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7184407 Detecting, reporting and mitigating hidden nodes in a wireless data network  
A method for automatic hidden node detection that includes observing frame exchange sequences that conform to a MAC standard such as the IEEE 802.11 standard. The method includes detecting a hidden...
7180866 Rerouting in connection-oriented communication networks and communication systems  
A Private Network-Network Interface (PNNI) network including interconnected nodes is defined as a single rerouting domain (“global domain”) and the global domain is further defined by multiple...
7177267 Hardware monitoring and configuration management  
A transmission system is provided. The system includes a hardware monitor adapted to collect performance information about associated hardware components, a system information database adapted to...
7177268 Packet distributing device  
Packets of different priorities are efficiently distributed to a plurality of links of different qualities. When transmitting a low priority packet, the load on a higher quality link is examined,...
7173909 Diagnostic device for a field bus with control-independent transfer of information  
A diagnostic device that may be included in a superior-level application, for example as an ActiveX component with a software interface standardized for this purpose. The superior-level application...
7173903 Vehicle active network with communication path redundancy  
A vehicle active network ( 12 ) communicatively couples devices ( 14–20 ) within a vehicle ( 10 ). Device operation is independent of the interface ( 22–28 ) of the device ( 14–20 ) with the...
7174192 Method for controlling a hands free system, radio apparatus, and hands free apparatus  
A radio apparatus, to be used as a first ending node of a communication network, is connectable to a hands-free apparatus by a local radio link to form a hands-free system. A call made on the...
7173947 Methods and apparatus to evaluate statistical remultiplexer performance  
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for quantitatively measuring the performance of a statistical remultiplexer. The methods of the present invention provide for generation of...
7170853 Vehicle active network topologies  
A vehicle active network ( 12 ) communicatively couples devices ( 14–20 ) within a vehicle ( 10 ). Device operation is independent of the interface ( 22–28 ) of the device ( 14–20 ) with the...
7158477 Data communication apparatus with distributed traffic protection switching system  
A data communication apparatus having a plurality of working ports for exchanging data traffic with network elements and a plurality of protection ports. The data communication apparatus further...
7154856 Multiplexing apparatus and cell discard method  
A multiplexing apparatus selectively performs cell discard processing in the case of congestion on the basis of a use state of the same connection formed by cells from the side of a switching unit...
7143161 Tandem connection monitoring parallel processing  
In a synchronous hierarchic network having multi-level tandem connection monitoring, all of the fields containing tandem connection monitoring information associated with trail terminations at a...
7139668 Wire event detection  
Classifying a portion of an electrical signal propagating through a conductor includes digitizing the electrical signal to provide a digitized signal, providing a plurality of stored digitized...
7139925 System and method for dynamic cluster adjustment to node failures in a distributed data system  
A distributed system provides for separate management of dynamic cluster membership and distributed data. Nodes of the distributed system may include a state manager and a topology manager. A state...
7137626 Packet loss recovery  
A method, apparatus, and system for recovering from loss of a packet.
7136921 Network system, detection method and monitoring method of network entity faults, and storage medium  
A monitor ( 102 ) receives a returned response message, and stores the state of the link directed to the NE that returned the message as a successful transmission, and then repeats the same...
7130274 Method for detecting connection polarity of network transmission lines and associated detection circuit  
A method and associated detecting circuitss for detecting and correcting a connection polarity of a network transmission line include two network clients and a network transmission line. One...
7130275 Extended automatic protection switching arrangement  
An automatic protection arrangement for a communication system ( 100 ) provides a working line terminal equipment ( 300 and a link ( 1 A) for transmitting bearer traffic from a number of bearer...
7130273 QOS testing of a hardware device or a software client  
A system for testing a software client or hardware module in a voice-over-IP (VoIP) network path includes a VoIP client, a test tool, and an analyzer. The VoIP client, connected to the VoIP...
7126970 Communication system with balanced transmission bandwidth  
A communication system such as a distributed packet switch, is described, including multiple nodes with bi-directional transmission links between the nodes, each link comprising of a set of...
7126921 Packet network providing fast distribution of node related information and a method therefor  
A reliable packet network is constructed with nodes and links where the nodes use a method for fast distribution of link state information. This permits a rapid update of the routing information at...
7124350 Wireless communication method and system for detecting and correcting transmission errors  
A wireless communication method and system for detecting and correcting transmission errors. The system includes at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a Node B....
7120112 Redundancy in media stream processing  
Various media stream processing systems and methods are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a media stream processing method is provided that includes the brokering of a number of communications...
7116634 TCP sequence number recovery in a redundant forwarding system  
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for facilitating recovery of a data connection that was established between an active router and a host. The data connection is a type of connection that tracks...
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...
