Abstract: A node includes a deterministic path that conveys packets from input ports to output ports via a deterministic switch. The node also includes a statistical path that conveys packets from the input ports to the output ports via a statistical switch. A deterministic scheduler selectively enables the first path or the second path based on traffic properties that indicate whether the packets are in a stochastic flow or a deterministic flow. In some cases, the deterministic scheduler includes timing circuitry that determines an arrival time of a packet at an input port of a node and enabling circuitry that generates signaling that selectively enables a first path for conveying the packet via a deterministic switch or a second path for conveying the packet via a statistical switch. The selection is based on whether the arrival time indicates that the packet is in a stochastic flow or a deterministic flow.

Abstract: A module monitors an arrival time of a frame at a node that selectively transmits frames from different flows in different time windows. The module determines whether the arrival time is within a time window and generates a signal in response to the arrival time being outside of the time window. In some cases, the frame is received at an ingress port of the node and the arrival time of the frame is recorded in an event database in response to receiving the frame at the ingress port. The arrival time of the event is accessed from the event database and this information is used to determine whether the arrival time is within the time window. The time window can be modified in response to the arrival time being outside the time window.

Abstract: A module monitors an arrival time of a frame at a node that selectively transmits frames from different flows in different time windows. The module determines whether the arrival time is within a time window and generates a signal in response to the arrival time being outside of the time window. In some cases, the frame is received at an ingress port of the node and the arrival time of the frame is recorded in an event database in response to receiving the frame at the ingress port. The arrival time of the event is accessed from the event database and this information is used to determine whether the arrival time is within the time window. The time window can be modified in response to the arrival time being outside the time window.

Abstract: A node is deployed along a path between a master device and a slave device. In some cases, the path includes additional nodes. The node includes a plurality of queues configured to be associated with a corresponding plurality of flows. A first queue of the plurality of queues is configured to be associated with a first flow that conveys timing messages for synchronizing the master device and the slave device. A scheduler is configured to schedule messages from the first queue during an extended time window that encompasses expected arrival times of a first set of timing messages in the first flow. The node reverts to normal behavior in response to completing processing of the first set of timing messages. During normal operation, the node schedules messages from the first queue during a default time window that is shorter than the extended time window.

Abstract: A node is configured for deployment in an optical network. The node includes an analog switch for routing an optical packet between input ports and output ports. The node also includes digital processing circuitry configured to generate first configuration information based on the optical packet prior to providing the optical packet to the analog switch. The analog switch is configured to route the optical packet between the input ports and the output ports based on the first configuration information in response to the optical packet arriving at the node in a first time interval. The optical packet is not processed by the digital processing circuit or results of processing are not used to configure the analog switch during a second time interval. The analog switch routes the optical packet between the input and output ports based on second configuration information during the second time interval.

Abstract: A node is deployed along a path between a master device and a slave device. In some cases, the path includes additional nodes. The node includes a plurality of queues configured to be associated with a corresponding plurality of flows. A first queue of the plurality of queues is configured to be associated with a first flow that conveys timing messages for synchronizing the master device and the slave device. A scheduler is configured to schedule messages from the first queue during an extended time window that encompasses expected arrival times of a first set of timing messages in the first flow. The node reverts to normal behavior in response to completing processing of the first set of timing messages. During normal operation, the node schedules messages from the first queue during a default time window that is shorter than the extended time window.

Abstract: This invention relates to a node of packet-switched network having input interfaces and at least one output interfaces, and a forwarding layer adapted to detect that a received datagram belongs to a coherent flow and to forward it to the appropriate output interface for emission during a reserved time interval, and further adapted to detect a reservation conflict concerning the emission of said datagram on said output interface and, when a reservation conflict is detected, to send a signaling message containing time information for modifying reception dates of subsequent datagrams of said coherent flow.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a Femto base station for transmitting broadcast services from a radiocommunication cellular network (10) to a mobile terminal (2), said mobile terminal (2) being adapted to receive said broadcast services either, in a first general mode, directly from one global base station (1) among a plurality of global base stations belonging to said radiocommunication cellular network (10), or, in a second specific mode, through a Femto base station (3). According to the invention, said method comprises the step of receiving (S30) at said Femto base station (3) services which are broadcast by the global base station (1) in the coverage of which said Femto base station (3) is located and the step of relaying (S32) the received services from said Femto base station (3) so that said mobile terminal (2) can receive the relayed services when it is in the second specific mode.

