51st week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080310354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW RATE MAC/PHY FOR 60 GHZ TRANSMISSION - One or more coordinating devices may be utilized to control high speed data transmission among a plurality of wireless devices utilizing 60 GHz for high speed data transmission. Control messages may be sent and/or received between each of the plurality of wireless devices and the one or more coordinating devices utilizing low rate control connections via available secondary physical layers. The secondary physical layers may comprise Bluetooth, 802.11, and/or UWB physical layers. The controlling may comprise time coordination, frequency coordination, and/or spatial coordination that may enable the wireless devices to align and/or position directional antenna that may be utilized to perform the 60 GHz high speed data transmission. The wireless devices may utilize the low rate control connections to communicate reporting messages to the one or more coordinating devices. The reporting information may enable the one or more coordinating devices to manage available resources in the plurality of wireless devices. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310355 | System and Method for Semi-Persistent and Dynamic Scheduling and Discontinuous Reception Control - Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signalling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake windows. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310356 | System and Method for Large Packet Delivery During Semi-Persistently Allocated Session - Systems and methods of delivering large IP packets during a semi-persistently allocated resource session. An additional resource allocation is dynamically made and signalled to a mobile device to indicate a resource to be used to deliver the large IP packet. The packet is then transmitted using the resource thus allocated. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310357 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Tuneaway in Open State in Wireless Communication System - A method and apparatus for processing TuneAway operation by an access terminal and an access network in a wireless communication system is described. The beginning and end of tune away is determined from a TuneAway attribute, a TuneAwayRequest and a TuneAwayResponse messages. The access terminal and the access network operate on multiple tune away schedules. specifying tune away schedules by a separate TuneAway attribute. The same TuneAwayRequest and the TuneAwayResponse messages are shared. The tune away operation is controlled through a variable TunedAwayStatus, wherein the variable TunedAwayStatus is public data of the protocol. It is determined if an access terminal has tuned away. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CELL INFORMATION LIST FOR NON-3GPP CAPABLE USER EQUIPMENT OPERATING IN A 3GPP NETWORK AND SUPPORTING LAYER-2 BASED HANDOFF FROM A UTRAN SYSTEM TO A NON-3GPP SYSTEM - Method and apparatus providing cell information list for non-third generation partnership project (3GPP) capable wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) operating in a 3GPP network, which camps on a 3GPP channel to obtain information of at least one network available in the cell. The WTRU may request a list having at least one of a trusted IEEE 802.11 network, a non-trusted IEEE 802.11 network, a trusted WiMAX network, and a fixed broadband network. In an inter radio access technology (RAT) procedure for an inter-RAT handover, a list of available systems and at least one of intra-frequency, inter-frequency, and inter-radio access technology (RAT) cells is received and stored while the WTRU is engaged in a call. While moving, the WTRU detects and performs radio frequency (RF) measurements on target cells and systems and reports inter-RAT handover information. Upon receipt of a command, the WTRU initiates a handover, followed by a complete message. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310359 | Method and Apparatus for Sharing Resources in a Wireless System - A method and apparatus of signaling radio resource allocation in a wireless communication system comprises establishing a set of virtual resources; assigning one or more of the virtual resources to one or more mobile stations; transmitting a remapping bitmap to the mobile stations, wherein the remapping bitmap contains a resource availability bitmap and a virtual resource bitmap; and transmitting packets to the mobile stations or receiving packets from the mobile stations using the respective radio resources which are derived for the respective mobile stations from the remapping bitmap. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) in a communication system are provided. It is determined whether there is any uplink data to transmit, when a CQI transmission time arrives according to a predetermined CQI transmission period. If there is uplink data to transmit, a part of the uplink data is punctured to insert the CQI therein, and the inserted CQI is multiplexed with the uplink data before transmission. It is determined whether there is any uplink data to receive from a terminal, when a CQI reception time arrives according to a predetermined CQI transmission period. If there is uplink data to receive, the uplink data is received from the terminal, and the received uplink data is demultiplexed to extract the CQI. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310361 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for retransmission in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting data to a Mobile Station (MS), identifying if there is an error in the transmitted data through a control message, if there occurs an error in the data, allocating resources for retransmitting data for erroneous data, transmitting information on the resources allocated for retransmission, to the MS, and retransmitting the data for the erroneous data to the MS. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310362 | Method and Apparatus for Assigning Resources in a Wireless System - A method and apparatus of signaling radio resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes the time-frequency resources into multiple regions; defining a channel tree within at least one region, wherein the channel tree has base nodes which are determined using the area of the region and the area of a base node; determining a channel identifier assignment for a mobile station, wherein the channel identifier corresponds to a collection of base nodes from a channel tree; transmitting an indication of the determined channel identifier to the mobile station; and transmitting a packet to a mobile station or receiving a packet from the mobile station using the physical time-frequency resources, which correspond to the channel identifier. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310363 | Method and Apparatus for Sharing a Group Resource in a Wireless SDMA System - A method and apparatus of signaling radio resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes establishing groups of mobile stations which monitor a shared group scheduling bitmap; transmitting a group scheduling bitmap to the mobile stations, wherein the group scheduling bitmap contains a mobile station presence bitmap and an SDMA bitmap, wherein the SDMA bitmap is used to divide the group members into two or more subgroups; and transmitting packets to the mobile stations or receiving packets from the mobile stations using the radio resource which is derived from the value indicated in the group scheduling bitmap. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310364 | Method and Apparatus for Assigning Resources in a Wireless System with Multiple Regions - A method and apparatus of signaling radio resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes transmitting at least one region boundary to a mobile station indicating a division of the time-frequency resources into at least two regions, determining a time-frequency resource assignment for the mobile station, transmitting an indication of the determined time-frequency resource to the mobile station in the same region as the determined time-frequency resource, and transmitting a packet to the mobile station using the physical time-frequency resources corresponding to the determined time-frequency resource. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310365 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CACHING CONTENT ON-DEMAND IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention provides methods and systems for caching content in a wireless communication network. The method includes receiving a request for a content at a first base station from a mobile station. In response to receiving the request for the content, the first base station caches a first fragment of the content. The first fragment includes a plurality of packets. Further, the first base station transmits one or more packets of the plurality of packets corresponding to the first fragment to the mobile station. The method further includes initiating a handover of the mobile station to at least one second base station. The at least one base station caches a remaining plurality of packets corresponding to the first fragment of the content in response to the handover. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310366 | MIH Pre-Authentication - A system and method for performing MIH pre-authentication, which includes providing support for both direct and/or indirect pre-authentication and providing support for both network-initiated and mobile-initiated pre-authentication. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PDCP REORDERING AT HANDOFF - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate management of data delivery and processing in a wireless communication system and, more particularly, that support Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering of packets during a handoff operation. Various aspects described herein can mitigate processing delays associated with PDCP reordering of packets at handoff by determining, communicating, and/or otherwise identifying one or more indicators during handoff that facilitate lossless communication of packets to a terminal with minimal delay. These indicators can include sequence number information for a source Node B, information regarding a step or jump size applied to a sequence number by a target Node B, a reset command, and/or other suitable indicators. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310368 | DOWNLINK PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL BEHAVIOR DURING HANDOVER - The present invention relates to maintaining an order of received data units during a handover procedure in a wireless communication system. The present invention includes receiving a plurality of data units from a source station according to a sequence prior to handover to a target base station, wherein each data unit includes a sequence number, receiving at least one data unit having a sequence number after handover from a target base station, and delivering to a higher layer all data units received from the source base station prior to handover and having sequence numbers smaller than a sequence number of the at least one data unit received from the target base station after handover. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST HANDOVER IN HIERARCHICAL MOBILE IPv6 - A method and system for fast handover in hierarchical mobile IPv6 includes: a mobile node which transmits a proxy route request message to a previous access router of the mobile node according to a handover expectation provided by the link layer, the previous access router transmits a network prefix information of a new access router of the mobile node to the mobile node; the mobile node which generates new care-of address according to the network prefix information; after the mobile node moves to a target network, an optimistic duplicate address detection is performed on the care-of address. The disclosure can simplify the handover procedure of hierarchical mobile IPV6 of the mobile node, reduce the signaling interaction in handover process, and shorten handover delay. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310370 | Communication terminal and recording medium - A communication terminal has a plurality of wireless communication units. An access control unit determines whether or not a selected wireless interface is in a state where a connection request is possible based on communication state information on the wireless interface selected beforehand in the plurality of wireless interfaces. When determining that a connection request using the selected wireless interface is not possible, the access control unit determines whether or not to change over the wireless interface used for a communication based on a changeover availability information table set beforehand. When determining that a changeover of the wireless interface is not possible, the access control unit idles without performing a connection request to establish a communication until it is determined that a connection request through the selected wireless interface becomes possible. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310371 | Seamless multistage handoff algorithm to facilitate handoffs between hetergeneous wireless networks - A method for automatically adapting a multi-protocol wireless device to facilitate a seamless multistage handoff according to various embodiments can include initiating a seamless multistage handoff process using a multi-protocol wireless device when the multi-protocol wireless device crosses a boundary area into an overlapping region where the multi-protocol wireless device is capable of simultaneously accessing a plurality of networks; and implementing the seamless multistage handoff process by performing at least a two-stage handoff process comprising a homogeneous handoff and a heterogeneous handoff without interrupting a communication call session conducted using the multi-protocol wireless device. A multi-network client device according to various embodiments can include a controller configured to support multiple independent call sessions, wherein the independent call sessions are concurrently conducted on a single wireless device through the use of parallel communication sessions and simultaneously connect the wireless device to a plurality of different networks hosting different content services. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310372 | Method for Estimating Direction-of-Arrival of Terminal in Multiple Co-Frequency Cells - The present invention discloses a method for estimating DOA of a terminal in multiple co-frequency cells, including the steps of: A. obtaining a channel estimation result of at least one terminal expecting a calculation of DOA in an expecting co-frequency cell; B. performing a Direction-of-Arrival estimation for the expecting terminal in the expecting cell based on the channel estimation result through a DOA estimating method with a wave beam scan, a DOA estimating method with a maximum power path, or a DOA estimating method with a primary eigenvector. With the channel estimations of the multiple cells in the invention, accurate channel estimation results of the respective cells may be provided, from which the channel estimation result of the expecting terminal is selected. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310373 | Distribution Method of Multi Basic Midamble and Joint Detection Method - A distribution method of multi basic midamble includes following step A. determining the number of channelizing code of a cell or sector (s | 2008-12-18 |
20080310374 | MITIGATION OF INTERFERENCE IN CELL SEARCH BY WIRELESS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE UNITS - A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) provides facilitation of cell search. In one embodiment, received samples are split into a plurality of sample sets for processing. Each of the sets is processed and an accumulated result is divided by an estimated noise value. In another embodiment, a code correlator correlates the received signal with a primary synchronization code and an auxiliary code correlator having a same length as the code correlator correlates the received signal with a code having a low cross correlation with the primary synchronization code. In another embodiment, a division of an accumulated result with a noise estimate is performed using indexes of the most significant bits. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310375 | Return Routability Optimisation - A method of managing switching of a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel termination point from a first address to a second address. The VPN operates between a fixed network node and a mobile node which defines the termination point. The address of the mobile mode is switched from the first address to the second address and a notification from the mobile node to the fixed node is sent to indicate that the address of the mobile has changed from the first address to the second address. Verification of the trustworthiness of the second address is also then made. A searching manager for performing the method is also disclosed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310376 | Method and System for Routing Packets in an Ad Hoc Wireless Network - A system for routing packets in an ad hoc wireless network. In response to entering the ad hoc wireless network, location data is broadcast to other nodes within the ad hoc wireless network. Location data is received from the other nodes within the ad hoc wireless network. The received location data is recorded in a routing table. In response to determining that one or more packets need to be transmitted, a best route is calculated to transmit the one or more packets within the ad hoc wireless network using data in the routing table. Then, the one or more packets are transmitted to a node within the ad hoc wireless network based on the calculated best route. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310377 | Method and system for providing routing protocols in a frequency hopping spread spectrum network - A method and system for providing a network and routing protocol for utility services are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises discovering a utility network, wherein a utility device (for example, a constant powered meter) sends network discovery messages to find the utility network. Neighboring meters are discovered and the device listens for advertised routes for one or more networks from the neighbors. The device is then registered with one or more utility networks, receiving a unique address for each network registration. Also illustrated in this invention disclosure is how each device of a class of devices (for example, battery powered meter) finds and associates itself with another device (for example, constant powered meter). The constant powered meter also registers its associate battery powered meter with the utility networks. The constant powered meter registers itself with the access points and the upstream nodes in the path out of each network. Each upstream node can independently make forwarding decisions on both upstream and downstream packets i.e. choose the next hop according to the best information available to it. The constant powered meter can sense transient link problems, outage problems, and traffic characteristics. It uses the information to find the best route out of and within each network. Each network device thus maintains multi-egress, multi-ingress network routing options both for itself and the device(s) associated with it. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310378 | SELECTIVE PHASE CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiple-phase selective connection establishment in wireless communications networks. Radio resource control (RRC) layer communications can be instantiated between a mobile device and base station. Additional information can be required by a downstream network component regarding the mobile device. Accordingly, the RRC resources can be utilized to transmit the additional information from the mobile device to the network component to facilitate the multiple-phase establishment. This can be accomplished using non-access stratum (NAS) messages. Further, the information can relate to authorization, security re-configuration, context re-synchronization, an identity of the mobile device, and the like. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310379 | Short-Distance Wireless Data Transmitting Apparatus and Method - A short distance wireless data transmission system and method which are capable of minimizing data loss are disclosed. The short distance wireless data transmission system can monitor variation amount of memory data, which is buffered in the master side when data transmission errors occur, can perform re-transmission of data having transmission errors, and can perform a change toward new replacement channel without interference if variation amount of memory data, which is buffered therein, exceeds a predetermined reference value to re-transmit from data in which the first transmission error occurs thereto, such that real time data cannot be lost, although a channel change is generated by successive channel interference. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310380 | ADAPTIVE HISTORY AWARE BEAM STEERING - The present invention relates to the field of multi-path wireless communication. The present invention provides a system for assisting in providing a wireless communication link between a first communication device and a second communication device based on a plurality of communication paths comprising a history manager for providing, based on a recorded history of communication path states, a proposal for one or more communication paths based on which the communication link can be provided. The present invention further provides a corresponding method and a communication system and a communication device comprising the system of the present invention. Based on the proposal provided by the present invention, path switching can be performed more effectively, less and shorter interruptions of the communication link can be obtained and an enhanced transmission quality can be provided for multi-path wireless communication systems. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310381 | GENERIC WIRELESS SERVICES DISCOVERY - Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to generic discovery mechanisms that may be utilized in wireless communications. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310382 | LOW-VOLTAGE CONTROL HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCH AND COMPOSITE HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENT - In a transmission/reception selection switch, a first diode is arranged in series with a transmission signal line and a second diode is arranged in shunt with a reception signal line. A first current route where a direct current passes through the first diode is connected in parallel to a second current route where a direct current passes through the second diode. When a predetermined positive voltage is applied to a control terminal, the diodes are turned ON and a direct current flows through, in order, the control terminal, a resistor, an inductor, the diode, a strip line, and an inductor), and a direct current flows through, in order, the control terminal, the resistor, the second diode, and the inductor. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING A SEQUENCE FOR CODE MODULATION OF DATA AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION - A method for using a numerical method to design a sequence for code modulating data is described. An input multiple input multiple output signal is determined. A nearest tight frame to one or more given structured vectors is obtained. One or more structured vectors is obtained from the nearest tight frame. The one or more structured vectors is projected onto the space of circulant matrices. One or more classes of matrices that indicates the design of the sequence is outputted. Data is code modulated using the designed sequence. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310384 | Ranging apparatus and method in a wireless mobile communication system - A ranging apparatus and method of a mobile station in a wireless mobile communication system are provided, in which the mobile station completes a code-based ranging with a base station, transmits a ranging request message to the base station, increases a first count by 1 if the mobile station fails to receive a response message to the ranging request message from the base station, requests a code-based ranging with the base station if the increased first count is less than or equal to a predetermined first threshold, increases the first count by 1 if the mobile station fails to receive a response message to the code-based ranging request from the base station, and repeats the code-based ranging request and increases the first count by 1 for each of the code-based ranging requests that the mobile station fails to receive a response message from the base station until the first count exceeds the first threshold. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310385 | Radio Base Station Apparatus and Transmission Rate Notifying Method - A radio base station apparatus wherein the consumption of transmission power resources in a high-rate packet transmission can be suppressed. In the apparatus, a scheduling part ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310386 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF LOCATION DETERMINATION IN WIRELESS NETWORK - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless network, wherein said transceiver is configured to optimize location determination in said wireless network by preventing scheduled uplink (UL) transmissions at a reference base station (BS) from interfering with an uplink (UL) reference signal from a mobile station (MS). | 2008-12-18 |
20080310387 | PROTOCOL DATA UNIT PRIORITY MANAGEMENT - A single receiver can collect multiple protocol data units at one time originating from different sources. While it can be desirable for higher priority protocol data units to be processed, loss of data unit portions can cause confusion to the receiver. Therefore, even if a higher priority protocol data unit transfers to the receiver while a lower priority data unit is being processed, the lower priority unit can be completed before processing the higher priority unit; thus, there can be a lower likelihood of confusion among protocol data units. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310388 | TRANSMISSION OF RADIO BLOCKS IN REDUCED TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL MODE - A method and apparatus for operating a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) in basic transmission time interval (BTTI) and reduced transmission time interval (RTTI) mode includes a WTRU in RTTI mode and a WTRU in BTTI mode receiving a plurality of coded radio blocks, the WTRU in RTTI mode decoding all of the plurality of coded radio blocks and the WTRU is in BTTI mode decoding a portion of the plurality of coded radio blocks. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310389 | Method and System for Dynamic ACK/NACK Repetition for Robust Downlink MAC PDU Transmission in LTE - A method and apparatus for dynamic acknowledgement repetition for a downlink medium access control packet data unit transmission ‘MAC PDU’ requiring multiple acknowledgements, the method having the steps of: receiving the downlink MAC PDU requiring multiple acknowledgements; and utilizing a differentiating factor and acknowledgement scheme, sending the multiple acknowledgements. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310390 | TDMA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURATION BEACON AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A communications system includes a plurality of nodes forming a time division multiple access (TDMA) communications network. Each node within the TDMA communications network includes a controller and wireless communications device allowing the nodes to communicate with each other using respective timeslots in a TDMA frame, also sometimes referred to as an epoch. Each node is operative for transmitting and receiving a beacon positioned in time at the front of a frame to carry configuration information about the nodes in the TDMA communications network. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310391 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF POWER SAVE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN CLIENT/SERVER NETWORKS - A novel and useful apparatus for and method of handling traffic congestion during power save mode in client/server systems such as wireless local area networks (WLANs). A reduction in response time is achieved by minimizing communications between the host and the MAC processing entities in client devices. The host sends shortened descriptors to the MAC rather than complete frames. Only a limited number of frames for each client queue are stored on the MAC. A transfer bitmap is used to track the frames to be transferred from the host to the MAC. Transmitter pre-processing is performed on the frames pulled from the host. A transmit bitmap is used to track frames that have been processed and awaiting transmission to a client. Frames that are ready are then sent out from queues for clients that are active and have an ongoing service period. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310392 | VIRTUAL CONNECTION OF A REMOTE UNIT TO A SERVER - Apparatus and associated methods are provided which allow a remote user to maintain a virtual session with a server. A virtual session allows a remote and possibly mobile user to maintain a virtual presence in an office environment without actually being present. Using the present invention, a remote user can access a central application program such as an Internet service provider, a database system, an inventory system or billing system. Likewise, the remote user can receive calls and other forms of communications as though he or she were present in an office environment. A virtual session does not require a physical connection to be continuously present in order to provide a virtual connectivity. This is especially important for mobile applications where the remote user may incur long distance and/or wireless toll charges. Also, methods are presented to allow a remote unit to rapidly reconnect in a transparent and seamless way without burdening the user with the need to connect and reconnect or to upload and download information. Related methods are provided to allow the virtual session to be established, operated and maintained. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310393 | Wireless synchronizing bridging device, wireless synchronizing bridging system and wireless synchronizing bridging method - A wireless synchronizing bridging device, which operates in conjunction with an electronic device and a mobile terminal device having a connecting interface, includes a connecting interface module, a signal transforming module and a wireless transceiving module. The mobile terminal device electrically connected with the connecting interface module through the connecting interface transmits a connecting interface signal to the connecting interface module. The signal transforming module electrically connected with the connecting interface module transforms the connecting interface signal into a wireless communication signal. The wireless transceiving module electrically connected with the signal transforming module transmits the wireless communication signal to the electronic device. A wireless synchronizing bridging system and a wireless synchronizing bridging method are also disclosed. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310394 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTISESSION BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE PHYSICAL (PHY) LAYERS - A wireless device may utilize a plurality of Bluetooth sessions to perform a plurality of applications simultaneously in said wireless device. A Bluetooth interface may be utilized to perform initial connectivity and/or control functionality associate with each of said plurality of Bluetooth sessions. The connectivity and/or control functionality may comprise discovery, pairing, and/or initial connection. Each of the plurality of Bluetooth sessions may comprise utilizing one or more of a plurality of high speed data standards to perform data transmission and/or reception. The plurality of high speed data standard may comprise WLAN, ultra-wideband (UWB), and/or 60 GHz PHY and/or PHY/MAC layers. Two or more of the plurality of Bluetooth sessions may contemporaneously utilize different PHY and/or PHY/MAC layers pertaining to the same high speed data standard. Performing each of the plurality of applications may comprise utilizing one or more of the plurality of Bluetooth sessions. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TIMING ALIGNMENT - An approach includes generating a control message having a format designated for resource allocation, wherein the control message includes a plurality of control fields. One of the control fields is reserved to specify information other than information for resource allocation, the value indicating timing alignment information or information for starting a random access procedure. The control message is transmitted over a control channel according to a lower layer protocol. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310396 | METHOD OF PERFORMING UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of performing uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a random access preamble which is randomly selected from a set of random access preambles, receiving a random access response, the random access response comprising a random access preamble identifier corresponding to the random access preamble and a time alignment value for uplink synchronization, starting a time alignment timer after applying the time alignment value, starting a contention resolution timer after receiving the random access response, wherein contention resolution is not successful when the contention resolution timer is expired, and stopping the time alignment timer when the contention resolution timer is expired. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310397 | Method and Device for Session Control in Hybrid Telecommunications Network - Combinational networks may provide simultaneous connectivity over networks of different type between terminals. Communication sessions on different network types such as Circuit switched and Packet switched, belonging to the same user equipment can be correlated. In case a communication session on a circuit switched network is halted by a supplementary service e.g. at an event such as acceptance of Call Hold, a communication session on a correlated packet switched network should be halted as well. A user equipment that detects the event sends a halt message to the circuit switched network and a message to the packet switched network or a session state manager node. The session state manager node either forwards the halt-message to the packet switched network, or sends a halt-message to the packet switched network when the packet switched network does not notify that a halt has occurred. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310398 | CALL PRIORITY BASED ON AUDIO STREAM ANALYSIS - A method and system of prioritizing calls based on audio stream analysis includes receiving a plurality of calls, wherein each call comprises an audio stream. The audio stream associated with one of the calls is analyzed for pre-determined audio characteristics. The call is processed based on the audio characteristics of the call. A system for prioritizing calls includes a multipoint control unit for receiving calls. An audio stream capture system captures an audio stream from the calls. The audio stream is analyzed by the capture system according to one or more selected criteria and an urgency priority ranking is determined for each call. The calls are ranked in a queue database according to urgency priority. A controller manages the audio stream capture system, the audio analyzer and queue database computer system. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310399 | Methods and systems for connecting phones to internet users - Methods and systems for connecting a phone to a client via a network by using an electronic notification system, which may include a third-party internet electronic messenger service, such as, Yahoo messenger™, Google Talk™, MSN messenger™ software, or email systems. The system includes a server that is connected to the network and receives a call from the phone and that sends a notification of the incoming call to the client via the electronic notification system like internet messenger service of choice of the client/receiver. The user of the client, receiver, launches an internet phone on the client in response to the notification by clicking on the called-context link. Then, the server connects the phone to the client via the internet phone whereby providing a communication between the receiver and a user of the phone, caller. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310400 | System and Method for Link Adaptation Overhead Reduction - Systems and methods of providing link adaptation information feedback are provided. A mobile device that receives packets generates link adaptation information based on incorrectly received packets. This can involve sending link adaptation information in association with NACKs (negative acknowledgements) generated by the mobile device. The network receives this link adaptation information and performs link adaptation accordingly. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310401 | Systems and Methods to Provide Communication References Based on Recommendations to Connect People for Real Time Communications - Methods and apparatuses to selectively present communication references based on recommendations from related entities to connect people for real time communications. One embodiment includes: receiving from a user a selection of a first listing, including a reference to be used to request a connection for real time communications between the user and a first entity; responsive to the selection of the first listing, determining one or more entities related to the first listing; selecting a second listing based at least in part on data representing one or more recommendations from the one or more entities; and presenting to the user the second listing, the including a reference for the user to request a connection with a second entity for real time communications. In one embodiment, the first and second entities provide services over connections established via the references included in the first and second listings for real time communications. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310402 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND QSIG COMMUNICATIONS METHODS - This invention relates to communication systems and QSIG communication methods. According to a first aspect, a communication system includes a control component; and a data network configured to communicate packets of information intermediate an originating location and a terminating location, the originating location being configured to receive a QSIG communication including a content portion and a signaling portion, wherein the data network is configured to communicate the signaling portion to the control component and the control component is configured to establish a connection within the data network intermediate the originating location and the terminating location responsive to the signaling portion, and wherein the data network is further configured to communicate the content portion of the communication within a plurality of packets intermediate the originating location and the terminating location using the connection. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310403 | Method for Switching Connections Between an IP-Only Phone and a Soft Phone to a Server - A method for switching connections between an IP-only phone and a soft phone to an IP gateway server is disclosed. An identical telephone number is allocated to the IP-only phone and the soft phone. When the soft phone has been moved such that a connection destination to a local-area network changes from a first connector to a second connector, a relay device is also changed from a first relay device to a second relay device. After recognizing its present position by a MAC address of the relay device to which it is currently connected, the soft phone issues a request to an IP gateway server to change an IP address to the soft phone when it is determined that the soft phone is located far away from the IP-only phone. When it is determined that the soft phone is located near the IP-only phone, the soft phone issues a request to the IP gateway server so that the IP address is changed to the IP-only phone. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310404 | Local Switching In Radio Access Networks - The invention relates to a telecommunication system, to a local media gateway, to an MSC server, to a radio base station and to a radio network controller for set-up, release and control of local calls in the telecommunication system. The telecommunication system comprises a core network and at least a radio access network ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310405 | Cooperative multiple access in wireless networks - A cooperative cluster of wireless nodes exchange data before cooperatively communicating with a destination node over a MIMO channel. In a cooperative cluster of M nodes, each node shares 1/M of its own data with each of the other nodes, and keeps 1/M of its own data for transmission. Each node receives 1/M of data from each cooperative node. The data is merged at each cooperative node, and transmitted to the destination node. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310406 | Method And System For Implementing Self Service By Using Circuit Switched Terminal - A method and a system for implementing a self service by using a circuit switched terminal are provided. The method includes receiving a self-service signaling associated with a self service from a circuit switched terminal; and converting the self-service signaling to a self service request, which is adapted to indicate an IMS network entity associated with the self service to conduct a service data configuration; and sending the self service request to the IMS network entity associated with the self service. The solution provided enables a user using the conventional circuit switched terminal to conveniently implement the self service such as registration activation, registration cancellation, and authentication of the self service. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310407 | INITIATING ROUTER FUNCTIONS - A method of initiating router functions includes providing a router device having an integrated user interface having a user control and an indicator. From the router device, a first data link to a wide area network is established. From the router device, a second data link to enable a local area network is established. Via the indicator, state information regarding the first and second data links is communicated. It is determined if the user control has been activated. Upon detecting that the user control has been activated one or both of the first and second data links are modified. Information indicating the modification is communicated via the indicator. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310408 | Internet Protocol Television - Distributing data includes establishing an asset classification for an asset or group of assets and assigning at least one of the asset classifications to a network device and another asset classification to a first set of data. The first set of data is transmitted over a network that includes the network device and is received in the network device on the condition that the asset classification assigned to the first set of data is the same as the asset classification assigned to the network device. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310409 | Method and Arrangement for Coding and Scheduling in a Retransmission Communication System - A sending node ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310410 | Method for Detecting Topology of Computer Systems - One embodiment is a method that transmits a packet having a bit field with a Time-to-live (TTL) value from a requesting node to a plurality of receiving nodes. The TTL value is decreased at each of the receiving nodes, and the packet is sent back to the requesting node that compares a value in the bit field with the TTL value to determine a topology of the receiving nodes connected to the requesting node. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310411 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR COMMUNICATION - A communication apparatus that sequentially transmits a plurality of pieces of packet data over a network, each piece of packet data including a piece of block data, the communication apparatus including a storage circuit operable to generate a plurality of pieces of verification data in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of pieces of block data, each piece of verification data reflecting content of the corresponding piece of block data which is data having a first size, and a store each pair of a piece of verification data and a corresponding piece of block data in a different one of a plurality of areas having a second size in an external memory; a packet control unit that includes a CPU and causes the CPU to execute a program to, for each piece of block data stored in the external memory by the storage circuit, read the piece of verification data corresponding to the piece of block data, generate a piece of header information including the read piece of verification data, and perform control to transmit a piece of packet data including the generated piece of header information and the piece of block data corresponding to the piece of verification data included in the generated piece of header information, and a network unit operable to sequentially transmit each piece of packet data according to the control performed by the packet control unit, wherein the storage circuit that generates the plurality of pieces of verification data and stores the plurality of pieces of verification data and the corresponding plurality of pieces of block data and the CPU that executes the program for generating the plurality of pieces of header information and performing control to sequentially transmit each piece of packet data operate in parallel. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310412 | INFORMATION RELAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a multi-processor system, an exit control circuit unit | 2008-12-18 |
