Abstract: Various aspects of apparatuses and methods for enabling a subscriber premise network interface device (NID) to facilitate communication services including digitally derived voice services to be facilitated between a central office and a subscriber premise are disclosed herein. In accordance with one embodiment of the disclosures herein, such a method includes facilitating a downstream DSL voice channel transmission process at a subscriber premise Network Interface Device (NID) and facilitating an upstream DSL voice channel transmission process at the subscriber premise NID. The downstream DSL voice channel transmission process facilitates converting a voice component of a downstream DSL data stream to a corresponding downstream analog voice signal. The upstream DSL voice channel transmission process facilitates converting an upstream analog voice signal to an upstream voice component of an upstream DSL data stream.

Abstract: A switching method and a switching apparatus in a telecommunication network for connecting physical endpoints via a through switch connection, wherein the through switch connection is composed of legs and a leg connector, and a leg is composed of services and subconnections between the services. A leg being terminated by termination points and comprising specific services is formed by leg control means, and the specific services and subconnections between the specific services which form the leg are provided by connection control means, the services being terminated by termination points. Further, connection admission control means accept connections being part of the through switch connection.

Abstract: A link-sharing classification hierarchy is described, characterizing network traffic at a high level both to allow measurements of network traffic to be aggregated according classifications in the hierarchy and to describe a policy for network quality of service. Policy templates allow network quality-of-service policies to be re-used across multiple links. Policy alarms can be raised by quality-of-service devices when a policy is violated. An XML API allows applications to manage a central repository of policies.

Abstract: A method and system for using power and timing estimates to acquire frame acquisition of a reverse CDMA carrier signal. The method includes providing at least one remote transceiver device acquiring a forward CDMA carrier signal, and the one remote transceiver device transmitting a reverse CDMA carrier signal modified to include a frequency associated with the forward CDMA carrier signal. A transceiver base station, in response to determining if the reverse CDMA carrier signal exceeds a reverse CDMA carrier signal threshold (RCCST), uses the frequency embedded in the modified reverse CDMA carrier signal to acquire phase of the reverse CDMA carrier signal. Achieving acquisition the transceiver base station signals a mode change to the remote transceiver. Otherwise, the transceiver base station signals the remote transceiver device to slip the reverse CDMA carrier signal a predetermined number of chips; and/or transmit the reverse CDMA carrier signal at a second power level.

Abstract: A system is provided for prioritizing and queuing traffic from a plurality of data streams. The system includes a queuing structure, processing circuitry, and a search engine. The queuing structure has a plurality of queues. The search engine is implemented on the processing circuitry and is configured to search and edit the queues in order to manage traffic at a given instance in time by traversing each of the queues in a predetermined manner to identify and remove eligible entries from each queue that need to be transmitted. The traffic was previously classified as to type and traffic elements were previously loaded onto selected queues with other traffic elements having a similar traffic type. A method is also provided.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing queue pair connection protection over an interconnect network, such as InfiniBand. A message packet is received for a queue pair (QP) and the QP is checked for an imminent connection failure. Responsive to identifying an imminent connection failure, a special message processing mode is established for the QP. After the special message processing mode is established, packets of the message are received without establishing a message queue entry and without storing packet data.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the invention, a method and apparatus are described to receive a signal, determine a quality of the received signal, and transmit a power control message, with a selected size, the power control message being based at least in part on the quality of the received signal. The power control message requests a modification in transmission power or indicates the deviation of the signal quality from a reference signal quality.

Abstract: A system and method for supplemental channel (SCH) assignment control in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) mobile communication system. Upon request of a Mobile Station (MS) for a SCH, a maximum available data rate is determined which is less than a predetermined data threshold. The MS is notified of the determined maximum data rate. Thus, the SCH is assigned to the MS.

Abstract: A packet forwarding method for optimizing packet traffic flow across communications networks and simplifying network management. The invention provides look-up-free and packet-layer-protocol transparent forwarding of multi-protocol packet traffic among Layer-N (N=2 or upper in the ISO OSI model) nodes. The invention enables flexible and efficient packet multicast and anycast capabilities along with real-time dynamic load balancing and fast packet-level traffic protection rerouting. Applications include fast and efficient packet traffic forwarding across administrative domains of Internet, such as an ISP's backbone or an enterprise virtual private network, as well as passing packet traffic over a neutral Internet exchange facility between different administrative domains.

