...	08/26/2003
6587431	Supertrunking for packet switching A packet routing system is disclosed that allows for efficient transfers of IP streams from router to router with use of supertrunking. The router that receives an IP stream set for transmission on a supertrunk, individually inputs the IP packets, determi...	07/01/2003
6560234	Universal premises distribution platform A new communication distribution platform for a customer premise creates a new paradigm where components from the physical layer are shared, components from the MAC layer are shared, and a common network layer is used. A single modulation unified system a...	05/06/2003
6456860	Base station equipment and base station control equipment A wireless communication system having base station equipment which forms a wireless zone and base station control equipment which performs channel control of calls occurred in the radio stations located in the wireless zone, in cooperation with a switchi...	09/24/2002
6359879	Composite trunking An Internet router treats plural output ports with a common destination as a composite port. A routing table uses the IP address to determine a composite trunk to which the packet is to be forwarded. A forwarding table identifies a route along a routing f...	03/19/2002
6351526	Dialing process for IP telephony A system and a method for communicating dialed digits between a communication device and a call processor during call setup include transmitting at least the first digit of a telephone number from the communication device to the call processor within a fi...	02/26/2002
6243844	Signal transmitter used in the transmission of data in a communication system A signal used in the transmission of data in a communication system including immediately successive cells for the purpose of cell synchronization, includes filler cells containing a predefined bit pattern. This pattern is provided with an error protectio...	06/05/2001
6148072	Methods and systems for initiating video communication A two-line videophone can be used to initiate video communication while maintaining audio communication throughout the initiation period. A user uses a first line to initiate an analog voice call with another user. The videophone then uses a modem to init...	11/14/2000
5983260	Serial control and data interconnects for coupling an I/O module with a switch fabric in a switch A communication device (10) includes a number of input/output modules (12) coupled to a switch control module (14) using an interconnect (40) and to a redundant switch control module (16) using a redundant interconnect (42). Each interconnect (40) and red...	11/09/1999
5859856	Method and apparatus for routing interleaved incoming ATM cells with reduced channel switching A number of storage units and a number of state machines are provided to reorder interleaved ATM data cells for a number of channels incoming to a networked host computer. The storage units store the incoming ATM data cells, a number of data structures tr...	01/12/1999
5854786	Method and apparatus for distribution/consolidation (DISCO) interface units for packet switched interconnection system A packet switching architecture provides for a switch system comprised of a cellular base station in communication with the PSTN through a switch. Data packets are routed through the switch system as necessary to effect communication between the public sw...	12/29/1998
5790608	Apparatus and method for synchronizing clock signals for digital links in a packet switching mode An apparatus and a method to synchronize the clock signal of a first (or slave) data terminal equipment A (240-1) to a second (or master) data terminal equipment B (240-2) connected to a communication network (10) through respectively a first network node...	08/04/1998
5691985	System and method for increasing throughput of inter-network gateways using a hardware assist engine A high bandwidth gateway comprises a source of packet traffic wherein received packets are stored in a buffer, a destination interface circuit for the packets, a microprocessor and a bus that interconnects the components. The microprocessor, which in the ...	11/25/1997
5685775	Networking video games over telephone network A method and apparatus for playing the same video game by a number of players at remote locations over a telephone network. More specifically, a video representation of the game played by a number of video game players stored at each of the player locatio...	11/11/1997
5651006	Hierarchical network management system A hierarchical communication network management system is structured by a plurality of agents and sub-managers connected to lower communication networks and an integration manager connected to a higher communication network. Each of the sub-managers funct...	07/22/1997
5648970	Method and system for ordering out-of-sequence packets In a packet switched network, a method and system order packets arriving out-of-sequence from a lower service. An ordering service temporarily buffers packets (101-115) while delayed packets arrive and forwards in-sequence packets to an upper service. Del...	07/15/1997
5590366	Packet forwarding system for measuring the age of data packets flowing through a computer network A packet forwarding node for a computer network comprises at least one receiving module and at least one output module including packet list (21) for maintaining a list of packets to be transmitted therefrom. The time for which a packet remains in the nod...	12/31/1996
5446491	Multi-point video conference system wherein each terminal comprises a shared frame memory to store information from other terminals A multi-point video conference system includes a plurality of terminals and a network. Each terminal includes a coder to code and to packetize at least a motion picture in a block unit and a multi-point video decoder to sequentially receive and to decode ...	08/29/1995
5268900	Device and method for implementing queueing disciplines at high speeds A device (800) and method (900) are included for providing a high-rate queueing discipline in an information network system having a plurality of traffic classes. The high-rate queueing discipline is based on a scan table-based dequeueing scheme having a ...	12/07/1993
5231633	Method for prioritizing, selectively discarding, and multiplexing differing traffic type fast packets A queueing and dequeueing mechanism for use in an integrated fast packet network, wherein fast packets from differing traffic types are multiplexed with one another through use of a weighted round-robin bandwidth allocation mechanism (517). Fast packets w...	07/27/1993

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