26th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090161590 | MULTICAST DATA STREAM SELECTION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for multicast data stream selection in a communication system includes a first step | 2009-06-25 |
20090161591 | TRANSMISSION OF SYSTEM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION IN MOBILE WIMAX SYSTEMS - The particular frame in a super-frame using orthogonal frequency division multiple access techniques will contain system configuration information in the super-frame header. This super-frame header may be located at a fixed offset from the initial preamble of the frame. In some embodiments, the system configuration information may be located in a broadcast channel section of the super-frame header. In some embodiments, the particular frame may overlap a legacy OFDMA frame in time and in OFDMA sub-channels, so that the two frames share some time and sub-channel resources. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161592 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING DISPARATE CONNECTION PATHS FROM A MOBILE USER DEVICE TO A BASE STATION THROUGH A MOBILE PEER-TO-PEER (PTP) NETWORK - A system and method for establishing and/or maintaining one or more disparate connection paths from a originating mobile user device to a base station via a mobile peer-to-peer (PTP) network including an originating mobile user device configured to broadcasting at least one of a path establishment request signal and one or more path confirmation request signals to one or more intermediate mobile user devices; a mobile peer-to-peer network including the one or more intermediate mobile user devices configured to forwarding the at least one of the path establishment request signal, one or more path establishment response signals, the one or more path confirmation request signal, and one or more path confirmation response signals, via one or more disparate connection paths; and a base station configured to broadcasting at least one of the one or more path establishment response signals and the one or more path confirmation response signals to the originating mobile user device via the one or more disparate connection paths within the mobile peer-to-peer network. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161593 | Wireless Multicast for Layered Media - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for optimizing data rates in communicating multicast data, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining available data rates corresponding to a user station; computing optimal data rate within each access network cell; and controlling the data rate for each data packet at each access network cell. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161594 | HYBRID MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS - A method of multicast routing in a wireless mesh network is provided. One implementation involves maintaining a multicast logical tree having a structure establishing parent-child connectivity relationships between wireless station nodes, wherein each node has access to local connectivity information for its local nodes; and a wireless station node joining a multicast group in the network and becoming the group coordinator. Each multicast group member may join and leave the group at any time utilizing both tree structure and local link state information. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INFORMATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A system and method for a novel broadcasting scheme (NBS) in a wireless local area network are described, which can operate with or without a network connection. The system permits transmission of application-specific data through a specific field in a beacon frame, the Service Set Identity (SSID). By implementing a NBS Processor in an AP and a NBS Parser in stations, the AP can broadcast application-specific data while the stations can automatically act upon the receipt of the broadcast. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICE - A method for transmitting multimedia broadcast/multicast service includes: checking whether packet loss occurs during a transmission process of the multimedia broadcast/multicast service; and notifying, upon checking a packet loss, a physical layer not to transmit any data over a time and frequency resource used for transmitting the lost packet. A system for transmitting multimedia broadcast/multicast service is also provided. The method and system realizes checking and handling the packet loss during transmission process of MBMS service in time, effectively prevents errors from spreading, guarantees that terminals can receive MBMS service data correctly and further ensures smooth radio combining in the physical layer. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS ACCESS VIA A CONDITIONAL ENABLEMENT - A system and method for a next generation wireless access via a conditional enablement is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing data communication access in an Internet Protocol (IP) network system includes enabling a first link connecting an access device to an Internet source, and enabling a second link connecting an end-user device to the access device upon successfully establishing the first link. The method further includes performing an address configuration by the end-user device by enabling the data communication access, and implementing IP packet bridging by the access device for transmitting one or more data packets between the end-user device and the Internet source. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161598 | PARTIAL MESH COMMUNICATION IN HUB BASED SYSTEM - A partial mesh link channel is established within a satellite communication system by allocating return link channel resources to the partial mesh link channel. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161599 | METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT AND RADIO BASE STATION FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION - The present invention relates to a random access process in a cellular communications system and to a user equipment (UE) and a NodeB adapted for performing the process. A problem with the random access is that the time slot for receiving a random access request (RA-request) has a long unused guard portion. When the UE transmits the RA-request, the distance to the receiving NodeB is unknown, and the purpose of the guard portion is to accommodate for propagation delay. The disadvantage is the inefficient use of the random access channel which results in long delays for UEs to access the network. The present invention solves the problem with a method in which the UE position is determined and the distance and propagation delay between the UE and NodeB is calculated before the transmission of the RA-request, and the timing of the transmission is advanced by the propagation delay. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161600 | Wireless slave unit - In a network area of a wireless network managed by a wireless master device, a wireless slave device performs wireless network communication with another wireless slave device connected by wire to a terminal, and wired network communication with a terminal connected by wire to the wireless slave device. The wireless slave device includes a wireless reception unit ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161601 | Method and Apparatus for Detection of Network Having Multiple IP-Address Capability | 2009-06-25 |
20090161602 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD USING BLUETOOTH - A wireless communication apparatus which is capable of communicating with a first wireless terminal holding a first data packet by Bluetooth includes a search unit, a first transceiver transmitting, a first controller, and a scheduling unit. The search unit reserves a search, and executing the search. The first transceiver transmits the first and second control packets, and receives the first data packet and a second data packet. The first controller reserves a transmission of the second control packet to the first wireless terminal, the first controller giving instructions to transmit the second control packet to the first transceiver. The scheduling unit accepts the reservation from the first controller and the search unit, the scheduling unit preferentially allowing a transmission of the second control packet compared with the search, and allowing the search when no reservation of the transmission of the second control packet is made. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161603 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus is capable of improving communication efficiency by reducing the amount of control information transmitted. A channel quality information extraction section extracts CQI's from a received signal. An allocation control section allocates subcarriers every communication terminal apparatus and selects a modulation scheme in such a manner that required transmission rate is satisfied for each communication terminal apparatus based on required transmission rate information etc. and CQI's for communication terminal apparatus of each user. A required subcarrier number determining section decides the number of subcarriers allocated every communication terminal apparatus in such a manner as to satisfy the required transmission rate for each communication terminal apparatus based on required transmission rate information etc. of communication terminal apparatus of each user. A required subcarrier number information generating section generates information for the number of subcarriers allocated every communication terminal apparatus. A subcarrier allocation section allocates packet data to selected subcarriers. Modulating sections adaptively modulate packet data allocated to each subcarrier. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161604 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE OF PACKET ROUTING FOR LOCALIZED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NETWORK - A method of packet routing for an LMM network includes: by an LMA, determining that both a sending end node and a receiving end node are located in an LMM domain controlled by the LMA, and starting a route optimization; directly forwarding, by an access device attached to the sending end node, a packet to be sent to the receiving end node to an access device attached to the receiving end node without being forwarded by the LMA; and forwarding, by the access device attached to the receiving end node, to the receiving end node. A system of packet routing for an LMM network includes a sending end node, a receiving end node, an access device attached to the sending end node, an access device attached to the receiving end node, and an LMA. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161605 | COOPERATIVE MIMO IN MULTICELL WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for cooperative multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) transmission operations in a multicell wireless network. Under the method, antenna elements from two or more base stations are used to from an augmented MIMO antenna array that is used to transmit and receive MIMO transmissions to and from one or more terminals. The cooperative MIMO transmission scheme supports higher dimension space-time-frequency processing for increased capacity and system performance. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF ERASURE SEQUENCE DETECTION - Attributes of access terminals are employed in determining durations for erasure sequences. Transmissions from access terminals are analyzed to determine different attributes are based at least ont these attributes traffic models are estimated. Those terminals whose traffic models tend towards more frequent occurrences of longer erasures are assigned longer erasure durations to improve performance in erasure sequence detection. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161607 | WIRELESS SYSTEM WITH REDUCED EFFECT OF IQ IMBALANCE - In a wireless communication system, information is exchanged between a base station and a client station. The base station grants at least one allocation unit to a client station. The base station receives data from the client station using the allocation unit over the wireless link. The allocation unit substantially comprises mirror image pairs of subcarriers. Each mirror image pair of subcarriers includes a first subcarrier and a second subcarrier which are respectively disposed on opposite sides of a DC subcarrier by an equal frequency amount. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161608 | BROADCAST SYSTEM INTERFERENCE PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and transceiver in a secondary system for utilizing channel bandwidths allocated to a primary system. A secondary system transceiver receives a primary system signal, re-transmits a delayed version of the primary system signal, and communicates with secondary system equipment utilizing secondary system signals within at least part of a bandwidth of at least one channel of the primary system. The re-transmission of the primary system signal allows the use of primary system channels by the secondary system without adversely affecting the primary or secondary system users. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161609 | Automatic busy status notifications in wireless packet services sessions - A method and system provide automatic busy status notifications to parties to wireless packet services sessions in the event of temporary suspension of the sessions. In one aspect, a first wireless communication device comprises a wireless interface and a processor communicatively coupled with the wireless interface, wherein in response to a voice call received on the wireless interface the processor temporarily suspends a wireless packet services session between at least a first user on the first wireless communication device and a second user on a second wireless communication device and without user intervention transmits via the wireless interface a first message adapted to notify the second user of a temporarily busy status of the first user. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161610 | METHOD OF FREQUENCY CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT USING EFFECTIVE SPECTRUM SENSING IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a method of assigning a frequency channel using efficient spectrum sensing in a multiple Frequency Assignment (FA) system. The method includes a channel sensing process, wherein abase station (BS) of a secondary user classifies multiple frequency channels licensed to a primary user into a plurality of channel states by changing a sensing period according to the types of classified channel state sets, and manages the sensed channel states as frequency channel state set information; a channel state set broadcasting process, wherein the BS transmits the frequency channel state set information manage d in the channel sensing process to secondary user terminals using a broadcast message; and a channel assigning process, wherein if the BS receives a channel assignment request message from a new secondary user terminal which has received the broadcast message, the BS assigns an unused frequency channel from among frequency channels licensed to the primary user to the new secondary user terminal using the frequency channel state set information. Accordingly, a frequency channel can be assigned to a secondary user requesting channel assignment using frequency channel state set information without a primary user experiencing interference noise. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161611 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - A radio communication method is provided for reducing the overhead of radio resources (transmission power, transmission time, frequency band) caused by the transmission of a control signal to a mobile station in a poor propagation environment and thus enabling an improvement of throughput of the entire system. A base station ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION IN RELAY ENHANCED CELLULAR SYSTEMS WITH RESOURCE REUSE - A method and system for assigning subcarrier frequency resource for a relay enhanced cellular communication system including a base station, one or more mobile stations and one or more relay stations, is provided. Subcarrier assignment involves allocating subcarriers to one or more relay communication links between the base station and relay stations, to accommodate minimum data rate requirements of the access communication links; and allocating subcarriers to one or more access communication links between relay stations and mobile stations to approximate the data rates achieved on the corresponding relay communication links, wherein allocating subcarriers to one or more access communication links includes reusing subcarriers among access communication links in different relay cells. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161613 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR TABLES FOR FEEDBACK IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects of a method and system for constructing channel quality indicator tables for feedback in a communication system are provided. A user terminal may receive a signal transmitted by using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) from a base station. The user terminal may assess channel quality information by accessing a CQI table to identify a CQI value based on the received radio signal. The CQI table may comprise various modulation regions in terms of spectral efficiency. The identified CQI value may be transmitted to the base station. Various standard system protocols such 3GPP, 3GPP LTE, or WiMAX, may be used for transmissions. The CQI table may be generated via PER versus spectral efficiency and/or SNR, respectively. The base station may select a MCS based on the CQI feedback from the user terminal for transmitting a subsequent radio signal to the user terminal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161614 | RESOURCE EXCHANGE DISCOVERY IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A cellular communication system comprises a set of base stations ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161615 | System and method for traffic routing - The present invention provides a system and method for traffic routing. An embodiment includes an engine for identifying groupings of subscriber stations within a particular ISP. The engine can also obtain a block of contiguous addresses for assignment to the subscriber stations. The addresses are assigned from the block to each of the subscriber stations in substantially contiguous sub-blocks based on the groupings. The groupings can be geographic or based on other desired criteria. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161616 | RANGING PROCEDURE IDENTIFICATION OF ENHANCED WIRELESS TERMINAL - A communications network comprises a base station ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161617 | Communication Systems - A spectrum-assignment method for use in a wireless communication system, wherein the system comprises at least a group of communication apparatuses, and wherein each such communication apparatus has a portion of communication spectrum pre-assigned to it for communication, and wherein one of the communication apparatuses of the group is a leader of the group, the method comprising: on a dynamic basis and within the leader of the group, controlling re-assignments of said spectrum between communication apparatuses of the system involving at least one said communication apparatus of the group in dependence upon spectrum requirements of those communication apparatuses, so as to tend to improve spectrum utilization between those communication apparatuses. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161618 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The downlink control channels in a control region of each downlink subframe in a telecommunication system are divided into at least one common subset of the downlink control channels and a plurality of group subsets of the downlink control channels, such that the common subset or each common subset will be decoded by every user equipment, and each group subset will be decoded only by a limited group of user equipments. Resource assignment messages for a user equipment can then be transmitted on a downlink control channel of the relevant group subset, to avoid the need for messages to be decoded by a large number of UEs that will not act on them, while broadcast messages can be transmitted on a downlink control channel of the relevant common subset, to avoid the need for messages to be transmitted many times. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161619 | RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a radio communication control device, a radio communication control system, a radio communication control method, a radio communication control program and a recording medium, which control radio resource appropriately when an interference notification signal is received. The radio communication control device according to the present invention, which controls allocation of radio resource for use by a mobile communication terminal in a radio communication system, comprises: radio means for monitoring a communication status with the mobile communication terminal and detecting interference relating to first frequency information; transceiving means for transmitting a first interference notification signal containing the first frequency information and receiving a second interference notification signal containing second frequency information; and a control means for restricting the radio resource in a case when the second interference notification signal is being received, wherein the control means does not restrict the radio resource in a case when the first frequency information and the second frequency information have a predetermined relation. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161620 | System and Method for Uplink Resource Utilization - A system and method are disclosed for providing efficient uplink resource utilization wireless communication system. The system and method for use with a network access equipment in scheduling uplink transmissions to ensure that a user equipment is not transmitting unnecessary information at inconvenient times. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161621 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication method for a radio communication system in which a second radio communication apparatus transmits a radio signal with a transmission radio resource designated by a first radio communication apparatus, the communication method includes designating, by the first radio communication apparatus, a transmission radio resource for data and a control signal to the second radio communication apparatus; transmitting, by the second communication apparatus, transmission data and a control signal with the designated transmission radio resource; and determining, by the first radio communication apparatus, whether a further allocation of a transmission radio resource for data to the second radio communication apparatus in response to a reception result of the transmission data is performed or not based on the control signal. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161622 | Radio communication system, device and method for radio communication, and computer program - A radio communication device which manages a network defines a predetermined transmission frame cycle, allocates in the frame specific access slots as timing with which the individual radio communication devices in the network concerned receive a transmission, puts the information of the allocation in a beacon signal, and transmits the signal. Each radio communication device performs receiving operation at access slots specific to the device itself defined by the beacon signal. When information transmission is made between arbitrary communication devices in the network, access slots for the device which is to receive the information are used. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161623 | FRAME STRUCTURE FOR AN ADAPTIVE MODULATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of simplifying the encoding of a predetermined number of bits of data into frames including adding error coding bits so that a ratio of the frame length times the baud rate of the frame times he bit packing ratio of the data divided the total bits of data is always an integer. The method may also convolutionally encode the bits of data so that the same equation is also always an integer. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161624 | REGISTERING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH AN ACCESS NETWORK - A method (500, 600, 700) of registering a mobile communication device (102, 104, 106, 108) with an access network (112) can include receiving a request for a client mobile internet protocol (IP) registration from the mobile communication device. The method can also include performing a proxy mobile IP registration on behalf of the mobile communication device and sending a confirmation of the client mobile IP registration to the mobile communication device. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161625 | SEAMLESS MOBILITY FOR NON-MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL CAPABLE WIRELESS DEVICES IN A TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEM - A method, base station, and wireless communication system provide seamless mobility in a time division duplex system. The method includes determining a mobility capability of the wireless communication device ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL-MODE HANDOFF - Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for a deterministic facilitating for a dual-mode handoff between a local area network (LAN) and a wide area network (WAN). The hand-off method may include associating identification information with a mobile user device and locating the mobile user device within a local area network based at least in part on the identification information associated with the mobile user device. The hand-off method may also include moving the mobile user device outside a coverage area of the local area network, associating the mobile user device with a wide area network based at least in part on the identification information associated with the mobile user device, and updating a wide area network server of a location associated with the mobile user device. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161627 | Switching communication networks in a mobile device - Methods and corresponding systems in a mobile station for switching communication networks include scheduling an alternate network period during a first communication session between a mobile station and a first network transceiver in a first network, wherein the first network uses a first protocol. During the alternate network period the mobile station searches for a transmission from a second network transceiver in a second network, wherein the second network uses a second protocol. A second communication session is requested between the mobile station and the second network transceiver. A second communication session is initiated between the mobile station and the second network transceiver. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161628 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An integrative radio base station holds station data required for operation including information on the cell managed by itself and the information on the cells managed by an adjacent integrative radio base stations. If information on the cells of the destination of a mobile terminal is not held at the time of the handover of the mobile terminal, the information is acquired from a station data management device. The station data management device manages station data for each integrative radio base station and transmits information on the cell requested from the integrative radio base station to a source that made the request. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161629 | MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER FOR SMART PHONE ARCHITECTURE - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include two or more modems, each configured to link to a different network, and a media independent handover (MIH) client. An application programming interfaces (API) may provide the MIH client with mechanisms to receive information about links, control the modems for handover, discover a MIH server and IP multimedia system nodes, trigger mobile IP handover, etc. If a link has been successfully established, the MIH client may start a MIH session. When the modem indicates that a connection is going to be terminated, the MIH client may activate the second modem for handover. If the first modem indicates that a link parameter has crossed a threshold, the MIH client may send signal measurements to a MIH server. After receiving a media independent handover switch request, the MIH client may initiate handover to the second network. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161630 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus holds information concerning a second network reported from a specific wireless terminal that has left a first network. In accordance with predetermined criteria, the communication apparatus decides a wireless terminal that is to be allowed to join the second network and notifies this wireless terminal so as to cause the specific wireless terminal to return to the first network. This wireless terminal uses the held information concerning the second network to discriminate the communication status of the second network and requests the specific wireless terminal to return in accordance with the communication status discriminated. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161631 | BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE WITH PERSONALIZED SERVICE CAPABILITY FOR TERMINALS - Embodiments of a system and method of providing broadband telecommunication services over a packet-switched network enable enhanced personalization. A mobile terminal is registered in a first remote environment, where the mobile terminal has a home environment and a home service capability. The telecommunication services are provided to the mobile terminal in the first remote environment in accordance with the home service capability. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161632 | POWER-EFFICIENT ENHANCED UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and arrangement in a mobile terminal such as a UE for selecting a transport format for an uplink transmission to a base station, wherein the selector selects a transport format from a set of transport formats which are generated based upon parameters of a radio connection established with the base station. Upon establishing a radio connection, the base station sends parameters to the UE describing a radio bearer configuration. The UE generates a set of transport formats based upon the radio bearer parameters. A classifier then classifies each of the transport formats in the set as either power-efficient or power-inefficient. When a grant is received from the base station, the UE derives a set of allowed transport formats. A transport format selector then selects a transport format that is both power-efficient and allowed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNICATION CONNECTION - Various embodiments are directed to a mobile computing device having a communication management module. The communication management module receives connection information from a destination device, the connection information representing at least one communication mode accepted by the destination device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING SUBSCRIBER STATIONS TO PROCESS A SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL IN A SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - During initiation procedure between subscriber stations and access network adhering to CDMA standards, (e.g., IS-95 and IS-2000) the subscriber station receives a Sync Channel Message. Due to a design/manufacturing error, certain subscriber stations adhering to the IS-95 fail to ignore a portion of the Sync Channel Message, intended for a proper operation of subscriber stations adhering to the IS-2000. This causes a failure of the IS-95 subscriber stations' operation. The disclosed invention describes embodiments allowing the faulty subscriber stations to operate on an access networks build in accordance with both IS-95 and IS-2000 standards. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161635 | RACH-RAMP-UP ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - A disclosed code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) system has a base station (BS) and remote stations (RSs). A BS-spread-spectrum transmitter broadcasts a common-synchronization channel having a chip-sequence signal common to the remote stations served by the BS, and a frame-timing signal. A RS-spread-spectrum receiver receives the broadcast common-synchronization channel, and determines frame timing from the frame-timing signal. A first RS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits an access-burst signal, which has a plurality of segments. Each access burst signal segment has a plurality of power levels. A BS-spread-spectrum receiver receives the access-burst signal at a detected-power level. In response to receiving the access-burst signal, a BS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits an acknowledgment signal to the RS-spread-spectrum receiver. The RS-spread-spectrum receiver receives the acknowledgment signal, and in, the RS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits a spread-spectrum signal having data to the BS-spread-spectrum receiver. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161636 | FLEXIBLE CONTROL CHANNELS FOR UNPLANNED WIRELESS NETWORKS - A wireless node configured to communicate with a remote node using a timeslot structure. The timeslot structure includes a plurality of data channels and a plurality of control channels, wherein each of the control channels comprises a plurality of control units. The wireless node is further configured to assign any one of a plurality of control messages for the data channels to any one of the control units. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161637 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - Provided are a communication method and apparatus of a wireless sensor network which uses at least one channel and has a tree structure. The method includes: generating windows, where a beacon interval is divided, according to each channel; selecting a window, which is not assigned to nodes that exist within a predetermined range from a certain node, from among the generated windows; and the certain node communicating with a child node of the certain node by using a channel to which the selected window belongs during a time corresponding to the selected window. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161638 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A basestation of a telecommunications network is able to acquire timing information by sending a single time request message over a computer network to a time server, with the time request message specifying a number of time response messages, said number being greater than one. Based on the received specified number of time response messages from the time server, the basestation is able to calibrate an internal oscillator. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161639 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PROXIMITY TO A WLAN FOR A UMA/GAN COMPATIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for evaluating proximity of the electronic device to a wireless local area network (WLAN) involves generating a location where the location is defined by a list of cellular communication access points that is sorted based on signal strength for each access point. The list may be scored against one or more similarly defined reference locations to determine if the electronic device is at a geographic position that is favorable to probe for a WLAN that the electronic device was connected to at a prior time, but is presently not connected. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161640 | Mobile Wireless Access Router for Separately Controlling Traffic Signal and Control Signal - A wireless access router for separately controlling a traffic signal and a control signal is provided. In a mobile communication access network structure, in order to optimally support a mobile communication terminal, a control signal and a traffic signal of a base station are divided, and a router is controlled by mobile communication system functions such as a mobility management function, a QoS management function, a session control of the terminal, a mobility control, and a QoS control function that are effectively processed. With a wireless access router having the divided control signal and traffic signal, it is expected the traffic concentration and a packet transmission delay can be prevented. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161641 | Method and System for Rate Selection Algorithm to Maximize Throughput in Close Loop Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) System - Aspects of a method and system for rate selection algorithm to maximize throughput in closed loop multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless local area network (WLAN) system are provided and may comprise computing a maximum number of binary bits to be, simultaneously transmitted via an RF channel based on signal quality. A modulation technique may be selected based on the computed maximum, communicating feedback information comprising the selected modulation technique. Subsequently transmitted data may be received via an RF channel which is modulated based on the feedback information. Another aspect of the method may comprise receiving feedback information comprising at least one of a selected modulation technique and coding rate via an RF channel, and transmitting subsequent data via said at least one of a plurality of RF channels which either modulated, or coded, based on the feedback information. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161642 | AUTOMATIC AND DYNAMIC CHANGING OF CLASS IN CLASS-BASED NETWORKS - A wireless radio frequency data communication device includes memory in which is stored a common designation; a radio frequency transmitter component and receiver component for wirelessly sending and receiving data packets; and electronics for processing data. The device is configured to filter a wireless communication received by it for an identification of its common designation within the communication, and process the communication if an identification of its common designation is found therein, and not process the communication if an identification of its common designation is not found therein. The device includes a profile stored in its memory and is configured to automatically and dynamically change its common designation in accordance with its profile. The profile may include a plurality of common designations, which may be conditional. The foregoing common designations may be class designations for use in class-based asset tracking systems. The device may include an interface for sensor-acquired data. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161643 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radio communication system and apparatus is disclosed wherein setting necessary for communication with a desired radio communication apparatus with which a user wants to communicate can be performed with certainty by an operation system familiar to the user and a high security level can be assured for the communication which uses the setting. When a first radio communication apparatus receives a request for communication information necessary for communication through a radio network from a second radio communication apparatus through a radio circuit, it transmits identification information for the radio network and information regarding the security set in advance as communication information therein to the second radio communication apparatus through the radio circuit. The second radio communication apparatus sets the communication information to itself. The invention can be applied to a radio LAN for which a household electric appliance is used. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161644 | Wireless Resource Allocation Control System, Road-Side Unit, Wireless Resource Allocation Control Method and Storage Medium Storing Program Thereof - A wireless resource allocation control system for allocating and releasing wireless resource used for communication between vehicles in a predetermined area is provided. The control system includes a unit mounted on a vehicle, and the unit includes a transmitter for transmitting first information associated with the vehicle. A station receives information from the unit and sends information to the unit. The station calculates a priority level for each of the units on the basis of the first information transmitted from each of the units, ranks the units in the order of the priority level, allocates wireless resources to the units in descending of the priority levels, and releases the wireless resource previously allocated to the unit in the case of the unit unworthy of current allocation of the wireless resource. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161645 | METHOD OF REALIZING SMART ANTENNA BASED ON SOFTWARE RADIO AND SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method of realizing smart antenna based on software radio and system therefore in IMT-2000 CDMA system. Channel conditions are classified according to the features of wireless communication channel conditions, covariance matrix of array receiving signals is step-by-step dimension-reduced and decorrelated using special smoothing differential processing method, obtaining the structure related to the receiving signals by gradually converting correlated signal into independent signal sources and realizing conditions recognition, and respectively calculating receiving weights and transmitting weights using corresponding receiving adaptive beam forming algorithm and transmitting adaptive beam forming algorithm selected according to the result of channel condition classifying. By using adaptive beam forming method of smart antenna based on software radio, the present invention has the following advantages comparing with existing adaptive beam forming method: good adaptability, avoidance of the limitation of single adaptive beam forming method, easiness of upgrading and maintaining based station system, and effective suppression of disturbing effect. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161646 | Recursive reduction of channel state feedback - Feedback bandwidth may be reduced in a closed loop MIMO system by Householder transformations and vector quantization using codebooks. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161647 | TD-SCDMA UPLINK PROCESSING - A wireless system has an uplink chip rate processing architecture in which at least two groups of registers are provided, each group of register storing a set of time slot configuration parameters. A storage stores a sequence of time slot configuration set identifiers each identifying one of the groups of registers, each identifier corresponding to a time slot. A chip rate processing unit processes a stream of data over a plurality of time slots in which at each of the time slots, and the chip rate processing unit is configured according to the set of time slot configuration parameters stored in the group of register associated with the time slot configuration set identifier corresponding to the time slot. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161648 | TD-SCDMA UPLINK PROCESSING - A wireless device has a BRP-CRP interface that includes a dual-port frame memory having a first access port and a second access port in which data can be written to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port at the same time that data is read from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port. A bit rate processor performs bit rate processing on input data and writes data resulting from the bit rate processing to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port. A chip rate processor reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port and performs chip rate processing on the data read from the dual-port frame memory. A data processor executes a software application that writes data to the dual-port frame memory through the first access port and reads data from the dual-port frame memory through the second access port. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161649 | TD-SCDMA UPLINK PROCESSING - A wireless system includes a TTI memory architecture in which encoded data are stored in a memory at a rate of one block of encoded data per transmission time interval (TTI), TTI being selected from a set of predetermined values, the memory including memory lines each having a predetermined number of bits that is determined according to the set of predetermined TTI values. For every block of data in which the end of the block of data does not align with an end of a last memory line occupied by the block of data, one or more padded bits are stored after the end of the block of data to the end of the last memory line occupied by the block of data so the last memory line is filled with a portion of the block of data and the one or more padded bits. The block of data and the padded bits are read in one or more equal sized segments. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161650 | RADIO COMMUNICATION MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a mobile station capable of effectively reporting control information in RACH. In the mobile station, a signature selection unit ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161651 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING BROADCAST MESSAGE IN A MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a broadcast message using a Forward Common Control Channel (F-CCCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a base station determines whether a periodic enhanced broadcast page is enabled or disabled, and then transmits at least one broadcast message via a first slot of a broadcast paging cycle of the F-CCCH if determined that the periodic enhanced broadcast page is enabled. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161652 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DOWN LINK SIGNAL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL SEARCH IN CELLULAR SYSTEM - The invention provides a method of generating a downlink signal and searching a cell on the basis of the downlink signal in an OFDM-based cellular system. The downlink signal includes a plurality of synchronization blocks each having a plurality of sub-frames, and a synchronization pattern composed of a combination of a cell group identification code for identifying a cell group and a frame synchronization identification code for indicating a frame start point is generated in each of the synchronization blocks. Different frame synchronization identification codes are allocated to the synchronization blocks. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT SYNCHRONIZATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments herein provide a method and system for synchronization in a Wireless Communication Network using a new frame, Synchronization Frame (SF), and a configurable length of the same that is transmitted from a Network Controller (NC) to the Network Elements (NEs) in the network. The periodicity of the SF could be changed, to align with the data exchange periodicity, while still keeping synchronization. The length of the SF is made configurable to achieve this effect. It is directly proportional to the period, with which it needs to be transmitted, i.e., a larger delay between two SFs is achievable through the use of a larger SF frame size. This method provides a mechanism in which synchronization between the NC and NEs is achieved by listening to only a part of the SF, which is constant in size. This method also provides tolerance to failure by using acknowledgement schemes. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161654 | System and Method for Uplink Timing Synchronization - A system and method are disclosed for providing uplink timing synchronization in a wireless communication system. The uplink timing synchronization may be provided via a specific message sent from the user equipment to a network access device, or may be calculated based upon data received at the network access device from the user equipment. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161655 | UMB CELL SITE MODEM ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS - An apparatus and method for sample synchronization comprising receiving a return link (RL) timestamp from a radio frequency front end (RFFE); receiving a system time second from a navigation and timing system; generating a forward link (FL) timestamp based on the RL timestamp and the system time second; and including the FL timestamp and the system time second in a time data. In one aspect, the apparatus and method is used for RF control comprising storing gain information and gating control information in a memory; and performing one or more of the following: sending a first desired timestamp and the gain information to a radio frequency front end (RFFE); sending a second desired timestamp and a txEnable command to a transmit gating control; or sending a third desired timestamp and a rxEnable command to a receive gating control. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161656 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FRAME SIZE ADAPTATION IN REAL-TIME TRANSPORT PROTOCOL - A system and method for adapting circuit-switched payload transport between a mobile station, MS, ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSURING VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SERVICE - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for assuring Voice over Internet Protocol service. In one embodiment, a system for assuring Voice over Internet Protocol service includes a performance management platform for collecting performance management data from a plurality of sources in a Voice over Internet Protocol network, for detecting at least one abnormal event in accordance with the collected performance management data, and for reporting a volume of traffic in the Voice over Internet Protocol network and a trouble ticketing system for generating a ticket identifying a root cause of the abnormal event(s). | 2009-06-25 |
20090161658 | Method for selecting VOIP call path to monitor - The disclosed invention enables a user to select a Voice over IP (VOIP) call path to monitor. In particular, a user interface presents data regarding nodes within a VOIP network. The user may select between different possible configurations to monitor, including fully meshed whereby every site including a test probe router is connected to every other site; hub-and-spoke in which a subset of the sites are designated by the user as hubs connected to every other site or spokes connected only to hubs; or a custom configuration in which the user selects which individual call paths to monitor. Embodiments of the present application provide a tool that accepts the user's selections and implements the commands needed to define the desired VOIP network nodes to be monitored, preferably by configuring IP SLA or other tools to provide synthetic data in the selected VOIP call path, and then measuring the performance of the network elements in the selected call path when transferring the synthetic data. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161659 | ON-CHIP APPARATUS AND METHOD OF NETWORK CONTROLLING - An apparatus and method of controlling an on-chip network is provided. An apparatus for controlling a network includes an arbiter which generates a switch control signal based on first route information received from a first router, and a switch which receives from the first router a first data packet associated with the first route information, controls at least one output port according to the switch control signal during a first time interval, and outputs the first data packet via the at least one controlled output port during a second time interval. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161660 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SCHEDULING PACKETS TO BE TRANSMITTED - A system for scheduling packets to be transmitted is provided. The system includes a soft delay bound calculator module and a frame determination module. The soft delay bound calculator module calculates a soft delay bound for a non-real-time packet based on a packet size of the non-real-time packet and a minimum reserved traffic rate of a channel. The frame determination module determines whether a real-time packet must be transmitted at a current frame according to a delay bound, a transmission time, and a possible retransmission time thereof, and whether a non-real-time packet must be transmitted at a current frame according to a soft delay bound, a transmission time, and a possible retransmission time thereof. Thus, it is possible to improve the performance of the system while keeping the QoS thereof in a mixed service environment. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161661 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The establishment of a VoIP connection between first and second telecommunication devices ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161662 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Power management systems and methods for use in an electronic device are provided. The system comprises a baseband processing unit, a wireless communication module, and an application processing unit. The baseband processing unit connects to a base station via a communication network, thereby enabling the electronic device equipped with a communication capability. The wireless communication module receives a data packet via an Internet, and determines whether the data packet conforms to a packet pattern. If so, the wireless communication module transmits a wake-up signal to the application processing unit. In response to the wake-up signal, the application processing unit enters a normal state from a sleep state, and performs an application operation in the normal state according to the data packet. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVERLESS VOIP SERVICE IN PERSONAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Method and system for supporting serverless VoIP service are provided. Network information of a first device and a second device is exchanged through a telecommunication network. A VoIP connection between the first and second devices can be established through an internet based network according to the exchanged network information. The network information may comprise an IP address and a port number, and can be delivered by short message service. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VoIP MESSAGING - There is provided an instant voice messaging system (and method) for delivering instant messages over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a client connected to the network, the client selecting one or more recipients, generating an instant voice message therefor, and transmitting the selected recipients and the instant voice message therefor over the network; and a server connected to the network, the server receiving the selected recipients and the instant voice message therefor, and delivering the instant voice message to the selected recipients over the network, the selected recipients being enabled to audibly play the instant voice message. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161665 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VoIP MESSAGING - There is provided an instant voice messaging system (and method) for delivering instant messages over a packet-switched network, the system comprising: a client connected to the network, the client selecting one or more recipients, generating an instant voice message therefor, and transmitting the selected recipients and the instant voice message therefor over the network; and a server connected to the network, the server receiving the selected recipients and the instant voice message therefor, and delivering the instant voice message to the selected recipients over the network, the selected recipients being enabled to audibly play the instant voice message. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161666 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE CALL COMPLETION IN INTERNET PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus to enable call completion in Internet protocol communication networks are disclosed. An example method of processing a voice over Internet protocol call disclosed herein comprises failing to receive a response to a request for a numeric Internet protocol (IP) address of a destination device from a domain name system (DNS) server, querying a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server for the numeric IP address, and sending an invite message to process the call when the numeric IP address is received from the ENUM server. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161667 | Remotely Booting Computing Nodes In A Switching Domain - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for remotely booting computing nodes in a switching domain, the switching domain capable of connecting to other switching domains through a network switch, that include: receiving, in the switch, a wakeup request packet that requests activation of one or more computing nodes in the switching domain, the wakeup request packet having a process port value specifying physical ports on the switch to which the one or more computing nodes are physically connected; identifying, by the switch, a network address for each computing node in dependence upon the physical port on the switch to which each computing node to be activated is physically connected; generating, by the switch, a wakeup packet for each computing node in dependence upon the identified network address for that computing node; and transmitting, by the switch to each computing node to be activated, the wakeup packet for that computing node. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161668 | DYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL PACKETS BASED ON MEASURED CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS PREFIX - In an example embodiment, a method is provided where a characteristic of a flow of Internet Protocol (IP) packet is measured. Here, the flow is associated with an IP address prefix. Further, an attribute of a routing protocol is associated with the IP address prefix based on the characteristic. An advertisement then is transmitted by way of a routing protocol. The advertisement includes the attribute and the IP address prefix associated with the attribute. Another method is provided where the advertisement is received. Here, the IP address prefix is associated with a class of service that is associated with the attribute. An IP packet associated with the IP address prefix is received and this IP packet is classified to a class of service based on the IP address prefix. The IP packet then is marked with a value that is associated with the class of service. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161669 | Evolution of Ethernet Networks - An Ethernet network comprises nodes which support a plurality of different forwarding modes. A range of VLAN Identifiers (VIDs) are allocated to each of the forwarding modes. Connections are configured between a source node and a destination node of the network using different forwarding modes. Packets carrying data traffic are sent to the destination node by selectively setting a VID in a packet to a first value, to transfer a packet via a first connection and a first forwarding mode, and a second value to transfer a packet via the second connection and the second forwarding mode. Packets received from both of the connections and sent on to an end-user. VLAN Identifiers can be allocated to different releases of functionality at nodes (e.g. software releases) such that packets are forwarded via a set of nodes supporting a first release, or via a set of nodes supporting a second release. It is possible to provide a controlled and disruption-free network evolution. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161670 | Fast multicast convergence at secondary designated router or designated forwarder - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device designated as a secondary designated router or forwarder, an indication that a receiver wants to join a multicast group, transmitting a multicast join message in response to the received indication, and receiving multicast data from a source at the network device. If a primary designated router or forwarder is operating to forward the multicast data from the source to the receiver, the received multicast data is dropped. If a failure occurs at the primary designated router or forwarder, the received multicast data is forwarded to the receiver. An apparatus for fast multicast convergence at a secondary designated router or forwarder is also disclosed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A STEP MOTOR - A system for driving a step motor is provided. The system receives a data packet from a computer, wherein the data packet comprises a header data and a main data. An identification of the main data is determined according to the header data. A selected magnification level of a lens module connected with the step motor is converted into drive signals for driving rotation of the step motor upon the condition that the identification of the main data is a numerical zoom value corresponding to the selected magnification level. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161672 | FRAME TRANSFERRING METHOD AND FRAME TRANSFERRING DEVICE - A frame transferring device includes a storing unit in which whether an output port of the device is to terminate a maintenance frame or transfer the maintenance frame to a different output port of the device is set, the output port being a maintenance point; and a termination deciding unit for deciding whether to terminate the maintenance frame or to transfer the maintenance frame to the different output port of the device and terminate the maintenance frame at the output port at the transfer destination with reference to the storing unit, when a received maintenance frame is destined for the device. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161673 | Method and System For Computing Multicast Traffic Matrices - A system and method for receiving, from one or more ingress routers, a first set of records including data corresponding to network traffic, receiving, from one or more egress routers, a second set of records including data corresponding to network traffic and creating a multicast traffic matrix using at least a portion of the data included in the first and second sets of records. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161674 | Method and tool for IP multicast network address translation (MNAT) - The present invention permits translation of SM addresses (*, G | 2009-06-25 |
