Having A Supervisory Signaling Feature Patents (Class 370/384)
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Patent number: 7839808Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for removing noise contained within a usable frequency band of a mobile communication terminal. The apparatus includes a multiplier for multiplying a main clock of the mobile communication terminal by a predetermined integer to generate a reference signal; a multiplexer for multiplexing parallel signals, the parallel signals being transmitted to a peripheral device inside the mobile communication terminal, using the reference signal, and converting the parallel signals into serial signals; a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the serial signals to convert the serial signals into parallel signals; and a frequency divider for recovering the reference signal of the serial signals transmitted from the demultiplexer into the main clock.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Nam-Hyung Kim
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Patent number: 7826376Abstract: A method and mechanism for monitoring performance in a network computing system. A user application on a source system is configured to communication with a destination system. The application is configured to load a dynamic linked library upon execution. The dynamic linked library is configured to store packet identifiers and time stamp information for communication packets received from the application prior to the packets being conveyed to the destination system. Upon receipt of an acknowledgement packet from the destination system, the library code is configured to retrieve the previously stored time stamp information, determine transit latency information corresponding to the communication packet, and log the determined transit latency information. Acknowledgement packets may further include time stamp information which may be utilized to determine additional latency information corresponding to the communication packet and/or acknowledgement packet.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2005Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Symantec Operating CorporationInventors: Slava Kritov, Hans F. van Rietschote
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Patent number: 7813492Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for establishing a connection to a terminal device, wherein a user capability information defining supported types of information streams is set in a compatibility information element within an outband signaling message, and a capability negotiation is performed by transmitting said outband signaling message via an outband control channel. The code or user capability information may be set at the terminal device or at an intermediate network element based on a subscriber profile information obtained from a subscriber database. Thereby, the user capability, such as a multimedia session composition, can be already negotiated or handled during the outband call setup phase, and a corresponding inband negotiation can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2007Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Timo Kauhanen, Juha Räsänen, Mark Lybeck
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Patent number: 7801024Abstract: A system and method is disclosed that assures component circuits transported in aggregated circuits restore correctly after an aggregated circuit fault. The system and method implements component circuit tail segment integrity checks whenever an aggregated circuit is restored in a higher level of a network hierarchy. Switches at both ends of an aggregated circuit perform circuit integrity checks of the tail segments of every component circuit. A failure of the component circuit integrity check on any component circuit causes that component circuit to be released and restored end-to-end.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Pravin Kumar Johri, Bruce Cortez, Sanja Durinovic-Johri
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Patent number: 7792067Abstract: A wireless network scheduling control system and a method therefor are provided, which includes a first receiving/transmitting node, one or a plurality of second receiving/transmitting nodes, and an end receiving/transmitting node. When data is transmitted from the first receiving/transmitting node to the end receiving/transmitting node via the second receiving/transmitting node, a type of the transmitted data for being connected is determined. If a transmission sequence can be registered and reset, the end receiving/transmitting node enters a sleeping mode through a control signal, and the second receiving/transmitting node registers and resets the transmission sequence; otherwise, the transmission is performed according to a plan of an MAP. A technology of registering and reorganizing the data in a frame structure that is transmitted is utilized, such that the data relevant to the end receiving/transmitting node is received and transmitted as collectively as possible.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Institute for Information IndustryInventors: Shiann-Tsong Sheu, Yen-Chieh Cheng, Hua-Chiang Yin, Frank Chee-Da Tsai
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Patent number: 7764671Abstract: Provided is a system and method for communicating audio. A method includes transmitting audio information segments on a first signal line, each segment including a format portion representative of audio format modes, and a data portion having audio data corresponding to one or more of the format modes. The method also includes transmitting a number of synchronization markers on a second signal line. Each marker is representative of a timing of one of the audio information segments.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Sang Van Tran, Keith LaRell Klingler
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Patent number: 7756142Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for realizing signalling agent based on a media gateway control protocol, which comprises the following steps of: providing an agent equipment between media gateways and a media gateway controller that locate in different networks, the agent equipment providing signalling agent and network address translation between different networks; requesting for registering to the media gateway controller from a media gateway; for a MGCP/MEGACO signalling that is not related to media between the media gateway controller and the media gateway, directly replacing a transaction number by the agent equipment and then forwarding; for a MGCP/MEGACO signalling that is related to media, processing a media identifier correspondingly by the agent equipment and then forwarding.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: ZTE CorporationInventors: Kezhi Qiao, Zhengrong Yang, Gang Cao
