Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing transportation of data include processing that begins by polling a plurality of local memory entities for transportation of data, wherein the polling is based on a linked list. When a currently polled local memory entity has data to transport, the processing obtains channels status of a logical channel associated with the currently polled memory entity. Note that the data to transport is contained within a data word that includes a data portion and a tag. Regardless of whether the data to transport is to be transported from local memory to non-local memory or from the non-local memory to local memory, the processing determines data block status based on the data word, wherein the data block is stored in non-local memory. Next, the processing provides, or retrieves, the data portion of the data word to, or from, the non-local memory based on at least one of the channel status, the data word, and the data block status.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transceiving multiple service data from multiple communication services to a SONET/SDH communication system or network is provided. A SONET/SDH universal framer (SURF) bidirectionally provides communication between a SONET/SDH communication port and multiple service communication ports using their native data format. A provisioning register stores provisioning information describing the communication system and the communication ports. A SONET/SDH byte engine processes complex hierarchical SONET/SDH frames storing intermediate states when it changes to process a byte of data of a different STS-1 equivalent frame in a SONET/SDH STS-N frame. A service byte engine processes the multitude of service data formats and generally its intermediate states are restored, processed, and saved when it changes to process a different data stream or a different frame of data of a given service.

Abstract: An FM transmitter forms a Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) signal comprising a digital FM signal and an analog FM signal. The FM transmitter comprises an RF nonlinear amplifier coupled to a first antenna and an RF linear amplifier coupled to a second antenna. The RF non-linear amplifier and antenna transmit the analog FM signal. The RF linear amplifier and antenna transmit the digital FM signal. The FM transmitter controls the signal transmissions such that the transmitted analog FM signal and the transmitted digital FM signal are combined, or multiplexed, together in the channel itself (here, the atmosphere) to form the DAB signal.

Abstract: A method for controlling virtual connections between endpoints over a unidirectional ring network. The network includes a number of network elements coupled together to form segments of the ring network. The method receives a request to create a virtual connection between first and second endpoints on the ring network. The method identifies the segments of the ring network that would be affected by the addition of the connection between the first and second endpoints. Further, the method retrieves data that represents the currently allocated capacity for each affected segment. For each affected segment, the method determines whether adding the requested virtual connection would exceed the capacity for the segment. The method transmits signals over the ring to establish the virtual connection when adding the virtual connection does not exceed the capacity for any of the affected segments.

Abstract: The trunk routing device and method in a CDMA mobile communication system according to the present invention is contrived to assign and establish a plurality of trunks in the unit of packet to send packet data between a base station controller and a base transceiver station in order to uniformly utilize all trunk paths. Once receiving a new packet from a node connected to the base station controller, the invention extracts information about the packet designation from every packet and switches the packet data with the trunks connected to the designation in the unit of packet, thus sending the packet date to the base transceiver station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for combining data from first and second separate data transceivers onto a common data link. The method involves transceiving data at the first data transceiver using the common communications link, at regular intervals of time, and monitoring the common communications link to identify idle periods during which data associated with the first data transceiver is not present. The second data transceiver is synchronized with a corresponding transceiver in communication with the common communications link and communications are established between the second data transceiver and the corresponding transceiver, during the idle periods.

Abstract: Techniques for improved handoff searching in asynchronous systems, such as W-CDMA, are disclosed. In one aspect, a two-step search procedure is used when a list of neighbor codes is known. In the first step, a received signal is correlated with a slot timing code to locate on or more pilots and the slot boundaries associated therewith. In the second step, the received signal is correlated with each of the list of codes at the slot boundaries identified with pilots in the first step to identify the pilot code and the frame timing associated with each pilot. Various other aspects of the invention are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of decreasing search time, which translates to increased acquisition speed, higher quality signal transmission, increased data throughput, decreased power, and improved overall system capacity.

Abstract: Speech is transmitted between a base station (BTS) and a TRAU by converting a speech signal into a parameter group which is inserted in a traffic frame which is transmitted as a packet comprising a header and a payload. In accordance with the invention, the payload is formed of the contents of several traffic frames until the payload is essentially full, and a packet is sent to the destination via the transmission network. At the destination the traffic frames are separated from the payload of the received packets and they are passed to a speech decoder. The packing of packets full can be started about a second after the beginning of the connection and after pauses, in which case the ending of a pause is transmitted to the listener as fast as possible.

Abstract: A distributed private branch telephone exchange (PBX) including a local area network carrying telephony traffic, an interface to the PSTN and a station interface connecting to a telephone device transmitting telephony over the local area network. The distributed PBX may contain a number of multi-port modules connected over a local area data network. The multi-port modules convert between synchronous and asynchronous signals and connect between a telephony environment, such as a telephone device, a local area network, and a personal computing device. The distributed PBX also includes PBX software and a graphical user interface (GUI) which facilitate the management of various PBX functions.

