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7392373 Granularity on a per port basis of request-response communications over a networked computer system  
Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for improved granularity of a response-request communication on a networked computer system. One example embodiment includes receiving the request-response...
7391777 Distance-sensitive scheduling of TDM-over-packet traffic in VPLS  
A method of scheduling high-priority packets in a metro Ethernet switch is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of determining a maximum queuing delay allowed for at least...
7388867 Data networks  
A data network in which at least one switch is provided with the facility for estimating current network demands using a polygonal approximation to scaled cumulant generating function. The...
7388841 Selecting multiple paths in overlay networks for streaming data  
A method selects multiple paths between a server and a client in an overlay network where nodes are connected by links. The nodes include the server and the client. Each path includes a set of...
7385982 Systems and methods for providing quality of service (QoS) in an environment that does not normally support QoS features  
Systems and methods for providing fractional bandwidth communication channels in classes of service that do not normally support these types of channels. In one embodiment, a method comprises...
7382781 Multicast architecture for a virtual private local area network service in a metro ethernet network  
A centralized node (CM) for coupling into a computer network ( 10 ) along which network traffic flows between a plurality of nodes (PE x ) in a form of packets. The centralized node is programmed...
7376224 Pay-per-use communication node capabilities  
A system and method are provided for enabling additional capacity or features on telecommunication nodes without requiring replacement of hardware. Service providers purchase hardware which is...
7376082 Quality of service for iSCSI  
A method for providing quality of service (QoS) for an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) environment is presented. The method includes the steps of shaping one or more Protocol Data...
7369571 Method and system for sending E-LSP packets having QoS across a cell ATM based network  
A telecommunications system includes a packet based network. The system includes a packet ingress node for packets having a QOS in communication with the packet based network. The system includes...
7366785 Communication control apparatus, communication control method and communication control program product  
A communication control apparatus includes a storage device configured to store corresponding weighted values for each of a plurality of predetermined portions of a sender address, a connection...
7366176 Method to provide effective connection grooming in PNNI  
A method to provide actual network connection routing cost for use in connection grooming is disclosed for one embodiment. A setup message is transmitted from a source network node, through one or...
7366175 ATM packet scheduler  
A packet scheduler controls dispatch of packets containing constant bit rate (CBR) or real time variable bit rate (rt-VBR) at an ingress operation of multiplexing the packets into payloads of an...
7366160 Method of determining service trends  
The invention proposes a method of determining communications network service trends. The invention therefore selects two or more parameters of a network representative of a network service and...
7362776 Method for multicast load balancing in wireless LANs  
A method for multicast load balancing in a wireless network having a plurality of access points. The method includes setting a maximum Internet protocol multicast bandwidth for the access points,...
7362764 Method and apparatus for verifying service level in a communications network  
One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus and a method for handling an incoming packet at a port in a network. The port belongs to one or more partitions, and at least one service level is...
7359355 Method for transferring intersystem connections  
To transfer intersystem connections, the quality of a transfer to a supplying base station in a first radiocommunication system is determined at a given moment by a subscriber station and compared...
7359353 Access network and method for improved inter-PDSN dormant mode handoff  
Various embodiments are described herein to address the need to have a method and apparatus that improve the resource efficiency of inter-PDSN ( 142 to 141 ) dormant mode handoffs. Promptly after...
7359322 Dynamic bandwidth reallocation  
Bandwidth allocated between the traffic classes of a network path is dynamically reallocated when one or more traffic classes have insufficient available bandwidth to support a service request for...
7352751 Accounting for link utilization in scheduling and billing  
An apparatus for transferring data in a telecommunications network. The apparatus includes a memory in which a packet memory length is stored. The apparatus includes a mechanism for determining a...
7349403 Differentiated services for a network processor  
A differentiated services device is described. In one embodiment, the differentiated services device includes: a traffic metering unit to indicate whether an information element in a flow conforms...
7339934 Alternate routing of voice communication in a packet-based network  
A method for performing alternate and therefore least cost routing in distributed H.323 Voice over IP (VoIP) networks is provided. With this method, the VoIP network consists of a hierarchy of...
7336666 Data transport for bit-interleaved streams supporting lane identification with invalid streams  
A method for generating a channel stream. The method generally comprises the steps of (A) transforming a plurality of data streams, wherein every data stream entering the channel stream experiences...
7336662 System and method for implementing GFR service in an access node's ATM switch fabric  
A scheme for implementing GFR service in an ATM environment, e.g., an access node's ATM switch fabric. Regulation of a GFR flow is throttled between two modes, a guaranteed rate mode and a...
7336605 Bandwidth allocation for link aggregation  
A method for establishing a connection with a guaranteed bandwidth for transmitting data over a logical link that includes a plurality of parallel physical links between first and second endpoints....
7334252 Rapid cable modem re-provisioning in a cable network  
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for allowing rapid re-provisioning of a cable modem at the MAC/physical layer in a cable modem network. After a cable modem goes...
7333495 Method for scheduling upstream communications  
A system and method is provided for scheduling transmissions from a plurality of services operating over a widely distributed communications network. A headend communications device (such as a...
