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5933412 Parallel connection control  
Parallel connection control ("PCC") processes and switching networks are described. Various aspects of these PCC processes and networks relate to the provision of an alternative switching...
5926456 Path changing system and method for use in ATM communication apparatus  
An ATM path changing system and method for use in an ATM communication apparatus and ATM communication network are provided which can set an alternating route in the event of a failure occurring in...
5923643 Redundancy, expanded switching capacity and fault isolation arrangements for expandable telecommunications system  
Redundancy, expanded switching capacity and fault isolation arrangements for use with an expandable telecommunications system. An inter-nodal network connects a plurality of programmable switching...
5905714 Method for rerouting a packet-mode data connection  
A method for rerouting a packet-mode data connection, especially a frame relay network data connection, in which, traffic transmitted between two nodes is transferred from a first route to be...
5898667 SS7 network management primeship  
A signaling transfer point (STP) includes a communications controller, node maintenance unit, and a plurality of link-interface units, and designates to the individual link-interface units primary...
5898691 Method and apparatus for congestion distributed adaptive routing  
A method for scheduling a connection through a node is disclosed. A resource request message is received from a master. An identity of a trunk where the resource request message is to be issued is...
5854786 Method and apparatus for distribution/consolidation (DISCO) interface units for packet switched interconnection system  
A packet switching architecture provides for a switch system comprised of a cellular base station in communication with the PSTN through a switch. Data packets are routed through the switch system...
5848053 Telecommunications network for serving users from multiple switches  
A method or apparatus for offering multiple switch access to selected lines and trunks of a multiple telecommunications switch complex. The selected lines and trunks are connected to peripheral...
5844887 ATM switching fabric  
A distributed, scalable and modular asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching fabric is disclosed. The switching fabric includes port interface modules for connecting physical devices to the...
5832196 Dynamic restoration process for a telecommunications network  
The invention is a generalized process for dynamically restoring traffic in the event of an outage in a telecommunications network. A Centralized Processing System (CPS) receives alarms from...
5809011 Method for rerouting a packet-mode data connection  
The invention relates to A method for rerouting a connection-oriented packet-mode data connection, especially an ATM network data connection. In the method, traffic to be transferred between two...
5790048 Crosspoint switch with bank-switched memory  
A crosspoint switch routes signals between its terminals in routing patterns defined by routing data from a host controller. The crosspoint switch includes an array of pass transistors. Each pass...
5784357 Packet switching system  
The invention relates to a packet switching system comprising a plurality of inlet circuits which are used each for multiplying a cell coming in by an inlet line, which are provided for...
5781529 Systems and methods for routing ATM switched virtual circuit calls  
The invention routes SVC ATM call setups by utilizing one of a plurality of designated transit lists (DTLs) stored at an originating node. The DTLs describe all routes in the network from the...
5781528 Path switching system and method  
A path switching system and method for a multiple-node ATM network, in which a plurality of paths can be simultaneously switched preserving proper correspondence thereof. A key choosing unit...
5777983 Asynchronous multiport controlling technique for a single system of a remote security administration system  
An asynchronous multiport controlling technique in a single processor of a remote security administration system, for example, including a scanning unit, a VAN (value added network) main unit, an...
5777995 Translator chip for a wideband network  
A translator in an element of a wideband network transforms a format restored by a CCITT information cell into other predetermined formats. It performs this function by inserting cells from a...
5768256 Communications system and method providing optimal restoration of failed-paths  
A system and method for restoring communications between a pair of nodes, between which communications have been broken, in a network. The method comprises the steps of designating one of the nodes...
5764624 Aim switching system and path changing method  
An ATM switching system at each node of a network performs route changing or rerouting promptly when a failure occurs. In each of ATM switching systems at nodes N1 to N6: a route table 21 of a line...
5751695 ATM cell flow control apparatus  
An ATM cell flow control apparatus includes interface sections for terminating transmission lines of two systems which constitute a redundant structure and to which identical cell sequences are...
5732085 Fixed length packet switching apparatus using multiplexers and demultiplexers  
The present invention relates to a fixed length packet switching apparatus using multiplexers and demultiplexers in which the apparatus has an output buffer-type construction, protects itself from...
5729528 Data transmission system having a monitoring function for monitoring the congestion of links and node intended to be used in such a system  
According to the invention, a data transmission system is provided in which data streams corresponding to file transfer applications are separated from those that correspond to transaction traffic....
5684958 System for preventing cell dropout on the transmitting side using timing signal and read completion signal to control the retransmission of previous cell  
A cell dropout preventing system includes a memory for temporarily storing cells which are obtained by dividing transmitting data into cells having a fixed length, an address generating part for...
5677912 Diagnostic device for a communications switching system  
A diagnostic device for a port interface equipment (32) of a communications switching system (12), and at least one digital console (34) having a device (10) for selectively monitoring the...
5671214 System for processing synchronization signals with phase synchronization in a mobile communication network  
For synchronization signals of zeroth and first series, a synchronization signal processing system comprises synchronization trunk device of the zeroth and the first series (77(0), 77(1)) for...
