Multiplex communications inventions 04/06

20060087961 - Apparatus and method for canceling inter-symbol interference in a broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and method for canceling ISI in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. In a transmitter of the broadband wireless communication system, a controller acquires a CP length, a puncturing pattern, and a time sample interval according to a delay spread. A puncturer punctures coded data in the...

20060087960 - Transmitter and receiver in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system using an antenna array and methods thereof: A new diversity scheme for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing/multi-input multi-output (OFDM/MIMO) systems. The new diversity scheme, i.e., turbo layered space-frequency coded OFDM (TLSFC-OFDM), uses the turbo principle with space hopping (SH). The TLSFC-OFDM system uses a successive interference cancellation (SIC) algorithm to reduce the number of iterations. As a result,...

20060087962 - Fault tolerant network architecture: A fault tolerant network architecture employs a network node including a first network interface to an addressable network. The first network interface is assigned a first network interface IP address defined by a first IP address range. The network node also includes at least one virtual IP address defined by...

20060087963 - Graceful port shutdown protocol for fibre channel interfaces: A port shutdown protocol coordinates among various components involved in the process of administratively bringing down a link at both ends of a link connecting two switches. Execution of the protocol avoids or reduces frame drops and/or reordering. In this protocol, peer switches perform various actions when bringing down an...

20060087965 - Method and apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications network: A method of forwarding data in a data communications network having a plurality of nodes comprises the steps, performed at a repairing node, of computing the repair path around a network component to a target node and forwarding data along the repair path. The computing step comprises the step of...

20060087964 - Method and apparatus for switching among different network paths while suppressing ghost packets: A method and apparatus are provided for switching among different network paths while suppressing ghost packets. A single path through the network for a destination endpoint is established for accepting packets from each source endpoint. Control packets are provided for changing to an alternate path through the network. Before using...

20060087966 - Transmission device: A transmission device capable of configuring a communication network over which MC packets are forwarded in a way that does not use bands with futility is disclosed. The transmission device is so configured to transmit, when receiving a multicast packet from a host, to the other transmission device the multicast...

20060087967 - Method and apparatus for bus coupling of safety-relevant processes: For this purpose, the invention proposes a method which is distinguished in that a data record which is relevant for the safety-critical process is processed via at least two redundant processing channels (1, 2), in particular on a protocol-specific basis, in accordance with identical laws for in each case one...

20060087968 - Load balancing in data networks: Load balancing apparatus for a data communications network comprises hash logic for computing a hash function on incoming data packets. A threshold detector is connected to the hash logic for triggering, in response to utilization of the downstream objects exceeding a predefined threshold, redefinition in the hash logic of parameters...

20060087969 - System and method for hierarchical policing of flows and subflows of a data stream: A system and method for policing individual flows and subflows of a data stream. Data traffic streams are classified into separate traffic flows, which in turn can be further classified into subflows, thereby providing for different priority levels of subsets of the flow. The subflows may be still further classified...

20060087970 - Method for encoding a multimedia content: The present invention relates to a method for encoding a multimedia content, and comprising the steps of: encoding the multimedia content into hierarchical elementary streams, parsing the elementary streams into data packets for further transmission through a network towards a decoding unit, receiving a request whereby the decoding unit requests...

20060087971 - Method for reserving of pt system: A method for providing a push-to (PT) service employing an invitation reservation mechanism is disclosed in which an invitation reservation function is set in a PT server so that, without an instruction of a PT client, the PT server can invite other PT clients who are available for session establishment....

20060087972 - Rate selection for an ofdm system: Techniques to determine the rate for a data transmission in an OFDM system. The maximum data rate that may be reliably transmitted over a given multipath (non-flat) channel by the OFDM system is determined based on a metric for an equivalent (flat) channel. For the given multipath channel and a...

20060087973 - Delay timers for managing internal state changes and messages in user equipment for real-time multimedia applications: Timers in push-to-talk (PTT) enabled client devices are used to regulate packet traffic to and from the client device. In one embodiment, timers are used to maximize the user experience that occurs when the presence service is enabled in the PoC System. A first timer controls the flow of presence...

20060087974 - System and method for providing quality of service provisions and congestion control in a wireless communication network: A system and method for providing a traffic control scheme for QoS provision and congestion control across multiple interfaces of wireless nodes (102, 106 and 107), such as wireless access points (107 and 106), communicating in a wireless multihopping communication network (100). The nodes (102, 106 and 107) can include...

