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6694373 Method and apparatus for hitless switchover of a voice connection in a voice processing module  
A method and apparatus is described that provides for switching active data connections from one processor to another processor without significantly interfering with the transmission of the data....
6693875 Communication network system  
A communication network system has a plurality of communication terminals, each having a first transmitting unit and a first receiving unit. Information is transmitted and received among the...
6693874 System and method for enabling fault tolerant H.323 systems  
An H.323 client terminal ( 102 ) according to an embodiment of the invention employs primary and secondary H.323 control units or state machines ( 110 a , 110 b ). The primary control unit ( 110 a...
6687217 Method of and system for one plus one protection for radio equipment  
A method of and apparatus incorporating 1+1 protection in a point-to-point radio system includes redundant microwave radio transceiver pairs, each transceiver including identical controls for...
6687356 System and method for providing device-aware services in an integrated telecommunications network  
A system and method of device-aware service provisioning in a hybrid/integrated telecommunications network having a packet-switched network portion (PSN) and heterogeneous circuit-switched network...
6687218 Configurable communication output redundancy  
The invention is a communication system having a series of output modules that provide continuous synchronization output signals. Each output module has a driver assembly that has a driver output...
6680904 Bi-directional chaining of network access ports  
Network access apparatus includes first and second master units, each having a physical interface to a packet-switched network. A plurality of slave units, each slave unit having one or more ports...
6680903 Network system, network terminal, and method for specifying location of failure in network system  
In a network of a topology of a loop and a bus, occurrence of a failure is detected and a location of the failure is specified. Occurrence of the failure is detected by detecting that a specific...
6674714 Retainment of alarm events during wait restore (WTR) cycle of channel restoration and squelch table with reduced memory area  
A transmission device which cross connects channels on a synchronous multiplex transmission network which forms a ring, and which performs restoration of communication by looping back signals in a...
6674713 Method and apparatus for providing continuous voice and call communications between a data network and a telephony network  
A method and apparatus are provided for providing continuous voice and call communications between a data network and a telephony network. In one configuration, a first gateway controller that...
6671253 Method and system for providing peer redundancy to asynchronous transfer mode emulated local-area networks  
A method and system for providing enhanced peer redundancy in an ATM emulated local area network (ELAN) served by a primary LAN emulation server (LES), a peer LAN emulation server, a broadcast and...
6662368 Variable spare circuit group size and quantity having multiple active circuits  
A plurality of daisy-chained switching circuit cards are each coupled to a different active circuit card. Feed-through circuit cards are each coupled to spare circuit cards having substantially...
6646982 Redundant source synchronous busses  
A system and method for providing redundant source synchronous communication links. The system includes a redundant source synchronous communications bus coupling a first component and a second...
6643254 Rerouting method for a PVC route on an ATM network and a network management system using the rerouting method  
The present invention relates to a method of rerouting a PVC route on an ATM network by previously defining an alternate route for the PVC route and by switching the PVC route to a previously...
6643253 Method and apparatus for providing virtual facility communication service  
A system for establishing a virtual facility connection so that services provided by a main location private branch exchange are accessible by affiliated or remote locations via a concentrator,...
6639893 Communication network system including ring network that performs communication through multiple switching devices  
Two between-ring connection node devices are placed between ring networks A and B, these are connected by between-ring transmission lines for which it is possible for each of the items that face...
6639894 Communications interconnect with make-before-break signal routing  
A primary communications interface card for receiving a signal is equipped with a bypass or shunting relay, the control of which is managed by a backup or protection interface card. The cable...
6625115 Self-healing network, method for transmission line switching thereof, and transmission equipment thereof  
The present invention provides a network in which the installation of working lines may be enabled based on the required traffic and the high speed switching of the transmission lines may be...
6625753 Recovery facility for an SNA communication network  
A recovery facility is provided for a system network architecture (SNA) communication system employed by a computer network. The recovery facility includes bringing up a backup processor upon...
6614752 Transitioning a standards-based card into a high availability backplane environment  
A telecommunications device includes a backplane having an associated high availability backplane environment. A transition card coupled to the backplane helps transition a standards-based card...
6594261 Adaptive fault-tolerant switching network with random initial routing and random routing around faults  
An interconnection network routes packets among switches connected in a multi-dimensional network of links. Each packet contains a header with an address of a source switch connected to an input...
6594358 Method and apparatus for replacing terminator in the backplane of a telecommunication switch  
This invention provides a method for replacing terminators in a backplane of a telecommunication switch such that the telecommunication traffic carried on a line does not require a separate routing...
6594228 Backup procedure for signalling links  
A method of improving the signalling performance reliability of an interface between a signalling agent and a network element. In the case of a non-redundant signalling agent, a primary link is...
6590862 Line interfacing apparatus with N&plus 1 configuration  
A line interfacing apparatus has terminating units connected to lines, a spare terminating unit, a line selector for connecting one of the lines to the spare terminating unit, and a termination...
6574686 Method for overcoming faults in an ATM I/O module and lines connected thereto  
An arrangement having a service fiber and a protection fiber connected to different I/O modules that are connected to an ATM switch. The switching functions necessary for achieving protection are...
6570844 System and method for providing redundancy in a telecommunications system  
A redundancy system for a telecommunications system is provided. The redundancy system includes one or more resources, such as circuit cards containing circuits that process data for...
