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6530032 Network fault recovery method and apparatus  
The present invention provides layer one, two and three (L 1 /L 2 /L 3 ) Integration and L 1 cut-through path utilization in an apparatus and method of fault recovery. A switch combines an IP...
6513092 1:N protection switching architecture for common processing units  
A system for providing 1:n protection for common processing units in a star bus architecture multiplexer or switching system and providing one redundant protection common processing unit to protect...
6499061 Method and system for assigning labels to data flows over a packet switched network  
Method and system for assigning labels in a data transmission network in which flows of data, composed of packets, are transmitted from a source node to a destination node through a plurality of...
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...
6496811 Fuzzy-logic based overload detection and correction for packet gateways  
A fuzzy-logic based overload control for packet switches wherein a distribution curve is developed regarding the overload possibility versus receive packet stream processing rate. The transmit...
6473397 Add/drop multiplexer and method, and Bi-directional line switcher ring featuring such multiplexers  
An improved add/drop multiplexer in which groups of working channel tributaries have associated groups of protection channel tributaries is provided. Traffic is added by receiving it from an...
6466574 Quality of service improvement of internet real-time media transmission by transmitting redundant voice/media frames  
Improved reliability and reduced delays and packet losses of Internet media transmissions over packet switching networks such as Internet and Intranet is achieved by replicating a sent...
6463032 Network switching system having overflow bypass in internal rules checker  
A novel method of overflow data handling in a multiport data switching system having a decision making engine for controlling data forwarding between receive ports and at least one transmit port....
6442131 Selective VP protection method in ATM network  
A selective VP protection method in an ATM network for protecting a virtual path connection selectively employing VP end protection and arbitrary VP protection is proposed. In the method, the...
6442132 High availability ATM virtual connections  
A method of establishing and maintaining a connection through an asynchronous cell-based network having a plurality of switching nodes, comprises setting up a first bi-directional path between...
6438100 Method and apparatus for routing server redundancy in a network having carrier scale internetworking  
A method and apparatus provides greater flexibility, scalability and manageability when multiple services are being supported by a Carrier Scale Internetworking (CSI) system by including processing...
6430150 Communication node, restoration method and communication network  
In a telecommunication network, each node is provided with the same physical topology information relating to a physical construction of telecommunication paths included in the telecommunication...
6400996 Adaptive pattern recognition based control system and method  
An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function, based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus receives an input from...
6392990 Method for implementing interface redundancy in a computer network  
A method and system for recovering transparently from a network interface failure. The method is to be run in a computing device on a network with multiple peer computing devices, having redundant...
6381218 Network controller system that uses directed heartbeat packets  
A network controller system including a plurality of network ports and a driver system that operates the network ports as a team. The team is operated to simulate a single logical device in one of...
6370112 Seamless path switchover in a connection-oriented packet network  
In a connection-oriented packet switching network, different paths through the network from one point to another are likely to have different delay. The invention is a method and network...
6353593 Protection architecture for virtual channel connections (VCCS) in a telecommunications network  
A method for protecting virtual channel connection (VCC) traffic in a telecommunications system includes receiving a virtual path connection (VPC) at a destination node. The virtual path connection...
6353594 Semi-permanent virtual paths for carrying virtual channels  
A semi-permanent virtual path circuit (SPVPC) is used in a dedicated-connection switching digital network for routing and maintaining data flow between network edge nodes. A two level connection...
6343067 Method and apparatus for failure and recovery in a computer network  
A method for transmitting data in a network from a source node to a destination node via a path of links includes the steps of transmitting data packets from the source node to an intermediary...
6337848 Path switching device for transmission apparatus  
Two alarm detecting units required as alarm detecting units for controlling a PSW in order to implement a PSR function, are deleted, and instead the result of an alarm detection output by a...
6327243 System and method for performing a seamless switchover from a primary packet router to a secondary packet router  
There is disclosed a redundant switch comprising a primary controller capable of routing data packets from an input interface to an output interface and a secondary controller capable of performing...
6308281 Virtual client to gateway connection over multiple physical connections  
A method, system, and computer program by which a logical network connection can be maintained in the presence of disruption or failure of the underlying physical network connection. The technique...
6307834 Redundant transmission system with disconnection of a transmission path exhibiting faulty transmission behavior  
In a transmission system in which redundant message cells are forwarded via redundant transmission paths according to the Asynchronous Transfer Mode, a transmission path is blocked after the...
6278687 MA alternate routeing  
In a Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) based communications network comprising a plurality of Intermediate Systems (IS), the IS being divided between at least one IS--IS Area and at least one...
6269076 Method of resolving split virtual LANs utilizing a network management system  
A method for creating and resolving split VLANs in ATM networks. The method utilizes a Network Management System (NMS) and a standard management protocol such as SNMP. The method monitors the...
6269077 ATM link switching over method and apparatus  
A system switching over method and apparatus for duplicated ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) switch, which enables keeping the delay quality of each cell unchanged without any cell loss, are...
