Abstract: A system and method of providing mobility between Internet Protocol (IP) based packet networks is disclosed. The disclosed system and method permits user equipment to roam from one IP based packet network to a second IP based packet network, without any interruption in data communications. Wide area network mobility is achieved through the modification of existing protocols to include additional network gateway addressing information.

Abstract: A device for allocating a forward common channel in a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) communication system, including: a plurality of channel transmitters; a storage medium for storing, as orthogonal code numbers for the forward common channel used in a second CDMA communication system, orthogonal code numbers which cannot maintain an orthogonality due to an orthogonal code that the forward common channel uses at a maximum data rate, the orthogonal code being used in a first CDMA communication system; and a controller for reading the orthogonal code numbers from the storage medium according to mobile station type information from a mobile station, and allocating a specific forward common channel such that forward common channel message is spread and transmitted by a corresponding one of the channel transmitters with a specific one of the read orthogonal code numbers.

Abstract: A timing of a receiving slot at the wireless receiving section 11 is detected at the interrupt generation section 12, which generates a receiving slot start interrupt signal (b) and a receiving slot end interrupt signal (c), during a period between a relevant receiving slot start interrupt signal (a) and a receiving slot end interrupt signal (c), an operation clock frequency of the CPU 21 in the data processing section 2 is variably controlled according to a receiving electric field strength, whereby the deterioration of receiving performance due to noises running from the data processing section 2 to the wireless section 1 at the receiving time can be reduced.

Abstract: The invention realizes high speed data transmission, as known from the Fast Ethernet, with fieldbus systems in the field of industrial automation. A suitable fieldbus component includes a data link layer, which operates with a fieldbus protocol, and a physical layer, which is constituted for high speed data transmission. There are also provided an interface, which connects the data link layer and the physical layer, and a layer for matching the data link layer to the physical layer.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system (10) a method and apparatus for inhibiting data transmissions during a data service outage at the access terminal (16). The access terminal (16) transmits an outage indicator to the access network (12) prior to the outage. A data service outage may be due to a page monitor of the voice portion of the system, or to frequency searching during which the access terminal (AT) is not available to receive data. The access network (12) does not transmit data during the outage. In one embodiment, the indicator is a DRC null cover. In an alternate embodiment, the indicator is a DRC having a zero data rate.

Abstract: A subscriber network system is provided with is capable of reducing the response time and reducing the device cost. In the subscriber network system, a control cell is generated which includes modified information when modification is caused for the filter table 230 of the cell filter 24-1 to 24-n in the ATM concentrator 200. The cell filters 24-1 to 24-n of the ATM concentrator 200 distribute the cells input through the cell inserting and dividing portion 210 to the subscribers. The control cell terminating portion 220 terminates the control cell supplied from the ATM exchange 100. The filter table 230 stores the setting information for the cell filters 24-1 to 24-n in the control cell terminated at the control cell terminated at the control cell terminating portion 220.

Abstract: In a communications network, a virtual channel connection is established between first and second nodes in a communications network using a negotiating procedure to determine a mutually acceptable path identifier. The first node sends a connection request to the second node incorporating a path identifier for a virtual channel to be used for the connection. The second node determines whether the path identifier is acceptable for establishing the connection, and if so returns an acceptance message. If the path identifier is not acceptable to the second node, this node returns a negotiation request message incorporating a new path identifier for an alternative virtual channel to be used for the connection.

Abstract: A pipelined scheduling system allowing suppressed unfairness among inputs and reduced fixed delay time is disclosed. Virtual output queues (VOQs) for each input port corresponding to respective ones of the output ports are stored. The VOQs are equally divided into a plurality of groups. Scheduling modules each corresponding to the groups performs a scheduling operation at a single time slot in a round robin fashion such that each of the scheduling modules reserves output ports at a predetermined future time slot for forwarding requests from logical queues of a corresponding group based on a reservation status received from a previous scheduling module, and then transfers an updated reservation status to an adjacent scheduling module. A crossbar switch connects each of the input ports to a selected one of the output ports depending on the reservation status at each time slot.

Abstract: In a switch provided on a network for transferring data, a switch unit includes a scheduler for setting a switch core and an input port unit includes a data allotting unit for allotting transfer data on a priority basis, buffers provided corresponding to the priorities for temporarily storing and outputting the allotted transfer data, a request aggregating unit for aggregating connection requests related to transfer data which are allotted on a priority basis, allotting the connection requests in accordance with the priorities which are taken into consideration in processing by the scheduler and outputting the obtained requests, and a data aggregating unit for aggregating transfer data output from the buffers and transmitting the aggregated data to the switch core.

Abstract: In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search.

Abstract: In a mobile communication system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, spreading code detection and frame/slot timing synchronization (cell search) is conducted by using a long code masked symbol. The spreading factor of the long code masked symbol is set to a value lower than spreading factors of other ordinary symbols. As a result, it becomes possible to reduce the circuit scale and power dissipation of the mobile terminal and raise the speed of cell search.

