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7636299 Packet repeater  
A repeater and method provides a technique to minimize congestion and packet loss, which may be generated when a fault is detected in a ring type packet network or when the network recovers from...
7623826 Wireless repeater with arbitrary programmable selectivity  
The invention relates to wireless repeater systems and methods. In embodiments, such systems and methods involve receiving a wireless transmission signal; and processing the wireless transmission...
7596186 Devices and methods of modulation and demodulation enabling the extension or replacement of a communications link, corresponding sender and receiver  
A modulation device comprises for each carrier frequency: means of discrimination between a signal coming from a first channel of a communications link and a signal coming from a second channel of...
7586839 Peer to peer backup and recovery  
A method in a processing system for managing backup data on a set of nodes in a network data processing system. An inventory of files is generated on a set of nodes in the network data processing...
7542414 Computing a diverse path while providing optimal usage of line protected links  
Methods and apparatus for enabling line-protected links to be included in path-protected segments of a unidirectional path-switched ring are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present...
7529183 Method of setting up a backup path in a transport network  
Paths in a transport network are identified by labels (n 1 -n 4 , b 1 -b 4 ) and more than one restoration resources that can be used for setting up a particular backup path form a restoration...
7525960 Methods and systems preventing frame mis-ordering in explicitly routed networks  
Methods, systems and apparatus are provided which prevent frame mis-ordering in an explicitly routed network when switching from a first path to a second path. In a first embodiment, last frame and...
7525939 Communication system and method using a relay node  
A communication node relays a transmission signal transmitted from a desired source node to a target destination node among multiple source nodes and multiple destination nodes. The communication...
7460471 System for motion control, method of using the system for motion control, and computer readable instructions for use with the system for motion control  
A motion control system and method that includes a central controller configured to generate first and second demand control signals to be used to define actuation motion of respective first and...
7440397 Protection that automatic and speedily restore of Ethernet ring network  
A data relay apparatus stores identification information for identifying itself. A blocking unit blocks a port to avoid an occurrence of a loop path if the data relay apparatus is a master node,...
7433939 Fast reconfiguration of network elements  
A method for re-configuring a network element of a transmission network to restore traffic after occurrence of a failure is proposed. Each configuration request is divided into two phases: At first...
7430397 Radio repeater and radio relay transmission method  
A radio repeater including at least first and second relay systems, each including a reception antenna configured to receive a radio signal, a loop interference suppressor, connected to the...
7397761 Routing restorable service-level-guaranteed connections using maximum 2-route flows  
A packet network employs restorable routing with service level guarantees. Restorable routing generates two disjoint paths through a network of nodes interconnected by links for a connection...
7376079 Backup cell controller  
A wireless local area network for data communications between a computer and mobile units is provided with at least two cell controllers connected to the computer and one or more rf ports each...
7299005 Radio frequency repeater with automated block/channel selection  
A wireless repeater for receiving, amplifying and transmitting one or more wireless signals. The repeater comprises a signal processing device for determining one or more attributes of a wireless...
7287081 Controlled calls in a transmission network  
Commands are shown and described that enable a user to manipulate a call connection for the purpose of maintaining links in a network. The Block command prevents new traffic from being added to an...
7230915 Upper and lower relays and network system  
In a network system comprising an upper relay and a plurality of lower relays connected to the upper relay with working links, the lower relays are connected with redundant links, and communication...
7113699 Fault forwarding in an optical network  
A system and method for forwarding fault information in an optical network is disclosed. Responsive to a fault being detected at a node, the fault information is forwarded to the destination node...
7103050 Method and means for determining the used bandwidth on a connection  
The invention relates to a method for determining the used bandwidth (CCR) on a connection ( 18 ) on which information-carrying units are transported. The duration (ET) of an arrival period, during...
7009933 Traffic policing of packet transfer in a dual speed hub  
A system for policing traffic of packet transfer in a hub. The system includes a first circuit and a second circuit and a first data line connecting the first circuit to the second circuit, wherein...
6925578 Fault-tolerant switch architecture  
A computer network employs a fault-tolerant or redundant switch architecture. The network includes redundant data paths coupling end nodes and switches. Fault-tolerant repeaters (FTRs) can be...
6920508 WDM ring network  
A WDM ring network and method for distributing within such ring network for feeding in data and for distributing both working signals and protection signals on different transmission paths and in...
6912586 Apparatus for journaling during software deployment and method therefor  
A method that, all-in-one, allows applications to distribute asynchronously large amounts of data from a source node to multiple destination nodes, to process that data on each single node and to...
6839515 Method for establishing a communication on a standby link in optical transmission facilities  
A method for standby switching in optical transmission devices is provided, wherein, in addition to a working signal and a protection signal, respective control signals with information concerning...
6744727 Apparatus and method for spare capacity allocation  
A method is given for deriving a backup path routing spare capacity template that is feasible, scalable, adaptive, much faster, and near global optimal in redundancy reduction. The method includes...