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Patent number: 7720050Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing and managing a network architecture capable of delivering wireless telephony and data services of carrier class quality over a local or wide-area network using industry standard wireless protocols is disclosed. A high bandwidth microwave ring array provides redundant point-to-point communications between nodes that are located to optimize geographical coverage through radio-frequency wireless transceivers. The total system is managed and monitored through web-based software to provide the speed and reliability of wired systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems, facilitating service in rural areas or areas of dispersed populations where other communications infrastructure is impractical.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Conxx, Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey T. Blank
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Patent number: 7710885Abstract: A routing monitor is disclosed comprising at least one communication tap, wherein each of the at least one communication taps is positioned in a line of communication between two routers and a protocol emulator for reassembling routing protocol messages captured by the at least one communication tap and opening a routing protocol connection with a network device using the reassembled routing protocol messages in response to a request for connection received from the network device.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Slawomir K. Ilnicki, Lance A. Tatman, Alexander L. Tudor
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Patent number: 7701927Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting communication data in a communication system (CSY) between a calling first communication unit (IPPA) and a called second communication unit (IPPD), wherein, in a first step a primary connection is set up starting from the first communication unit (IPPA) via at least one node unit to the second communication unit (IPPD) with transmission of addressing data of the communication units (IPPA,IPPD) and node units participating in the setup of the primary connection. Following this, the first communication unit (IPPA) and/or a first node unit disposed along the primary connection which have a valid addressing data element are registered as the ingress node. Furthermore, the second communication unit (IPPD) and/or a last node unit disposed along the primary connection which have a valid addressing data element are registered as the egress node.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Robert Stampfl, Klaus Wille, Steffi Winkler
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Patent number: 7688812Abstract: A physical layer device comprises an interface that communicates with a media access control (MAC) device. A first circuit attempts to establish a first link using a first transceiver over a first medium. A second circuit attempts to establish a second link using a second transceiver over a second medium that is different than the first medium. A media selector communicates with the interface and the first and second circuits and that enables data flow from the first medium to the MAC device using the interface when the first link is established first. A preferred medium selector communicates with the media selector and is configurable in one of a plurality of medium preference states.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: William Lo, Yatin Acharya
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Patent number: 7675902Abstract: A method for realizing signaling agent in a network system, the network system comprises media gateways and a media gateway controller in different networks, and at least one agent equipment on a boundary of different networks; each media gateway under the same media gateway controller has a unique message identifier of MEGACO signaling, the media gateway controller distinguishes different media gateways on the basis of the message identifier; the message identifier of the media gateway includes information of the media gateway; the message identifier of the media gateway controller includes information of the media gateway controller and the media gateway, the agent equipment utilizes the message identifier to realize signaling traversing between the media gateway and the media gateway controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2003Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Zte CorporationInventor: Kezhi Qiao
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Patent number: 7639675Abstract: A network device includes a media access controller (MAC) and a physical layer having an interface that communicates with the MAC. A first autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a link using a first transceiver over a first media. A second autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a link using a second transceiver over a second media. A media selector communicates with the interface and the first and second autonegotiation circuits. The media selector enables data flow from the first media to the MAC using the interface when a link is established first over the first media. The media selector enables data flow from the second media to the MAC using the interface when a link is established first over the second media.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Marvell International LtdInventors: Daryl Hoot, William Lo
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Patent number: 7639679Abstract: To selectively route stand-by packets in input modules to destination output modules via a switching matrix, distributed arbitration functions are executable by successive arbitration cycles. Each cycle comprises: a first phase executable by each input controller to send each output controller requests representative of the quantities of required stand-by packets; a second phase executable by each output controller to determine the quantity of admissible packets depending on the requests; a third phase executable by a central arbitration unit to determine allowed aggregate quantities depending on all the admissible quantities; and a fourth phase executable by each input controller to determine the allowed packet quantities depending on the admissible quantities and of the allowed aggregate quantities.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: AlcatelInventors: Ludovic Noirie, Georg Post, Silvio Cucchi, Fabio Valente