Abstract: In a wireless base station, when a newly provided control unit receives an IP packet from one mobile station (102), it refers to a destination address in control information added to the IP packet (104), and determines whether the IP packet is one to be broadcast or multicast (106). If the value of destination address is at a value indicative of broadcasting or the like defined by IP, the IP packet is copied according to the subnet, and is sent back to a wireless link layer processor with its contents intact (108). Further, the wireless link layer processor is commanded to broadcast the sent-back IP packet in a wireless area and so forth (110), whereby the IP packet can be broadcast into a cell and so forth.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement and method for interfacing a node and a data fabric. In a computing arrangement that includes a plurality of nodes intercoupled by the data fabric, each node is assigned to one of a plurality of partitions. A node-interface circuit is configured to interface with the source node, and a translation circuit translates data between a first format compatible with the nodes and a second format compatible with the data fabric. An access control circuit either enables or disables transmission of data from the source node based on whether the source and destination nodes are in the same partition.

Abstract: A system and method of scheduling packets in a multi-threaded, multiprocessor network architecture provides enhanced speed and performance. The architecture involves a scheduler thread that transitions between queues in response to a depletion of queues by a weighted amount, a plurality of transmit threads that deplete the queues by the size of packets transmitted and a plurality of receive threads that initialize the weights for idle queues.

Abstract: Digital signal processing based methods and systems for receiving data signals include parallel receivers, multi-channel receivers, timing recovery schemes, and, without limitation, equalization schemes. The present invention is implemented as a multi-path parallel receiver in which an analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) and/or a digital signal processor (“DSP”) are implemented with parallel paths that operate at lower rates than the received data signal. In an embodiment, a parallel DSP-based receiver in accordance with the invention includes a separate timing recovery loop for each ADC path. In an embodiment, a parallel DSP-based receiver includes a separate automatic gain control (AGC) loop for each ADC path. In an embodiment, a parallel DSP-based receiver includes a separate offset compensation loop for each ADC path. In an embodiment the present invention is implemented as a multi-channel receiver that receives a plurality of data signals.

Abstract: Systems and processes for communication of messages between one or more networked objects on circuit and packet data networks are described. Specifically, means for representation of various communication types, including content description and disposition rules, delivery and routing descriptions and rules, conversion and translation descriptions and rules, and methods for interactions and for administration over one or more network types, through one or more communication protocol types, to one or more destination types are described. The delivery of messages and other communication over various communication protocols in addition to email is described. Methods for administering and managing rules for directing and transforming said messages and communications for purposes of routing or delivery to one or more specific destinations are also presented.

Abstract: A method, architecture and service of providing a multiple tiered pricing structure for providing a first service level to priority traffic where the priority traffic is protected via a 1:1 protection system, and a second service level for non-priority or extra traffic, wherein the extra traffic is normally propagated via the protection path, and is protected using a mesh restoration technique in the event of failure of the protection path or use of the protection path by the priority traffic.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements for facilitating notification among at least two nodes in a distributed network, involving the designation of one of the nodes as a publisher node, the designation of at least one other of the nodes as at least one subscriber node, and the propagation of a transmission from the publisher node to the at least one subscriber node via at least one link. The propagation is undertaken via only one distinct transmission along any single link.

Abstract: The method serves for calling a substation (USm) by a central station (Z) in a transmission system for the purposes of information transmission by way of a communication channel (m) called from a plurality of communication channels. The plurality of communication channels is subdivided into communication groups (GRI, GRII, GRIII) of the same property or the same parameter values. Within a selected communication group (GRII) a communication channel (m) is called, which is still communication-free. If all (n) communication channels of the communication group (GRII) are already busy, the central station (Z) goes into a waiting condition until at least one of the communication channels of the communication group (GRII) becomes communication-free.

Abstract: An Inifiniband (IB) network that incorporates a Fibre Channel (FC) network is disclosed. The IB and FC networks are coupled by a gateway that maps the FC network to a virtual IB network. In generating the virtual IB network, the gateway may provide a virtual IB target for each node port in the FC network, and may further provide a minimum number of virtual IB switches necessary to support the virtual IB targets. The gateway assigns a globally unique identifier (GUID) to each of the virtual IB targets, and may further associate local identifiers (LID) with the virtual IB targets. The gateway preferably emulates subnet management agents (SMA) and general service agents (GSA) of the virtual IB targets when management IB packets are received, and the gateway preferably converts non-management IB packets directed to the virtual IB targets into FC frames directed to the corresponding target FC devices.

Abstract: Communities attributes are inserted into a packet in a predetermined sequence. A receiving device extrapolates policy information from the sequence of communities attributes for making intelligent routing decisions.

Abstract: Described are a system and computer-implemented method for searching and updating a routing table for forwarding IP packets through a communications network. Records containing IP address prefixes are organized in a binary tree data structure. When inserting a new record, one of the records in the binary tree data structure is identified as an enclosing record having an associated record data range that encloses record data of the new record. An enclosing pointer of the new record is set to point to the identified enclosing record. When searching for a longest matching prefix for a destination IP address, the binary tree data structure is traversed and one of the records in the binary tree data structure is identified as an enclosing record, which is returned as the longest matching prefix.