20060087975 - Methods and systems for providing redundancy protection in a y-cable-based signal transmitter arrangement: Systems and methods for providing redundancy protection in a Y-cable-based signal transmitter arrangement having at least one first transmitter operating in an active mode and a second transmitter operating in a standby mode, wherein operating in the active mode includes transmitting data to a remote endpoint via a Y cable...

20060087976 - Method and system for network analysis: A method and system for analyzing a group of network elements in a network. One or more of the group of network elements, functionally coupled to provide a service, and a plurality of sub elements of the group of network elements are polled. A list having one or more items...

20060087977 - Method of collecting bgp routing protocol messages: BGP Route Recorder (BRR) captures and dumps Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) messages received from BGP peers. Passive links are established between the BRR and BGP peers. All incoming and outgoing BGP messages are recorded and timestamped. Rather than tear down BGP peering sessions when errors are encountered, error conditions are...

20060087978 - System and method for troubleshooting broadband connections: A method for troubleshooting broadband connections, e.g., a digital subscriber line (DSL) connections, includes detecting a problem with the broadband connection at an end device. Then, a determination is made as to whether the problem can be resolved at the end device. After determining that the end device cannot resolve...

20060087979 - System and method for collecting and presenting service level agreement metrics in a switched metro ethernet network: A method for monitoring a network includes injecting a plurality of data packets into the network. The data packets are transmitted between a source device and a destination device. A plurality of reflected data packets is collected. The plurality of reflected data packets are reflected from the destination device to...

20060087983 - Device for locally controlling one or more parameters of a connection to be set up, for an element of an ethernet communications network with a gmpls control plan: A control device (D) for a node (LCR3) in an Ethernet communications network having a GMPLS control plan and through which node a connection for setting up is to pass, comprises control means (MC) arranged, in the event of said node (LCR3) receiving a connection setup message containing at least...

20060087980 - Method and apparatus for transmitting downstream propagation path quality information in compressed mode: A compressed mode outbound propagation path quality information transmitting method and an outbound propagation path quality information transmitting apparatus are disclosed that enable a mobile station to maintain reception performance virtually equal to that of a conventional compressed mode outbound propagation path quality information transmitting method, and enable operation control...

20060087984 - Method for informing the availability of reception of traffics and a method for determination of active or inactive state in wireless communication networks using contention based distributed mac: A method for informing an availability of traffics of a wireless device configuring a wireless network. The method includes: broadcasting one of a first reception mode and a reception mode over the network. In the first reception mode, the wireless device is available or unavailable to receive the traffic depending...

20060087981 - Methods and apparatus for operating a wireless electronic device based on usage pattern: Embodiments of methods and apparatus to operate a wireless electronic device based on usage pattern are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed....

20060087982 - Service provision in a communication system: A method enables obtaining parameters relating to a service provided in a communication system. The method comprises storing a first set of parameters relating to a service, the first set of parameters being valid when the service is controlled by a first network. The method further comprises determining whether a...

20060087985 - Discovering liveness information within a federation infrastructure: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing and maintaining membership within a federation infrastructure. A joining node submits a join message to an existing federation infrastructure. The federation infrastructure routes the join message to a processing node. The processing node facilitates identification of predecessor,...

20060087986 - Method for efficient construction of network overlays through interconnection topology embedding: Methods and arrangements for constructing a network overlay via embedding an interconnection network in a network overlay graph. Presented herein is one example of an approximation algorithm for efficient mapping of hypercube topology on a network overlay of N nodes such that the average network delay distance measured on the...

20060087987 - Interactive video collaboration framework: A system for providing interactive collaboration between a plurality of users. The system includes a profile respository for storing a priority level for each of said plurality of users and providing addresses for accessing each of said plurality of users. A media content server indexes audio and video data within...

20060087988 - Method for establishing an ip video-conference using a telephone network for voice transmission: A method is dedicated to video-conference establishments between audio communication equipments (ACE1, ACE2), each associated to a user and to a telephone number and connected to a telephone network (TN), and video communication equipments (VCE1, VCE2), each associated to one of these users and to an IP address and each...