Abstract: A crossbar bus network of nodes is coupled to a crossbar switch circuit that operates as a communications hub routing messages simultaneously to and from the nodes over multiple links. The crossbar switch circuit includes a dedicated communications bus ring adapted to transmit data such as programmed input/output (PIO) messages between components of said crossbar switch circuit. The communications bus ring can be used for secondary high latency data communications thereby freeing switching matrix links of the crossbar switch circuit for simultaneous unimpeaded important low latency data communications to the same device.

Abstract: In a cellular telecommunications system, a method of dynamically allocating packet data radio channels among users competing in a same cell for the channels involves determining a user ranking for each of plural competing users in the cell, and classifying each of the plural competing users into one of plural ranking classes. A number of the packet data radio channels available for each of the ranking classes is then determined, after which the users within each ranking class are sorted by ranking. The packet data radio channels are allocated to the users by sorted position within ranking classes. The user ranking for each of the plural competing users in the cell is related to a weighted combination of plural measures of performance for the user.

Abstract: A system is presented including a first telecommunication device connected to a network at a rate adjusted to improve data bandwidth while data integrity is maintained. The first telecommunication device compresses input data received via the network. Additionally, a first router is connected to the first telecommunication device. Also a gateway is connected to the first router and a second router. Also presented is a second telecommunication device connected to the second router. The second telecommunication device decompresses received data.

Abstract: In a cable network for delivering a personal communications service (PCS) and cable television (CATV) service, return service applications, e.g., a pay per view service, are also provided on a return cable band provided by the cable network. In accordance with the invention, the return service applications utilize subbands unused by the PCS in the return cable band, thereby unaffecting the PCS. The broadband noise in the subbands normally accompanied by the PCS is filtered out using a tunable filter whose passband is adjustable to coincide with one of many PCS signal bands being used in the return cable band.

Abstract: The required length of a route descriptor in a source routing system is obtained by inserting an implied exit field, use of run-length encoding, and use of variable-length encoding. In the variable-length encoding, codes having lesser bits are reserved for preferred directions. Preferred direction may be encoded in the routing header, and it may be implied by the arrival port.

Abstract: A method of initializing a packet traffic channel in a communication system to efficiently use channel capacity in a packet data service and to reduce time and power required to initialize a packet traffic channel includes timing alignment between a terminal and a base station, controlled access collision between terminals, use of preamble patterns, and a comb-type correlator branch.

Abstract: A clock recovery mechanism for an ATM receiver recovers a service (source) clock transmitted over an ATM network. The mechanism includes an input for receiving an SRTS from the ATM network, a local SRTS generator for locally generating an SRTS, a comparator for comparing a received SRTS and a locally generated SRTS and a recovered service clock generator responsive to an output of the comparator for generating the recovered service clock and for controlling the local SRTS generator. The locally generated SRTS is compared directly with the received SRTS. The local SRTS is generated using the same method as used to generate the transmitted SRTS, that is using the network clock fnx and a locally generated clock, at frequency fs. The difference between the locally generated SRTS and the received SRTS can be expressed directly in a number of fnx pulse clocks to be added or removed to the generated fs clock. Thus a service clock can be recovered at a receiver location using SRTSs by means of a digital technique.

Abstract: Method and apparatus providing connection-oriented services for packet switched data communications networks. Directory services include distributed discovery of MAC addresses and protocol alias addresses. Topology services include a link state topology exchange among switches, which provides each switch with a complete topology graph of the network. This enables an access switch receiving a data packet to determine a complete path from a source end system to a destination end system. Another service includes resolution of broadcast frames to unicast frames, in order to reduce the amount of broadcast traffic. Policy restrictions may be applied prior to connection setup. Path determination services enable multiple paths from a source to a destination. Connection management includes source routed mapping of connections on the desired path.

Abstract: Coarse frequency offset estimation method and device in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver are provided.

Abstract: A virtual AN switch comprises a virtual AN unit. The virtual AN unit is implemented by virtually building the same capability as that of a normal access network device into a virtual AN switch, and is connected to a control switch via a V5.2 interface. Whether or not a subscriber accommodated by the virtual AN switch is accommodated in the virtual AN unit is registered to a subscriber data memory for each subscriber. The virtual AN unit performs a conversion between an intra-office signal and a V5.2 signal message. For the subscriber accommodated by the virtual AN unit, the virtual AN switch serves as a remote accommodating device of the control switch.

Abstract: A wireless communication device and a method for transmitting and receiving at least one frame between a terminal device, connected to the wireless communication device, and an interworking function. Selected ones of a plurality of corresponding configuration options of a first and a second instance of a communication protocol, executing on the wireless communication device, are checked to determine whether they are equal. If the selected ones of the corresponding configuration options are equal, all but certain ones of a plurality of packets may be passed through the wireless communication device without unframing and reframing the communication protocol frames encapsulating the packets.