Abstract: A method, system and device of Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) network communications across an Internet Protocol (IP) network are provided.

Abstract: A method and a network device for preventing service disruption during a restart of a line card. The line card including a CPU control system and a forwarding system. Information on the CPU control system is stored in a predetermined storage and a flag is set prior to the restart of the line card. The stored information includes configuration information of the forwarding system and protocol state information of the CPU control system. The CPU control system is restarted while the forwarding system is maintained in a state of providing forwarding service. Upon detecting the flag is set during the restart of the CPU control system, the stored information is restored on the CPU control system.

Abstract: A method and member device for forwarding service messages in an Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) system and an IRF system. In the method, each member device in the IRF system is allocated to at least two virtual devices, and at least one stack link for each virtual device is configured in order to connect interface boards among different member devices. When it is determined according to a forwarding entry of an interface board in a first member device receiving a service message that the service message is to be transmitted to a second member device, the service message is forwarded via the at least one stack link configured for the virtual device of that interface board.

Abstract: Schedules which include reciprocal events, such as schedules for youth hockey leagues, can be created using a system in which users can invite one another to schedule games based on information selected through an interface and reciprocal dates which are automatically identified by a suitably programmed computer. Information related to games and schedules can be stored in a database which can be accessed and modified by different users depending on their roles and the permissions associated with those roles.

Abstract: A system and method for a transaction between a person using a mobile device and an enterprise is disclosed. A computing system, application program interface, and data storage, and network connectivity is provided. Data files can be presented to the mobile device. A system and method for conducting a transaction structured between a merchant and a customer with a mobile device involving the interchange of information is also disclosed, Data is presented to the mobile device of the customer by a push notification, messaging, text messaging, SMS, multimedia messaging, MMS, internet communication, mobile web communication, mWeb, application program communication, mobile application program, mApp, electronic mail and/or e-mail. The transaction may comprise a session; session data is available for a specified use or time. Information may comprise personally-identifiable information (PII), private health-care information (PHI), private credit information (PCI) and/or enterprise secure data (ESD).

Abstract: According to an example, remote port mirroring includes storing correspondence information describing a correspondence between a mirroring source port and a mirroring destination port. The correspondence information includes a VLAN ID of a mirror VLAN. The mirroring source port and the mirroring destination port are assigned to the mirror VLAN. A message received on the mirroring source port is copied, and a mirroring message is generated based on the correspondence information and sent to the remote network switch.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and a method for recording a reboot reason of equipment. Besides a first watchdog provided for triggering a global reset of the equipment, the apparatus provided by the present invention further includes a second watchdog. The second watchdog is used to trigger a logic chip to record a value representing the reboot reason of power-down in a storage array after the equipment is powered on. Thus, reboot reason of the equipment could recorded as power-down reboot.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for using an extended security system, including: configuring one of security processing devices in the extended security system as a primary security processing device and configuring other security processing devices as at least one secondary security processing device connected with the primary security processing device; the method further includes: when the extended security system receives an external packet, selecting, by the primary security processing device, a security processing device to process the received external packet, the selected security processing device being the primary security processing device or the secondary security processing device. The embodiments of the present invention also disclose an extended security system and a primary security processing device and secondary security processing devices.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a long-reach Ethernet system. The system includes a first Ethernet device and a second Ethernet device which communicate with each other, and a relay; wherein one of the first Ethernet device and the second Ethernet device is a conventional Ethernet device, and the other one of the first Ethernet device and the second Ethernet device is a conventional Ethernet device or a long-reach Ethernet device; the first Ethernet device and the second Ethernet device communicate with each other via the relay; and the relay is adapted to transform conventional Ethernet data into long-reach Ethernet data and transform long-reach Ethernet data into Ethernet data. The present invention can realize the communication of two Ethernet devices when at least one of the two Ethernet devices is a conventional Ethernet device and a working distance between them is longer than 100 meters.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes data transmission in a packet transport network (PTN). A multiple stack device facilitates data transmission between a first edge device of a first PTN technology and a second edge device of a second PTN technology. After receiving a first packet of the first PTN technology from the first edge device, the multiple stack device identifies a first connection with the first edge device according to information of the first packet and identifies a second connection with the second edge device from the first connection based on a relationship between the first connection and the second connection. The first packet is de-encapsulated and re-encapsulated into a second packet of the second PTN technology according to the second connection. The second packet is then forwarded to the second edge device via the second connection.

Abstract: According to an example, a detection message may be sent for security association detection for Internet protocol security. The detection message includes a detection flag. The detection message may be an encapsulated message including the detection flag.

Abstract: Providing a VLAN virtual interface of a default VLAN as a VLAN virtual interface of a layer-3 Ethernet interface provided on an apparatus, assigning an interface MAC address for the layer-3 Ethernet interface, setting a layer-3 interface entry including at least the interface MAC address of the layer-3 Ethernet interface and a VLAN ID of the default VLAN, providing a VLAN virtual interface of a layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface provided on the apparatus based on a binding VLAN of the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface, assigning an interface MAC address to the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface, setting a layer-3 sub-interface entry including at least the interface MAC address of the layer-3 Ethernet sub-interface and a VLAN ID of the binding VLAN, receiving a packet from one interface of the apparatus, and performing layer-3 forwarding for the packet if the layer-3 interface entry or the layer-3 interface entry matching with a destination MAC address and a VLAN ID of the packet.