20060087989 - Network device architecture for consolidating input/output and reducing latency: The present invention provides methods and devices for implementing a Low Latency Ethernet (“LLE”) solution, also referred to herein as a Data Center Ethernet (“DCE”) solution, which simplifies the connectivity of data centers and provides a high bandwidth, low latency network for carrying Ethernet and storage traffic. Some aspects of...

20060087990 - Rendezvousing resource requests with corresponding resources: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for rendezvousing resource requests with corresponding resources. Doubly linked sorted lists are traversed using modulo arithmetic in both directions. Sorted lists can be partitioned based on a multiple proximity metrics. Node routing tables provide a logarithmic index to nodes...

20060087991 - Enabling a packet-based communication client as a mobile terminal: The present invention provides a service node to facilitate the integration of cellular and packet networks. In particular, the service node acts as a proxy for packet-based communications over a packet network for a packet communication client, and also emulates a call routing entity associated with a cellular network. In...

20060087992 - Layered architecture for data management in a wireless sensor network: A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes that communicate over wireless communication links. At least one of the plurality of nodes receives sensor data from a sensor. The wireless sensor network is queried by specifying a set of events of interest. For each event of interest included in...

20060087994 - Method for providing an mbms service in a wireless communication system: A method for providing an MBMS service in a wireless communications system comprising a mobile network communicating over a radio air interface (Al) with a plurality of UEs desiring to receive the MBMS service in a cell, the method comprising the steps of: using a point to multipoint on a...

20060087993 - Methods and apparatus for providing a communication proxy system: Embodiments of methods and apparatus to provide a communication proxy system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed....

20060087995 - Wireless communication apparatus, communication system and wireless communication method: After a first wireless terminal device transitions to a Direct Link Protocol mode, the terminal device transmits an ICMP_echo_request signal directly to a second wireless terminal device and, upon receiving an ICMP_echo_reply signal from the second wireless terminal device within a fixed period of time, counts up the number of...

20060087996 - Power saving when using aggregated packets: In a communications packet directed to multiple addresses and having a directory of the addresses in order of transmission, a device receiving the packet may use the directory to help determine when the last frame in which the device has an interest is received, and then enter a low power...

20060087997 - Method for improving the transmission speed in multi-slot cdma wireless communication system: The present invention discloses a method for improving the performance of the CDMA TDD wireless communication system. It is a method for increasing the transmission rate in a multi-slot CDMA system. The method comprises combining a plurality of neighboring time slots to form a combined time slot with a length...

20060088001 - Communication system for an aircraft: An interface device for a communication network comprises a plurality of first communication nodes and a plurality of second communication nodes, wherein the interface device comprises a switching unit and a transmit-/receive aerial. The switching unit is capable of being coupled, so as to be able to communicate, to each...

20060087999 - Method of authenticating a mobile network node in establishing a peer-to-peer secure context between a pair of communicating mobile network nodes: Methods for authenticating peer mobile network nodes for establishing a secure peer-to-peer communications context in an ad-hoc network are presented. The methods include accessing wireless infrastructure network entities at low bandwidth and for a short time duration to obtain cryptographic information regarding a peer mobile network node for the purpose...

20060087998 - Radio packet communication method: A plurality of data packets that contain sequence numbers, respectively, are transmitted simultaneously between two STAs by using a wireless channel and MIMO. An STA receiving the plurality of data packets transmitted simultaneously by using MIMO generates a single ACK packet containing information that corresponds to a sequence number of...

20060088000 - Terminal having plural playback pointers for jitter buffer: A terminal (30, 30B) receives transmissions in a form of a media stream. The terminal comprises a jitter buffer (40) which receives data comprising the media stream and a buffer manager (80). The buffer manager (80) makes a selection between plural playback pointers as an operative playback pointer from which...

20060088003 - Method and computer program for selecting an inactivity timeout interval based on last data direction: A method and computer program for selecting an inactivity timeout interval for a mobile communications network include steps of: (a) receiving a direction of a last data transfer on a channel resource comprising a reverse link and a forward link allocated by the mobile communications network to a mobile station;...

20060088002 - Mobile equipment for providing a few of services at a same traffic channel: Provided is a mobile terminal used for a mobile communication system simultaneously providing multiple services through a wireless traffic channel by multiplexing/de-multiplexing the multiple services and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal used for a mobile communication system simultaneously providing multiple services through a wireless traffic...