7110364 Optical link adjacency discovery protocol and an optical network therefor  
An optical link adjacency discovery protocol is provided. The protocol includes a simple format that includes an identifier field of a local node and facility and an identifier field of an echo...
7107353 Systems and methods for determining a fundamental route between central offices in a telecommunications network  
The invention is systems and methods for determining a fundamental route between central offices in a telecommunications network. The invention receives a “request for service” as location...
7103002 Communication management in networks having split control planes and user planes  
Methods of re-establishing a connection between a radio network node and a core network having a control plane entity and a user plane entity in a communication network and of detecting faulty...
7103052 Device for reassembling cell data device for circuit emulation service and method of ATM synchronization control  
A device and method are disclosed for correctly restoring a read clock when there are a plurality of STM data stream transmission sources. In a CES device of an ATM communication system, ATM cells...
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...
7099282 Determining the effects of new types of impairments on perceived quality of a voice service  
Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the...
7096275 Methods and apparatus for protection against network failures  
Units of traffic are routed between nodes in a network on corresponding sets of trunks, such that the traffic is balanced between disjoint paths. A restoration process for the traffic is...
7092361 System and method for transmission of operations, administration and maintenance packets between ATM and switching networks upon failures  
A system and method of notifying a first communication network of a fault related to a second communication network is provided. The first communication network is connected to the second...
7085237 Method and apparatus for routing alarms in a signaling server  
An alarm collection and routing method using a multi-stage clock distribution scheme in a signaling server organized into a plurality of uniquely addressable shelves. The signaling server includes...
7085225 System and method for providing detection of faults and switching of fabrics in a redundant-architecture communication system  
A system and method of selecting a routing datapath between an active datapath and a redundant datapath for a communication device are provided. The system and method are embodied in a first step...
7082099 System for managing layered network  
A system manages a layered network including an upper layer and a lower layer. In this system, a fault or degraded performance on a lower layer line, which is a connection line in a lower layer, is...
7079484 Management method for maintaining communications options within a private communications network  
The method enables a set of services to be maintained within a private communications network even in the event of the network becoming split. It uses emergency means providing dynamic accesses...
7079491 Method and node apparatus for filtering ICMP data frame  
A node apparatus is provided for transmitting an ICMP data frame to a transmission source in response to an IP data frame received from the transmission source when detecting failure regarding the...
7079535 Method and apparatus for real-time fault-tolerant multicasts in computer networks  
The sender of a multicast in a computer network attaches an official release time to the message being multicast, asking every receiver to process the message at or after the official release time....
7079587 Signal transmitter having voltage booster circuit and method of operating the same  
In a radio signal transmitter, a microcomputer operates by receiving an output voltage of a battery to sequentially generate a voltage boosting control signal. This voltage boosting control signal...
7075887 Measuring efficiency of data transmission  
Retransmission of packets in a TCP network is measured by monitoring packets traversing bearer links between nodes and examining the sequence number within its connection of each packet. For each...
7072676 Method and wireless transceiver for requesting and processing information  
A method and a wireless transceiver are used for requesting and processing information. A first information query is transmitted by the wireless transceiver and information is returned by a service...
7072305 Method and apparatus for analyzing a communications network link  
A method and system for testing at least one link in a communications network. The system includes first and second analyzer units that are configured to test an existing link in the network....
7061871 System and method for identifying errors in a video conference conducted on a packet-based network  
A system and method for identifying errors in a video conference conducted on a network are disclosed. A central device includes a central agent that detects an error during a video conference...
7058009 Router-level automatic protection switching  
In a data packet router, a method for redirecting packets destined for a port comprises steps of monitoring port status on a continuing or periodic basis, updating a port-status table, listing port...
7058008 Link capacity adjustment component  
A component for adjusting the capacity of a network link between the component and another component is disclosed. The component receives a first data signal and transmits across forward channels...
7054262 Line-level path protection in the optical layer  
Systems and methods provide very fast protection switching while leaving selected traffic unprotected. When a link fails, only certain pre-selected paths are rerouted at the point of failure. Other...
7046620 Method and network for tolerating a fault on hubs and lines  
Hubs 11–14 are circularly connected with each other. The hubs 11 and 12 are supplied with electric power from the power source 1 and the hubs 13 and 14 are supplied with electric...
7046623 Fault recovery system and method for inverse multiplexed digital subscriber lines  
A system ( 10 ) and method are provided for restoring the flow of a data stream in the event of a link ( 28 ) failure while avoiding delays due to down time. The system ( 10 ) for passing the data...
7043250 Systems and methods for forming and operating a communications network  
Methods are provided for forming and operating mesh communications networks. A primary application of these methods would be for a network for interconnecting telephone central offices. Compared to...