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Patent number: 7619975Abstract: A network media selection system comprises a memory that stores priority information for each of a plurality of ports and a media selector module that communicates with the memory, that receives activity signals and link signals from the plurality of ports, and that uses the activity signals, the link signals, and the priority information to generate enable signals for the plurality of ports. A respective port attempts to establish a link when a corresponding one of the enable signals is in a first state, and the respective port detects physical layer activity when a corresponding one of the enable signals is in a second state. The media selector module selectively sets enable signals to the second state for all of the plurality of ports other than a target port, which has the highest priority and has generated a link signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2005Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventor: William Lo
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Patent number: 7616649Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting compression parameters in a mobile communication system, comprising a mobile node, a first and a second packet switching node. In the method the second packet switching node is informed of the entry of the mobile node to an area controlled by the second packet switching node. At least one compression parameter is received from the first packet switching node to the second packet switching node. The second packet switching node informs at least one of the at least one compression parameter to the mobile node by way of layer-3 parameter renegotiation for a logical link connection. The benefits of the invention are related to improved reliability of packet data transmission to and from a mobile node.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks OyInventors: Mika Heiman, Jyri Turunen
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Publication number: 20090274148Abstract: In a provider backbone-traffic engineering network, a method and a bridge node are provided for setting up path between edge bridges connected to customer premises. A first edge bridge advertises towards peer edge bridges a tuple comprising a port identity and a layer two address. When it needs to set up a path towards the first edge bridge, one of the peer edge bridges uses information in the tuple to compute a path label.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Benoit C. Tremblay, Martin Julien, Abdallah Chatila, Richard Tremblay
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Patent number: 7570646Abstract: A slave interface unit controls the exchange of data between a master processing unit and a plurality of slave processing units operating in the asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) of operation. The ATM slave interface unit has a receive unit and a transmit unit that exchange data cells and control signals with the ATM master processing unit. The receive unit and the transmit unit are coupled to a receive buffer storage unit and a transmit buffer storage unit, respectively. The receive buffer storage unit and the transmit buffer storage unit exchange data and control signals with the direct memory access unit. The ATM slave interface unit includes a configuration interface unit having a register that identifies the location in the data cell where the destination address is located and relates the destination address to the particular processing unit or memory location. The receive buffer unit uses the information in the register to determine the destination of the data cell.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Martin Li, Jay B. Reimer, Shakuntala Anjanaiah, Natarajan Seshan, Patrick J. Smith
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Patent number: 7551734Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for modifying at least one connection parameter of a circuit switched terminal device, wherein the at least one connection parameter can be modified at a called terminal by a corresponding input operation after the receipt of a setup signaling message. The connection parameter is incorporated in an answer signaling message to be transmitted in response to the setup message, and compared with a negotiated connection parameter. Based on the comparison result, a parameter modification is initiated. Thereby, a discreet and fast slip from an offered to a wanted service can be offered at little message traffic.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: June 23, 2009Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Juha Räsänen, Timo Kauhanen, Mark Lybeck
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Publication number: 20090147776Abstract: Provided are an integrated switch and a switching method for simultaneously processing IP data and voice signals using silent periods during communication. The integrated switch provides a function of transmitting data packets using the silent periods during the communication of an existing switch subscriber, so that an existing frequency band and apparatus can be used without use of a separate frequency band and a separate apparatus for data transmission such as an existing asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL). In addition, efficiency of an existing switch can be increased without use of an apparatus for collecting and processing data provided in front of subscriber line cards.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2008Publication date: June 11, 2009Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Sung Soo Kang, Choon Sik Yim
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Patent number: 7532639Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating information between networked devices. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise, for example, a first networked device communicating information over a wireless communication network to a second networked device having power-save mode capability. The first networked device receives an incoming message from the second networked device. A first outgoing message is transmitted to the second networked device prior to transmitting a previously queued outgoing message. A second outgoing message is transmitted to the second networked device prior to the previously queued outgoing message being transmitted. Information may be communicated to the second networked device in a particular manner that depends on whether the second networked device has power-save capability. Communication medium access may be performed in a particular manner, depending on whether the second networked device has power-save capability.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2004Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventor: Matthew J. Fischer
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Publication number: 20090059911Abstract: A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventor: Mark Fine