6252891 System and method to insert timestamp information in a protocol neutral manner  
A method and apparatus for inserting sequence number and timestamp information into a network data packet in a manner which is checksum neutral with respect to a checksum precalculated in the...
6246665 Method for attending occurrence of failure in an exchange system that exchanges cells having fixed-length, and interface unit and concentrator equipped in the exchange system using the method  
An ATM exchange system which handles fixed-length cells, such as an ATM exchange, is designed in such a manner that even when a failure occurs particularly in an interface unit or an ATM switch...
6243844 Signal transmitter used in the transmission of data in a communication system  
A signal used in the transmission of data in a communication system including immediately successive cells for the purpose of cell synchronization, includes filler cells containing a predefined bit...
6229787 Mechanism to achieve very fast failover in ATM backbone networks using multi-homed circuits  
A first end-to-end connection between a source node and a destination node is established. The first end-to-end connection may include a number of point-to-point links between a number of...
6226297 Method and system for providing redundancy to asynchronous transfer mode emulated local-area networks  
A method for providing redundancy to an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) emulated local-area network (LAN) is disclosed. The ATM emulated LAN is served by a primary LAN Emulation Server, a...
6222820 Method of VCC/VPC redundancy for asynchronous transfer mode networks  
A method of selectively providing redundancy on a dynamic basis to end users that request it. The method establishes both a primary and a redundant connection for each connection requested to be...
6185192 Process for fetching out error statistics data  
For implementing the method for reading error statistics data, a hardware configuration has processing units (CTR0, CTR1) that operated in microsynchronous parallel operation for the processing of...
6185215 Combined router, ATM, WAN and/or LAN switch (CRAWLS) cut through and method of use  
A cut through is provided in a combined router/switch in a data processing system network by having the router store and forward a first portion of a data flow from a source to a destination. The...
6181675 Uninterrupted switching between active and backup systems in ATM communication apparatus  
A reception device in the ATM communication apparatus has a format conversion buffer, an underflow detecting circuit, and an in-device empty cell insertion control circuit in each of the active and...
6154448 Next hop loopback  
In a telecommunications network, broken connections can be detected and located through a next hop loopback technique. The next hop loopback technique involves the generation, transmission, and...
6141319 Link based alternative routing scheme for network restoration under failure  
Alternative routing schemes in high-speed networks ensure fault tolerance in the event of a link failure. An heuristic algorithm, based on maximal-flow algorithm, is first used to partition the...
6134671 System and method for dynamically generating restoration routes within a communications network  
A system and method is disclosed for dynamically restoring communications within a network following an outage comprising a database containing the configuration of switching elements within the...
6122753 Fault recovery system and transmission path autonomic switching system  
Setting of a bypass path upon occurrence of transmission failure, is applicable for large scale network. A system includes signaling means which makes judgment whether bypassing process is...
6112241 Integrated network interconnecting device and probe  
A Local Area Network (LAN) Switch includes conventional switching functions and integrated Remote Monitoring (RMON) Universal Feature Card (UFC). The UFC allows simultaneously statistically...
6098188 Packet framer  
A packet of information is encapsulated into a frame and the frame is segmented into one or more cells for transmission over a communications network. One of the cells contains a...
6091731 Duplication in asychronous transfer mode (ATM) network fabrics  
Arrangements for controlling a data switching network fabric and for synchronizing duplicate modules of such a fabric. A control complex, for determining new virtual connections to be established,...
6073164 Method and article of manufacture for communication to telecommunications switches, such as IPX switches  
A method, system, and article of manufacture for communicating to or querying telecommunication switches in a telecommunications network first gathers relevant information from a technician. Such...
6067286 Data network switch with fault tolerance  
An ATM data network switch having two separate but simultaneously active switch fabrics and a plurality of slot controllers is disclosed. Each slot controller has at least one external data link...
6041037 ATM virtual path switching node  
In an ATM virtual path switching node, upon being notified of a current virtual path by a virtual path monitoring unit, a link fault determination unit compares the number of faulty current virtual...
5963540 Router pooling in a network flowswitch  
A router fault tolerant network interface system includes a switch circuit configured to detect when a router fails in a multi-router local network. When a failed router is detected, the switch...
5953312 Method and apparatus for determining alternate routes in a network using a connection-oriented protocol  
A system for selecting an alternate route in a network using a connection-oriented protocol. The system is implemented in response to inadequate resources to a normal next hop node for a requested...
5949759 Fault correlation system and method in packet switching networks  
In case of a failure in a high speed packet switching network, the failure information provided by the multiplicity of resources is registered in the access nodes of the network. The failure...
5940367 Fault-tolerant butterfly switch  
The present invention allows a data packet to reach its destination by automatically routing the data packet around failed components by means of a simple and efficient routing algorithms. The...
5933590 Restoration of multiple span cuts with priority hand-off using SHN  
A system and method for restoring communications in a network having multiple span failures. After a failure is detected, a sender node in each of the plurality of sender-chooser pairs sends a...
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