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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7453802 | Method and apparatus for detecting and removing orphaned primitives in a fibre channel network A method and system for detecting orphaned CLS primitives in a fibre channel network having a fibre channel switch element coupled to an arbitrated loop is provided. The method includes, sending an OPN primitive to a switch element port's own AL_PA to open a connect... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453815 | Method and system for monitoring and management of the performance of real-time networks Gateway routers for real-time networks have the ability to collect delay, loss, and jitter statistics on a per-connection basis. It is possible to use this information not only to monitor the quality of individual voice calls and other real-time connections, but als... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453843 | Wireless bandwidth aggregator Wireless communications networks offer rapid installation and good mobility in return for relatively low data bandwidth. The present invention makes use of any additional data bandwidth by combining multiple data packets and transmitting them simultaneously on diffe... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450715 | Transceiver for bidirectional frequency division multiplexed transmission The present invention relates to a transceiver for bidirectional frequency division multiplexed transmission, a communication system including one or more transceivers. Optionally, the communication system is a communication system for a digital subscriber line. The... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450617 | System and method for demultiplexing video signals The present invention is directed to a system and method for demultiplexing video signals that have been combined using a time division multiplexing approach. The system includes synchronizers, parsers, demultiplexers, and an input buffer. Each demultiplexer within ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450606 | Bit slice arbiter An arbiter circuit is provided for resolving a plurality of N request signals received from a plurality of agents requesting access to a resource. The arbiter circuit includes: a token distribution circuit responsive to a first clock signal defining a grant cycle, a... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450603 | System and methods of wireless vehicle to vehicle data sharing System, methods, and apparatus are provided for wireless vehicle-to-vehicle sharing of multimedia data. The system includes a data storage device configured to store multimedia data packets transmitted by a system broadcast, a processor coupled to the data storage d... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450596 | Scheme for realizing communications through external network from contents processing device connected to local network in home environment A scheme for realizing communications through an external network such as telephone network from a contents processing device such as AV device or PC connected to a local network such as home network is disclosed. The contents processing device solicits a set up of ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450595 | Method and system for managing multiple networks over a set of ports A system has a switch that allows virtual private networks to be created dynamically. The system includes at least one network. The system also includes a computer having an address. The system also includes a plurality of ports for coupling to the computer. The sys... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450560 | Method for address mapping in a network access system and a network access device for use therewith A method to support the assignment of a globally unique network public address and, optionally, a number of locally unique ports to a first private network subdevice having a private network address on a network access system from a second private network subdevice ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450530 | Cross link multiplexer bus configured to reduce cross-talk A cross link multiplexer bus comprising a plurality of cross link multiplexers and a plurality of interconnects. The plurality of cross link multiplexers has a destination port configured to receive a signal and an origin port configured to produce said signal. The ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450520 | Remote interface for a network device in the physical plant A network device such as a combination ONU-DSLAM deployed outside the central office includes a wireless transceiver to enable a technician to interface with the network device over a wireless control channel. This allows the technician to monitor, interrogate, and ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450501 | Media processing system based on satellite set top box platform with telephony downstream and upstream data paths Systems and methods that provide satellite-based media processing are described. In one embodiment, a system that exchanges media may include, for example, a communications device that may be coupled to a network and to an antenna. The communications device may prov... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450500 | Fibre channel arbitrated loop bufferless switch circuitry to increase bandwidth without significant increase in cost A switch, switched architecture and process for transferring data through an FCAL switch is disclosed. The switch uses multiple switch control circuits each coupled to one FCAL network and all connected to a crossbar switch. The switch control circuits are coupled t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450494 | Reconfigurable apparatus providing 1:N and 1:1 equipment redundancy for high speed broadband interfaces with 1+1 and 1:N automatic protection switching A reconfigurable apparatus providing 1:N redundancy and 1:1 redundancy for high speed broadband interfaces with 1+1 and 1:N Automatic protection Switching (APS), is presented. The apparatus includes a mini-midplane having a redundant slot, a plurality of active slot... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450514 | Method and device for delivering multimedia data using IETF QoS protocols A method and device for delivering multimedia data using IETF QoS protocols. MPEG media data can be transmitted in packet units through a network using the IETF QoS protocol by mapping MPEG media traffic factors onto IETF QoS traffic factors. By encoding or transcod... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450513 | Network controlling apparatus and path controlling method therein A network controlling apparatus appropriately arranges a generated path every hour with a change in section and bandwidth requested in each time period to flexibly generate a path according to the state of occurrence of requests. The network apparatus comprises a st... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447226 | Methods and apparatus for continuous connectivity between mobile device and network using dynamic connection spreading The invention provides methods and apparatus for establishing a connection between a mobile client and an external computer network such that the client computer network connection provides the illusion of seamless connectivity. In one aspect of the invention data i... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447224 | Method and system for routing fibre channel frames A method and system for transmitting frames using a fiber channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes a port having a receive segment and a transmit segment, wherein the fiber channel switch element determines if a port link has been reset; deter... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447222 | Automated path tracing through switching mesh One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of automated path tracing from an original mesh switch through a switching mesh to a specified destination. A mesh traceroute packet to the specified destination is built. The mesh traceroute packet is transmitted via an ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447200 | System and method for simultaneously transporting different types of information over a power line In one embodiment, an adapter is configured for coupling to a power line to receive and propagate multiple types of information including voice and video. In general, the adapter comprises (i) a physical layer adapter including a plug for coupling to the power line ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447189 | Configuration of overhead channels in a mixed bandwidth system A method and apparatus for transmitting broadcast information in a multi-carrier communication system. The Sync Channel of the multi-carrier system is transmitted a 1.25 MHz channel bandwidth (i.e., over a single carrier), and to specify the preferred channels for t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447151 | Virtual private network (VPN)-aware customer premises equipment (CPE) edge router A network architecture includes a communication network that supports one or more network-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The communication network includes a plurality of boundary routers that are connected by access links to CPE edge routers belonging to th... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447147 | Ethernet switch with configurable alarms According to one embodiment, an Ethernet switch includes a plurality of ports operable to receive and transmit Ethernet traffic. The Ethernet switch also includes system monitoring software operable to receive an indication from a user of a plurality of fault condit... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447239 | Transmission path monitoring One aspect of the invention provides an ingress apparatus comprising a signal processing apparatus for receiving an incoming data frame and locating the position of path overhead, and a monitoring apparatus arranged to extract information from the located path overh... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447237 | Radio access network system, radio communication method, synchronous server and node An apparatus and method prevent an out-of-sync state of clocks from occurring in an IP network or an IP-based radio access network in which network fluctuation delays occur. A synchronous server includes a clock generator configured to periodically generate a clock ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447229 | Method for providing prioritized data movement between endpoints connected by multiple logical channels A data network and a method for providing prioritized data movement between endpoints connected by multiple logical channels. Such a data network may include a first node comprising a first plurality of first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues arranged for high priority to... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443878 | System for scaling by parallelizing network workload A method for scaling a network system which includes providing at least one network interface and providing a flexible association between packets and a plurality of processing entities via the plurality of memory access channels. Each network interface including a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443862 | Apparatus connected to network, and address determination program and method A network-capable device stores an address of another device. The network-capable device determines whether or not a connected network has been changed. If it has not been changed, then an address other than the address of the other device stored is determined as an... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443847 | Stateful failover of service managers A system and method are disclosed for providing a fault tolerant network service. A packet is received that corresponds to a flow from a forwarding agent at a primary service manager and instructions are determined at the primary service manager for handling packets... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443846 | Implementation of a multiplexer in integrated circuitry A smaller, faster implementation of a multiplexer is provided. Using an improved selection encoding, the multiplexer is implemented using LUTs that may be coupled to one another using a cascade connection structure. The improved selection encoding and cascade struct... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443834 | Combining multimedia services with traditional telephony The present invention provides a combined user agent (CUA) to represent a telephone supported by a circuit-switched telephony switch and a packet-based media device as an integrated group to other network entities. The CUA is configured to facilitate the necessary c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443831 | Call control using a layered call model An aspect of the present invention provides a method of controlling a multi-layer transport network. In accordance with the invention a determination is made as to whether a connection supporting a performance requirement of a call can be established within a first ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443826 | Method and apparatus for automatic frequency control in a CDMA receiver Code division multiple access signals received through at least one multipath propagation channel are processed to produce at least one relative frequency error estimate. This involves receiving and processing the signals using a local frequency reference oscillator... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443823 | Access points with selective communication rate and scheduling control and related methods for wireless local area networks (WLANs) The present invention is directed to methods and wireless communication devices that are configured to enhance communication capacity in a wireless network. In one aspect of the invention various scheduling processes and schedulers for the transmissions of data pack... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443822 | Method for multihop routing for distributed WLAN networks A method for multihop packet trasmissions in a wireless network involves establishing a multihop route through the wireless network. After establishment of the multihop route, transmission protocol parameter are altered to minimize delays for transmissions over the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443818 | Method, apparatus and system of multiple-input-multiple-output wireless communication Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system for selectively modulating a data frame of a signal using either a frequency-multiplexing modulation method or a spatial-multiplexing modulation method based on a predetermined criterion. | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443811 | Transmitting data A data transmission method, wherein a first station transmits packets of data to a second station and the interval between data packet transmissions from said first station to said second station does not exceed a specified time interval, and said second station tra... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443810 | Wireless terminals A wireless terminal for use in the transmitting and receiving frequency bands of a frequency duplex system comprises transmitting and receiving stages (Tx, Rx) and signal propagating means (22, 24, 26) coupled to the transmitting and receiving stages. The sig... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443805 | Method and system for adjusting the configuration of devices in a wireless communication system A method and system for adjusting the configuration of devices in a communications system is provided. An engineer may perform a test of the configuration of a device in a system by using a diagnostic measurement device (DMD). The engineer (or the DMD) may then esta... | 10/28/2008 |