Abstract: In a radio communication network access network infrastructure, comprising first and second access points into the access network infrastructure which are both capable of communicating over a radio interface with a user equipment, wherein the radio coverage of the first access point is at least partially included in the radio coverage of the second access point, and wherein the first access point is capable of operating in an operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal, the first access point synchronizes itself with the second access point during reception, and switches to the operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal.

Abstract: The device for videoconferencing between a local user (1) and at least one remote user (3) comprises a screen (7) capable of displaying to the local user (1) an image of the remote user (I3), and an image sensor (9) capable of receiving an image from the local user (I1) to be transmitted to the remote user (3). The device further comprises a delaying unit (14) capable of applying a chosen delay (R) to the image (I1) of the local user (1) coming from the local image sensor, the screen (7) being capable of showing the local user (1) the image of the local user thereby delayed, such that the image of the local user thereby delayed is shown locally at the same time as the image of the local user shown remotely.

Abstract: In an access network infrastructure of a cellular radio communication network, comprising a first radio access point serving at least one radio cell and capable of communicating, over a radio interface, with at least one user equipment item located within the radio coverage of at least one of the radio cells, first and second criteria for establishing a radio communication link with a radio access point are defined, with these two criteria being distinct from one another, as well as a set of user equipment associated with the first radio access point.

Abstract: A method of real-time cropping of a real entity in motion in a real environment and recorded in a video sequence, the real entity being associated with a virtual entity, the method comprising the following steps: extraction (S1, S1A) from the video sequence of an image comprising the real entity recorded, determination of a scale and/or of an orientation (S2, S2A) of the real entity on the basis of the image comprising the real entity recorded, transformation (S3, S4, S3A, S4A) suitable for scaling, orienting, and positioning in a substantially identical manner the virtual entity and the real entity to recorded, and substitution (S5, S6, S5A, S6A) of the virtual entity with a cropped image of the real entity, the cropped image of the real entity being a zone of the image comprising the real entity recorded delimited by a contour of the virtual entity.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for managing a telecommunication network, comprising at least one base station in which said at least one base station is located and authenticated through the use of at least one identification parameter for a landline of the telecommunication network to which the base station is connected.

Abstract: The device for videoconferencing between a local user (1) and at least one remote user (3) comprises a screen (7) capable of displaying to the local user (1) an image of the remote user (I3), and an image sensor (9) capable of receiving an image from the local user (I1) to be transmitted to the remote user (3). The device further comprises a delaying unit (14) capable of applying a chosen delay (R) to the image (I1) of the local user (1) coming from the local image sensor, the screen (7) being capable of showing the local user (1) the image of the local user thereby delayed, such that the image of the local user thereby delayed is shown locally at the same time as the image of the local user shown remotely.

Abstract: In a radio communication network access network infrastructure, comprising first and second access points into the access network infrastructure which are both capable of communicating over a radio interface with a user equipment, wherein the radio coverage of the first access point is at least partially included in the radio coverage of the second access point, and wherein the first access point is capable of operating in an operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal, the first access point synchronizes itself with the second access point during reception, and switches to the operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal.

Abstract: In an access network infrastructure of a cellular radio communication network, comprising a first radio access point serving at least one radio cell and capable of communicating, over a radio interface, with at least one user equipment item located within the radio coverage of at least one of the radio cells, first and second criteria for establishing a radio communication link with a radio access point are defined, with these two criteria being distinct from one another, as well as a set of user equipment associated with the first radio access point.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for managing the attachment process of a mobile equipment to a base station wherein the attachment process is configured by a call from the mobile equipment toward the line to which said base station is connected.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for managing a telecommunication network, comprising at least one base station in which said at least one base station is located and authenticated through the use of at least one identification parameter for a landline of the telecommunication network to which the base station is connected.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a Femto base station for transmitting broadcast services from a radiocommunication cellular network (10) to a mobile terminal (2), said mobile terminal (2) being adapted to receive said broadcast services either, in a first general mode, directly from one global base station (1) among a plurality of global base stations belonging to said radiocommunication cellular network (10), or, in a second specific mode, through a Femto base station (3). According to the invention, said method comprises the step of receiving (S30) at said Femto base station (3) services which are broadcast by the global base station (1) in the coverage of which said Femto base station (3) is located and the step of relaying (S32) the received services from said Femto base station (3) so that said mobile terminal (2) can receive the relayed services when it is in the second specific mode.