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Patent number: 7489664Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving between MSs and a BS orthogonal code index information indicating orthogonal codes available to the MSs in a mobile communication system supporting multimedia services including voice and data services. The MSs are connected to the BS and receive a data service simultaneously from the BS. The BS generates the orthogonal code index information according to the forward channel states of the MSs, and transmits it to the MSs. Each of the MSs determines its assigned orthogonal codes from received orthogonal code index information.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Youn-Sun Kim, Ho-Kyu Choi, Hwan-Joon Kwon, Dong-Hee Kim
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Patent number: 7483369Abstract: The present invention is directed to the maintenance of call signaling information in connection with realtime communications established using a packet data network. According to the present invention, call state information related to a realtime communication is provided by a call controller to an interconnected client. The client stores the call state information. In the event of a failure of a call signaling channel between the call controller and the client or in the event of a failure of the call controller, the client may establish contact with an alternate call controller, and may provide the call state information that has been stored on the client to the alternate call controller. The alternate call controller may then restore call features associated with the realtime communication.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Avaya Inc.Inventors: David L. Chavez, Kurt H. Haserodt, Manish Marwah, Jeffrey Meis, Vivekananda Velamala
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Patent number: 7453803Abstract: A media gateway controller that includes an interface configured to receive a call request for a call from a communication device and transmit a control message for the call to the communication device. The media gateway controller also includes a processor configured to process the call request to determine an end point for the call, determine an end point state for the end point, and generate the control message indicating the end point state.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventor: Michael K. Bugenhagen
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Patent number: 7451026Abstract: A control unit for controlling and/or regulating at least one vehicle function, including at least one computing element and one transceiver for connecting the control unit to at least one data line of a data bus of a client-server network. Using at least one transmitted signal and at least one received signal, the at least one computing element determines if the transceiver is transmitting or receiving data via the at least one data line. In order to provide the option of being able to ascertain the transmitted and received signals without having to pick them off in the interior of the control unit and to direct them outwards, the control unit is connected to the data line via a measurement set-up, the measurement set-up having an arrangement for determining if a change in the state of a data signal applied to the data line originates at the control unit or at the rest of the client-server network.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Michael Horbelt
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Publication number: 20080273528Abstract: A phase signal select circuit includes a supporting path coupled to a tri-state inverter circuit. The supporting path reduces effects of hysteresis on signal transfer. An apparatus includes at least one input node responsive to a respective one of at least one input signal. The apparatus includes at least one circuit coupled to a respective one of the at least one input node and coupled to an output node. Individual ones of the at least one circuit are configured to provide a version of the respective input signal to the output node in response to a first state of a respective select signal. The apparatus includes at least one second circuit coupled to a respective one of the at least one circuit. The at least one second circuit is configured to toggle nodes of the at least one circuit in response to a second state of the respective select signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2007Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventors: Sanjeev Maheshwari, Meei-Ling Chiang, Emerson S. Fang
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Patent number: 7440443Abstract: An integrated network adapter is operable to establish a network interface with a plurality of media types, including at least a power line network and a telephone line network, based on pre-configuration, upon initialization and dynamically during operation. The adapter further is operable to establish network interfaces simultaneously or separately with a plurality of media types and provide that a communications event can occur simultaneously or separately over a plurality of media types.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2004Date of Patent: October 21, 2008Assignee: Arkados, IncInventors: Oleg Logvinov, Brion Ebert
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Patent number: 7417982Abstract: A converged services platform based on a hybrid switching architecture in which either a traditional switching model or a soft-switching model may be selected on a call-by-call basis. In addition, the assigned switching model may be dynamically changed while a call is in progress in order to gain access to desired media services while avoiding network latencies and undesirable service delays.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignee: Dialogic CorporationInventors: Rajnish Jain, Tomas Tavares
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Patent number: 7382773Abstract: The present invention is a system and method of receiving realtime and non-realtime communications from customers, distributing those communications efficiently to an appropriate agent and providing a response to the communication within an appropriate time. The present invention utilizes a hub and node architecture where realtime communications such as a voice call entering the architecture are received by a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway before being sent to a voice server. Other realtime and non-realtime communications are received by an appropriate media server. Routers for each media type access a predetermined set of routing data with an application server through a corporate and CRM database to facilitate routing through a node router to the appropriate node and agent.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Intervoice, Inc.Inventors: Carl Schoeneberger, Justin Broughton, Michael P. Dimitroff, Kevin McPartian, Charles Hymes, Chandra Pisupati
