Patents Represented by Attorney RG & Associates
  • Patent number: 8289972
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for strict priority weighted round robin scheduling includes selecting a set of bandwidth allocation table filled entries having a common destination address, each filled entry associated with a received data packet and determining a scheduling weight for each bandwidth allocation table entry in the selected set, the scheduling weight determined first by a priority and then by an assigned weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Mehmet Zeki Kelesoglu, David Gregory Eckard
  • Patent number: 8290368
    Abstract: A system, and methods for detecting collisions on multipoint shared optical media, comprising an optical receiver, clock phase detector, clock recovery circuit, and a Passive Optical Network (PON) that transmits optical signals wherein the PON, the clock recovery circuit, and the clock phase detector are communicably coupled to the optical receiver, detecting of the collision is determined by a distortion of transition times of the optical signals at the optical receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Timothy J Williams
  • Patent number: 8285784
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium for service creation via presence messaging comprising assigning an information exchange state associated with a presence message and directing the presence message to at least one of a service provider from a predetermined set of service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Timucin Ozugur
  • Patent number: 8281351
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium operable to move a video delay from a network video queue to a decoder video queue by discarding at least one video frame in a network video queue, thus moving video frames deeper in the queue forward in time. As such, rapid channel changing is provided without continuous unicasting, or temporarily transmitting at faster than the nominal rate, thereby alleviating strain on the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Randall B. Sharpe
  • Patent number: 8259944
    Abstract: In a frame synchronous scrambled communications network, communications are protected from pathological bit patterns that may lead to loss of receiver lock by detecting a pathological bit pattern in an incoming traffic stream using a pathological pattern detector. When a pathological bit pattern, such as a transition-less bit pattern, is detected, a corrective bit pattern is generated and inserted or substituted into the incoming traffic stream before transmission to the receiver. The receiver can be configured to revert the modified traffic stream back to the original traffic stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Dusan Suvakovic, Glenn M. Boles
  • Patent number: 8254792
    Abstract: A system and computer readable medium for a burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels. In an exemplary embodiment, the system may include a memory that stores a received signal strength indication, and a media access controller communicably coupled to the memory. The media access controller receives a received signal strength indication of an upcoming data stream to an optical network unit, and asserts a signal control voltage during a guard time to an optical receiver to optimize reception of incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon the received signal strength indication received from the upcoming data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Rodger Dalton
  • Patent number: 8244135
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for increasing an upstream optical coding gain in a passive optical network (PON). In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the system may include a memory structured to store Optical Network Terminator (ONT) burst timing values, and provide a previous burst timing value of the burst timing values to a translator. Further, an upstream burst grant timing scheduler may provide a scheduled timing value to the translator, wherein the translator may be structured to translate the previous burst timing value to a new expected timing value per an ONT upstream burst in association with the scheduled timing value. Also, a delimiter match and search block may be structured to use the new expected timing value to check a bit stream for a delimiter pattern match. An alarm counter may be provided in the system that is structured to provide an alarm when the delimiter pattern match is not found.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: James J Stiscia, Jihad Baghdadi
  • Patent number: 8238875
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium to provide alternative communications during jamming in a presence system, that comprises, registering a mobile device as a presentity to a presence server in the presence system, detecting a communication jamming of the mobile device, providing information related to the detected communication jamming as a state information to the presence server, and upon attempting to communicate with the mobile device while being jammed, providing the state information and offering an alternative communication suggestion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Sig Harold Badt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8228956
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for time stamp offset in data packet bundling including filling a globally distributed time stamp based upon a globally distributed time, receiving a signal unit, resolving a difference in time between the globally distributed time stamp and the reception of the signal unit and assigning a time offset based upon the resolved time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Robert S. Gammenthaler, Jr., Brian Tatum
  • Patent number: 8219856
    Abstract: A process for monitoring memory growth of a software application includes measuring a baseline memory usage for processes operating on a computer system. A background memory logging script is then executed to log process memory usage. At some later time, a trending script is executed which outputs a list showing how memory usage has changed for each process operating on the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Robbie Martinez, Zack Guthrie
  • Patent number: 8213792
    Abstract: A system, method and computer readable medium comprising instructions for sending a message from an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) to an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), if the ONT does not receive an expected OLT action or an expected OLT response to the message within a period, considering the non-receipt of the expected OLT action or the expected OLT response a failure, and if a certain number of consecutive failures have occurred, considering by the ONT that it has entered an uncontrolled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Raymond E. Tyrrell, Collins Williams, John P. Mathew, David Hansen