20090161675 | MPLS Traffic Engineering for Point-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths - A method and apparatus for providing point-to-multipoint label switch paths (LSPs) in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network is described. In one embodiment, a point-to-multipoint LSP is built in a MPLS network by using Resource Reservation Protocol Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) to signal the point-to-multipoint LSP as separate point-to-point LSPs and to merge the separate point-to-point LSPs into the point-to-multipoint LSP. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161676 | MULTI-LAYERED PACKET SECURITY - Methods and media for multi-layered packet security control are described. In one embodiment, a header of a packet is modified to include an identifier that identifies a manner in which the packet should be subject to a particular set of a plurality of sets of rules. The particular set of rules dictates how the packet is to be handled. Further, in one embodiment, the packet is communicated to a routing component, and the routing component is configured to reference the identifier to determine which, if any, of the plurality of sets of rules to apply to the packet. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161677 | COMMUNICATION PROXY METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A communication proxy method, device and system are provided, including: after receiving a packet communicated between a provider device and the access device, performing a conversion process between the physical port and the logic port to physical port information or logic port information in the packet received according to the mapping information between the physical port and the logic port. Thus, it is ensued that the variation of the physical port does not affect the process in which the provider device provides services and the safety of each physical port in the access device is also guaranteed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMITTING DATA VIA A MULTI-PROTOCOL SINGLE-MEDIUM NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus of transmitting data via a multi-protocol single-medium network. The method includes initializing a network; transmitting messages in the network; setting up the size and the protocol of the messages and assigning the messages to a multi-protocol stack of the PHY layer based on a network time sharing multitasking principle; assigning each of the messages to a proper time slot; checking whether or not all messages are assigned to the proper time slots; if yes, transmitting the messages; and receiving the messages by a network device and transmitting the messages to another network device via a single-medium network. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161679 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMER-CONTROLLED ROUTING MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for customer-controlled routing management. In one embodiment, a system for managing routing in a virtual private network includes a configuration management system for receiving settings from a user of the virtual private network, the settings specifying at least one of: virtual private network topology and routing preferences, and for provisioning the virtual private network in accordance with the user settings and a validation management system for validating the provisioned virtual private network. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161680 | GATEWAY APPARATUS, PACKET FORWARDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a gateway apparatus and a packet forwarding method for rewriting the AP header of a forwarded packet without terminating a TCP connection between a client and a server. For that purpose, the gateway apparatus in accordance with the present invention uses the conversion section | 2009-06-25 |
20090161681 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONNECTIONS USING AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHED OPTICAL NETWORK CONTROL PLANES - Systems and methods for connections on an Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) network including an ASON database and path computation algorithm, mechanisms for Ethernet connections over ASON, and mechanisms for label negotiation for SNCs are provided. Advantageously, the present invention provides mechanisms for ASON path computation and virtual topology management, Ethernet connection establishment, modification, and deletion in ASON networks, and label negotiation without requiring binding and releasing of connections before label negotiation. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161682 | Managing Bandwidth during a Contention Free Period in a LAN - Bandwidth for a contention free period in a LAN is managed using an access control list. A request for bandwidth during the contention free period is received. A determination is made as to whether to grant the request for bandwidth based on the access control list. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161683 | Communication method in a network comprising a primary network and a secondary network - Communication method between a primary network ( | 2009-06-25 |
20090161684 | System and Method for Dynamically Allocating Buffers Based on Priority Levels - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide dynamic buffer allocation to a plurality of queues of differing priority levels. Each queue is allocated fixed minimum number of buffers that will not be de-allocated during buffer reassignment. The rest of the buffers are intelligently and dynamically assigned to each queue depending on their current need. The system then monitors and learns the incoming traffic pattern and resulting drops in each queue due to traffic bursts. Based on this information, the system readjusts allocation of buffers to each traffic class. If a higher priority queue does not need the buffers, it gradually relinquishes them. These buffers are then assigned to other queues based on the input traffic pattern and resultant drops. These buffers are aggressively reclaimed and reassigned to higher priority queues when needed. In this way, methods and systems consistent with the present invention dynamically balance requirements of the higher priority queues versus optimal allocation. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161685 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NODE FOR BACKPRESSURE IN MULTISTAGE SWITCHING NETWORK - The present invention provides a backpressure method, system, and intermediate stage switching node of a multistage switching network and an intermediate stage switching node. The method includes: (i) the intermediate stage switching node receives a first backpressure information; and (ii) the intermediate stage switching node sends at least part of the first backpressure information to an upper stage switching node, wherein there is no response sent by the intermediate switching node to at least part of the first backpressure information. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA FLOW IN MULTICHANNEL, MULTI-SERVICE ENVIRONMENT BY DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING A SOCKET - A method and system for processing a data flow in a multi-channel, multiservice environment is described. In one embodiment, a socket is dynamically allocated, the socket including a dynamically allocated service. Further, the server processes the data flow based upon the type of data being processed. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161687 | Medium Access Control Method for Data Transmission Through CATV Access Network - The present invention relates to a medium access control method for data communication through CATV access network over coaxial cable, wherein the method comprises transmitting downstream data frames from a central device to network terminals in downstream time slots of super frames and receiving upstream data frames from said network terminals to said central device in upstream time slots of the super frames over a same carrier frequency, said super frame being divided into multiple time slots comprising at least one downstream time slot intended for transmitting data frames, and one or more upstream time slots which are assigned respectively by said central device to said network terminals for transmitting upstream data frames, each one upstream time slot being allocable to one network terminal. Advantageously, the data is transmitted through a CATV access network over coaxial cable by using this access control method with guaranteed QoS. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161688 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE SHARED RESOURCES OF A HIGH SPEED PACKET ACCESS CHANNEL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel in a communication network are disclosed. An example method to allocate shared resources of a high speed packet access channel disclosed herein comprises providing information to a user device describing a plurality of service options for exchanging data over the high speed packet access channel, wherein the information comprises a plurality of costs based on an availability of the shared resources, and allocating at least a portion of the shared resources of the high speed packet access channel to the user device according to a selected service option from the plurality of service options. | 2009-06-25 |
20090161689 | Pluggable Module with Integrated Data Analysis Function - The invention relates to a network comprising at least one host device having an interface card connected to a backplane of said host device, wherein said interface card comprises at least one cage for receiving a pluggable module which performs a traffic management of data transported via at least one optical fibre connected to said pluggable module. | 2009-06-25 |