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7616637 Label switching in fibre channel networks  
Methods and apparatus are provided for label switched routing in fibre channel networks. Techniques are provided for implementing label switching based on particular characteristics of fibre...
7616588 Simplified creation and termination of an ad hoc wireless network with internet connection sharing  
Methods and systems are described for simplified creation of, connection to, and termination from an ad hoc wireless network. Graphical user interfaces are used to guide users though creation and...
7613836 Managing resources for IP networking  
Resources for IP networking are managed. A field is added to an operating system kernel software procedure. The field references a virtual router context. Packet processing software code is...
7613162 Mobile device, system and method for enhanced channel allocation when radio resource connection is released while in dual transfer mode  
A mobile device, system, and method are disclosed for use in a wireless communication system during the mobile device's transition from a dual mode, in which a packet switched connection and...
7610369 Storage network system, managing apparatus managing method and program  
A storage network system includes computers, storage systems, connection devices that control connection relations between the computers and the storage system, and a managing device that manages...
7609687 Home agent apparatus, mobile router communication system, and communication method  
A mobile router notifies a care-of address to a home agent apparatus, and generates a tunnel for local scope packet transmission between it and the home agent apparatus, and thereby, even if a...
7609620 Method and apparatus using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) label distribution protocol (LDP) to establish label switching paths (LSPS) for directed forwarding  
A method and apparatus method for providing fast rerouting in a network is presented. The method and apparatus assign a first local label for a prefix, and assign a second local label for the...
7602717 Efficient use of multiple port interfaces available on a network device supporting ATM  
Moving a virtual circuit from one port interface to another when multiple port interfaces are present between two network devices. Such a move may be performed, for example, when a port interface...
7600039 Label-based multiplexing  
A communication system adds transport layer protocol independent address labels to data packets. The communication system then routes the data packets based on the address labels rather than...
7596140 Methods and devices for creating bi-directional LSPs  
Bi-directional Label Switched Paths (LSP) are created by bundling a forward and backward LSP. The forward LSP is separately generated from the backward LSP. The so-created, bi-directional LSP can...
7590102 Multi-stage packet switching system  
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a multi-stage switch having at least one ingress switch module to receive data and to generate frames that are transmitted as a wavelength...
7580417 Method and apparatus for load balancing over virtual network links  
Techniques for load balancing network traffic over virtual point-to-point data links at a data-link layer include determining a particular group of virtual point-to-point data links that reach a...
7574496 Virtual server cloud interfacing  
A server cloud manager (SCM) for controlling logical servers and physical resources that form a virtualized logical server cloud. The SCM includes multiple core components and one or more interface...
7573813 Method for configuring and routing data within a wireless multihop network and a wireless network for implementing the same  
A method routes packets in a wireless network which includes a control node and a multiplicity of individual nodes. The method includes: inserting a routing logical address into each packet which...
7568048 Method, apparatus, and system for assigning an IP address on a network  
A method, apparatus, and system are described to configure a network having multiple client and server computers. The network configuration is established in one embodiment by connecting a computer...
7567569 Method for recursive BGP route updates in MPLS networks  
A method for providing BGP route updates in an MPLS network is disclosed. The route update is performed at a router having a forwarding information table containing BGP routes and an internal...
7565455 System and method of accessing and transmitting different data frames in a digital transmission network  
A system accessing and transmitting different data frames in a digital transmission network, for accessing and transmitting different data frames, said system comprises: at least a user-network...
7558481 Method for optimizing enhanced DWDM networks  
An enhanced Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network is optimized through bundling subchannel traffic in DWDM channels at network nodes and “hubbing” the DWDM channels at nodes receiving...
7558193 Redundancy in voice and data communications systems  
Apparatus is used in communicating in a data and voice communication system. The apparatus includes a line card and a crosspoint switch in communication with the line card. The apparatus also...
RE40776 Method for translating an ATM switch cell header  
The invention relates to a process for translating an ATM cell header for the routing thereof on a transmission highway of a communication network via an ATM switch. The header of the cell includes...
7545808 Memory organization in a switching device  
A network device switches variable length data units from a source to a destination in a network. An input port receives the variable length data unit and a divider divides the variable length data...
7545807 Method for formatting signal in mobile communication system  
A method for formatting a signal in a mobile communication system by appending a plurality of medium access control headers to a plurality of medium access control-service data units for data...
7545786 Method for actively synchronizing U-APSD service periods  
A wireless LAN environment includes at least one access point that supports a number of wireless communications devices which are configured to operate in the U-APSD mode. The transmission of...
7535910 Method and system for obtaining a permanent virtual circuit map  
Systems and methods for obtaining logical layer information in a frame relay and/or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network are described. In an exemplary embodiment, a physical layer test system,...
7529832 PPP domain name and L2TP tunnel selection configuration override  
Determining the domain name associated with a virtual circuit may includes receiving, at an Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) server, a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)...