  • Patent number: 8201206
    Abstract: In an IPTV network, cache memory assigned to each DSLAM, Central Office (CO) or Intermediate Office (IO) can be determined by defining a network cost function having cache memory per DSLAM, cache memory per CO and cache memory per IO as decision variables. The network cost function can be minimized to determine the optimal cache memory size for the network. The network cost function can be subject to boundary constraints that the cache memory is between zero and a maximum cache memory size for each network node type, allowing the network cost function to be solved as a 3-ary tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Lev B Sofman, Bill Krogfoss
  • Patent number: 8165137
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for fast database migration, that comprises, establishing a socket connection directly between intelligent processor unit nodes of the originating system and the terminating system, transferring home location register static data for the subscriber via the socket connection, wherein the home location register static data is transferred in parallel between intelligent processor unit nodes of the originating system and the terminating system and bypassing the platform manager nodes of the originating system and the terminating system and synchronizing home location register transient data between intelligent processor unit nodes of the originating system and the terminating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Robert Martinez, Fwu-Meei Ting, Zack Guthrie, Chien-Wen Tien
  • Patent number: 8160218
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for event driven call generation, comprises, monitoring a database transaction, detecting a suspect pattern in the monitored database transactions, and generating a telephone call based upon the detected suspect pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Michael James Brehm
  • Patent number: 8145784
    Abstract: A distributed network management system that utilizes policy rules in rendering management decisions. The system includes a policy console that populates and manages network policies in a policy repository. Various network devices coupled to the policy repository download policy rules relevant to the devices for managing network elements associated with each network device. Each network device includes a policy decision module for rendering management decisions for its network elements based on the retrieved network policies. Each network device further includes a policy enforcement module for enforcing the management decisions and controlling the associated network elements based on the policies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Michael E. See, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 8111987
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for rogue Optical Network Unit (ONU) detection via photonic mixing, comprises a first Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM), a second WDM communicably coupled to the first WDM, a non-linear medium communicably coupled to the second WDM, and a photodetector communicably coupled to the non-linear medium, wherein the first WDM transmits a first upstream beam and a second upstream beam to the second WDM, wherein the first upstream beam is a normal upstream beam and wherein the second upstream beam is a rogue upstream beam, wherein the second WDM transmits the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam to the non-linear medium, wherein the non-linear medium mixes the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam resulting in a mixed beam, wherein the non-linear medium transmits the mixed beam to the photodetector, and wherein the photodetector analyzes the mixed beam to indicate the presence of a rogue ONU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Rodger Dalton, Jason Teeter, Jihad Baghdadi
  • Patent number: 8103279
    Abstract: A system and method for routing calls in a distributed mobile switching center environment involves receiving a call at a first node (115(1)) in a telecommunication network (100). The first node is associated with multiple trunks (430, 445). A constraint relating to selection of a circuit for routing the call is identified (320). The circuit is associated with one of the trunks that is associated with the first node. The call is routed (350) to a trunk in accordance with the constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignees: Alcatel Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Charles Marvin Berteau, Michael Aguilar, Seshagiri Rao Madhavapeddy
  • Patent number: 8098571
    Abstract: A stack switch for performing pass-through forwarding operations, assigning stack switch identifiers to a plurality of stack switches, temporarily disabling supervision messages exchanged by stack switches, and electing a primary master stack switch is disclosed. In the pass-through mode, the stack switch automatically forwards packets between stack ports independent of their destination address to maintain connectivity between adjacent stack switches while conventional bridging and routing operations are disabled. The sequential identifiers are also preferably assigned in accordance with the sequential position of the various stack switches to better reflect the topology of those switches. The switch is also preferably adapted to temporarily disable the transmission of supervision messages between stack switches to prevent re-assignment of network management functions when switch resources are low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Ignatius Santoso, Roberto Henrique Jacob da Silva, Timothy Hicks, Vincent Magret
  • Patent number: 8086721
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for managing network devices is disclosed. The method preferably includes the steps of monitoring for a change to the value of one or more local resource properties associated with the managed network device; generating a learning event report comprising the value of at least one of the one or more local resource properties; and transmitting the learning event report to a central data store. At the central data store, the value of the one or more local resource properties are recorded and made available to the network management system for asynchronous processing. The central data store is preferably a directory server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Michael See, Christopher Martin
  • Patent number: 8086104
    Abstract: In a dual rate gigabit passive optical network, an optical line termination (OLT) transmits a first rate (GPON) message frame interleaved with a second rate (NGPON) message frame. An unused ATM partition of the GPON message frame is provided with a header and payload portion of the NGPON message frame so that the message frame remains at a predetermined length required by the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventor: Dusan Suvakovic