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7636298 Apparatus and method for packet error correction  
A packet error correcting apparatus includes a retransmission request controlling unit controlling a timing of transmission of a retransmission request to a packet transmitting apparatus from a...
7636388 Channel fault detection for channel diagnostic systems  
A method and computer program product for detecting faults in cables. The invention comprises receiving a first reflected signal; comparing the first reflected signal amplified with a first...
7633860 Method for fast rerouting  
A method for fast rerouting, wherein, in a router, a fast rerouting flag and bypass path information is set for forward information corresponding to a label switch path of an incoming interface...
7630292 Data relay apparatus and data relay method  
A failure-recovery-information storing unit stores failure-recovery information in which a working path is associated with a backup path. A failure-occurrence-notification receiving unit receives a...
7627026 Threshold setting using piecewise linear approximation for channel diagnostic systems  
A method and apparatus for detecting faults in cables. The invention comprises computing a plurality of thresholds representing a corresponding plurality of values of reflections in the cable;...
7627290 Route convergence monitoring system and method  
A route convergence monitoring system and method provide for determining routing changes or affected devices that may cause detrimental or other quality conditions to occur in an endpoint device....
7626937 System and method for network connection detection  
The present invention provides a system and method that operates in the link layer and detects connection status in a LAN. The system includes a request frame whose source address is an address of...
7627025 Echo canceller gain control for channel diagnostic systems  
A method and apparatus for detecting faults in cables. The method and apparatus comprise receiving a reflected signal; multiplying an estimation of the reflected signal from an echo canceller by a...
7623527 Method for analyzing network trace, method for judging order among nodes, processor for analyzing network trace, computer-executable program for controlling computer as processor, and method for correcting time difference among nodes in network  
A processor and program for analyzing network trace with the use of data packets transmitted via a network includes: a memory section 32 for storing trace data generated from the data packets; a...
7619982 Active probe path management  
A technique manages paths taken by probe packets sent from a source to a target of a computer network. The novel path management technique enables each probe packet i) to be transferred onto a path...
7616579 Voice over IP analysis system and method  
A path diagnosis method and system for a VoIP network includes obtaining information on VoIP calls from the VoIP network using either Call Data Records (CDRs) or active testing, or both. A VoIP...
7616577 Method and system for connection verification  
The present invention provides a method and system for connection verification. An embodiment includes a DSL based system, with a tester resident at a central office respective to a DSLAM. When a...
7616581 Path setup unit, path setup system and path setup method therefor  
A path setup unit, path setup system and path setup method comprises; a plurality of NEs (Network Elements) which constitute a network and to which path setup is possible; a path setup unit which...
7616575 System and method for link quality routing using a weighted cumulative expected transmission time metric  
A system and method for link quality routing uses a weighted cumulative expected transmission time path metric. A system for routing in a multi-hop ad hoc network, and a method for measuring the...
7613124 Method and apparatus for documenting network paths  
Methods and apparatus for documenting network path connectivity are described that allow a network management system/revision management system (NMS/RMS) to determine what equipment and ports...
7613125 Method and apparatus for temporal alignment of multiple parallel data streams  
Methods and apparatus for aligning the transmitters of two or more bidirectional ports of an integrated circuit (IC), particularly an application-specific IC (ASIC) or field-programmable gate array...
7609643 Transfer of error-analysis and statistical data after retry in a fibre channel input/output system  
A computer Input/Output system having a fabric, a control unit (CU) and a host computes including a channel, the channel having a channel port connected by a first link to a channel neighbor port...
7609705 Determination of a plurality of paths before selection of one path of the plurality of paths for transmission of one or more packets  
An apparatus in one example comprises a first mesh network switch, of a plurality of mesh network switches, that employs mesh connection information of one or more mesh network switches of the...
7607093 Displaying network segment decode information in diagrammatic form  
Network analyzing systems and methods are disclosed herein for analyzing a segment of a data communications network. One example of a network analyzing system includes a network analyzer that...
7606237 Sharing restoration path bandwidth in mesh networks  
A shared mesh data network (SMDN) for path-based recovery at the packet level. In one implementation, a first link in the network is part of two or more different protection paths, where each...
7606165 What-if analysis for network diagnostics  
A network troubleshooting framework is described. In an implementation, a method includes generating a first estimation of network performance by a simulator based on network settings obtained from...
7603588 Two-stage detection of trace identifier mismatches  
Methods and apparatus for processing a trace mismatch by using hardware to detect a change in a trace string and software to perform string analysis are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of...
7602732 End-to-end connection packet loss detection algorithm using power level deviation  
A method is described for detecting total end-to-end loss of data packets in a packet network that does not require direct access to the packet network. A test signal is generated at a source end...
7602728 Method and apparatus for determination of network topology  
Network topology information is determined in a network-based communication system by generating communications between, for example, selected pairs of endpoint devices each associated with a...
