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7613195 Method and system for managing computer networks  
A telecommunication system includes a first network having a first node and a second node which can communicate with each other. The system includes a third node separate and apart from the first...
7613165 Method for selecting broadcast routing path using genetic algorithm in Ad-hoc network  
Provided is a method for selecting a broadcast routing path using a genetic algorithm in an Ad-hoc network. In the method, a plurality of nodes of the Ad-hoc network is defined as one chromosome,...
7613131 Overlay network infrastructure  
A method and apparatus for processing an overlay network infrastructure. In one embodiment, the method comprises a plurality of transparent access points (TAPs). Each TAP is communicably coupled...
7613130 Method for determining the relationship of a customer edge router with virtual private network  
This invention discloses a method for determining the relationship of a Customer Edge Router (CE) with a Virtual Private Networking (VPN), which comprises: assigning in advance for each CE device...
7613129 Managing information describing a communications network  
A system and method for managing information describing a communications network. In accordance with the present invention, a set of communication devices are identified, and one or more...
7613122 Relay device for selecting an optimal path  
A relay device includes a plurality of physical ports physically connected to a plurality of other relay devices on a network to form physical links; a setting unit for setting one or more logical...
7610480 System and method for controlling boot-up process in a communications network switch  
A system and method for controlling an Ethernet node's boot-up process. Upon detecting a system reset condition with respect to the Ethernet node, a link down condition is effectuated on at least a...
7610374 Method of initializing a data processing object associated with a communication protocol used to extract status information related to a monitored device  
A method, system, and computer program product for initializing at least one data processing object associated with a communication protocol used to extract status information related to a...
7609672 Method and apparatus for automatic sub-division of areas that flood routing information  
Techniques for sharing routing information over a network include determining whether the scale of a flooding domain exceeds a threshold. If so, then a router announcement message is sent over a...
7609656 Bridge device, method of controlling bridge device, and control program  
The bridge device is connected to a layer-2 network. The Query message distribution unit discriminates, distributes, and outputs the normal Query messages and abnormal Query messages among the...
7609655 Facilitating topology change functionality when regional root information changes  
A method for providing Topology Change functionality in a Local Area Network (LAN) comprises a plurality of operations. An operation is performed for determining that a Multiple Spanning Tree...
7609654 Method of evaluating network connectivity between network resources  
A method for managing a computer or communication network by obtaining connectivity configuration information from a plurality of networked devices; and, determining a network connectivity...
7609653 Resolving partial media topologies  
Systems and methods for resolving a partial topology are disclosed. In one embodiment a media engine includes a topology loader module that receives a partial topology from another module...
7609651 Methods and systems for maintaining configuration information  
A processor retrieves configuration information (e.g., interoperability rules) indicating acceptable configurations of different types of resources in a storage area network. Based on the retrieved...
7609647 Method and apparatus for network configuration validation  
The accuracy of configuration data within routers of a network are critical in today's networks for security of the network, efficient operating of the network and to ensure corporate requirements,...
7606210 System and method for message consolidation in a mesh network  
A system and method for consolidating messages in a network comprising an access node coupled to a computer and a plurality of radio nodes coupled to sensing devices, such as a utility meter, is...
7606176 System and method to improve the performance of an on demand routing protocol in a wireless network  
A system and method for improving the performance of an on-demand routing protocol in a wireless network is provided. The invention provides improved system performance of a wireless network by...
7606173 Apparatus, method, and system for minimum neighbor assurance in deployment of nodes in a multihop wireless network  
In a network installation method and system, a first message is broadcast, a number of second messages received in response to the first message is counted and/or a type of at least one of the...
7606172 Simple switch control language with switch controller  
A method for configuring a switch with a switch controller that includes obtaining a switch program, wherein the switch program comprises a plurality of instructions written using a switch control...
7606171 Skeletal node rules for connected dominating set in ad-hoc networks  
A method of establishing an arterial sub-network of nodes in a communications network is disclosed. According to the method, the one-hop neighbor sets of each node are compared with the one-hop...
7606170 Method and apparatus for configuring a router, and a computer program product  
A method is provided for configuring a router of a first local-area network in a communication network, having a second local-area network in communication with the first local-area network via the...
7606169 System and method for collecting routing information in a mesh network  
A method includes receiving a request to identify any communication paths visible to a first router in a mesh network and broadcasting the request. The method also includes identifying one or more...
7606168 Apparatus and method for message-centric analysis and multi-aspect viewing using social networks  
Electronic data files are broadly characterized as “messages” and a social network is constructed by analyzing one or more messages exchanged between various entities. Additionally, messages...
7606167 Apparatus and method for defining a static fibre channel fabric  
A storage area network and method for defining a static Fibre Channel Fabric that does not require a Principal Switch. The storage area network comprises one or more hosts, one or more storage...
7603453 Creating links between nodes connected to a fibre channel (FC) fabric  
In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for establishing links between Fiber Channel (FC) protocol node devices through a FC fabric. In the method a common name is assigned to a pair of...
