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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174984 | Managing traffic on virtualized lanes between a network switch and a virtual machine A computer readable medium comprising software instructions for managing resources on a host, wherein the software instructions comprise functionality to: configure a classifier located on a NIC, to forward packets addressed to a first destination address to a first... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170033 | Virtual private local area network service (VPLS) flush mechanism for BGP-based VPLS networks A network device includes a control unit configured to execute an extended layer three (L3) routing protocol within a control plane of the network device. The extended L3 routing protocol is extended to process a routing protocol control message having a set of laye... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165016 | Method and apparatus for setting communication paths in a network Two path setting sides are determined between a pair of nodes in a network, and two path setting messages are created. The two path setting messages each includes information on a path switch default direction, a wait-to-restore timer value, and a mode identifier id... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165117 | Trunking in a matrix A multistage switch includes a matrix of coupled switch devices. A logical link comprising a plurality of physical links couples a destination through the plurality of physical links to a plurality of ports in the multistage switch. Each switch device performs trunk... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165120 | Buffering architecture for packet injection and extraction in on-chip networks This method for transferring data through a network on chip (NoC) between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, comprising: retrieving from the first device request packets comprising request control data for co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8149828 | Switch assembly having multiple blades in a chassis Methods and apparatus for network communications are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a network switch assembly for network communications comprises a fabric blade. In the example embodiment, the at least one switch comprises a plurality of data port interfaces,... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8130746 | System for distributing decoy content in a peer to peer network A system for generating and distributing decoy data for a work in a Peer to Peer network. The system is included in software providing a Peer to Peer connection for a processing system. The processing system receives data for a work over a Peer to Peer connection. T... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116330 | Bridge apparatus and methods for coupling multiple non-fibre channel devices to a fibre channel arbitrated loop Apparatus and methods for an enhanced bridge device for coupling multiple non-Fiber Channel storage devices to a Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) communication medium. Features and aspects hereof provide for FC-AL enhanced circuits for processing loop port bypa... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8102845 | Reconfigurable data distribution system Systems, methods and computer programs products for a reconfigurable data distribution system are described herein. An embodiment includes a stream generator that receives analog data from a plurality of sensors. Data received from sensors, for example, may include ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102812 | Methods and apparatus for data packet transmission on a network A change in a client device is detected (306) during a transmission of a plurality of packets destined to at least one first destination used by at least one packet session. In response to the change, a determination (312) is made as to whether some bu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102844 | High-speed SECS message services (HSMS) pass-through including bypass A method and system for intercepting and forwarding High-Speed SECS Message Services (HSMS) communication between at least two entities, includes a fail-safe bypass to ensure the communications link between the entities is not severed upon failure of the interceptin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8089961 | Low power ternary content-addressable memory (TCAMs) for very large forwarding tables Ternary content-addressable memories (TCAMs) may be used to obtain a simple and very fast implementation of a router's forwarding engine. The applicability of TCAMs is, however, limited by their size and high power requirement. The present invention provides an impr... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8072973 | Dynamic, policy based, per-subscriber selection and transfer among virtual private networks A service gateway maintains forwarding components operative to forward data packets within corresponding VPNs, and also maintains subscriber sessions for subscribers via respective subscriber interfaces. The association between the subscribers and the forwarding com... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054840 | Data center virtual local area network system and method A method, system and service for a data center computer network. A core network switches data using a first protocol layer. A first access switch is in electrical communication with the core network. The first access switch communicates the data to the core network ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8040895 | Method and system for removing dead access control entries (ACEs) Methods and systems have been provided for removing dead Access Control Entries (ACEs) in an Access Control List (ACL). In one embodiment, the dead ACEs can be detected for an egress as well as an ingress ACL. The ACEs that have a hit count above a user-specified hi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8009676 | Dynamically providing a quality of service for a mobile node Providing a quality of service for a mobile node includes facilitating a communication session for the mobile node. A quality of service decision factor of a context of the communication session is established. A quality of service associated with the quality of ser... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009681 | Methods and systems for interworking RSVP-based external control plane protocols with internal control plane protocols The present invention provides improved methods and systems for interworking Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)-based external control plane protocols with internal control plane protocols, such as Optical Signaling and Routing Protocol (OSRP). The present inventi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009680 | System and method for a private wireless network interface A private wireless network interface provides wireless signaling and protocols of a wireless macro network to allow a consumer to operate over a private wireless network. The private wireless network interface receives wireless signals compatible with a wireless mac... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7940776 | Fast re-routing in distance vector routing protocol networks In one embodiment, a method includes sending an adjacency discovery message 1 from a local router over a direct link to a first neighbor router. An adjacency discovery message is not forwarded and includes a repair address. The repair address indicates the lo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929522 | Systems and methods for upgrading scalable switching networks The creation of a variety of upgradeable scalable switching networks are set forth including multistage switching networks as well as novel multidirectional architectures. Systems and methods exploiting the properties such as fault tolerance, upgradeability with out... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929552 | Automated IP pool management Automatically allocating, modifying, and deleting IP pools for use by network equipment. The network equipment is repeatedly, periodically, or continuously monitored to detect IP pool utilization. If the monitoring indicates an increase in IP pool utilization above ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929574 | Advanced clock distribution mechanism for circuit emulation applications A clock distribution mechanism for circuit emulation applications, and related method, including one or more of the following: a plurality of digitally controlled oscillators, each of the plurality of digitally controlled oscillators receiving one or more Ethernet p... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924747 | Enhancement of node connectivity in a wireless communications network with changing topology via adaptive role changing A process and system for enhancing connectivity among nodes of a wireless communications network by adapting to changes in the network topology. Nodes of the network are configured to operate according to either (i) an ad hoc protocol wherein a given node assumes a ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912019 | Applications of upgradeable scalable switching networks The creation of a variety of upgradeable scalable switching networks are set forth including multistage switching networks as well as novel multidirectional architectures. Systems and methods exploiting the properties such as fault tolerance, upgradeability without ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894458 | System and communication method of IP telecommunication network and its application The present invention provides one kind of IP telecom network system and its realizing method, and a method of building virtual private network and carrying out multicast based on this IP telecom network, and a method of managing resource in this IP telecom network ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7852861 | Dynamic system and method for virtual private network (VPN) application level content routing using dual-proxy method A method of application level content routing using a (Dynamic VPN) dual-proxy mechanism that provides a client access to resources on a remote network without exposing each other's actual IP addresses and network topologies. The method includes providing a client a... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826483 | Method for assigning a number of M data links located on the subscriber side to a number of N data links located on the transporter side In a method for assigning a number of M data links located on a subscriber side to a number of N data links located on a transport side, each of the M data links located on the subscriber side is initially assigned to one of the N data links located on the transport... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7808972 | Method for processing the distributed path information request A method for processing distributed path computation requests includes: storing all path computation requests in an autonomous system, in each of Path Computation Elements (PCEs); and performing a path computation by a PCE in accordance with a path computation reque... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801152 | Method and system for scheduling utilization of resources, related communication network and computer program product A system for scheduling utilization of a service resource by a plurality of flows of information packets, wherein the flows include rate-guaranteed synchronous flows and best-effort asynchronous flows, the asynchronous flows exploiting the service capacity of the re... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796599 | Multiplexing and demultiplexing apparatus for delivering MPEG-2 TS packet error signal through cablecard interface and multiplexing and demultiplexing method using the same Provided are a multiplexing and demultiplexing apparatus and method for delivering an MPEG-2 TS packet error signal through a CableCARD interface. In the multiplexing apparatus, a TS packet reception unit receives TS packets, and a pre-header generation unit generat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7782888 | Configurable ports for a host ethernet adapter A system and method in accordance with the present invention allows for an adapter to be utilized in a server environment that can accommodate both a 10 G and a 1 G source utilizing the same pins. This is accomplished through the use of a high speed serializer/deser... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7764681 | Topology and routing model for a computer network Various embodiments of a system and method related to a topology and routing model for a peer-to-peer network are disclosed. A plurality of nodes may be coupled to each other to form a peer-to-peer network. A routing table may be created on each node in the peer-to-... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7751334 | System and method for Skype traffic detection Networks carry various kinds of traffic and ISPs are keen to analyze the traffic so as to be able to support QoS on the distinct traffic flows. Traffic can be broadly categorized into two types: plain traffic and encrypted traffic. Further, each of these traffic typ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7733871 | QoS control apparatus in multi-cell network system and method thereof In a QoS information controller and method, the QoS information controller is used in a multi-cell environment to determine the traffic characteristic, the mobile communication system characteristic, the traffic processing capacity, and the radio resource, and to co... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7724779 | Transmission system and control method This invention provides a transmission system and control method capable of reliably transmitting real-time data. A switching device and router each serving as an intermediate device mediate an iso-data packet sent from each iso-data server to a predetermined termin... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7697542 | Programmable resource scheduler In general, in one aspect, the invention features a data structure representing a schedule for a plurality of N resources, and apparatus, methods, and computer programs for generating and using the data structure, the data structure comprising: M records each repres... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7680129 | Preemptive retransmission of buffered data in a network An apparatus for data transmission over a network includes a buffer and a timer mechanism for timing an optimum interval (less than the round-trip error response delay) for retransmission of data. A first accessor accesses data in the buffer for transmission and sta... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7643452 | Method and system for communicating content on a broadcast services communication system An outer decoder and an inner decoder encode a block of information to be transmitted, to improve protection by adding redundancy. The redundancy permits decoding of the information from less than a complete encoded block of information. Time re-alignment of two tra... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7643490 | Live content switching method, source device, and sink device A live content switching method, a source device, and a sink device are provided. The method includes switching from first content to second content by using a dummy connection, the second content using the same resource of the source device as the first content. Ac... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7616590 | Distributed tempero-spatial query service A distributed tempero-spatial query service uses a plurality of service agents each having an assigned area of responsibility. The service agents are organized into a spatial hierarchy based upon each service agent's area of responsibility. The spatial hierarchy is ... | 11/10/2009 |
