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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111616 | Constructing a repair path in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain system link An apparatus and method as described for constructing a repair path for use in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain connection between respective components in first and second routing domains of a data communications network. The apparatus is arranged to... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8068408 | Softrouter protocol disaggregation A SoftRouter architecture deconstructs routers by separating the control entities of a router from its forwarding components, enabling dynamic binding between them. In the SoftRouter architecture, control plane functions are aggregated and implemented on a few smart... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8040918 | Dynamic bandwidth allocation in a passive optical access network A method of allocating upstream bandwidth in a passive optical access network includes associating a first timer to a first upstream traffic flow and associating a second timer to a second upstream traffic flow. During a given frame period, if the first timer is at ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031722 | Techniques for controlling a network switch of a data storage system A technique controls a network switch having a set of ports. The technique involves configuring the network switch to provide an initial set of communications paths between the ports. The initial set of communications paths defines an initial communications path top... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8018842 | Counter multi-failure system and common link terminal device used therein Arrangements dealing with multiple link failures occurring in a communication network including a first ring and a second ring connected to the first ring by sharing part of a link in the first ring as a common link. Included is stored link failure information inclu... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018879 | Wireless transmission method of using efficient high performance frame structure in wideband TDD system The present invention provides a method of wireless transmission using a high-efficiency and high-performance frame structure used by the broadband TDD system, wherein the method includes: dividing a sub-frame with a fixed length into N+1 basic slots and three speci... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014308 | Hardware architecture for cloud services The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate dynamically allocating resources (e.g., hardware, software, . . . ) supported by a third party service provider. The third party service provider can support any number of services that can b... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005084 | Mirroring in a network device A network device for implementing mirroring on packets. The network device includes a plurality of ports, each of which is at least one of an ingress port, an egress port and a mirror-to port. The network device also includes processing means for supporting a plural... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004997 | Data path differentiator for pre-emphasis requirement determination or slot identification An apparatus and method is disclosed for generating path length information for two (usually redundant) receive paths in a receiving device such as a server blade so that the proper amount of equalization and/or pre-emphasis may be applied to receiver and driver cir... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8004974 | Virtualized computing architecture having multiple realms An architecture and method for implementing a nodal complex (NC) supporting multiple quality of service (QoS) realms is provided. The disclosed architecture includes: a first set of extended enterprise service bus (EESB) rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005038 | Digital display system with media processor and wireless audio The present invention relates to a media processing system that comprises a bus for communicating digital signals thereon with a media processor connected to the bus, for processing signals supplied thereon. The system further has a display device connected to the b... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005022 | Host operating system bypass for packets destined for a virtual machine A method for processing packets that includes receiving a first packet for a first virtual machine by a network interface card (NIC), classifying the first packet using a hardware classifier, where the hardware classifier is located on the NIC, sending the first pac... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005010 | Method and apparatus for providing performance measurement for a network tunnel A method and apparatus for providing performance measurements on network tunnels in packet networks are disclosed. For example, the method establishes two tunnels between a first measurement host and a first router, and establishes a tunnel between the first router ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000227 | Decision feedback channel estimation and pilot tracking for OFDM systems Current OFDM systems use a limited number of symbols and/or sub-channels to provide approximations for channel estimations and pilot tracking, i.e. phase estimations. For example, two training symbols in the preamble of a data packet are used to provide channel esti... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000260 | Method for dynamic information technology infrastructure provisioning Provisioning and management resources are drawn from an overall pool of resources. Management and managed resources are then dynamically associated on the network to securely perform requested on-demand management functions. Since the managing system controls the ne... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995596 | System and method for offloading packet protocol encapsulation from software A method is provided for offloading packet protocol encapsulation from software. In operation, pointer information is received. Furthermore, packet protocol encapsulation is offloaded from software by assembling packets in hardware, using the pointer information. | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991007 | Method and apparatus for hardware packets reassembly in constrained networks A hardware packets reassembly apparatus and method includes an ingress unit receiving and parsing a data packet, recognizing fragments corresponding to the data packet, and outputting control information of the fragments. An en-queue unit stores the control informat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990916 | Cell specific sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration A method of wireless communication including a plurality of fixed base stations and a plurality of mobile user equipment with each base station transmitting to any user equipment within a corresponding cell a sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration indicat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986630 | High performance architecture for fiber channel targets and target bridges An embodiment of the present invention is disclosed to include a fiber channel target device for receiving information in the form of frames and including a controller device coupled to a microprocessor for processing the frames received from the host, at least one ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983163 | System and method for implementing adaptive load sharing to balance network traffic A method for implementing adaptive load sharing to balance network traffic. The method begins by identifying all paths in a network between a first provider edge and a second provider edge. Next determining jitter, packet delay, and packet loss for each identified p... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983170 | In-band quality-of-service signaling to endpoints that enforce traffic policies at traffic sources using policy messages piggybacked onto DiffServ bits IP packets are scheduled at source devices such as cell phones on a private network that connect to the Internet at an edge device. A private traffic controller by the edge device detects pre-Internet congestion on the private network. The private traffic controller... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983252 | Enhanced frame aggregation in a wireless network system Variable-length information-containing frames (e.g., MPDUs) are aggregated into a bitstream using frame delimiters to distinguish the frames. Aggregation and frame extraction techniques are provided that support recovery from bit errors that may be present in a fram... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978714 | Methods and systems for securing access to private networks using encryption and authentication technology built in to peripheral devices A method for routing packets from a peripheral device to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) gateway includes the step of implementing, by a peripheral device, a change to a routing table. The peripheral device receives an outbound packet. The peripheral device transmit... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978731 | Method and system for consolidating TCP ports A system for consolidating TCP ports. In response to initiating a connection to a hidden port via a network, a TCP in TCP packet is created. Then, the TCP in TCP packet is sent to the hidden port via the network via a network visible port. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978653 | Data transfer apparatus, data transfer method, and recording medium having data transfer program recorded A data transfer apparatus includes a data transmitting portion, a destination point recording portion, an arrival time calculating portion, a required transfer rate calculating portion, and an occupied transfer rate calculating portion. The data transmitting portion... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974210 | Multi-signal analysis device A multi-signal analyzer (1) includes an AD converter (11) for simultaneously receiving a plurality of time series signals representing physical and chemical phenomena and subjecting the signals to AD conversion, a delay time calculation unit (19... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969866 | Hierarchical virtual private LAN service hub connectivity failure recovery Techniques for recovering from hierarchical virtual private LAN service (HVPLS) hub connectivity failure are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, a provider edge network element reuses an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure recovery mechanism in an MTU... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970016 | Systems and methods for transmission and reception of data including frequency and channel code selection Systems and methods are disclosed for wireless transmission and reception of data including processing and buffering features. According to one or more exemplary aspects, there is provided a wireless audio receiver for receiving a plurality of packets of encoded aud... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969972 | System for receiving packet stream A system including input circuitry for receiving from one of a plurality of sources at least one packet stream including a plurality of packets for providing audio, video, private data and/or associated information; at least one output for outputting at least one pa... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969962 | Fine time tracking with improved resolution The present invention relates to compensation method and circuit for compensating time drifts in a receiver suited for multi-path environment. The time drifts are separated into a first component common to groups of paths belonging to the same radio link, for exampl... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970007 | Communication apparatus and retrieval table management method used for communication apparatus A communication apparatus is provided which avoids such a situation that retrieval tables do not correspond with each other, and a broadcast is induced. When an input port or an output port determined by switch function units 121, 131 is a port belonging to a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970005 | Channel bonding receiving apparatus and method for expanding channel bonding receiving band Provided is a channel bonding receiving apparatus and method for expanding a channel bonding receiving band in a cable modem. The channel bonding receiving apparatus includes a channel bonding dividing unit for dividing a channel bonding broadband signal into a plur... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7969892 | Tunneling loop detection control apparatus Disclosed is a technique whereby a tunnel entry point, which encapsulates a packet (generates a tunnel packet), can detect the presence of a tunneling loop causing a packet to loop the same path while encapsulated. According to this technique, upon receipt of a pack... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965639 | Dynamic adaptation of MAC-layer retransmission value The number of audio/visual packets that are sent over a wireless channel of a wireless network and that are effectively lost at a client application is reduced by determining the number of packets that were effectively lost during a measurement period and by selecti... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965691 | Network time reservation cancellation Methods and systems that support, for example, canceling or trimming reservations of a shared communication medium are described. In one embodiment, a method that adapts a network time reservation in a communication network may include, for example, one or more of t... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965697 | Apparatus and method for generating signal according to IFDMA, and apparatus for receiving signal A signal generation apparatus and signal receiving apparatus according to an Interleaved Frequency Division Multiple Access scheme is provided. The signal generation apparatus generates a plurality of complex symbols by digital-modulating a plurality of data symbols... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965708 | Method and apparatus for using meta-packets in a packet processing system Meta-packets are used to more efficiently reassemble packets and to more efficiently conduct other packet processing operations. The meta-packets are special types of packets which are interpreted by hardware in a queuing system. Instead of directly containing data,... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961757 | Device and method for interfacing to advanced switching platform A device and method for interfacing with an advanced switching (AS) platform is provided. In the uplink direction the device includes: a line side interface processing module, which receives SDH/SONET frames and conducts frame header searching and descrambling; a de... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961749 | Signaling method and system for channel switching in a wireless local area network A signaling method and apparatus for channel switching in a WLAN are provided. In the signaling method and apparatus, a data transmission channel is allocated to a receiver and a transmitter. A channel index is set to indicate the allocated channel in a duration fie... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957363 | System, method, and service for dynamically selecting an optimum message pathway A message pathway selection system dynamically selects an optimum message pathway for transmitting messages. The system dynamically optimizes a message pathway according to various criteria such as, for example, efficiency, economy, data requirements, auditing requi... | 06/07/2011 |
