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7535837 Optical packet transmission  
A burst mode optical signal is transported as payload of a framed continuous bit-stream optical signal through an optical transport network. The optical bursts are all generated at a common nominal...
7529267 Data transmissions in communication networks using multiple tokens  
A network includes multiple nodes interconnected to form a ring topology. These nodes support data transmissions over the network using tokens. To send and receive data over the network, nodes may...
7450850 Fiber and wire communication system  
This invention provides a new architecture for a communication system between head-ends and end-users which expands bandwidth and reliability of the communication system. A mux-node receives...
7369514 Source credit based fairness scheme  
A method and apparatus for minimizing starvation of a station in a ring networked environment includes allocating a tax to each of the stations in the ring, and, for each packet that is to be...
7355978 Method for implementing an OAM function by exchanging request-reply packets between stations of a RPR network, and corresponding packet frames  
Described is a method extending the OAM functionality in the RPR networks through a new OAM loopback procedure of request-reply type together with the definition of a new RPR OAM loopback frame....
7352765 Packet switching fabric having a segmented ring with token based resource control protocol and output queuing control  
A packet switching fabric includes means forming a data ring, means forming a control ring, and means forming a plurality of data communication network links each having at least one network node...
7328017 Resource negotiation in wireless communications networks and methods  
A method in wireless communications networks including transmitting a radio resource assignment ( 520 ) to a wireless communications device in response to a request ( 510 ), transmitting radio...
7315830 Method, system and computer program product for ordering merchandise in a global computer network environment  
An electronic shopping server formats and sends an electronic page, having an integrated shopping basket with drag and drop functionality, from a virtual catalog to a plurality of clients. The...
7130629 Enabling services for multiple sessions using a single mobile node  
Methods and apparatus for performing registration on behalf of a session associated with a mobile node are disclosed. The mobile node composes a registration request including a NAI identifying a...
7085898 Coherency management for a “switchless” distributed shared memory computer system  
An apparatus and method is disclosed to manage storage coherency in a symmetric multiprocessing environment having a plurality of nodes, each of which contain a multitude of processors, I/O...
7035279 Flow allocation in a ring topology  
In a communication network that includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, a method for routing a data flow includes receiving a request to allocate one or more resources in the network...
7009995 Method and a device for communication among equal-access stations of a ring-shaped serial fiber-optic bus  
A method is described for communication among equal-access stations of a ring-shaped, serial fiber-optic bus and to a device for carrying out this communications method. One station, during a bus...
6963564 Method and apparatus for synchronized slotted optical burst switching  
A network ( 4 ) includes optical routers ( 19 ), which route information in fibers ( 10 ). Each fiber carries a plurality of data channels ( 16 ), carrying data in data bursts ( 28 ) and a control...
6912231 Multi-broadcast bandwidth control system  
A method and apparatus is provided for managing bandwidth and prioritizing different forms of data to be transmitted from a central hub or node to a plurality of ground stations. All data of all...
6865188 Local communication system  
Examples of local communication systems are disclosed, based on a ring of point-to-point links, providing for transport of fixed rate synchronous, fixed rate asynchronous data and variable rate...
6865371 Method and apparatus for connecting devices via an ad hoc wireless communication network  
A method for connecting two or more devices via a wireless communication channel is provided. In one embodiment, a method of connecting a first device to a second device includes the steps of...
6834190 Controlling method and apparatus for transition between modes at traffic channel substrate in mobile communication system  
An apparatus and method for controlling mode transition in a traffic channel substate in a mobile communication system. If a control hold mode should be transited to an active mode a BSC sets a...
6785549 Method and apparatus for matching operating revisions of a mobile station and a base station in a wireless data communication system  
Various method and apparatus provides for matching revision levels used by a mobile station ( 102-104 ) and a base station ( 101, 160 ) for establishing a communication link. The mobile station...
6747985 Systems and methods for optimizing communications in an ethernet network  
There is disclosed, for use in communication network, a network communications manager capable of controlling data transfers among a server and a plurality of client nodes coupled by a network...
6654563 Fiber/wired communication system  
A communication system between head-ends and end-users is provided which expands bandwidth and reliability. A concentrator receives communication signals from a head-end and forwards the received...
6512779 Device for data transmission  
The device for data transmission has a main station ( 3 ) and a number of terminals ( 1 ) and is provided with a device for coordinating operation in respective signaling data phases for downlink (...
6496516 Ring interface and ring network bus flow control system  
A ring interface is coupled to a current node in a ring network having a plurality of nodes and corresponding ring interface for each of said nodes. The ring interface includes a ring input port...
6483843 Detecting and counting open ordered sets originating from an attached node port  
A hub port in a loop network is disclosed. The hub port includes a hub data source, first and second detect circuits, and a processor. The hub data source supplies data to the hub port from the...
6317415 Method and system for communicating information in a network  
A communications system includes a plurality of network nodes including a first node having an interface unit. The interface unit includes a scheduler operable to schedule periodic transmission of...
6259704 Digital transmission network  
A digital transmission network comprises a plurality of transmission terminals and receiving terminals, which are all connected with each other by a transmission line of a metal cable or optical...