6625116 System, methods and apparatus for increasing the data rate on an existing repeatered telecommunication channel structure  
A system, method, and apparatus for increasing the data rate on an existing repeatered telecommunication channel structure. In illustrative embodiments, replacement transceivers and replacement...
6574741 Communications apparatus with light emitting elements  
A communications apparatus having: a communication cable receptacle having signal terminals and power supply terminals for connection to a communication cable having signal lines and power supply...
6339585 Error-recovery mechanism using a temporary forwarder in a wireless-ATM network  
A method of transmitting information in a communications system. The method preferably includes the steps of establishing a communications link between a base station and a temporary node,...
6335939 Apparatus and method for selectively supplying data packets between media domains in a network repeater  
A repeater provides an efficient interconnection of an IEEE 802.3 10 Mb/s network with an IEEE 802.3 100 Mb/s network using minimal buffering. The repeater includes a filter that selectively...
6317414 Signal switching method  
The present invention relates to a signal switching method and apparatus for dividing signals to be switched into a plurality of divided signals and outputting the divided signals at a transmittal...
6272108 Apparatus and method to allow a frame check sequence to determine the updating of adaptive receiver parameters of a high speed communication device  
A DSL device performs a frame check sequence operation in a digital signal processor (DSP), i.e., layer one of the OSI seven layer model, heretofore performed only in layer two of the OSI seven...
6249510 Signal protection system for bi-direction ring network  
The channel protection facility in a two-fiber bi-directional line switched ring network may be significantly enhanced by protecting the service channels in one of the fibers with corresponding...
6181676 System protection switching  
A radio communication network comprising a plurality of communication terminals and a plurality of repeaters intermediate the communication terminals, with wayside communication paths being...
6144675 Clock regeneration apparatus for synchronous data transmission  
A clock regeneration apparatus which regenerates and distributes a timing signal in a synchronous data transmission network. The network is organized by a plurality of transmission units being...
6141320 Method and apparatus for nested automatic protection switching  
Nested APS is implemented in a simple configuration for synchronous transmission systems such as SONET and SDH. Bits 5 to 8 of the received K1 byte are compared with line numbers of lines...
6085079 Storage device wirelessly connected to communication terminal and communication control apparatus, and system having storage device  
A voice storage device monitors wireless signals from a plurality of fixed terminals and a plurality of mobile terminals, which are connected to a main unit. When a channel establishment signal is...
5978354 Optical transmission system and transmission line switching control method  
Disclosed is an optical transmission system for transmitting data via an optical transmission line in accordance with a frame format having overhead which includes a K1 byte used for a switching...
5875210 Method and apparatus for repeating data  
A physical layer (PHY) device which can operate as a conventional PHY or as a repeater in a communication system. The PHY repeater supports four optional modes which may be enabled by programming...
5838226 Communication protocol for transmission system for controlling and determining the status of electrical devices from remote locations  
A communication protocol for a two way transmission system having at least one first transmitter/receiver device, at least one second transmitter/receiver device and at least one repeater for...
5787271 Spare capacity allocation tool  
An apparatus and method is described that is used to design a minimal spares network for a given communications network. Three data files are used as input which describe the communications...
5784404 Intelligent repeater functionality  
A physical layer (PHY) device which can operate as a conventional PHY or as an intelligent repeater in a communication system. The PHY device supports four optional modes which may be enabled by...
5774786 Method of maintaining calls subsequent to a site controller failure  
The present invention provides a method of maintaining calls subsequent to a site controller failure. A site controller broadcasts call information to a plurality of standby repeaters. The standby...
5724341 Network control apparatus  
For the purpose of controlling a communication network used for communication of information and having a plurality of transmission units and a plurality of circuits making connections between the...
5712846 Order wire communication control method for line-switched ring network system  
In an order wire communication control method in a bidirectional line-switched ring network system, two line terminalends located at both sides of faulty location transmit failure occurrence...
5712845 Method for controlling conditional connections in a synchronous digital telecommunications system  
A method for controlling a conditional connection in a synchronous digital telecommunications system, in which a signal has a frame structure has a predetermined number of bytes of fixed length and...
5651001 Method and apparatus for full duplex signaling  
A network transmitter device and network receiver device is described. The network transmitter device transmits a first voltage potential, a second voltage potential, a third voltage potential and...
5386416 Repeater having a bypass circuit for passing time division multiplex signals along even though some time slots are not reinjected  
When transmitting digital signals using time-division multiplexing via a transmission link with repeaters at which time slots are either only branched or also re-injected, the problem arises of...
5038140 Supervisory system in communication system  
In a communication system wherein repeater stations and terminal stations are connected in tandem, a supervisory system in which a logical hierarchical configuration is used for the transmission of...
5029158 Protection switching in a multi-channel communications system  
In a multi-channel, multi-site communications system, spans on working channels extending in an overlapping manner among the sites are afforded protection by a protection channel in accordance with...
4949340 Redundant repeater  
A redundant repeater connected between two transmission mediums that can operate in a repeat state where packets are repeated between the mediums, and a standby state where no packets are repeated...
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