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7031260 Central management apparatus and management system  
A central management apparatus determines whether or not data transmitted to the central management apparatus at the fixed time from a device management unit has arrived within the allowable time...
7024590 Digital loop diagnostic port control monitor  
Methods and associated hub arrangements are described for use in diagnosis and recovery in high performance digital loops such as, for example, those seen in Fiber Channel systems. In one system...
7023796 Method for identifying the current route of paths in telecommunications MS-SPRINGS  
A method of identifying the current route of paths on communications MS-SPRINGs is described. The method comprises the steps of providing the network manager with information relating to the...
7020784 Mechanism for detecting intrusion and jamming attempts in a shared media based communications network  
A novel and useful mechanism for detecting intrusion and jamming attempts by an imposter node. A time window defined as an emergency window is reserved after the end of a packet and before an...
7020175 MMSE reception of DS-CDMA with transmit diversity  
A pilot signal enters a first MMSE receiver ( 201 ) and a second signal enters a second MMSE receiver ( 202 ). The first MMSE receiver ( 201 ) performs a channel estimate for the received pilot...
7020809 System and method for utilizing spare bandwidth to provide data integrity over a bus  
A system and method for verifying integrity of data signals communicated from a data transmit device to a receive device over a communications channel of limited bandwidth. The method comprising...
7012888 High availability VoIP subsystem  
A high availability VoIP system interfacing with a PSTN or other TDM network to provide higher availability and better failure recovery wherein the high availability VoIP system includes a...
7012897 Link quality agent  
A link quality agent running in a computer embedded in a device, such as an optical communication transceiver, to monitor an optical signal quality of the link. In one embodiment, avalanche...
7006611 Interface for a telecommunication system  
An improved interface is provided for transmitting data messages between a telephone switching system and an adjunct processor. The interface hardware includes multiple connectors for connecting...
7002905 Method and apparatus for performing the rebooting of a network node with minimal loss of network traffic  
A method of managing a network switch having a processor card, including a memory and a processing unit in the processor card is described. The method includes the steps of detecting an error and...
6996514 Time simulation techniques to determine network availability  
A time simulation technique for determining the service availability (or unavailability) of end-to-end network connections (or paths) between source and sink nodes is disclosed. The failure could...
6990063 Distributing fault indications and maintaining and using a data structure indicating faults to route traffic in a packet switching system  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for distributing fault indications and maintaining and using a data structure indicating faults to route traffic in a packet switching system. In one embodiment,...
6990320 Dynamic reallocation of processing resources for redundant functionality  
A method of and multi-processor based apparatus for dynamically reallocating processors to provide redundant functionality, the method including detecting a fault in a first function having a first...
6990074 Method and apparatus for the control of multimedia services in networks  
A method, apparatus, and system for reducing congestion of real time data traffic on a multimedia communications network having a traffic control mechanism. Information regarding congestion of the...
6985445 Generation of test suites for interoperability of reactive communication systems  
A method of generating a set of test sequences for evaluating interoperability of a number of interconnected communication systems with respect to a desired mode of communication between a first...
6977886 Transmitter for automatically changing transmission data type within specified band  
The transmitter comprises: a detection part for detecting an identifier (CI-ID) for identifying a band use to be received; an identifier setting part for previously setting the identifier (CI-ID)...
6978302 Network management apparatus and method for identifying causal events on a network  
A network management apparatus and method for identifying an event which is indicative of the underlying cause of more than one of a plurality of events detected by a network management station on...
6977901 Packet transmission/reception processor  
If a packet processing controller at a consumer node has failed to process a received packet within a predetermined amount of time, a packet processing control timer detects a time-out and informs...
6975606 Method and apparatus for removing a base transceiver station from a wireless communication system  
A subscriber unit ( 104 ) is gracefully migrated from a selected base transceiver station ( 108 ) to an alternate base transceiver station ( 108 ) by attenuating the communication signals...
6975589 Method and apparatus for a hybrid variable rate pipe  
A method and apparatus for a hybrid variable rate pipe is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method comprises provisioning a hybrid variable rate pipe on a span...
6975590 Fiber-channel arbitrated-loop split loop operation  
An enclosure services processor card is arranged to selectively split a fiber-channel arbitrated-loop (FC-AL) into two split loops. The card is adapted to plug into a backplane for a rack enclosure...
6973668 Method and apparatus for locating a faulty component in a cable television system having cable modems  
A method and system for locating faulty components in a cable modem network configured within a hybrid fiber-coaxial cable television system by tabulating modem performance data are described. A...
6973053 Using direct cluster member to cluster member links to improve performance in mobile communication systems  
A communications system has stations arranged in clusters ( 1 a, 1 b and 1 c ) of communication member stations (CM 2 , CM 3 , CM 6 and CM 7 ), with one member station (CH 1 , CH 4 or CH 5 )...
6973028 SONET ring map generation method and system  
A method for generating a ring map for a bi-directional line switched ring. The method includes identifying a change in a provisioned bi-directional line switched ring and generating a ring map for...