20060088004 - User-to-user data relay systems and methods: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing mobile users with requested resources. In one such method, first and second location indicators are received for a mobile user, with each of the location indicators having a time associated therewith. The method includes calculating a mobile vector of the mobile...

20060088005 - Method for enhanced handover detection for mobile networks, a mobile terminal, an access point and program modules therefor: The invention concerns a method for determining the appropriate moment for carrying out a handover of a connection of a mobile terminal in a mobile network whereby if no user related data or no probe data have been sent for a certain time interval from an access point to the...

20060088006 - Link adaption based mmse equalization eliminates noise power estimation: Coefficients for an Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) equalizer may be generated without the receiver performing noise power estimation. The noise power may be inferred from knowledge of the Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) that is selected by the link adaptation system. The link adaptation system dynamically converges to a...

20060088007 - Multiplexing of real time services and non-real time services for ofdm systems: Transmitter and receiver units for use in an OFDM communications system and configurable to support multiple types of services. The transmitter unit includes one or more encoders, a symbol mapping element, and a modulator. Each encoder receives and codes a respective channel data stream to generate a corresponding coded data...

20060088008 - Method and device for controlling power in mobile terminal: Disclosed is a method and device for controlling power in a mobile Internet terminal which includes a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving frames each consisting of an uplink frame and a downlink frame to and from a base station. The method includes the steps of receiving information...

20060088012 - Discreet event operators for event management in a wireless sensor network: A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes that communicate over wireless communication links. At least one of the plurality of nodes receives sensor data from a sensor. The wireless sensor network is queried by specifying a set of events of interest. For each event of interest included in...

20060088015 - Establishing membership within a federation infrastructure: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing and maintaining membership within a federation infrastructure. A joining node submits a join message to an existing federation infrastructure. The federation infrastructure routes the join message to a processing node. The processing node facilitates identification of predecessor,...

20060088013 - Event-based formalism for data management in a wireless sensor network: A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes that communicate over wireless communication links. At least one of the plurality of nodes receives sensor data from a sensor. At least one of the plurality of nodes determines when a discrete event occurs. When the discrete event occurs, transmits data...

20060088010 - Method and apparatus for allowing communication units to utilize non-licensed title spectrum: The presence of the non-television transmission within a channel is used to indicate that secondary non-licensed usage of the channel is permitted. Specifically, if secondary users incorporate the means to identify the unique modulation signature of the secondary user, decoding of a beacon signal may not be necessary. With the...

20060088019 - Method for controlling communication with mobile stations within a network: A method for controlling the communication with mobile stations within a network, preferably a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) according to the IEEE802.11 standard, wherein the network comprises at least one access point through which the stations are associated with the network and wherein the stations can enter a power...

20060088009 - Method for transferring data in a wireless network: The invention is directed to a process for transferring data packets through a protocol stack employed by the device for transmitting packets on a packet connection to a wireless network, said wireless network operating at least two, distinct wireless access technologies such as GSM/GPRS and UMTS. The packet transfer process...

20060088017 - Mobile network system: In a communication system, which continues the communication while a mobile node moves over local networks, mobile IP system is used as a procedure of the mobile node moving over networks, and also the mobile node requests to the server (HA in the mobile IP) for the setting of data...

20060088014 - Publish/subscribe model in a wireless sensor network: A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes that communicate over wireless communication links. At least one of the plurality of nodes receives sensor data from a sensor. A subscription for an event of interest occurring in the wireless sensor network is installed in the wireless sensor network. A...

20060088020 - Restricted wlan profile for unknown wireless terminal: According to the invention, a wireless terminal and an access point AP of a wireless local area network WLAN being part of the LAN are able to exchange data for the setup of a wireless link while the wireless terminal being unknown to the AP. The wireless terminal and the...

20060088011 - System and method for allocating and distributing end user information in a network environment: A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving one or more packets from a communication flow and recognizing a universal generic identification (UGI) associated with the communication flow. The UGI corresponds to an end user that is associated with the communication flow. The UGI...

20060088018 - System and method for communicating over an 802.15.4 network: A method of reducing data transfer while increasing image information over an 802.15.4 network includes obtaining an image with a sensor, modulating a representation of the image using a first 802.15.4 modem, sending the representation of the image to a coordinator, demodulating the representation of the image using a second...