20080310413 | METHOD OF PERFORMING MULTICAST ADMISSION CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, CENTRAL ADMISSION CONTROLLER AND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention relates to a method of performing multicast admission control in a communications network ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310414 | RETRANSMISSION OF BROADCAST AND MULTICAST TRAFFIC OVER A SHARED MEDIUM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for communicating among stations in a network. Broadcast or multicast traffic in the network can be selectively retransmitted according to one or more retransmissions rules established for the network. Retransmission rules can be established based on an analysis of network topology data and designed to minimize redundant transmissions in the network. MAC encapsulation mechanisms can be used to identify duplicate transmissions. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310415 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PACKETS AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME - An apparatus for processing a packet includes a packet processor operating in accordance with a clock signal having a predetermined frequency, to process a packet, and a clock-signal generator producing the clock signal and transmitting the clock signal to the packet processor, wherein the clock-signal generator generates a clock signal having a frequency defined in accordance with a time interval at which packets are input into the apparatus. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310416 | VLAN SERVER - A method for processing data received from at least one of VLANs, the method including: obtaining, based on a VLAN tag included in a MAC header of a MAC frame received from the VLAN and a first destination IP address included in an IP header of the MAC frame, a second destination IP address, changing the first destination IP address of the IP header to the second destination IP address, and generating an IP packet by deleting the MAC header from the MAC frame. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310417 | DIFFERENTIAL FORWARDING IN ADDRESS-BASED CARRIER NETWORKS - The invention relates to enabling differential forwarding in address-based carrier networks such as Ethernet networks. There is described a method of and connection controller for establishing connections ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310418 | OUTPUT QUEUED SWITCH WITH A PARALLEL SHARED MEMORY, AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A network switch includes an input layer to receive a data stream with a set of cells. Each cell includes data and a header to designate a destination device. The input layer includes a set of input layer circuits. A selected input layer circuit of the set of input layer circuits receives the data stream. The selected input layer circuit includes a set of queues corresponding to a set of destination devices. The selected input layer circuit is configured to assign a selected cell from the data stream to a selected queue of the set of queues. The selected queue corresponds to a selected destination device specified by the header of the selected cell. An intermediate layer includes a set of intermediate layer circuits, each intermediate layer circuit has a set of buffers corresponding to the set of destination devices. A selected intermediate layer circuit of the set of intermediate layer circuits receives the selected cell and assigns the selected cell to a selected buffer corresponding to the selected destination device. An output layer includes a set of output layer circuits corresponding to the set of destination devices. A selected output layer circuit of the set of output layer circuits stores the selected cell prior to routing the selected cell to a selected output layer circuit output node. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310419 | Network interface selection using historical connection information - A computer may be capable of communicating with devices via network through multiple interfaces. When a new connection is to be established, the computer may select an interface to use for the connection. In some embodiments, the interface may be selected based on historical connection information representing the performance of previous network connections that the computer has established through the interfaces. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310420 | Method and system for transparent TCP offload with transmit and receive coupling - Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent transmission control protocol (TCP) offload with transmit and receive coupling are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include collecting at least one received TCP segment for a determined network flow via a network interface card (NIC) processor. The state information for the received TCP segment and state information for transmitted TCP segments for the determined network flow may be stored at the NIC without transferring state information for the received TCP segment and the state information for the transmitted TCP segments to a host system communicatively coupled to the NIC. A new TCP segment comprising the collected TCP segments may be generated after a termination event occurs. The generated new TCP segment, new state information for the generated new TCP segment, and the state information for the transmitted TCP segments may be communicated to the host system for TCP offload. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310421 | Managing Connectivity in a Virtual Network - Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for managing connectivity in a virtual network. One embodiment determines if information received from a device in a virtual land area network (VLAN) matches a configuration of a virtual connect domain (VCD) in order to label links as being either internal or external. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310422 | DATA CENTER VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, system and service for a data center computer network. A core network switches data using a first protocol layer. A first access switch is in electrical communication with the core network. The first access switch communicates the data to the core network using the first protocol layer. A second redundant access switch forms a first access switch pair with the first access switch. The second access switch is in electrical communication with the core network and communicates the data using the first protocol layer. The second access switch is in electrical communication with first access switch and communicates with the first access switch using a second protocol layer. The second protocol layer is at lower OSI level than the first protocol layer. The first access switch and the second access switch are configured to form a first VLAN. A first edge device is in electrical communication with the first access switch and the second access switch. The first edge device is part of the first VLAN. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310423 | Synchronization of Message Stream in a Multi-tier Messaging System - A group communication service is adapted for multi-point to multi-point communication. Identical message streams are received by a tier of processing servers from a tier of sources. The processing servers deliver the message streams to a tier of destinations. The group communication service enables the processing servers to deal with newly added message streams and deleted message streams while preserving total ordering. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE PRIVATE NETWORKS USING MPLS - A system and method are supplied to provide multiple private networks. The system can include an Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) interface configured to receive a plurality of data stream types from a packet switched network. A plurality of local area network ports can be configured to communicate data to local area networks. A switching process can be provided between the MPLS interface and the local area network ports. The switching process can be configured to map individual data stream types from the MPLS interface to each of the respective local area network ports. In addition, the switching process can communicate packets between the MPLS interface and the mapped local area network ports. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND REPORTING OF THE MAPPING BETWEEN DEVICE IDENTITY AND NETWORK ADDRESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for communicating the identity of devices detected in a wireless communication system. The devices connect to a mobile wireless network comprising a wireless access network and a core Internet Protocol (IP) network. The identities of devices so detected are specified by a combination of device and network-level identities and is communicated to a management server. In an exemplary embodiment, network elements of the core IP network are used to detect and convey the identity of wireless devices to a management server. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310426 | Networks - A method for estimating a system state, for example an aircraft trajectory, in a decentralised network having a plurality of nodes, each node having means for receiving and sending information and means for processing information, and each node being connected to neighbouring nodes of the network, the method comprising, at each node:
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20080310427 | Method of Determining Reliability of Information - A method of determining reliability of information received at a destination ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310428 | Method for Identifying Real-Time Traffic Hop by Hop in an Internet Network - A method for identifying real-time traffic hop by hop in an Internet network including a sender, a receiver, and routers in the network is provided. The method comprises steps of registering source port number and/or destination port number of the UDP respectively for RTP, RTCP and RTSP with the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) under the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) arrangement, then in one aspect, adding in the UDP header a Session ID field for identifying the session. The method can be used to identify the frames of the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) hop by hop during the packet's transmission, and to provide priority for real-time traffic transport so as to provide a QoS guarantee for real-time traffic even in the case of dramatically increasing network traffic. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310429 | EQUIVALENT SWITCHING METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION DEVICES IN MPLS NETWORKS - In prior art, one of the problems of equivalent switching MPLS packets is that the transmission of MPLS packets is defined unidirectionally. The inventive method provides a solution to the problem in the form of a configuration which allows for bidirectional and 1:n unidirectional transmission (requiring a reverse LAN channel). Equivalent switching operations in the case of an error occurring when a working entity fails are administered in an efficient manner according to priority criteria and MPLS link information. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310430 | Control System, Data Message Transmission Method And Network Device In The Ethernet - A control system, a data transport method and a network device include: the control system obtains the link information in the Ethernet based on the layer 2 control protocol of the Ethernet, and establishes and maintains the network topology of the Ethernet based on the link information; the control system calculates the route connecting the endpoint bridges for the connection establishment request received by itself based on the network topology, and configures the transmission path information of the data system of each network bridge passed by the connection; the data system of each network bridge transmits the data packet based on the transmission path information. The implementation of the disclosure enables the data stream transferred in the Ethernet to be manageable and the data traffic in the Ethernet to be controllable. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310431 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF A TRANSACTION GATEWAY DAEMON OF SPECIFIED TYPE - A method is provided in a system wherein a transaction gateway daemon of a specified type is connected between first and second spatially separated servers, in order to integrate applications running on the first server with operation of the second server. The method automatically determines whether a detected address space is or is not a transaction gateway daemon of the specified type, such as a CICS transaction gateway, and includes the step of verifying that the detected address space is an Open multiple virtual storage (MVS) type of address space. The method further comprises carrying out a first set of tests pertaining to specified additional characteristics of the detected address space, and verifying that a program of the detected address space is running in a Language Environment. A second set of tests are also carried out, that are respectively associated with dubbing a task on the address space to Open MVS. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310432 | AUTONEGOTIATION OVER AN INTERFACE FOR WHICH NO AUTONEGOTIATION STANDARD EXISTS - A method for enabling autonegotiation over an interface for which no autonegotiation standard exists comprises establishing network communication between a first network device and a second network device over a communication link. The first network device includes a first media access controller (MAC) associated with a communication port coupled to the communication link and a second MAC positioned between the first MAC and the communication port, and the second MAC operates as a proxy MAC for the first MAC. The first MAC outputs an outbound data communication to the communication port at a first communication rate. The proxy MAC intercepts the outbound data communication. The proxy MAC then outputs the outbound data communication to the communication port at a second communication rate different from the first communication rate. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310433 | Fast Re-routing in Distance Vector Routing Protocol Networks - In one embodiment, a method includes sending an adjacency discovery message | 2008-12-18 |
20080310434 | Method and apparatus for the creation of TCP segments by simultaneous use of computing device components - A method and apparatus for segmenting data into TCP data segments using a first network communication component, and transmitting TCP data segments over a second network using a second network communication component. TCP data segments may be created by a first network card that may be in a loopback mode while a second network card may be sending TCP data segments onto a network. Both network communication cards may be operating simultaneously and may improve efficiency. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310435 | Method for Establishing a Unicast Media Session - A method and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) gateway for establishing a unicast media session between a media receiver and a media source in an IMS network via a Network Address Translation (NAT) function acting on behalf of the media receiver. A media source controller in the IMS sends a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to the media receiver to identify the media source. The media receiver obtains NAT bindings for the unicast media session, and the session is established between the media receiver and the media source. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310436 | BROADBAND MULTI-DROP LOCAL NETWORK, INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA ACCESS - A broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access. A local network architecture include a wired bus coupleable directly to an external data network terminal and configured for carrying broadband packetized data traffic over a frequency spectrum uninterrupted by other defined data channels or services; and one or a plurality of network transceivers operable individually for coupling an addressable network device processing a defined class of information to the bus wherein each network appliance is configured for and further operable for providing communication interfacing of the class of information of each addressable network appliance with the packetized IP data traffic on the wired bus. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310437 | Method and apparatus for carrying unknown traffic over a resilient packet ring (RPR) without flooding - A method and corresponding apparatus allows unknown packet traffic, such as Ethernet traffic, to be carried on a Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) network without flooding the traffic on the RPR network. Modules in a station of the ring network compare a destination address in a packet traffic signal with known addresses and associate an identifier of a tunnel in the ring network with the packet traffic signal based on the comparison. The modules then associate with the packet traffic signal an identifier of a destination station in the ring network that corresponds to the identifier of the tunnel and forward the packet traffic signal to the destination station via the tunnel. By transmitting the packet traffic via tunnels instead of flooding the RPR network, spatial reuse may be implemented allowing the network to support a higher volume of traffic. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310438 | Methods and system for fast session establishment between equipment using H.324 and related telecommunications protocols - Methods of establishing multimedia telecommunication (a multimedia “call”) between equipment (“terminals”). More particularly, the invention provides methods for reducing the time required to establish calls between terminals implementing ITU-T Recommendation H.324 and derived or related standards or recommendations such as 3G-324M. More specifically, it relates to methods and apparatuses for (i) concatenating H.245 messages to pass between the terminals at the start of the call to establish the capabilities of both terminals and agree on the type and format of media and data to be exchanged (ii) using non-standard H.245 messages or standard H.245 messages with non-standard fields to accelerate establishment and (iii) informing each terminal of the capabilities of the other and proposing the type and format of media and data to be exchanged by means of fields inserted in the call signaling protocol used for bearer establishment prior to the H.324 stage of the call. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310439 | COMMUNICATING PRIORITIZED MESSAGES TO A DESTINATION QUEUE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCE QUEUES USING SOURCE-QUEUE-SPECIFIC PRIORITY VALUES - There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program for communicating messages between a first messaging system and a second messaging system. The messaging system comprises a set of source queues with each source queue owning messages retrievable in priority order. It is determined that a message should be transferred from the first messaging system to the second messaging system. A source queue is selected which contains a message having at least an equal highest priority when compared with messages on the source queues. A message having the at least equal highest priority from the selected source queue of the first messaging system is then transferred to a target queue at the second messaging system. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310440 | Network interface system with filtering function - A network interface system with packet filtering function is disclosed herein. The network interface system includes interfaces, a packet buffer and a controller. The packet buffer stores data packets received by the network interface system. The controller provides security defense for the host system and the network by filtering the data packets stored in the packet buffer. The controller controls the packet buffer abandoning a data packet if the data packet is identified as an unsafe packet. The controller also includes a regulator for controlling a transferring order of the data packets. Thus, the network interface system can drop unsafe data packet and transfer data packets considered as safe information. The data packets can be processed in a sequence according to preset priority rules. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310441 | GENERAL PURPOSE PHYSICAL DATA TRANSMISSION PORT - A physical data transmission port in a network element of a data network, suited for realizing for instance both an electric packet switched Ethernet connection and an electric time slot switched E1/T1 connection. It has surprisingly been found out that the electric connector ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310442 | Method And System For Performing Edge To Edge Pseudo Wire Emulation Of Bundling Interface - A method and system for performing edge to edge pseudo wire emulation of the bundling interface in telecommunication field. The method includes: assigning the sub-channel number for the established member bundling interface and negotiating the bundling parameter; forwarding the user message through the aforementioned established bundling interface; and sending the message to the corresponding member interface based on the sub-channel number. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310443 | COMMUNICATION LINK ALLOCATION BASED ON DYNAMIC TREND ANALYSIS - A method and/or apparatus is provided for performing traffic allocation based on dynamic trend analysis of communication links between two devices. Devices monitor the performance of their available communication links to determine which communication link is best to receive transmissions on. A device selects the best communication link on which to receive from another device and informs that other device to use that communication link when transmitting to it. Link information is obtained from both the transmitting device and receiving device to perform traffic allocation for communications between the two devices. This method may be performed by a low-level communication module transparent to applications and/or network transmission protocols. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310444 | Group Communication System Achieving Efficient Total Order and State Synchronization in a Multi-tier Environment - A group communication service maintains synchronization limiting the group to the processing entities that receive a plurality of source message streams from sources outside the group and transmit delivery message streams to destinations that are outside the group. Synchronization of message ordering and other state synchronization directives are communicated from a leader exclusively to other group members. Once having declared themselves to be synchronized and active by a reply protocol message, which is an opaque object and is interpreted by an application layer, the processing entities independently process the source message streams in accordance with the order specified in the directives, without requiring additional sequencing information from another processing entity. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310445 | Provisioning Bandwidth For A Digital Media Stream - Provisioning bandwidth for a digital media stream, the digital media stream characterized by a bandwidth, including adapting by a media server a first portion of the bandwidth for transmission of the content of a first channel and at least one second, smaller portion of the bandwidth for transmission of the content of at least one second channel; and transmitting, multiplexed together in the digital media stream, by the media server to a media display device, the content of the first channel and the content of the second channel, the content of the second channel transmitted with a lower quality than the content of the first channel. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310446 | Provisioning Bandwidth For A Digital Media Stream - Provisioning bandwidth for a digital media stream, the digital media stream characterized by a bandwidth, including monitoring, by a media display device, a user's viewing behavior to create a user profile; transmitting, to a media server, the user profile; and responsive to receiving, by the media server, a user selection of a first channel: selecting, for transmission to the media display device, in dependence upon the user profile, at least one second channel; adapting a first portion of the bandwidth for transmission of the content of the first channel and a second, smaller portion of the bandwidth for transmission of the content of the second channel; and transmitting, multiplexed together in the digital media stream, the content of the first channel and the content of the second channel, the content of the second channel transmitted with a lower quality than the content of the first channel. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310447 | Methods and Apparatus for Testing Adaptive Timing Characteristics of Packet-based Timing Protocol - Methods and apparatus for testing adaptive timing characteristics of a packet-based timing protocol are provided. A packet delay variation test sequence is applied to packet-based traffic as the packet-based traffic passes through a packet delay variation generator during transmission between nodes. Adaptive timing characteristics at a node that receives the packet-based traffic are evaluated in accordance with the packet delay variation test sequence. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310448 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR SELECTING AND NEGOTIATING FRAME SIZE OF COMMUNICATION DATA COMMUNICATED IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Apparatus, and an associated method, for negotiating an LLC frame size for a UMA/GAN network. A calculator, embodied at a mobile station, calculates an optimal frame size, i.e., an N | 2008-12-18 |
20080310449 | Method and Apparatus For Upper Level Protocol Message - Upper level protocol message transmitting method and apparatus are provided based on a new management message to be used in a portable Internet system. When a base station receives the upper level protocol message to be broadcast, it includes the same in the management message and transmits the included message to all the mobile terminals of a cell, and thus, the total number of the transmissions is decreased, thereby increasing a wireless efficiency. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310450 | Method of Passing a Constant Bit Rate Digital Signal Through an Ethernet Interface and System for Carrying Out the Method - System and method for passing a constant bit rate signal through an Ethernet interface (TX, RX) wherein an original clock rate ( | 2008-12-18 |
20080310451 | Splitting of a Data Stream - The present invention relates to a method of splitting a data stream into packets which comprise either only video units or only non-video units in order to better enable the enhancement of a displayed video stream using IFD without causing any audio artifacts. The gist of the present invention is the insight and the realisation of splitting the data stream into smaller packets than is customary. Thus it becomes possible to produce packets comprising either video units or non-video units, and in case of video units, packets pertaining to only one video frame. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310452 | DATA LINK LAYER HEADERS - A system for communicating protocol layer processing information is disclosed herein. A transmitter includes a protocol layer header generator that generators a header for a first protocol data unit. The header generator provides a first header comprising a first sequence number field that determines the order in which a receiving entity present the first data unit to higher protocol layer. The sequence number field varies in length. A receiver includes a protocol layer header parser that parses a header of a first protocol data unit. The header parser parses a first header comprising a first sequence number field that determines the order in which the first data unit is presented to a higher protocol layer. The sequence number field varies in length. | 2008-12-18 |
20080310453 | Communications System to Feed Multiple Single Frequency Networks with Multiple Content - A system and processes create a transport stream carrying several encapsulated contents, watermarks, and other ancillary data. The transport stream is re-multiplexed while keeping synchronous and deterministic operation. Synchronous deterministic operation allow each derived transport stream to be broadcasted in Single Frequency Networks, as all re-multiplexers have the same signal at the input and selecting the same content generates exactly the same stream in multiple locations. | 2008-12-18 |