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Patent number: 7376139Abstract: A method for analyzing ISVM signaling messages that includes copying, to a message file, messages being transmitted through a signaling link, extracting ISVM messages from the message file that meet at least one trouble criterion, storing the extracted messages in an error report file, and generating an error report from the error report file. The error report lists the extracted messages. Examples of the trouble criterion include messages referencing a designated directory number, messages reporting an error, messages having a signaling point code and a destination point code that are equal, query messages having no matching responses, and unit data service messages.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: AT&T Delaware Intellectual Property, Inc.Inventors: Randy Michael McDonald, Mort P. Burnett, Odie Herman Garrison, Terry Randall Droke
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Patent number: 7359353Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein to address the need to have a method and apparatus that improve the resource efficiency of inter-PDSN (142 to 141) dormant mode handoffs. Promptly after the completion of signaling (218) for PPP connection establishment and MIP registration (if supported), as required for an inter-PDSN dormant mode handoff, an access network (AN) 121 expedites the release of communication resources such as the wireless traffic channel, the SCCP connection, and the A8 bearer connection. Thus, in an inter-PDSN dormant mode handoff the packet data session of an MS (101) is promptly transitioned back to the dormant packet data state. This enables communication resources to be freed for other calls and/or handoffs in a more timely manner than is enabled today.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventor: Shahab M. Sayeedi
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Patent number: 7330542Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for establishing a connection to a terminal device, wherein a user capability information defining supported types of information streams is set in a compatibility information element within an outband signaling message, and a capability negotiation is performed by transmitting said outband signaling message via an outband control channel. The code or user capability information may be set at the terminal device or at an intermediate network element based on a subscriber profile information obtained from a subscriber database. Thereby, the user capability, such as a multimedia session composition, can be already negotiated or handled during the outband call setup phase, and a corresponding inband negotiation can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Timo Kauhanen, Juha Räsänen, Mark Lybeck
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Patent number: 7324507Abstract: A network device includes a media access controller (MAC) and a physical layer device including an interface that communicates with the MAC, and first and second transceivers. A first autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a first link using the first transceiver over a first medium. A second autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a second link using the second transceiver over a second medium. A media selector communicates with the interface and the first and second autonegotiation circuits and enables data flow from the first medium to the MAC using the interface when the link over the first medium is established first. When a preferred medium selector prefers the second medium, the media selector monitors the second medium for a qualified energy detect event. When the qualified energy detect event occurs, the media selector allows a link to be established by the second medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2003Date of Patent: January 29, 2008Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: William Lo, Yatin Acharya
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Patent number: 7321586Abstract: The present invention relates to a method wherein communication links between subscriber access lines of subscriber access units of an exchange in a switching system comprising a number of exchanges are established within the exchange concerned either directly in the respective subscriber access unit or between the subscriber access units connected by trunk lines directly to one another or via at least one subscriber access unit, without involving a central switching device of the exchange concerned, and under the control of the central controller belonging to this exchange.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Siemens AGInventors: Wolfgang Ochem, Alfred Schneider
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Patent number: 7310356Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically discovering the configuration of network and/or communication facilities are provided. The determination generally involves receiving and/or sending at least one test message or packet with special characteristics that normally would be filtered by filtering/forwarding entities in connectionless routed cores, but normally would be forwarded by connectionless communication facilities. If the communication facilities do not contain the filtering/forwarding entity, the at least one test packet will be forwarded or passed through the communication facilities. If the at least one test packet is filtered or not passed, then at least two scenarios are possible. First, the at least one test packet may be filtered and may be silently discarded in which case a determination that the network did not pass the at least one test packet may be made based upon a timeout of a counter.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2003Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Paradyne CorporationInventors: Miguel Abdo, Greg Munroe, William H. Venz
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Patent number: 7292687Abstract: A method of negotiating a call capability between signalling points in a telecommunications system. The method comprises sending a capability preference or prioritised list of preferences from an originating signalling point to a terminating signalling point or signalling transfer point, at the Call Control level. A capability acceptance is returned from the terminating signalling point or signalling transfer point to the originating signalling point at the Call Control level, if the terminating signalling point or signalling transfer point accepts a preference sent by the originating signalling point.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Telefoektiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Leslie Graf, Paul Hollis, David De Nicolo, Christian Groves, Ian Rytina, Juan Noguera-Rodriguez, Mark Hollis, Nebosja Dikic, Stephen Terrill, Sune Ramström, Lars Kari, Barry Dingle