7599302 Dynamic enforcement of MPLS-TE inter-domain policy and QoS  
A technique dynamically enforces inter-domain policy and quality of service (QoS) for Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) between a local domain and a remote domain in a computer...
7599301 Communications network tap with heartbeat monitor  
A communications network tap, comprises a first terminal and a second terminal adapted to couple the tap in-line in the network and communicate data packets with network devices. A heartbeat...
7599303 System and methods for sending trace messages  
A traceroute mechanism enables responses to the traceroute to reach the originating router (originator) along a multihop pseudowire (PW). A traceroute message includes an accumulator operable to...
7596097 Methods and apparatus to prevent network mapping  
A trace detector prevents network mapping and tracing by detecting an initial packet containing an initial time to live value that meets a first predetermined threshold range. The trace detector...
7595644 Power-over-ethernet isolation loss detector  
An AC generator has a first terminal coupled through an Isolation Loss Detect (ILD) capacitor to the positive bus of a Power-Over-Ethernet (POE) system, and has a second terminal coupled through...
7596096 Method and apparatus for providing trace route and timing information for media streams  
An apparatus and method that use media packets, such as Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), packets with a specially define profile to determine the route and round-trip-time information. The route...
7595736 Network status indicating circuit  
A network status indicating circuit for indicating network status is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the network status indicating circuit includes a signal-generating unit ( 100 ) configured...
7590222 Techniques and apparatus for one way transmission delay measurement for IP phone connections  
Techniques for measuring a one way delay between two handsets over an Internet protocol (IP) network utilize a delay measurement subsystem connected to both handsets and a procedure to couple a...
7590503 Method and system for rerouteable cyclic redundancy check sum (CRC) for different sources  
Provided is a system and method including a number of routers structured and arranged to route one or more video sources to any of one or more destinations. Each of the number of routers including...
7583605 Method and system of evaluating survivability of ATM switches over SONET networks  
In a particular embodiment, a method of evaluating a network is disclosed. The method identifies potential failure points between a layer two asynchronous transfer mode network and a layer one...
7573825 Methods, apparatus and computer program products for testing a voice over Internet protocol communication system  
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for testing a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication system. A VoIP test phone call is generated through an Internet...
7570597 Discovery process in a vehicle network  
A method of configuring a network within a vehicle, wherein the network includes a plurality of network elements and a plurality of communication links communicatively coupling the plurality of...
7564796 Method and system for managing a network slowdown  
A system and method are disclosed for managing a network slowdown. The method includes measuring a time for a packet to travel from a source node over a given path to a destination node in the...
7564781 Determining throughput between hosts  
An apparatus and method of determining throughput between a first host and a second host of at least one network is disclosed. The method includes the first host intentionally corrupting ICMP...
7564795 Obtaining per-port location information for wired LAN switches  
In one embodiment, a device with a wireless transceiver and a network interface, such as a wireless location determination device or a laptop with wireless capability and an Ethernet port, is...
7561980 Transmission medium testing apparatus and method  
The invention provides a method for testing a transmission medium used in a full-duplex communication system comprising an endpoint that comprises a transmitting end (TX) and a receiving end (RX);...
7561532 Method and device for designing a data network  
A method of designing a transport network having a plurality of network elements and a plurality of connections between the network elements by (a) defining a first network configuration and at...
7561534 Methods of network routing having improved resistance to faults affecting groups of links subject to common risks  
A number of techniques are described for routing methods that improve resistance to faults affecting groups of links subject to common risks. One of these techniques accounts for failure potentials...
7558276 System and method for retrieving computed paths from a path computation element using a path key  
A technique retrieves computed path segments across one or more domains of a computer network in accordance with a stateful (“semi-stateful”) path computation element (PCE) model. The stateful...
7554925 Method and system for creating a quality of service message  
A test program creates a variety of types of quality of service messages to allow a user to test the response of one or more network devices to the variety of messages. The test program displays a...
7554996 Controlled distribution of inter-area routing information  
A technique controls distribution of reachability information for a tail-end node of a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) to a head-end node of the TE-LSP in a computer network. The...
7555680 Distributed control apparatus  
A distributed control system includes a plurality of PLCs which are connected together via active and backup transmission lines which are opposite in transmission direction. Each of the PLCs...
7554923 Tandem connection activation/deactivation  
A method for the automatic activation and deactivation of a tandem connection ( 2 - 6 ) is provided responsive to receiving an activation or deactivation request. Prior to activation, received...
7545737 Method for automatically managing a virtual output queuing system  
A method for automatically managing a virtual output queuing system in a switching fabric. The method includes detecting if a link is one of a non-operational-link and an operational-link. The link...
7545749 High-accuracy packet pair for network bottleneck bandwidth measurement  
A novel packet filtering and processing mechanism solves bandwidth estimation problems related to cross-traffic, host limitations, and fabric-specific issues in order to accurately estimate...
7539148 Circuit integrity in a packet-switched network  
Techniques for performing a continuity check operation include sending a pattern of bits over a packet network connection through a first interface on a packet network to a second interface on the...