20060088016 - Wireless lan medium access controller supporting mode change and mode change method thereof: A wireless LAN medium access controller supporting mode change and the mode change method thereof are proposed. A physical layer detects signal strength in the environment and writes a mode index value of the stronger signal into a register. When the written mode index value is different from a mode...

20060088021 - Qualifying available reverse link coding rates from access channel power setting: Data rate allocation decisions are made for a communications channel, such as a wireless reverse link connection. A first parameter used in this determination is a path loss, which is determined by the following process. First, a message is sent from a first station to a second station, such as...

20060088022 - Wireless transfer system: According to the invention, a wireless transfer system including a wireless transfer transmitter that converts a source signal fed thereto into a radiowave and transmits the radiowave and a wireless transfer receiver that receives the radiowave transmitted from the wireless transfer transmitter and converts the radiowave back into the original...

20060088023 - System and method for synchronizing a transport stream in a single frequency network: A single frequency network (SFN) system is provided, where the system includes a head-end and a plurality of transmitters. The head-end is capable of calculating timing information based upon a time reference having a second resolution. Thereafter, the head-end is capable of sending content including the timing information. The transmitters...

20060088024 - Method and apparatus for internet protocol transaction routing: In one embodiment, a method for providing optimal transaction routing for data packets through a network on a plurality of logical pipes includes assigning each data packet to one of the plurality of logical pipes, with each logical pipe having an assigned numerical service level, and associating a numerical priority-usage...

20060088027 - Dynamic log for computer systems of server and services: The administration of a computer system of server and services is supported by providing entries in an administration log. The log helps to track the cause of a failed service to the relevant setup change of a server. In one aspect, the steps for perform such a tracking includes receiving...

20060088026 - Message based network configuration of domain name services: Systems and methodologies that facilitate hosting of a domain name and access of users to the internet, by using a well defined protocol to interact with a plurality of Domain Name Service (DNS) providers, via employing; a purchasing component, and a configuration component. Once a user has selected a domain...

20060088028 - Method for providing services of various service providers, and central, computer-based platform for implementing such a method: A method and central computer-based platform for providing services of various service providers to one or more subscribers who can be assigned to different communications systems are provided. The method and system involve the provision of location-based services of various service providers to subscribers of various communications systems which can...

20060088025 - Portable voip service access module: A voice over IP (VoIP) softphone access module (VSAM) comprises a softphone client installed on a portable memory device (PMD). The softphone client is installed in its own read-only partition. The softphone client is adapted to autorun from the PMD when the PMD is connected to a computing device and...

20060088029 - Functional device, manufacturing method thereof, functional system and functional material: A functional device, a manufacturing method thereof, functional system and functional material are provided. A functional device is formed by coupling a first structure formed by local interaction and a second structure formed according to a predetermined global rule via a third structure having an anisotropic configuration. The third structure...

20060088030 - System and method for creating a sequence number field for streaming media in a packet-based networks utilizing internet protocol: Streaming media network streams are modified using a sequence field with the IP layer 3 protocol compatible with already deployed IP switching systems except as noted for device and system testing and operational monitoring which can be used to detect the loss or out of order delivery of packets belonging...

20060088031 - Method and apparatus for providing multicast messages within a virtual private network across a data communication network: A method and apparatus for providing multicast messages across a data communication network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: receiving a multicast join message; adding to the multicast join message a next hop and an address of a router to which the multicast message is to be sent; forwarding...

20060088034 - Network service classes: The present invention describes a standard way of defining network service classes, which provide default quality of service levels required for corresponding communication applications. The network service classes provide end-to-end quality of service policies that extend across multiple, disparate communication networks, and the network elements therein. In effect, the network...

20060088032 - Method and system for flow management with scheduling: Method and System for flow management with scheduling is provided. The system includes a traffic shaper/scheduler, a system monitor, and a modification amount register (MAR) module. The traffic shaper/scheduler implements scheduling algorithm to arbitrate between flows. The system monitor monitors the flows and generates modification request for a target flow...

20060088033 - Packet switch network link: A Packet Switch Network Link (PSNL) serves as an abstraction of a Multi-Protocol Label Switch (MPLS) core in a multi-services networking infrastructure. The networking infrastructure provides end to end connectivity between end networks that may be, for example ATM networks. The PSNL exists in a layer 2 network manager and...