6973026 Resilient chassis-based network switching  
A resilient chassis-based network switch includes redundant control units connected to a network interface through an additional logical interface. The network interface includes multiple data...
6970431 Electronic device, data communication method and data processing method for electronic device  
When an interruption of a bus reset occurs in accordance with the IEEE1394 standard at the time of turn-on of a power source or the like, whether a loop connection has been made or not is...
6970451 Smart routers-simple optics: network architecture for IP over WDM  
A system and method of routing communication signals is provided. A first technique uses a packet switched device that operates using Internet Protocol, the packet switched device determines one or...
6967929 Method and system for managing remote resources in a telecommunications system  
A resource management station for a distributed system includes a managed resources store operable to store for each of a plurality of remote managed resources a previous value of a status of the...
6965559 Method, system, and program for discovering devices communicating through a switch  
Provided is a computer implemented method, system, and program for discovering a topology of a switch from an initiator device. The switch includes a plurality of switch ports. A plurality of...
6965571 Precise error reporting  
A method is provided for the precise reporting of errors in a flow of successive messages. The method includes detecting a transmission error in a message and then deferring the reporting of the...
6961313 Arrangement for verifying randomness of TBEB algorithm in a media access controller  
A testing arrangement is configured for evaluating the randomness of a number generated by a network device under test configured for sending a data packet on a network medium and generating a...
6956824 Extension of link aggregation protocols over the network  
An extension of a Link Aggregation Protocol (LAP) over the network allows current Ethernet point-to-point LAPs to operate across a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). A maximum disjoint path algorithm...
6950654 Data stream protection system and method of use  
An data stream protection system and method of use is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of N main transceivers; a plurality of N standby transceivers logically paired with unique N main...
6948184 System and method for calibrating power level during initial ranging of a network client device  
A system and method for calibrating power level during initial ranging of a network client device, such as cable modem facilitates communications between a network client device and a network...
6944133 System and method for providing access to resources using a fabric switch  
A system and method for accessing resources includes first and second data centers located at first and second respective geographic locations. The first center include a first file server and...
6940810 Protection switching of virtual connections at the data link layer  
A ring network is provided. The ring network includes a number of network elements, each including first and second switch fabrics. At least two uni-directional busses are coupled between the first...
6940820 Voice-aided diagnostic for voice over internet protocol (VOIP) based device  
A method and apparatus are provided for using voice commands to invoke the self diagnostics mode of operation of a broadband network device used in a broadband communication network implemented...
6941389 System and method for processing I/O by disabling output for configuration processor when processor clock is inactive and resuming processor after predetermined period of time  
Systems and methods for accepting and producing various I/O. The systems can include a plurality of input connectors and/or output connectors integral to a board, a circuit to disable the output...
6937570 Resource aware session adaptation system and method for enhancing network throughput  
A system, method, and apparatus for maintaining the status of communications between a wireless client and a content source is presented herein. During periods where the wireless link at the...
6930598 Home gateway server appliance  
A home gateway server appliance allows home computers and other networked electronic devices to communicate with one another, operate without direct interaction with external networks, provide a...
6928049 Modular bridging-device  
A method of managing connectivity of a cluster of bridging-devices including a plurality of links. The method includes pre-designating at least one of the links as a redundant link which is blocked...
6928472 Method for correlating congestion to performance metrics in internet traffic  
For each of a number of network performance metrics, an associated value r pm that represents a difference between a first correlation coefficient r 1 computed for a baseline data set and a...
6920603 Path error monitoring method and apparatus thereof  
A path error monitoring method is provided for monitoring for an error in a communication path in a synchronous network by using an error detection code inserted into a first predetermined byte in...
6909741 Network quality of service localizer  
A method and apparatus for quality of service localization within a relatively time-invariant communications network, the method comprising the steps of: receiving quality of service estimations...
6896179 Computer system that predicts impending failure in applications such as banking  
To predice impending system failures, dummy messages are periodically transmitted from a surveillance computer via a message broker to a host computer that executes processes in response to...
6895440 Network component performance testing  
A method and system for testing. In one embodiment, the method includes but is not limited to coupling one or more modified frame relay sub-interface entities internal to at least one network...
6894980 Automated method and system for verifying end-to-end connectivity in a broadband network  
An automated method as system for verifying end-to-end connectivity in a broadcast network such as an xDSL network including a plurality of elements such as ATM switches coupled to a subscriber...
6876630 Reframer and loss of frame (LOF) check apparatus for digital hierarchy signal  
A reframer and Loss Of Frame (LOF) checking apparatus excludes an input frame data having an improper start point, carries out a reframing process, checks whether the reframed data is normal, and...
6870901 Design and architecture of an impairment diagnosis system for use in communications systems  
A method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes one or more of the following: compiling statistical models of physical layers of a communications system; creating a priori distributions...
6870888 Bit allocation among carriers in multicarrier communications  
A technique is provided that may be employed in multicarrier communications to improve the efficiency of error correction using symbol-oriented error correction methodologies, by reducing the...