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Patent number: 7274696Abstract: A high-speed router and method for operation of the core of such a router are disclosed. The disclosure describes routing packets from core input ports to core output ports by aggregating or queuing packets at router core ingress ports in queues designated for common router core egress ports. A scheduler selects a set of queues, up to one per ingress port, for switching through the router core at each epoch (an epoch is a time slice). When the epoch for a given set of queues arrives, data from each queue is stranded, with one strand sent to each of multiple switch fabric cards. The switch fabric cards operate in parallel to switch the strands from that queue to a common egress port (as configured by the scheduler), where the strands are recombined to reconstruct the original queue data. This architecture can be made fault tolerant, can be made to degrade gracefully when one or more switch fabric cards goes down, and can support increased traffic simply by expanding the number of switch fabric cards.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: September 25, 2007Assignee: Force10 Networks, Inc.Inventor: Somsubhra Sikdar
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Patent number: 7257111Abstract: The present invention relates generally to telecommunication services and, in particular, to a system and method of managing a call, particularly with regard to a modification to bearer characteristics. In one aspect the invention provides a method and system of managing a call in a telecommunication system, the telecommunication system including a network having at least one call controller effecting a call control function and at least one bearer controller effecting a bearer control function, the call controller and the bearer controller separated by a vertical control protocol interface, including providing in at least one message, communicated within the telecommunication system, an indication of the capability of the at least one bearer controller to modify a characteristic of a bearer; and receiving and storing said indication in the at least one call controller.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2001Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Christian Groves, Ian Rytina, Phil Hodges, Juan Noguera-Rodriguez, Fredrik Åberg, John Kerr
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Patent number: 7257120Abstract: Associated with an optical transport system, a packet oriented supervisory network provides differentiated classes of service (CoS) for a plurality of WDM layer applications on diverse nodes such that as soon as a higher priority application or packet arrives, the lower priority application is affected in favor of the higher one. One or more optical control channels (OSC) are used as the physical medium for implementing the packet oriented supervisory network of the invention. This new functionality of the optical control channel (OSC) enables multiple services by allowing each application to use up to 100% of the OSC bandwidth, if no other application is using it.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2001Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Altera CorporationInventors: Ross Alexander Saunders, Vipul Rawat, Enos Avid Lemus-Tejada, Masood Ehsen Azad, Ketan Bhalla, Dan Fossum
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Patent number: 7233590Abstract: Rather than restricting a stream of data to a single channel within a multi-channel link between a source node and a core node, each channel is divided into time slots and the stream of data is distributed among these time slots in several channels. However, to ease the management of switching the stream of data at the core node, simultaneous time slots in each channel may be arranged into “stripes,” such that a particular stripe may only include data segments having a common destination. Switching these stripes of data at the core node requires that the source of such a stripe arrange the frame according to a frame structure provided by the core node. Advantageously, where the frame is striped across an entire link, the present invention provides for a variation on link switching that approaches the topological reach of TDM switching while maintaining relatively straightforward operation at the core node.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: June 19, 2007Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventor: Maged E. Beshai
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Patent number: 7218613Abstract: A communication network includes a SS7 Security Gatekeeper that authenticates and validates network control messages within, transiting, entering and leaving an overlying control fabric such as an SS7 network. The SS7 Security Gatekeeper incorporates several levels of checks to ensure that messages are properly authenticated, valid, and consistent with call progress and system status. In addition to message format, message content is checked to ensure that the originating node has the proper authority to send the message and to invoke the related functions. predefined sets of templates may be used to check the messages, each set of templates being associated with respective originating point codes and/or calling party addresses. The templates may also be associated with various system states such that messages corresponding to a particular template cause a state transition along a particular edge to a next state node at which another set of templates are defined. Thus, system and call state is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 15, 2007Assignee: Verizon Services CorpInventors: Arthur Doskow, Harry A. Hetz, Kathleen F. Jarosinski
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Patent number: 7209746Abstract: The present invention is to provide an inexpensive transmission apparatus which has the function of receiving standard television broadcasting, uses a minute-power wave, and is able to coexist with future digital television broadcasting or mobile communication equipment which will use the same frequency band as that of the transmission apparatus. By using an RF converter 102 and an RF tuner 118 which are adapted to a standard television signal, available frequencies within the reception band are detected, and the use frequency is rapidly changed to spread the spectrum, thereby performing communication by the minute-power wave.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 1999Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Kirino, Tetsuo Hiraga