20060088035 - System and method for creating multiple transportation streams of streaming media network test traffic in packet-based networks: Streaming media network transportation streams are created using an electronic system and transmitted via an electronic interface such as an existing system network conduit (i.e. Ethernet, USB, or other packet-based architectures). A scalable hardware and/or software compute engine modifies an initial stream's identifier(s) while replicating the stream content to economically...

20060088036 - Method for bandwidth profile management at the user network interface in a metro ethernet network: There is provided a method of traffic management in a communication network, such as a Metro Ethernet network, in which communication resources are shared among different virtual connections each carrying data flows relevant to one or more virtual networks and made up of data units comprising a tag with an...

20060088037 - Preventing asynchronous arp cache poisoning of multiple hosts: A method and system for preventing address resolution protocol (ARP) cache poisoning in a network system with multiple hosts. Multiple hosts representing and/or located in separate local area networks (LANS) are tapped (via a shared agreement) to utilize a trusted ARP cache for each LAN represented. Whenever a new ARP...

20060088038 - Relationship definition and processing system and method: A computer implement method of defining relationships is provided herein....

20060088039 - Maintaining membership within a federation infrastructure: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing and maintaining membership within a federation infrastructure. A joining node submits a join message to an existing federation infrastructure. The federation infrastructure routes the join message to a processing node. The processing node facilitates identification of predecessor,...

20060088040 - Virtual segmentation system and method of operation thereof: A virtual segmentation system and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the virtual segmentation system includes a protocol data unit receiver subsystem configured to (i) receive at least a portion of a protocol data unit and (ii) store the at least a portion of the protocol data...

20060088043 - Local area network/wide area network switch: A local area network/wide area network (LAN/WAN) switch is presented which aggregates LAN traffic onto SONET/SDH transport streams in a programmable manner. The system can concentrate Ethernet packets and map the data onto SONET streams at data rates varying from STS-1 to STS-12C. Depending on the bandwidth available in the...

20060088042 - Method, system and devices for creating spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval: A system and method for spontaneous electronic information propagation and retrieval. The system comprises a plurality of devices operative to propagate information and to autonomously recognize and analyze the information; and a propagation mechanism that includes a special communication protocol (SCP). The SCP and the autonomous recognition and analysis of...

20060088041 - System, device, and method to automatically disable the camera function of a wireless communication device: A system, device, and method for discretely automatically disabling a camera feature in a wireless communication client device is disclosed. The present invention provides for a wireless gateway, or similar device, on a premise which communicates with a wireless client device and disables the camera feature in the client device...

20060088044 - Node for a bus network, a bus network and a method for configuration of the network: Inter alia, the invention provides a node (16) for a bus network, which has a bus controller (30) having a receiving and transmitting circuit arrangement (32) and having a bus connection for transmitting and receiving messages via the bus (14), and has a node identification set device (34, 30) for...

20060088045 - Circuit, method and program for data queue control: After packets received by receiving latches have been divided into individual words and the words have been stored into buffer queues, the packets read from the buffer queues are stored into packet storage queues. A format determining circuit has defined in advance a plurality of types of writing formats and,...

20060088046 - Queue resource sharing for an input/output controller: Queue resource sharing for an input/output controller. A shared resource queue is associated with a plurality of ports. The shared resource queue includes a plurality of sections allocated for use by at least one of the plurality of ports based at least in part on a port bandwidth configuration of...

20060088047 - Method and apparatus for establishing connections in distributed computing systems: A method and apparatus are disclosed for establishing connections in a distributed computing system to execute a job having a group of processes. Connection acceptors associated individually with each process wait for on demand connection requests. A determination is made whether a connection is already established between a sender process...

20060088048 - Channel access scheme for use in network communications: A full service channel access protocol that supports the integrated transport of voice, video and data communications is provided by dividing a communication channel into a plurality of frames, dividing each of the frames into a plurality of slots, and dividing some of the plurality of slots into a plurality...

20060088049 - Configurable buffer arbiter: A configurable buffer arbiter is provided that combines a time-slot based algorithm, a fairness-based algorithm, and a priority-based algorithm to meet the bandwidth and latency requirements of multiple channels needing access to a buffer memory. The channels have different static and dynamic characteristics. The static channel characteristics include aspects such...