5671213 Duplicated arrangement for ATM switching system  
In a duplicated arrangement for an ATM switching system, first and second store-and-forward buffers are provided for storing and forwarding an ATM cell stream and first and second counters are...
5648963 Input and output side conversion interfaces for an ATM exchange  
An ATM exchange which is comprised of a multistage cascade connection of ATM switches of self-routing module structures which are provided with a plurality of outgoing lines and incoming lines,...
5627822 Method and circuit arrangement for disturbance-free redirection of a message cell stream onto an alternate route  
Within a cell-oriented communication network, a switching equipment (CCa) located at the start of a path pair duplicates a message cell stream supplied thereto for redirection. The message cell...
5592611 Stand-in computer server  
An Integrity Server computer for economically providing a stand-in computer, replacing a failed server of a network. The invention provides methods for re-establishing connections between clients...
5590118 Method for rerouting a data stream  
A method is described for rerouting a data stream previously routed via a route through a switching network which has now failed. The method includes the steps of detecting the failure on a link...
5555478 Fiber optic information transmission system  
A unique fiber optic network with shunting routing devices strategically placed on the fiber optic matrix. These shunting devices divert the packeted information through the network to the intended...
5553060 Method for maintaining virtual connections given an at least partial outage of connecting paths  
A method for setting up virtual connections in packet switching networks is disclosed wherein a virtual connection within a second packet switching network is used to maintain or create a virtual...
5553058 Centralized load minimizing method for periodical routing verification tests scheduling  
There is disclosed a method for scheduling verification tests to audit routing information in a packet switching network comprising a plurality of packet switching nodes and a plurality of...
5485465 Redundancy control for a broadcast data transmission system  
Apparatus and method for a broadcast communications network for comparing the information received on both a primary and secondary communication link. The absence of a packet of information on the...
5471460 ATM switching system with unit switch selecting function for avoiding faulty unit switch  
A switching system with a switching network (10) of multistage construction applicable to ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) is characterized in that each incoming line is wired in parallel to a...
5461609 Packet data network switch having internal fault detection and correction  
A data network switch for switching data between a plurality of data links is disclosed and includes a programmable controller which adapts the data switching in accordance with the state of the...
5408463 Resynchronization of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch fabric  
In a duplicate active-standby memory unit arrangement, a resynchronization initiation determination is made on a cell-interval-by-cell-interval basis based on the equality of cell contents of...
5398236 Asynchronous transfer mode link recovery mechanism  
An inter-node communications link failure recovery system for ATM nodes in which connections are quickly switched from a faulty link to one or more existing links. Within a node, alternate...
5390163 Data exchange capable of minimizing loss of a data block  
In a data exchange for use in an asynchronous transfer mode communication system, the data exchange has first and second buffers. An input data block is selectively loaded with the first and the...
5377180 Data switching device  
Switching modules of a digital network switch have switching ports connected to external ports by a connections network. The modules are arranged in groups. Some of the connection ports of the...
5347271 Network switching contorol method and system  
A network switching control met:hod controls switching from an active route to a protection route when a failure has occurred in any of nodes of a communications network or any of transmission...
5327552 Method and system for correcting routing errors due to packet deflections  
A distributed and adaptive method and system are provided for correcting routing errors due to packet deflections in a dual-shuffle exchange network (DSN). The DSN includes a shuffle-exchange...
5315581 Hit-less protection switching method and apparatus for ATM transmission lines  
A hit-less protection switching method and apparatus therefor for ATM transmission lines for selecting first cells from normal received signals and writing the same into a normal cell buffer,...
5307344 Method for setting up virtual connections in packet switching networks  
Method for setting up virtual connections in packet switching networks. In response to a call request with which the set up a virtual connection is requested and that is supplied to an originating...
5285441 Errorless line protection switching in asynchronous transer mode (ATM) communications systems  
An errorless line protection apparatus involves receipt of data from an active line and a standby line. A determination is made as to whether the data from the active line leads or lags the data on...
5241534 Rerouting and change-back systems for asynchronous transfer mode network  
A change-back system is designed for an asynchronous transfer mode network in which a rerouting path is set to replace an original path when a fault is generated in the original path within the...
5239537 Packet-switched network having alternate virtual paths  
In a broadband ISDN system where each switching node is connected to each adjacent node by a transmission line having communication links and a service link, the switching node comprises a...
5235599 Self-healing network with distributed failure restoration capabilities  
In the event of a failure on a transmission line, a sender, or a terminal node of the failed line, broadcasts CONTROL packets to each of all adjacent tandem nodes, containing a hop count and node...
5222062 Expandable communication system with automatic data concentrator detection  
A communication system including one or more host adapters connected to a host computer, each adapter having multiple serial communication ports for transferring data between the computer and...
5198808 Matrix switch apparatus with a diagnosis circuit having stand-by ports and reduced size matrix switching elements  
In a matrix switch apparatus with a diagnosis circuit, a switch unit is positioned between a group of input line interface circuits and a group of output line interface circuits. The switch unit...
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