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Patent number: 7161935Abstract: An adjunct processor controls an inter-fabric service link (IFSL) coupled to at least two independent SAN switching networks. The inter-fabric service link is coupled between multiple switching fabrics to allow the attached switching fabrics to be logically managed as a single entity while still being physically independent of each other. The IFSL does not transmit nor receive data being transmitted from a storage device to a host; rather, only management data is transmitted along the IFSL. The IFSL includes an inter-fabric adjunct processor, and a plurality of connections to the attached switching fabrics on which the IFSL communicates with IFSL agents operating on various switching elements within the attached switching fabrics. IFSL agents generate management data corresponding to the particular switching element on which the agent operates. This management data is intermittently transmitted to the IFSL for processing.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Brocade Communications Stystems, Inc.Inventors: Carlos Alonso, Richard L. Hammons
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Patent number: 7142536Abstract: The present invention provides efficient and effective quality of service for information that is time sensitive (e.g., real time data). An intermediate network communication system and method (e.g., a router) of the present invention performs cut through switching to reduce latency problems for time sensitive information. In one embodiment of the present invention, communication packet header information is encoded with a time sensitive identifier that identifies the information as time sensitive. In one exemplary transfer control protocol/internet protocol TCP/IP implementation of the present invention, time sensitive indication is provided in the link layer information. In one embodiment of the present invention, time sensitive information is dropped if the intermediate network device can not communicate the information within specified timing constraints.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2000Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Google, Inc.Inventors: Carroll Philip Gossett, Michial Allen Gunter
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Patent number: 7092388Abstract: A method and an apparatus of adding an application in a signal messaging network without adding a node in the network. An application platform is connected between two nodes by means of a first link and a second link. The application platform only comprises OSI stacks to layer 2 after which a link management and any possible application takes over. The link management will mirror the status of the two links to thereby keep the application platform unobtrusive, i.e. giving appearance of it not being connected between the two nodes.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2002Date of Patent: August 15, 2006Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventor: Mats Jarlstedt
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Patent number: 7054309Abstract: A network device includes a media access controller (MAC) and a physical layer having an interface that communicates with the MAC. A first autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a link using a first transceiver over a first media. A second autonegotiation circuit attempts to establish a link using a second transceiver over a second media. A media selector communicates with the interface and the first and second autonegotiation circuits. The media selector enables data flow from the first media to the MAC using the interface when a link is established first over the first media. The media selector enables data flow from the second media to the MAC using the interface when a link is established first over the second media.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Daryl Hoot, William Lo
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Patent number: 7002964Abstract: The present invention realizes a communication system and a method for a communication system including a source node, one or more destination nodes and a controller. The controller is adapted to notify the source node and the one or more destination nodes of first information representing the logical connection and second information that is unique to the controller, and the source node is adapted to divide data to be transmitted to the one or more destination nodes into a plurality of segment data, and transfer each of the segment data with the first and second information obtained from by the controller to the one or more destination nodes. In addition, each of the one or more destination nodes includes a receiving buffer, and is adapted to store each segment data in the receiving buffer.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 1999Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinji Ohnishi, Takashi Kobayashi, Shinichi Hatae, Mitsuo Niida
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Patent number: 6996102Abstract: Data traffic is conveyed through a node of a communications network. A parameter respecting the data traffic is assigned in an ingress interface of the node, and inserted into an intra-switch header attached to each packet. The data traffic, along with the intra-switch header are forwarded across the node to an egress interface. The parameter is then extracted from the intra-switch header, and used to control processing of the data traffic in the egress interface. The parameter may provide information identifying the source of the data traffic, but may also include other flow-specific information, such as, for example, a normalized DiffServ Code Point. The parameter may be used, in combination with an intra-switch multicast group ID to query one or more translation tables, to thereby enable egress-interface and/or egress port specific replication, forwarding and translation services in respect of the data traffic.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Scott Pegrum, Matthew Yuen, Alicja Celer
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Patent number: 6996198Abstract: A non-uniform filter bank is created by joining sections of oversampled uniform filter bands that are based on complex exponential modulation (as opposed to cosine modulation). Each filter bank handles a given, non-overlapping frequency band. The bands are not of uniform bandwidth, and the filters of different banks have different bandwidths. The frequency bands of the different filter banks cover the frequency of interest with gaps in the neighborhoods of the filter band edges. A set of transition filters fills those gaps.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2001Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventor: Zoran Cvetkovic