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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7330546 | Multimedia patching box A multimedia patching box including a generally rectangular housing. The housing includes a first wall positioned opposite from a second wall. The housing also includes opposing third and fourth walls that extend between the first and second walls. A panel is mounte... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7289516 | Universal interface A universal interface apparatus having a processor for receiving one or more Network Interface signals having a transport mechanism associated therewith. The transport mechanism may include Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Internet Protocol, Frame Relay, Integrated Servi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289521 | Intelligent IP relay A proxy at the interface between a wireless communications system and a packet network intercepts all traffic between the wireless communications systems and the packet network and re-formats the intercepted traffic according to an optimal maximum transmission unit ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289625 | Portable sealable telecommunications exchange equipment structure A sealable container is used as a replacement exchange building to house communications equipment. The equipment is housed in a more space efficient manner when compared with conventional exchanges and the amount of internal cabling required is significantly reduced... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7259961 | Reconfigurable airflow director for modular blade chassis A reconfigurable airflow director for modular blade chassis. The airflow director includes multiple duct channels having adjustable inlets and/or outlets. The airflow director may be reconfigured to adjust the amount of airflow across selected blades and selected zo... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256995 | Electronics module An electronics module comprises a housing; and a plurality of electronic and electrical components for example fans. The module includes electromagnetic shielding for example perforated panels side walls etc. that is associated with the housing and/or the electronic... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245931 | Method and system for using common channel for data communications A method and system is provided for controlling data transfer using a short data burst mechanism between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS). After identifying that a short data burst mechanism is desired to be used for transmitting data between the MS and... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242932 | Mobile internet protocol on a signaling channel A mobile internet protocol on a radio signaling channel (2). A mobile internet protocol message is wrapped in a radio control message (12) by a mobile station (1) and sent to a radio access network (3). The mobile internet protocol messag... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224695 | Router and communication network system In a router and a communication network system reserving network resources in compliance with an RSVP (Resource ReSerVation Protocol), that is a protocol for resource reservation, a router stores an encapsulated destination address associated with an address of a se... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213050 | System and method for reserving conference resources for a multipoint conference using a priority scheme A system and method for reserving conference resources for a multipoint conference includes receiving a request for a multipoint conference reservation and a list of participants. Communication paths for a plurality of the participants may be predicted. A multipoint... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7187547 | Techniques for cooling a set of circuit boards within a rack mount cabinet A data storage subsystem is configured to mount within a rack mount cabinet. The data storage subsystem includes a housing configured to mount to a set of vertical rails of the rack mount cabinet, a set of circuit boards configured to install in a vertically aligned... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185070 | Generic quality of service protocol and architecture for user applications in multiple transport protocol environments A generic quality of service (“G-QoS”) protocol and architecture for applications executing in multiple transport protocol environments is provided. G-QoS negotiators establish a QoS level for user applications by communicating over a network and exchanging netw... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7161377 | Bus type connection system in particular for backplanes The invention relates to bus type connection systems, in particular those for wiring backplanes of electronic systems, when the bus comprises connectors distributed in an irregular manner. It consists in selecting segments (D1, D2) over which t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145909 | Packet switching access platform This invention relates to apparatus and associated methods for providing access to and switching of information in a packet data network. More particularly, the invention is directed to a platform facilitating both packet switching capabilities and associated access... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7136481 | Quick shift jack panel A cable pair shifting system (12) for shifting a cable pair (20) from an old cable pair location to a new cable pair location and method for the same are provided including a quick shift jack panel (64). The quick shift jack panel (64) co... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133406 | Prioritization method and apparatus measuring individual flow properties Packets being transmitted through a communication network are recognized as belonging to various individual flows. A property of each individual flow is measured by adding a value, such as a unity value or a packet length value, to a cumulative sum when each packet ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123603 | Method of establishing a radio link between an access controller and a base station Method of establishing a radio link at the interface between a base station and an access network controller in a mobile telecommunication network including forming a request message for establishing the link by concatenating a message of the control protocol of the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123598 | Efficient QoS signaling for mobile IP using RSVP framework A system and method for efficient QoS signaling for mobile IP using RSVP framework in which mobile nodes are connected to correspondent nodes via plurality of intermediate nodes. The method has the steps of: programming in the mobile node for data packets propagatin... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110527 | Housing for telecommunications equipment A telecommunications equipment mounting assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a housing adapted for holding telecommunications equipment such as an optical-to-electrical and electrical-to-optical converter modules. The telecommunications equipment moun... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7054938 | Method and apparatus for network service reservations over wireless access networks Methods and apparatus are provided for reserving resources in a wireline network from a wireless network. A resource reservation request is made by a service client to a service broker. The service broker contacts a bandwidth broker to determine the available resour... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7039039 | QoS support method in a high-rate packet data system Disclosed is a Quality-of-Service (QoS) Support method in a mobile communication system including an access terminal, an access network for performing packet data communication with the access terminal, a packet control function for controlling transmission and rece... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6980523 | Method and system for facilitating end-to-end quality of service in a wireless packet data system A method and system for facilitating end-to-end quality of service in a 3G packet data network. A packet-data session is set up between a mobile station and a packet-data network, via a base station and a packet data serving node (PDSN). The base station manages qua... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6950397 | RSVP/SBM based side-stream session setup, modification, and teardown for QoS-driven wireless lans A method and a system are disclosed for setting up, modifying and tearing down a side-stream communication session in a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network so that the communication session has a defined Quality of Service (QoS). Regarding setting up a sid... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947750 | Method and system for service rate allocation, traffic learning process, and QoS provisioning measurement of traffic flows The invention relates to a method and system for providing allocation of resources depending on the characteristics of the flow request. The system allocates resources based upon at least one of the parameters class of service, delay requirement and bandwidth requir... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944473 | Method for radio access bearer reconfiguration in a communications system A method for Radio Network Controller (RNC) initiated Radio Access Bearer (RAB) negotiation or renegotiation/reconfiguration in a communication system that includes a core network and user equipment coupled to an RNC in a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940823 | Wide band radio transmission method A wide band radio transmission method, apparatus and computer readable medium for transmitting bit streams of a video-related application through a radio channel are provided. The wide band radio transmission method comprises the steps of: (a) obtaining identificati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913236 | Component mounting track A mounting track for electrical components including a base that is designed to attach a track to a support surface. A wall extends from the base to a mounting rail. The rail includes a number of large tool receiving apertures located directly above mounting apertur... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6816590 | System and method of configuring a network element A communication switch is provided for customer premise equipment. The switch comprises a communication module which processes communications between elements in the communication switch, a shelf module which has an interface point for the customer premise equipment... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6738463 | Splitter assembly with inverted pots and line connectors A telecommunications device including a plurality of splitter cards mounted within a chassis. The device also includes a circuit board and a plurality of card edge connectors for providing electrical connections between the splitter cards and the circuit board. The ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728365 | Method and system for providing quality-of-service on packet-based wireless connections The invention provides methods and systems for extending RSVP signaling to wireless networks. RSVP messages may be intercepted by an RSVP daemon, adjusted as necessary to accommodate the wireless network, and then forwarded on as RSVP messages either on a traffic ch... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6577730 | Modular digital telephone system and method including an universal telephony shelf A peripheral access module transports voice and data between the common control equipment and the peripheral equipment of a telephone switch. The peripheral access module determines the protocol for transporting the voice and data, and determines the type... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6577729 | Alarm display and method An apparatus and method for a telephone system includes a switch having a plurality of shelves. The telephone system has system alarms that provide notification of a triggering event are displayed on each of the plurality of shelves of the switch to provi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6567517 | Timing and switching array and method An apparatus and method for a telephone system includes a telephony switch comprising a timing and switch array card for effecting all switching and timing functions of the switch, a plurality of telephony line cards operatively connected to the timing an... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6333981 | Shelf driver unit and method A modular digital telephone system and method featuring a universal telephony shelf adaptable for incremental expansion of legacy telephone switches and as a building block in the construction of new telephony switches. The shelf includes identification a... | 12/25/2001 |
| 5995617 | Connector block mountable connector and telephone circuit Connector including a housing including a resilient portion provided with a cavity, connectors mounted in the cavity, the resilient portion deformable to increase access to the cavity to facilitate insertion and mounting of the connectors in the cavity, t... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5978472 | Network interface device for a building entrance terminal A telephone network interface device for a building entrance terminal includes a cabinet for housing one or more interface modules. Each interface module is hingedly connected to a rail on the bottom of the cabinet such that the module can be rotated upwa... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5970136 | IDSN capacity expansion for remote terminal sites A method and apparatus for increasing the capacity of a remote terminal cabinet and providing customer premise service interfaces to the remote cabinet which otherwise has insufficient additional physical slots to support such interfaces is described. The... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5966439 | Modular telephone line connecting disconnecting and testing block A modular block for connecting, disconnecting and testing a telephone line, including a plurality of conductor holders each for connecting, or for disconnecting an insulated subscriber wire pair, a plurality of removable elements for providing a connectio... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5889850 | Interface card for use in a telecommunications network The interface card consists of a circuit pack containing the line or trunk circuitry and a face plate connected to one side of the circuit pack. A first connector is located on the side of the circuit pack opposite the face plate for connecting the line c... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5867372 | Frame structure for mounting telecommunications equipment A frame structure for mounting telecommunications equipment including a frame, a plurality of sealing covers, a plurality of fasteners, and a plurality of wire protective sleeve. The frame having a base, two support frames, and an upper frame. A receiving... | 02/02/1999 |