7603445 Managing and changing device settings  
A system facilitates the configuring of a set of devices. The system stores templates, where each template includes configuration data that applies to one or more of the devices. The system...
7603442 Method and system for maintaining service dependency relationships in a computer system  
A method and computer system for maintaining service dependency relationships in a computer system is disclosed, which periodically checks the status of the service components in the system and...
7602759 Wireless LAN system making quality of communication improve and a communication method therefor  
A wireless LAN system if formed by a base station, mobile stations and a controller. The controller receives a frame over wireless media, and a frame analyzer analyzes the received frame. A...
7602735 Method and apparatus for routing between mobile networks  
A method and apparatus for routing between mobile networks without the aid of a home agent by acquiring the internal network prefix of a neighbor mobile network are provided. A routing path is...
7602734 Methods, systems and computer-readable media for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system  
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for dynamically recognizing and processing service order types in a network management system. Service type data for a new service order...
7600033 Network traffic control in peer-to-peer environments  
A method and an electronic unit are disclosed for controlling traffic on a network, especially for controlling peer-to-peer related traffic. A filter unit is intercepting messages related to...
7599343 Method for transmitting and receiving beacon information in wireless LAN mesh network  
Provided is a method for transmitting beacon timing information from a transmission node in a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) mesh network. In the method, each of a plurality of nodes transmits a...
7599314 Surface-space managed network fabric  
A managed surface-space network fabric is presented. The surface-space network fabric can include a spaced-based network fabric and a surface-based network fabric integrated together to form a...
7599313 Method to scale hierarchical route reflectors using automated outbound route filtering-list mechanism  
A method for scaling hierarchical route reflectors (RRs) using automated Outbound Route Filtering (ORF) is presented. A first route reflector identifies other route reflectors configured as Route...
7599312 Withdrawing multiple advertised routes based on a query defined in a withdraw message which may be of particular use in border gateway protocol  
Routes are withdrawn based on a query defined in a withdraw message. One or more route update messages identifying multiple routes with associated attributes and Type-Length-Values (TLVs) are...
7599305 Systems and methods for providing collaboration between systems  
A new approach to creating network-centric systems such as those used in warfare and for other purposes is provided. One technique for providing a collaborative capability that achieves a high...
7599299 Dynamic reconfiguration of a system monitor (DRPORT)  
Method and apparatus for a dynamically reconfigurable system monitor ( 20 ) are described. A system monitor ( 20 ) has registers ( 206 ) accessible via a reconfiguration port ( 201 ). At least one...
7599283 Network traffic synchronization and data compression in redundant network topologies  
Synchronization of network traffic compression mechanisms deployed in redundant network topologies. In one implementation, the present invention features the synchronization of compression...
7596100 Methods, devices and systems with improved zone merge operation by caching prior merge operation results  
Methods, devices and systems for improved zone merge operations are disclosed. Two connected switches are arbitrated as an initiator and a receiver. The merge operation is initiated only by the...
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...
7596085 Access network system and method of moving internal network relay devices  
An external network relay device measures group movement parameters that are used to determine whether the need exists to change the group affiliation of internal network relay devices. When the...
7594092 Integrated multidimensional sorter  
A technique to implement an integrated multidimensional sorter is to store data such that it may be retrieved in a sorted fashion. Entries are stored into a memory according to time stamp value,...
7593427 Method and apparatus for automatic detection and provisioning of DS3 frame formats  
Methods and apparatus for automatically detecting the frame format of a data signal and automatically provisioning a port based on the detected frame format are disclosed. According to one aspect...
7593366 Wireless network facilitator and monitor  
Techniques are presented for facilitating and monitoring wireless network connections. Clients and intermediate nodes are configured to interact with one another via network connections. Initially,...
7593350 Wireless communication between information processing device and wireless communication terminal  
Apparatus includes a section which transmits an inquiry packet for inquiry as to whether any wireless communication terminal exists within such range as to be able to communicate with the...
7593349 Method and arrangement for configuration of a device in a data network  
In order to configure a device (EG) in a data network (LAN), an address for an address assignment server (DHCP) is first of all stored in the device (EG). The device (EG) then transmits an inquiry...
7593348 Traffic-independent allocation of working and restoration capacity in networks  
A given network of nodes that are interconnected by links having corresponding capacities has each link's capacity divided into working capacity and restoration capacity without a priori...
7590139 Method and apparatus for accommodating TDM traffic in an ethernet passive optical network  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for accommodating time-division multiplexing (TDM) traffic in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). During operation, the system...
7590075 Systems and methods for managing wireless communication  
Systems and methods for managing wireless communication between information handling system/s and one or more peripherals or other external devices, and that may be implemented in one embodiment to...
7590074 Method and apparatus for obtaining routing information on demand in a virtual private network  
Routing information may be provided to VPN sites on demand to allow smaller VPN sites with smaller routing tables to communicate directly with other VPN sites. This allows the meshed VPN...