7330475 Method for sharing the bandwidth available for unicast and multicast flows in an asynchronous switching node  
In an asynchronous switching node, n1 input modules and n2 output modules are interconnected by an asynchronous cell switching network. The network routes a cell transmitted by an input module to...
7330472 System and method for hybrid coordination in a wireless LAN  
A system and method are provided for maintaining a hybrid coordinator (HC) in a wireless communications local area network (LAN). The method comprises: a station (STA) seeking a guaranteed quality...
7330429 Method and apparatus for internet protocol transaction routing  
In one embodiment, a method for providing optimal transaction routing for data packets through a network on a plurality of logical pipes includes assigning each data packet to one of the plurality...
7327681 Admission control method in internet differentiated service network  
The present invention provides an admission control method in an Internet differentiated service network, for dividing an admission control function executed at an ingress edge node into a path...
7324521 Communication device with multi-stages of traffic shaping functions  
A traffic shaper comprises a cell buffer for temporarily storing an ATM cell arrived thereat, a first calculator for calculating an estimated cell sending time according to a VC contracted...
7321591 Methods and systems for providing differentiated quality of service in a communications system  
A communications system that facilitates the provision of differentiated quality of service is disclosed, including a marker for receiving a packet of data from an application ( 110 ), for...
7321583 Data traffic separation method for use in a packet-oriented mobile radio network  
The invention relates to a data traffic separation method for use in a packet-oriented mobile radio network. According to said method, data traffic arising in an access node of the mobile radio...
7321561 Verification of connections between devices in a network  
Methods and systems for verifying that devices in a network are properly connected physically are described. A listing is received from a device in the network. The listing identifies other devices...
7308517 Gap count analysis for a high speed serialized bus  
A method of optimizing communication over a high-speed serial bus by minimizing the delay between packets transmitted over the bus is disclosed. The method comprises: calculating the round trip...
7304945 Method and apparatus for dynamic bitmap generator scheduler  
A scheduler for a server. The scheduler includes a first level generator associated with groups of connections. The scheduler includes a second level generator associated with connections...
7302226 Combined fixed satellite service and mobile platform satellite service communication system  
A communication system for a mobile platform satellite service (MPSS) system includes a receiver subsystem (RS) and a transmitter subsystem (TS). A satellite transponder is in communication with...
7301951 Resource reservation protocol based guaranteed quality of service internet protocol connections over a switched network  
A method and system for establishing a guaranteed quality of service (QoS) Internet protocol (IP) connection between an first bridging device and a second bridging device through a switched...
7301950 Adaptive state transition control  
The present invention provides an access point, such as a base station, facilitating wireless communications with a plurality of mobile terminals, which are capable of operating in an active or...
7299297 Method and apparatus for protecting electronic commerce from distributed denial-of-service attacks  
An Internet Service Provider (ISP), in consideration of being remunerated in some manner by an e-merchant, carries the packets of a designated subset of that e-merchant's clients, designated as...
7298763 Managing bandwidth on demand for internet protocol messaging with capability for transforming telephony calls from one media type to another media type  
A system for assuring quality-of service for Data Network Telephone (DNT) calls, such as Internet Protocol Network Telephony (IPNT) calls has software for monitoring established DNT calls for...
7298750 Enhancement of resource reservation protocol enabling short-cut internet protocol connections over a switched network  
A method and system provide an Internet protocol (IP) session between an originating end-system and a destination end-system through a switched virtual circuit (SVC) short-cut across an...
7298747 Method of setting up communications in a packet switching system  
A call server, a media gateway and terminals are connected to a packet switching network. Other terminals are connected to the gateway interfaces. The method for setting up communication includes...
7293091 Method and apparatus for disruption sensitive network data management  
Numerous embodiments of a method and/or apparatus for disruption sensitive network data management are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, a determination is made of the network resources...
7292542 Method for traffic engineering of connectionless virtual private network services  
A method for traffic engineering of connectionless virtual private network (VPN) services. The method comprises receiving physical connectivity data for a connectionless VPN including service nodes...
7292531 Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating analysis of the performance of network traffic classification configurations  
Methods apparatuses and systems allowing for an examination of the runtime performance and efficiency of traffic classification configuration associated with bandwidth management and other network...
7289512 ATM transmission system  
A method for transmitting information in paths of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network includes initiating setup of at least one new path in the ATM network if a capacity of a path currently...
7289489 Method for billing IP broadband subscribers  
A method of billing a variable bit rate communication between a first terminal and a distant terminal to a broadband subscriber permits changing billing parameters during a call in real time in...
7289437 System and method for routing stability-based integrated traffic engineering for GMPLS optical networks  
A system and method of implementing Routing Stability-Based Integrated Traffic Engineering (“RITE”) for use in an MPLS/optical network is described. Incoming network traffic is classified as...
7286478 Usage parameter control device for asynchronous transfer mode system  
In a usage parameter control device for an asynchronous transfer mode communications system, a determination is made as to whether either of the respective storage elements maintaining values for...
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