6556539 Selector switch control using priority table  
A system and method for reducing undesirable phase transients caused by revertive switchover in a telecommunications network. Selector switch settings are assigned priorities. The priorities...
6552997 Router network, with saving function, for subordinate LAN at router fault  
Disclosed is a router network which, regardless of the format used for a network, ensures that communication with another segment will be maintained, even though a fault may occur at a router. The...
6553034 Virtual path ring protection method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for the robust implementation and protection of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) traffic over a Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) Unidirectional Path Switched Ring (UPSR)....
6546498 System and process for detecting/eliminating faulty port in fiber channel-arbitrated loop  
A system and method of detecting/eliminating a faulty port in a fiber channel-arbitrated loop, which implements early location/elimination of a port which causes a faulty on a loop in an FC-AL. If...
6542268 OPTICAL CHANNEL CROSS CONNECT FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN WDM TECHNOLOGY (WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING) HAVING A DOUBLE SPATIAL SWITCHING STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL FLOWS STRICTLY NOT BLOCKING AND INTERPOSED FUNCTIONAL UNITS OPERATING ON SINGLE CHANNELS  
An optical cross-connect for the switching of optical channels at variable bit-rate (up to 10 Gbit/s), wavelength division multiplexed on bi-directional optical fibers forming the transmission...
6542461 Method of protecting ATM connections in a telecommunications network  
A method of protecting ATM connections in a telecommunications network including at least one protection domain which covers only a portion of a connection, each protection domain comprising a...
6535479 Hitless switching system of ATM switch apparatus in which discard priority control is stopped  
A hitless switching system in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) apparatus, includes a first system switch section and a second system switch section. The first system switch section has a first...
6532231 Arrangement for changing the destination of single link, single destination data messages  
An arrangement and method for switching a single destination data channel to a different destination without losing any data messages. Such a switch is required, for example, when a switch is made...
6529473 Device for ATM cell switching, with failure tolerance  
A device for ATM cell switching having failure tolerance. The device is divided into two types of equipment modules. The first type includes connecting modules while the second type includes two...
6504817 Fiber channel arbitrated loop dynamic loop sizing  
In a Fiber Channel Arbitrated Loop communications architecture, dynamic loop sizing includes selectively bypassing operational device ports in the loop in order to minimize overhead associated with...
6498779 Multiple endpoint paths  
A multiple endpoint path for providing endpoint redundancy is described. Selected active end nodes in a digital communications network are configured by a network management system to have...
6493346 System for providing conversion of TDM-based frame relay data in a cross-connect matrix to and from ATM data  
A high density frame relay circuit within a digital cross-connect matrix converts TDM based DCS matrix data containing frame relay data to/from a DS3 ATM physical interface and provides adaption...
6487214 Method and apparatus for implementing an ethernet protocol using three wires  
A system and method are disclosed for transmitting signals from a digital MAC interface to a bus and for transmitting signals from a bus to a digital MAC interface. A first bus data line is...
6469981 Point-to-multipoint network  
The invention has for its object to provide a network in which an optimized mode of operation is made possible both in the trouble-free case and on the occurrence of a disturbance. This object is...
6466576 ATM switching unit  
In an ATM switching unit, action information indicative of a cell of a presently operable system is stored into such a cell received from a line which is used as the line for the presently operable...
6452926 Reliable and robust atm-switch  
An ATM-switch is built in tree stages, each consisting of a plurality of switch cores. Each switch core in the first stage is duplicated to form a redundant pair of planes operating independently...
6449249 Spare circuit switching  
Active and spare circuit cards are each paired with switch cards. Each switch on the switch cards is daisy chained with prior and succeeding switches. A master controller senses a faulty circuit...
6426940 Large scaled fault tolerant ATM switch and a self-routing method in a 2N×N multiplexing switch  
A large-scale fault tolerant asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch and a self-routing method in a 2n×n multiplexing switch. The 2n×n multiplexing switch includes 2n valid (VD) extracting parts...
6418116 Transmission system having an uninterrupted switchover function for a plurality of lines  
A transmission system having an uninterrupted switchover function for a plurality of lines is disclosed. The aims are to prevent unnecessary switchover and to provide high quality transmission...
6418115 Exchange for changing a route of a transmission path to bypass a malfunctioning switch  
An exchange changes a route of a transmission path to bypass a malfunctioning switch. The transmission path is formed in a switch network including a plurality of switches for transmitting...
6414969 Cellular telephone communication protocol  
A cellular telephone communication protocol enables a communication link primarily for the transmission of voice and data. At predetermined intervals or on-demand data regarding location, an event,...
6411598 Signal conversion for fault isolation  
To readily isolate a fault in a network adaptable for distributed restoration of disrupted traffic, each node of the network is provisioned with the functionality of being able to detect an...
6392989 High speed protection switching in label switched networks through pre-computation of alternate routes  
Method of providing a recovery plan for a connection in a communications network when the connection is disrupted by a failure of a switch, switch or link in the network. In a provisioning phase, a...
6381221 System and method for monitoring line performance in a digital communication network  
System for monitoring the performance of at least one line at a node of a digital communication network, such a system including a set of hardware registers associated with the line for registering...