6229816 Combining network and mechanism for allocating resources of such a network  
A network for interconnecting network equipment units via a ring optimizes access to the ring by the equipment units in that the capacity of the ring is permanently shared between the various...
5907554 Method for transmitting digital data  
A method for transmitting digital data over data lines between subscribers forming data sources and data sinks and being disposed in a network having a ring structure and connecting a plurality of...
5886992 Frame synchronized ring system and method  
A device-implemented method of data communications in a communications network is provided. A particular node which has data information to send is granted a turn when an incoming request signal is...
5786913 Optical TDMA ring network with a central transmitting and receiving device  
An optical ring network with a plurality of network elements (#1, . . . , #N) is disclosed which contains only a single laser diode (2). This laser diode (2) is controlled to produce optical pulses...
5784376 Adaptive burst multiplexing system using dynamic deadline computation  
An adaptive burst multiplexing system using dynamic deadline computation serializes data from source units. It comprises interface circuits for accumulating in a buffer memory a quantity of data...
5764392 Access control system for a multi-channel transmission ring  
A node for an access control system for a multi-channel data transmission ring is disclosed. Access to a channel is controlled exclusively by one node, which is the only data receiving node...
5757249 Communication system having a closed loop bus structure  
A communication system having communicating devices coupled to a closed loop bus substantially reduces interconnect distances and corresponding signal propagation delays between the devices....
5751714 Time division multiplex frame slot assignment system and method for interconnecting telephone stations on a token ring network  
In a token ring network a periodic recirculating frame having a plurality of information carrying slots and a header section is used for enabling a plurality of telephone stations to exchange...
5732211 Advanced data server having a plurality of rings connected to a server controller which controls the rings to cause them to receive and store data and/or retrieve and read out data  
An advanced data server including an I/O ring coupled to at least one I/O access channel which provides data to the I/O ring or reads data out from the I/O ring; a disc array ring coupled to least...
5706278 Deterministic network protocol  
A deterministic network protocol for connecting critical sensors, actuators and computing elements on a bi-directional, time-multiplexed, fiber optic or other media data bus, such that critical...
5657315 System and method for ring latency measurement and correction  
A system and method for passively measuring and correcting ring latency on a token or FDDI ring includes generating bits and token frames in a defined pattern according to the token ring protocol....
5654969 Arrangement in a communications network  
In a communications network, first information items are transmitted synchronously and second information items asynchronously. The second information items are overlaid on the synchronously...
5583855 Add/drop multiplexer apparatus  
A communications network, having an SDH transmission line with four main channels, is provided, at four different tributary connection nodes, with respective add/drop multiplexer units for...
5487067 Audio data communications  
Data communications apparatus comprises a master device for processing digital audio data and a plurality of slave devices connectable in a ring network with the master device. Each slave device...
5448588 Data transmission circuit capable of avoiding repeated reception and transmission of an identical transmission signal  
In a transmission system comprising a plurality of data transmission circuits connected through a transmission line to form a loop, a local transmission signal is transmitted from a selected one of...
5422886 System which achieves efficient utilization of buses for selectively interconnecting communication lines  
A system for selectively interconnecting a plurality of communication lines, each of which is adapted for transmitting communication signals, includes a plurality of port buses connected to the...
5402422 Medium access control (MAC) protocol for single bus multimedia fair access local area network  
A method provides for data transmission utilizing medium access control protocol with a fair cell-access scheme in a local area network having a unidirectional looped bus and a plurality of network...
5363493 Token ring network test device using finite state machine  
A system that monitors a local area network by receiving all messages transmitted over the local area network, and analyzing selected sequences of messages to determine if certain, architecturally...
5361260 Communication system  
A communication system comprising a master station and a plurality of slave stations connected for serial transmission by a transmission line, using a HDLC-type protocal. Each of the slave stations...
5339314 Packet data transmission unit having occupied, idle, and released states therefor  
A data transmission unit for use in a system wherein data to be transmitted is organized into packets which are assigned one of three states: idle, occupied, or released, and transmitted among...
5339317 Packet communications network and communications method  
A packet communications network for transmitting data between nodes by the use of cell slots circulating the network includes a center node inserted in the ring network for sequentially generating,...
5299312 Network fault recovery by controllable switching of subnetworks  
A subring module for controlling the switching of a subring in and out of the main network of a token passing ring has a data detection circuit for detecting a token on the network. The subring...
5282199 Method and apparatus for interoperation of FDDI-I and FDDI-II networks  
A method and apparatus allow the interoperability of a token ring packet data network managed by the timed-token protocol (FDDI-I) and a TDM network (FDDI-II) with a given bandwidth allocation...
5214649 Insert/remove signalling in LAN systems  
In a communication system comprising several nodes and a scheduler interconnected by a serial transmission medium, signalling information is transmitted by inserting it whenever required in the...
5151898 Synchronized slave station connection apparatus for a data communication network  
A ring-shaped data communications network in which plural slave stations and a master station are serially connected in a closed loop via transmission lines, the slave stations being removably...
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