20060088050 - System for a next generation wireless intelligent services engine (wiseng): WISENG offers true convergence of multiple protocols and integrates the services offered by providers in the telecommunication industry. The system provides a seamless, efficient and real-time way to connect multiple telecommunication services on a unified platform, with an additional integration with service, billing and rating engines. Additionally, the system is...

20060088052 - Decentralized method for generating an mpeg-2 multiprogram transport stream: Methods, systems, and apparatus for generating a multi-program transport stream comprising generating an empty bitstream comprising null packets, providing the empty bitstream to a first contributor wherein the first contributor replaces a null packet with a program packet resulting in a modified bitstream, and providing the modified bitstream to a...

20060088051 - Method for lossless ipv6 header compression: The present invention provides a method to statelessly compress an IPv6 header from forty octets to as small as or at a minimum of four octets by utilizing information contained in the lower network layers so that the original IPv6 header can be reconstituted as needed without state information maintained...

20060088053 - Method and system for combining a conversion between time-division multiplexed digital signals and packetized digital signals with a switching system interface: The present invention is a switching system interface providing conversion between time-division multiplexed digital signals and packetized digital signals used to bypass a common control and switch matrix of a class 5 digital switch. The switching system interface includes a network interface for terminating a digital transmission facility that is...

20060088056 - Data packet fragmentation in a cable modem system: A number of features for enhancing the performance of a cable transmission system, in which data is transmitted between a cable modem termination system at a headend and a plurality of cable modems located different distances from the headend, are presented. The power transmission level, slot timing, and equalization of...

20060088055 - Dynamic setting of transmission scheduler algorithms: According to a scheduler algorithm setting method that is used for scheduling the transmission of packet data that are to be transmitted to mobile stations, a mobile station number threshold value setting unit sets a threshold value for the number of mobile stations that is to be used for determining...

20060088054 - Resource sharing in a telecommunications environment: A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency paths of the transceiver can share an interleaver/deinterleaver memory. This allocation can be done...

20060088057 - System and method for combining requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium: A method and system for combing requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium is provided. A headend receives one or more bandwidths requests from one or more cable modems via upstream communication. A scheduler then combines one or more bandwidths...

20060088059 - Apparatus and method for processing data in a communication system: A data processing apparatus connected to a core network in a communication system and a data processing method therefor are provided. In the data processing apparatus, at least one slow packet processing shelf performs a lower layer operation on traffic received through the low-rate data line. At least one fast...

20060088058 - Data link layer protocol unit, mobile radio devices, mobile radio network control unit and method for reading data from a plurality of data link layer protocol buffer storages: Each transport format contains control parameters according to which data are mapped from at least one logical channel onto at least one transport channel by a data link layer protocol unit, with the control parameters in the transport formats containing information regarding that or those data link layer protocol buffer...

20060088061 - Mapping arbitrary signals into sonet: A synchronizer/de-synchronizer maps continuous format signals of an arbitrary rate into frames of pre-selected single common rate, such as SONET frames, with no bite changed and very little jitter or wander added. In this way, the continuous format signal may be carried transparently as a tributary of a SONET network....

20060088060 - Signature field in a latency measurement frame: Information is added to an encapsulated payload in a data field of a frame subsequently to placing a checksum into a checksum field of a header encapsulating the payload, wherein the checksum has been determined from byte values of the header and the payload, yet having the checksum remaining detectable...

20060088062 - Dynamic mapping of broadcast resources: In a data communication system such as a high capacity DBS system, dynamic mapping of broadcast resources is provided to exploit occasional redundancy in the program content of two or more input data streams, freeing at least one broadcast resource to carry alternate bitstreams, such as additional programs or existing...

20060088063 - Network architecture for real time delivery of video over lossy networks from remote locations: A method for content delivery comprising transmitting content via a first network to a content aggregation point and transmitting the content from the content aggregation point via a second network to a receiver at the request of the receiver. A system for content delivery comprising a content provider, a content...

20060088064 - Trejon interlink system: The Trejon Interlink System will allow you to watch the same movie on the big screen simultaneously right on your Rear-Seat Entertainment System or a video screen. This system will be built upon a wireless network that will include a database where the movies in digital format will be stored....

20060088065 - Method of scheduling data and signaling packets for push-to-talk over cellular networks: A method and device for scheduling signaling and data packets during PTT sessions. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes scheduling data packets and signaling packets during a push-to-talk session by detecting periods of silence in the talk-burst, inserting signaling packets between the data packets in the periods of silence...

