Patents Examined by Blanche Wong
  • Patent number: 8699516
    Abstract: An interworking function (IWF) for a first and second protocol based network, for example, an H.323 protocol based network and an SIP protocol based network comprises an interworking gateway server including a state machine for defining each call processing state and a translation table for use in translating addresses formatted in each protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Hemant Agrawal, Radhika R. Roy, Vipin Palawat
  • Patent number: 8675483
    Abstract: A network device includes a group of high speed redundant transmission lines and a switch. The switch is configured to select one of the high speed redundant transmission lines. The switch causes reflections and frequency dependent dispersions in the selected high speed redundant transmission line. The network device further includes a transmitting device that is configured to adjust signals transmitted over the selected high speed redundant transmission line so as to reduce the reflections and frequency dependent dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: David Chengson, Jaya Bandyopadhyay
  • Patent number: 8665874
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for supporting the forwarding of received data packets in a router (402,702) of a packet-switched network. A forwarding table (706a) is configured in the router based on aggregating router keys and associated aggregation related instructions received from a key manager (400,700). Each aggregating router key represents a set of destinations. When a data packet (P) is received comprising an ingress tag derived from a sender key or router key, the ingress tag is matched with entries in the forwarding table. An outgoing port is selected for the packet according to a found matching table entry that further comprises an associated aggregation related instruction. An egress tag is then created according to the aggregation related instruction, and the packet with the created egress tag attached is sent from the selected outgoing port to a next hop router.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Andras Czaszar, Lars G. Magnusson, Mats Naslund, Lars Westberg
  • Patent number: 8660000
    Abstract: Implementations and techniques for admission and/or eviction policies for wireless devices having non-telephonic functionality are generally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Ezekiel Kruglick
  • Patent number: 8649378
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling the routing of data packets in an IP network (200). A DNS system (202) stores a packet admission policy configured for a first end-host (B) that dictates conditions for allowing other end-hosts to get across data packets to the first end-host or not. A routing voucher is defined which is required for routing data packets to the first end-host. The routing voucher is distributed to routers (R) in the IP network. When an address query is received at the DNS system (202) from a second end-host, the voucher is supplied to the second end-host if the configured policy allows the second end-host to convey data packets. Otherwise, the voucher is not supplied. If allowed, the second end-host will add the routing voucher to any data packets directed to the first end-host. When a valid routing voucher is present in a packet at a router (204) in the network, the packet will be forwarded to the next router in the IP network. The router will otherwise discard the packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Lars Westberg, Andras Csaszar, Mats Naslund
  • Patent number: 8649266
    Abstract: Packet network node and method of operating packet network node. Conventional packet network nodes react to congestion in packet network by dropping packets in a manner which is perceived by users to be indiscriminate. In the described system, indiscriminate packet discards are prevented by causing packets to be discarded on lower priority flows and flow aggregates. Further action is taken to reduce the likelihood of packet discards through: (1) classification of flows that are not observable at the point in the network where flow-based packet discards are deployed, but are consuming bandwidth and signaling classification information to flow-based packet discard function or a flow-based monitoring function or network management function; (2) classification of flows making use of extended monitoring functions that are not co-located with a flow-based packet discard function, where extended monitoring functions may perform monitoring of a flow or a group of flows over a period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventors: John Leonard Adams, Rajagopalan Krishnamurthy
  • Patent number: 8634295
    Abstract: A method, device, and system for conducting communication over one or more communication networks. The method comprises determining a number, A, of simultaneously receivable communication paths at a receiving device; and selecting, based on A, a version of data for reception from a plurality of available versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Manovega Pte Ltd
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Garg, Rajat Krishna, Raj Krishna
  • Patent number: 8634294
    Abstract: In various embodiments a traffic class manager is a resource within a virtualized computer systems trusted entity (e.g. a hypervisor, trusted partition, etc.) that maps requirements from a platform management and associated network capabilities onto an adapter (e.g. SR-IOV adapter, etc.) in order to appropriately allocate adapter and network resources to virtualized computer partitions. In various embodiments the traffic class manager defines network traffic classes that meet the objectives of a platform administrator based on the capabilities of the adapter and the network attached to the adapter ports. Once the traffic classes are defined, in various embodiments, the traffic class manager enforces the assignment of a traffic class to a virtual interface queue pair within a partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Charles S. Graham, Carol T. Machuca, Jeffrey W. Palm, Renato J. Recio
  • Patent number: 8634414
    Abstract: A telecommunications satellite payload processing system having one or more identical generic integrated processor modules is provided. The number of integrated processor modules can be selected in accordance with the antenna and bandwidth characteristics of a specified mission uplink and downlink in relation to the characteristics of the integrated processor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Astrium Limited
    Inventors: Chiok Keng Leong, Paul Simon Cornfield, Anthony Duncan Craig
  • Patent number: 8625597
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems are provided for forwarding Fibre Channel Initialization Protocol (FIP) frames and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames by a FCoE device interconnection apparatus (FIA) and with a Fibre Channel over Ethernet device interconnection apparatus controller (FIAC). An FCoE frame received by the FIA from the FCoE device includes at least destination and source Ethernet MAC address fields which are replaced, such as where the destination Ethernet MAC address is replaced by the MAC address assigned to a remote FCoE device, such as the desired end port. The frame is forwarded to the destination FCoE device. Preferably, first and second ports are coupled to the connectivity apparatus, which are then coupled to first and second FCoE devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Jeda Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart B. Berman
  • Patent number: 8625468