7522524 Employing one or more multiport systems to facilitate servicing of asynchronous communications events  
One or more multiport systems are used to facilitate servicing of asynchronous communications events. A multiport system, such as an open collector multiport system, receives from one of a...
7519070 Method and apparatus for deep packet processing  
A method and apparatus for deep packet processing including a parsing and a searching method supported by a data structure storing the state-transition rules in the state-transition rule tables of...
7515594 Enhanced virtual circuit allocation methods and systems for multi-stage switching elements  
A system and method for routing data, which includes a switching node, including a plurality of switching elements and plurality of links coupled to the switching elements for providing a routing...
7508943 Multimedia storage systems and methods  
An article of manufacture includes a machine-readable medium that stores a multimedia content file in a first format and multiple program sets. Each program set is a version of software that, when...
7508832 Method and system for providing broadcast channels over an emulated subnetwork  
A method and system for communicating traffic on an emulated subnetwork of a telecommunications ring having a plurality of nodes interconnected by a transmission media includes obtaining traffic at...
7508774 Extensions to the spanning tree protocol  
Extending the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) to provide redundancy and avoid loops in the topology of a service domain associated with a data transport service provided using a provider core network...
7505459 Method and apparatus for switching packets in a passive optical network  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that performs packets switching in a passive optical network which includes a central node and at least one remote node. After receiving a...
7505402 Method and apparatus for providing faster convergence for redundant sites  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing convergence for a dual-homed site in a network is presented. An occurrence of a failure between a first Provider Edge (PE) device and...
7499452 Self-healing link sequence counts within a circular buffer  
Methods and apparatus that allow recovery in the event that sequence counts used on receive and transmit sides of a communications link become out of sync are provided. In response to receiving a...
7492790 Real-time reassembly of ATM data  
The real-time reassembly of data received over an ATM network is enabled by a system including two digital memories, an indicator for indicating one of the two memories as a process memory and...
7489681 Method and apparatus for virtual circuit routes  
A method and apparatus for virtual circuit routes is described. A method in a network element comprises associating a virtual circuit to a layer 3 next hop, the virtual circuit being associated...
7484010 Method for traffic engineering in a multi-homed virtual private local area network service  
A processing device (CM) programmed to determine homing paths for a plurality of virtual private local area network services in an Ethernet network comprising a plurality of PE nodes. The...
7480732 Multicasting method and system using an ATM switch  
A switch may be configured to support a point-to-multi-point PVC which can be used to support a point to multi-point application. The signaling overhead is reduced due to the use of PVC, and the...
7463633 Packet switching system, packet switching network and packet switching method  
Upon initialization, a VPC is set up between edge nodes. A control processor of each node creates an IP address/VPC mapping table using IP routing information and an address mapping table mapping...
7463625 Stackable switch port collapse mechanism  
A method and apparatus for providing data communication between stations on a network which optimizes the amount of resources required for a network switch. A first data frame is encoded with a...
7457235 High resiliency network infrastructure  
A resilient interface architecture may include at least two interface switches and at least two interface routers. The at least two interface switches may provide connectivity between a subnetwork...
7450940 Wireless network communication system and method  
A wireless network and associated method for providing continuous communication service for a mobile unit as it roams within a virtual wireless network. The virtual network includes home and...
7443858 Method for traffic management, traffic prioritization, access control, and packet forwarding in a datagram computer network  
The invention provides an enhanced datagram packet switched computer network. The invention processes network datagram packets in network devices as separate flows, based on the source-destination...
7433324 User experience for collaborative ad-hoc networks  
A system and method for creating an ad-hoc network is described. A user may navigate a number of options to create an ad-hoc network and/or join an ad-hoc network using the described system.
7424025 Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources  
Methods and systems for per-session dynamic management of media gateway resources are disclosed. According to one method, the logical and physical resources in a media gateway are divided and...
7420974 Method for reducing data loss in automatically re-configured ATM networks  
In an ATM network, data loss caused by pre-programmed network optimizations can be reduced or avoided if a record of such optimizations is made, and if, prior to another optimization, some event...
7415111 Optical network unit and optical line terminal  
An optical network unit and an optical line terminal which efficiently control the data receiving and dechurning processes in a passive optical network. In a churning parameter memory subsystem, a...
7408874 Method for moving network elements with minimal network outages in an active ATM network  
A method for moving permanent virtual circuits in an ATM network with minimal downtime includes creating a list of the permanent virtual circuits to be moved; building a set of shadow permanent...
7403477 Packet communicating apparatus  
Bandwidth control over users accommodated under ONU in PON is achieved. BAS sets user bandwidth information obtained during user authorization in OLT. The OLT achieves bandwidth control on a user...
7400634 MAC address learning apparatus  
In a network providing a wide-area LAN service which allows communications to be performed between user networks ( 12, 13 ) via a carrier network ( 11 ), edge switches ( 14, 15 ) each comprise: a...