Class 370/910 - Carrier sense multiple access (e.g., Ethernet, 10Base-T)

Subclass of Class 370 - Multiplex communications
Definition: Subject matter having a reservation scheme for reaching
No. of patents: 22
Last issue date: 10/07/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7433302	Ethernet network implementing redundancy using a single category 5 cable A method for providing redundancy in a daisy chain local area network employing Category 5 cabling for connecting network devices uses the normally unused twisted wire pairs in the single Cat 5 cable connecting adjacent network devices. The method includes forming i...	10/07/2008
7368798	Integrated DC/DC converter substrate connections Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated circuit (IC) having an integrated DC-DC power converter therein. This IC is operable to support the distribution of combined power and data signals in a network environment such as an Ethernet network accord...	05/06/2008
7308521	Multi-port communications integrated circuit and method for facilitating communication between a central processing chipset and multiple communication ports A system includes a core chipset that is configured to communicate with a central processing unit. The system includes a memory bridge configured to communicate with memory. An accelerated graphics processor configured to communicate with a graphics device. An input...	12/11/2007
7103693	Method for applying interrupt coalescing to incoming messages based on message length A balanced approach is provided for interrupt coalescing, wherein interrupts of locking and other small size packets are maximized, while large data segment interrupts are minimized. Thus, the most desirable interrupt characteristics of both large data segments and ...	09/05/2006
7099982	Multi-port communications integrated circuit An integrated circuit for multi-port communications includes a high speed bus interface configured to interface to a core chipset through a high speed bus. The integrated circuit includes a serial mass data storage host adapter in communication with the high speed b...	08/29/2006
7020223	Viterbi decoder and method using sequential two-way add-compare-select operations In a Viterbi decoder, 2n-way add-compare-select (ACS) operations are performed by sequential and/or parallel two-way ACS operations. In one embodiment, first two-way ACS operations generate an interim path metric for each of a plurality of interim states....	03/28/2006
6898655	Multiport high speed communications integrated circuit An integrated circuit for multi-port communications is provided. The integrated circuit includes a high speed bus interface to interface to a core chipset through a high speed bus. A serial mass data storage host adapter is in communication with the high speed bus i...	05/24/2005
6862644	Backplane architecture for a telecommunications system chassis A backplane (11) of a telecommunications chassis includes a pair of controller slots that can receive respective controller modules. The backplane (11) also has a plurality of module slots that can receive respective telephony modules. Each of the pair...	03/01/2005
6859644	Initialization of wireless-controlled lighting systems A method of initializing system components of a wireless-controlled lighting system. The system components include a remote control and a plurality of lighting units which communicate with a control master for the system via commonly-received radio communications. I...	02/22/2005
6820154	System and method for servicing interrupts Disclosed are a system and method of selectively awaking processes in response to an interrupt condition. A processing system may host a plurality of processes where each process is associated with an event causing an interrupt condition at a device. When a process ...	11/16/2004
6633572	Ethernet to ADSL adapter An Ethernet ADSL adapter controls data communication between an Ethernet port and an ADSL modem connected to an ADSL channel. The adapter includes a first buffer for storing data packets received at the Ethernet port, a second buffer for storing data pack...	10/14/2003
6347345	Information transfer apparatus having control unit with BTL transceiver applying transmission enable signal inputted from ethernet processor module through backplane to control unit The present invention relates to an ATM-LAN(Asynchronous Transfer Mode-Local Area Network) switch, and in particular to an information transferring apparatus between processors of the ATM-LAN which is capable of efficiently performing an information trans...	02/12/2002
5867533	Digital delta mode carrier sense for a wireless LAN An apparatus and a method for detecting a carrier signal of a phase shift keyed modulated signal. A first counter circuit generates a plurality of counts, with each count being a number of cycles of a reference frequency signal occurring between two conse...	02/02/1999
5825774	Packet characterization using code vectors A method and apparatus for increasing the throughput of a communications internetworking device. The method involves the generating, by internetworking device hardware, of a predetermined code vector in response to the current state of the communications ...	10/20/1998
5809012	Connectionless communication system A communication system for use with a network for transmitting fixed-length cells from a transmitting terminal via a virtual connection in the network to a receiving terminal. The communication system includes a converting device, connected to the transmi...	09/15/1998
5777996	Inter-repeater backplane for allowing hot-swapping of individual repeater circuits An inter-repeater backplane that allows seamless integration of multiple repeaters into a single hub and wherein each repeater may be swapped out without causing the backplane to crash, hang-up or pass error messages. The mixed signal state machines opera...	07/07/1998
5717889	Collison reduction algorithm for an ethernet backoff protocol An improved method for solving collisions in an Ethernet network. In one embodiment, the invention is implemented using circuitry that senses when the system cable is active. When a station on the network involved in a collision is implementing its collis...	02/10/1998
5696763	Multicast routing technique Multicast video services are provided in a network having a star topology. The network illustratively compromises a switched hub having a shared transmission medium and a plurality of ports. An Ethernet segment is connected to each port. Client stations b...	12/09/1997
5414708	Method and apparatus for connecting nodes for a computer network The present invention provides a method and apparatus for extending an Ethernet 10Base-T local area network topology from only allowing point-to-point link segments to allowing daisy-chained segments having multiple nodes on each segment. Thus, computer e...	05/09/1995
5311114	Apparatus and method for full-duplex ethernet communications A downward compatible full-duplex 10Base-T ethernet transceiver associated with either the hub or the remote node in an ethernet network includes generator circuitry for generating a full-duplex-capability signal indicating its full-duplex capability for ...	05/10/1994
5159592	Network address management for a wired network supporting wireless communication to a plurality of mobile users Apparatus and method for managing bidirectional transmission of information between a wired network and at least one mobile communication unit (10) in wireless communication with the wired network. The wired network is of the type wherein users of the net...	10/27/1992
4817087	Multiple access communication system A multiple access communication system with a multi-channel construction and applicable to a local area network (LAN). In a broadband LAN, channel assignment is agreed upon by two nodes which are to hold a communication therebetween so that a channel assi...	03/28/1989

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