Abstract: The benefits of a multicast-enabled network are realized by a flexible, easy to deploy, software-based solution that does not require reconfiguring of network routers. Systems and methods that implement this solution can perform as follows. A packet is received that was sent by a sender to at least one receiver, and the packet includes a parameter relating to a multicast announce address. A forwarding rules set is associated with the packet if the parameter has a defined value. This forwarding rules set is used to determine whether any of the at least one destination addresses included in the packet corresponds to one of the receivers that has a receiver format that must be converted. In addition, the forwarding rules set defines when a packet should be converted from a sender format to a receiver format before forwarding the packet.

Abstract: The disclosed network includes two rings, wherein a first ring transmits data in a clockwise direction, and the other ring transmits data in a counterclockwise direction. The traffic is removed from the ring by the destination node. During normal operations (i.e., all spans operational), data between nodes flows on the ring that would provide the minimum number of hops to the destination node. Thus, both rings are fully utilized during normal operations. The nodes periodically test the bit error rate of the links (or the error rate is constantly calculated) to detect a fault in one of the links. The detection of such a fault sends a broadcast signal to all nodes to reconfigure a routing table within the node so as to identify the optimum routing of source traffic to the destination node after the fault.

Abstract: A switching system includes a switch fabric that includes groups of buffers for each port interface device that communicates with external communication devices through an Ethernet plane. The port interface device is formed to receive congestion ratings reflecting buffer usage within the switch fabric for each device coupled to transmit and receive packets through the switching fabric and to determine whether to route to the switching fabric or drop the packet based upon the congestion rating of the destination device and upon a quality of service rating for the packet.

Abstract: An I/F apparatus (D-Ether) with a high-speed/high reliability interface function is provided for a typical network configuration comprising information processing devices such as a plurality of computers (PCs), 100Base-T hubs (HUBs), and 100Base-T Ether cables (Ethers) for connection among them, and a local bus (bus) with a higher speed than that of the Ethers connects a PC to the D-Ether. The D-Ether includes a plurality of LAN controllers and has a function for receiving IP packets at high speed from PC (5) to sequentially transfer the IP packets to the plurality of ports at the speed of the Ether. In addition, the D-Ether has a function for receiving IP packets from the plurality of ports to transfer the IP packets to PC (5) or another Ether port. The transfer processing is performed with reference to a MAC to port table memory in which information on transfer targets of IP packets and ports to be used is stored.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for building a searchable multi-dimensional index tree that indexes a plurality of data objects. In one aspect of the invention, the index tree divides dataspace into three subspaces and indexes the data objects using a single dimension. If too many data objects map to the same point in that dimension, the dimension is switched to a new dimension of the data object and the data object is indexed using the new dimension. A split node having a split value is used to keep track of the indexing. In another aspect of the invention, the index tree divides dataspace into two subspaces, and equal bits are used in the split nodes to track the content of the data objects in the subspaces. If too many data objects sharing the same key within the same dimension map to a single point, then the dimension is switched to a new dimension and the data objects are indexed using the new dimension.

Abstract: A method of dynamic modification of a communication link is provided. The method includes assigning a new carrier frequency to a first communication link. The method further includes adjusting the carrier frequency of the first communication link until the new carrier frequency is reached without substantially interrupting the first communication link. Further, the first communication link uses a single link during the modification.

Abstract: A communication network comprises a first network which permits data to be transmitted at a first bit rate and a second network which permits data to be transmitted at a second bit rate. A first terminal comprises an encoder which can generate a scaled data flow with at least two data layers from a signal to be coded. The data layers differ in their information content as regards the signal to be coded and the scaled data flow has a bit rate which is smaller than or equal to the first bit rate. A decoder is located in a second terminal and can decode a received data flow. The first and the second network are linked by a network connecting unit which can be operated so as to modify the received data flow by removing at least one data layer in such a way that the modified scaled data flow has a modified bit rate which is smaller than or equal to the second bit rate, and so as to feed the modified scaled data flow into the second network.

Abstract: A data link switching (DLSw) routing information field (RIF) passthru technique provides end-to-end source route information to source and destination endstations coupled to respective local and remote source-route bridge (SRB) subnetworks of a DLSw network. The local and remote SRB subnetworks include respective local and remote DLSw peer switches that communicate over an intermediate wide area nework to form the DLSw network. The source route information describes a complete path between the source endstation and the local DLSw switch on the local SRB subnetwork, and the remote DLSw switch and destination endstation on the remote SRB subnetwork. The DLSw RIF passthru technique enables token ring frame exchanges between the source and destination endstations with end-to-end source route information that is transparently forwarded between the DLSw peer switches.

Abstract: A funnel in fan out network device includes a fast uplink port operating at a first data rate. A plurality of slow ports operate at a second data rate. The second data rate is slower than the first data rate. A processor is configured to direct a packet received on one of the slower ports directly to the fast uplink port without looking up the destination address of the packet.