    Abstract: A communication system comprises a plurality of communication devices and a feature control module. The plurality of communication devices reside at a plurality of locations associated with a user and are operatively associated with a communication network. The feature control module is configured to identify a location of the user, identify at least one of the communication devices at the plurality of locations, and grant feature control for a communication session to at least one communication device based on the identification of the location of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Ana Kesselring, Renee F. Krahn, William Howard Chriss, Sandra R. Abramson, Harsh V. Mendiratta
  • Patent number: 8625615
    Abstract: Provided are a first PCI-PCI bridge that handles Multi Root to connect to a plurality of root complexes; a second PCI-PCI bridge that connects to an endpoint; a virtual PCI Express switch that performs a switching process between the first and second PCI-PCI bridges; and a network control device that transfers data that is to be processed in the virtual PCI Express switch to an external switch through a network without passing through a PCI-PCI bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Hidaka, Takashi Yoshikawa, Junichi Higuchi, Jun Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8619608
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus places an indication of a wireless communication system cell measurement in a measurement report message, where the indication comprises a corresponding frequency index, and a first part and a second part of an m-bit value representing a physical layer cell identification in a first and a second field, respectively, and a k-bit value representing a measurement result in the second field corresponding to the index. The apparatus then sends the measurement report message to a network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Guillaume Sebire, Harri Aatos Jokinen, Antti Olavi Kangas
  • Patent number: 8614960
    Abstract: Provided is a data transmission method using time slicing, the method includes: generating a plurality of transmission frames by realigning a plurality of pieces of data of a same layer among data of a plurality of original frames classified in a hierarchical structure based on a resolution; and transmitting the plurality of transmission frames according to a transmission order based on the hierarchical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vladimir Arkhipenkov, Joon-soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8611241
    Abstract: Process and land mobile system for operating a cellular land mobile network in which in case of an overload certain resources of the land mobile network currently being used can be released in order to be available for higher priority applications, and resources can be usable at the same time by several applications, characterized in that selection of the resource to be released takes place, for all resources under consideration an efficiency factor being determined and the resource with the lowest efficiency factor being released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
    Inventor: Harald Schmitt
  • Patent number: 8605614
    Abstract: Disclosed are a control signal transmitting method and mobile terminal device capable of switching between a plurality of terminal communication modes having different maximum transmissible power values with a high degree of precision, while suppressing increases in signaling overhead. In a mobile station (100), a PHR transmission evaluating unit (115) sends, to a base station (200), power head room (PHR) information for the SC-FDMA mode or the OFDMA mode during a reporting period, and a maximum transmission power information setting unit (101) provides notification to the base station (200) of difference information between the transmission modes prior to the beginning of the reporting period. An increase in signaling overhead can be prevented because only a single set of PHR information among the information for the plurality of terminal transmission modes is reported in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Nishio, Daichi Imamura, Atsushi Sumasu, Takashi Iwai
  • Patent number: 8605736
    Abstract: A method for heterogeneous addressing mapping is provided according to the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: assigning, by an Interworking Function entity (IWF), a first identification or a first address to a Diameter protocol node; mapping a received Diameter protocol message sent from the Diameter protocol node into a Mobile Application Part (MAP) protocol message, and sending the mapped MAP protocol message to an MAP protocol node using the first address assigned by the IWF as a source address or using the first identification assigned by the IWF as a source identification. The present invention also provides a system and an apparatus for heterogeneous addressing mapping. According to the embodiments of the present invention, when the Diameter node is communicating with the MAP node via the Interworking Function entity, the method for mapping the node identification for each other as well as the addressing relationship corresponding to each identification are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Hu, Yijun Yu, Yu Yin
  • Patent number: 8599854
    Abstract: Techniques are described for identifying destinations in a virtual network by defining virtual entities such as a port profile as the destination for network policies, such as redirect or span to be a logical set of ports (i.e., ports belonging to a port-profile or a port group) where the members of the set of ports may be added/removed dynamically without requiring any changes to the network policy. Further, a network administrator (or other user) may predefine the destinations for a network policy even before some or all of the destinations are active on a given virtualized system. In such cases, the network policies may go into effect when the required entities become available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Udayakumar Srinivasan, Srinivas Sardar, Joseph Michaelsamy Swaminathan, Ashwin Deepak Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 8599882
    Abstract: A mobile station which performs a soft handover from a serving base station to a base station in which frame synchronization is established in the uplink direction with the base station calculates the time difference between the receive timing of a downlink signal sent from the base station and the receive timing of a broadcast control channel sent from the base station at S100 to use as a timing correct amount, and corrects the transmission timing of an uplink ANCH to the base station, based on the transmission timing of an uplink signal to the base station and the time difference calculated at S126, to thereby establish frame synchronization in the uplink direction with the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Toru Sahara
  • Patent number: 8594024
    Abstract: The present invention supports a communication protocol for transmission of information packets between a mobile node and a virtual private network. Information packets are encapsulated and decapsulated along the route as the information packet is forwarded among the various networks on its path to the destination address; either the mobile node on a foreign network or a correspondence node on a virtual private network. A home agent on the virtual private network supports transmitting the information packets, and the information packets are transmitted from the virtual private network from the home agent or a virtual private network gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Khalil, Ahmad Muhanna