Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wireless services to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. A device can have a plurality of antennas, each having two or more beams. The plurality of antennas can divide the coverage area into sectors based on the two or more beams of each antenna, and each beam can overlap with a beam in an adjacent sector. The device can transmit a reference signal in each sector via the associated beam, received one or more measurement reports from UEs within each sector, indicating a received quality of at least one reference signal. The device can assign a sector edge UE to a sector based on the measurement report.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wireless services to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. A device can have a plurality of antennas, each having two or more beams. The plurality of antennas can divide the coverage area into sectors based on the two or more beams of each antenna, and each beam can overlap with a beam in an adjacent sector. The device can transmit a reference signal in each sector via the associated beam, received one or more measurement reports from UEs within each sector, indicating a received quality of at least one reference signal. The device can assign a sector edge UE to a sector based on the measurement report.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wireless services to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. A device can have a plurality of antennas, each having two or more beams. The plurality of antennas can divide the coverage area into sectors based on the two or more beams of each antenna, and each beam can overlap with a beam in an adjacent sector. The device can transmit a reference signal in each sector via the associated beam, received one or more measurement reports from UEs within each sector, indicating a received quality of at least one reference signal. The device can assign a sector edge UE to a sector based on the measurement report.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing wireless services to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. A device can have a plurality of antennas, each having two or more beams. The plurality of antennas can divide the coverage area into sectors based on the two or more beams of each antenna, and each beam can overlap with a beam in an adjacent sector. The device can transmit a reference signal in each sector via the associated beam, received one or more measurement reports from UEs within each sector, indicating a received quality of at least one reference signal. The device can assign a sector edge UE to a sector based on the measurement report.

Abstract: A processor for processing contents of packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. The processor includes a searching apparatus having one or more comparators for searching for a reference string in the contents of a packet, and processes contents of all packets passing through the connection point in real time. In one implementation, the processor is programmable and has an instruction set that includes an instruction for invoking the searching apparatus to search for a specified reference string in the packet starting at an unknown location within a range of the packet.

Abstract: A monitor for and a method of examining packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. Each packets conforms to one or more protocols. The method includes receiving a packet from a packet acquisition device and performing one or more parsing/extraction operations on the packet to create a parser record comprising a function of selected portions of the packet. The parsing/extraction operations depend on one or more of the protocols to which the packet conforms. The method further includes looking up a flow-entry database containing flow-entries for previously encountered conversational flows. The lookup uses the selected packet portions and determining if the packet is of an existing flow.

Abstract: A processor for processing contents of packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. The processor includes a searching apparatus having one or more comparators for searching for a reference string in the contents of a packet, and processes contents of all packets passing through the connection point in real time. In one implementation, the processor is programmable and has an instruction set that includes an instruction for invoking the searching apparatus to search for a specified reference string in the packet starting at an unknown location within a range of the packet.

Abstract: A processor for processing contents of packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. The processor includes a searching apparatus having one or more comparators for searching for a reference string in the contents of a packet, and processes contents of all packets passing through the connection point in real time. In one implementation, the processor is programmable and has an instruction set that includes an instruction for invoking the searching apparatus to search for a specified reference string in the packet starting at an unknown location within a range of the packet.

Abstract: A cache system for looking up one or more elements of an external memory includes a set of cache memory elements coupled to the external memory, a set of content addressable memory cells (CAMs) containing an address and a pointer to one of the cache memory elements, and a matching circuit having an input such that the CAM asserts a match output when the input is the same as the address in the CAM cell. The cache memory element which a particular CAM points to changes over time. In the preferred implementation, the CAMs are connected in an order from top to bottom, and the bottom CAM points to the least recently used cache memory element.

Abstract: A monitor for and a method of examining packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. Each packets conforms to one or more protocols. The method includes receiving a packet from a packet acquisition device and performing one or more parsing/extraction operations on the packet to create a parser record comprising a function of selected portions of the packet. The parsing/extraction operations depend on one or more of the protocols to which the packet conforms. The method further includes looking up a flow-entry database containing flow-entries for previously encountered conversational flows. The lookup uses the selected packet portions and determining if the packet is of an existing flow.

Abstract: A monitor for and a method of examining packets passing through a connection point on a computer network. Each packets conforms to one or more protocols. The method includes receiving a packet from a packet acquisition device and performing one or more parsing/extraction operations on the packet to create a parser record comprising a function of selected portions of the packet. The parsing/extraction operations depend on one or more of the protocols to which the packet conforms. The method further includes looking up a flow-entry database containing flow-entries for previously encountered conversational flows. The lookup uses the selected packet portions and determining if the packet is of an existing flow.

Abstract: A new female connector and a corresponding new male connector that are compatible with the FCC 68.500 subpart F standard connectors. Specifically, the new modular male connector includes electrical contacts in association with at least two surfaces of the generally rectilinear connector. Corresponding electrical contacts are included in the female connector to mate with the electrical contacts in the male connector.

Abstract: An interface circuit is described for use with a plurality of peripherals or attachments connected in data communication with a central computer. The computer sends data messages, each of which includes the unique addresses of that peripheral to which the particular data message is directed. The peripheral interface contains areas for stripping and then storing addresses from the message received from the computer. If the address matches that of the peripheral, the peripheral acts on the message and responds when necessary to the computer with a message return that includes the address.

Abstract: A controller is disclosed for use in a local area network preferably of the type having a token-passing protocol. The controller modifies the contents of a data packet or message as it moves on the network media, thereby to intercept, modify and redirect the data message to nodes other than the originally addressed node. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the controller is associated with a high-information node (e.g., a file server) connected in a network with a plurality of low-information nodes. The controller modifies the token address transmitted with the token packet from the high-information node after a number of data transmissions so that the token rather than being passed to the next node is returned to the high-information node, thereby allowing a plurality of successive data transmissions to be made in succession from the high-information node to one or more of the low-information nodes.