Abstract: This invention provides a method and device for video-stream frame rate adaptation. The method includes: allocating a buffer space for each of at least one video conference room respectively and dividing the buffer space into at least one segment, each segment of which is used for buffering a video frame; and performing following steps for each of the at least one video conference room: generating a pulse signal for the video conference room periodically according to a certain pulse rate; and performing a data writing operation for a segment of the corresponding buffer space at an input-video-stream frame rate of the video conference room, and performing a reading operation for a segment of the buffer space at an output-video-stream frame rate. This invention also provides an FPGA chip and a video stream processing apparatus. The invention simplifies frame rate adaptation design, and reduces system processing overhead during the frame rate adaptation.

Abstract: According to an example, in a method for preventing data loss during reboot, a logical storage resource management device may pre-allocate reserved memory for storing a storage resource mapping table, allocate logical storage resources to a data source device before a system is rebooted, record, in the storage resource mapping table, a physical location of the logical storage resources into which data has been written when the data source device writes the data into the logical storage resources, obtain the physical location of the logical storage resources into which the data has been written from the storage resource mapping table when the system is rebooted, set a state of a physical memory block corresponding to the logical storage resources into which the data has been written as used, and release all logical storage resources after the data source device reads the data.

Abstract: In a method for fast switching traffic in a hierarchical virtual private LAN service for use in a User-facing Provider Edge (UPE) device, a shared logic port number is assigned to each pair of primary pseudo wire and standby pseudo wire. A MAC address associated with a pair of primary pseudo wire and standby pseudo wire is associated with a logic port number shared by the primary pseudo wire and standby pseudo wire. Filling, in a logic port table, for each logic port entries containing: a logic port number, a primary pseudo wire inbound-label, a standby pseudo wire inbound-label, a primary pseudo wire outbound-label, a standby pseudo wire outbound-label and information of leaving a public network. Setting the corresponding information of leaving the public network in the logic port table depending upon whether the primary pseudeo wire is active or inactive.

Abstract: A method for communication capacity negotiation for physical layer chips performed by a network device provided with a first physical layer chip and a second physical layer chip includes, with the first physical layer chip, negotiating communication capacity with an opposite end, and reporting the communication capacity confirmed by negotiation to the second physical layer chip; and with the second physical layer chip, adopting the communication capacity acquired from the first physical layer chip to negotiate communication capacity with another opposite end by a fixed negotiation mode. A system for communication capacity negotiation of physical layer chips includes a first physical layer chip; and a second physical layer chip.

Abstract: In a network that comprises a first edge device and a second edge device at a site connecting the site to a core of the network, the first edge device receives, in a Hello message sent from the second edge device, information indicating a Virtual Local Area Network VLAN amongst a plurality of VLANs in the site as a preferred VLAN of the second edge device. From the Hello message sent from the second edge device, the first edge device obtains the information indicating the preferred VLAN of the second edge device. For each of the plurality of VLANs, the first edge device assigns a VLAN to the second edge device if the obtained information indicates the VLAN as the preferred VLAN of the second edge device.

Abstract: A method for load balancing based on Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) is provided. Said method comprises: acquiring, by a routing bridge (RB), all current medium access control (MAC) addresses within each virtual local area network (VLAN) on a link where the RB is located. And if said RB is selected as a designated routing bridge (DRB), said RB distributes all the current MAC addresses acquired within each VLAN between said RB and other RBs on the same link according to a preset distribution rule, and notifies said other RBs to be responsible for forwarding of messages having a specified MAC address and VLAN, wherein said MAC addresses are the MAC addresses of the host devices on the link where said RB is located.

Abstract: A sensor device and a method of forming comprises a die pad receives a sensor device, such as a MEMS device. The MEMS device has a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). The die pad is made of a material having a second CTE compliant with the first CTE. The die pad includes a base and a support structure with a CTE compliant with the first and second CTE. The die pad has a support structure that protrudes from a base. The support structure has a height and wall thickness which minimize forces felt by the die pad and MEMS device when the base undergoes thermal expansion or contraction forces from a header.

Abstract: A method of real time accounting of an online user, comprising, in response to detecting that an accounting period of an online user has expired, transmitting an instant accounting request packet to a Network Access Server (NAS) with an accounting server, in response to receiving an accounting reset packet from the NAS and with the accounting server, performing an instant settlement for expenses of the user according to online usage information carried in the accounting reset packet, recording a result of the instant settlement in a bill of the accounting period that expired recently, restarting to perform accounting for the user from a next accounting period, and transmitting an accounting response packet to the NAS to cause the NAS to clear online usage information of the user and re-calculate the online usage of the user from the next accounting period.