20060083160 - Apparatus and method for estimating uplink frequency offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication system: An apparatus and method for estimating and correcting an uplink frequency offset in an OFDM communication system are provided. A subscriber station (SS) once repeats an OFDM symbol including a ranging code allocated from a BS and transmits the repeated OFDM symbols to the base station (BS). The BS demodulates...

20060083161 - Methods and apparatus for determining, communicating and using information which can be used for interference control purposes: Methods and apparatus for collecting, measuring, reporting and/or using information which can be used for interference control purposes. Wireless terminals measure signals transmitted from one or more base stations, e.g., base station sector transmitters. The measured signals may be, e.g., beacon signals and/or pilot signals. From the measured signals, the...

20060083157 - Multi-carrier transmission device, multi-carrier reception device, and multi-carrier radio communication method: A mutlicarrier transmitting apparatus, a multicarrier receiving apparatus and a multicarrier radio communication method, which are capable of improving a throughput of a whole multicarrier radio communication system. Based on receiving SNR values of users 1 to 4 for all of the subcarriers 1 to 4 in a receiving SNR...

20060083158 - Portable storage device with multiple data interfaces: The present invention relates to a portable storage device with multiple data interfaces coupled to an electronic device for performing data access. The portable storage device has a casing, a circuit board, a first data interface and a second data interface. The casing contains a cavity, and a first opening...

20060083159 - Wireless terminal methods and apparatus for use in wireless communications systems supporting different size frequency bands: More efficient utilization of available bandwidth is implemented in an OFDM wireless communication system. The partitions of bandwidth may be of different sizes and may be different from the original system design parameters. Basic system structure such as the number of tones used and the number of OFDM symbol times...

20060083162 - Failure tolerant high density dial router: A Fault Tolerant Dial Router (FTDR) includes redundant subsystem resources that operate independently of telephone line interface connections. The redundant resources are switched active when a failure is detected in an activated dial router subsystem. Switching out subsystem failures is fully automated under software control, providing uninterrupted service to users...

20060083164 - Infrared adapter with data packet throttle: A method for controlling data packet flow through an infrared adapter is provided and includes receiving a data stream from an infrared device. The data stream has a first data transmission rate. Further, the rate of transmission of the data stream is modified within the infrared adapter to produce an...

20060083165 - Link analysis method and system: A method and computer program product for performing a latency analysis to determine one or more latency statistics for one or more network links within a distributed computing network. The one or more latency statistics are compared to one or more benchmark latency criteria to determine if at least one...

20060083163 - Method and apparatus to adaptively manage end-to-end voice over internet protocol (voip) media latency: A method and apparatus for adaptively managing communication latency, including processing one or more data frames in a communication network; sampling the one or more data frames in accordance with a first sampling time; interpolating the sampled one or more data frames; and forming a play-out waveform using the one...

20060083167 - Method and system for managing network traffic based on matching criteria: Methods and systems are provided for managing network traffic in a network device based on matching criteria. The method includes providing a plurality of objects associated with a packet of the network traffic; creating a set of criteria corresponding to the type of objects; and accepting the packet if the...

20060083168 - Power-efficient data reception in a communication system with variable delay: To conserve power, a terminal operates in a “power save” mode in which the terminal is in a “doze” state when there is a low probability of receiving an incoming packet and in an “awake” state when an incoming packet is expected. In the doze state, the terminal powers down...

20060083166 - Strict priority distributed coordination function in wireless networks: A system and method for prioritizing the transmission of packets in a wireless local area network. A station selects a packet from local priority queuing and identifies the priority bits of the packet. The station declares the priority of the selected packet based on the binary value of the priority...

20060083171 - Media communication apparatus and media communication program product: There is provided a media communication apparatus including an automatic selection unit which automatically selects a telecommunications carrier by preset criteria on the address of a speech terminal serving as a communication destination input at the time of call origination and a communication system which identifies the communication conventions of...

20060083170 - Method and apparatus for automatically determining the manner in which to allocate available capital to achieve a desired level of network quality performance: A method and apparatus for simulating a modification to or expansion of a communications network and for determining whether the simulated modified or expanded network meets cost criteria. First logic forecasts an increase in network traffic. Second logic simulates a modification to or expansion of the network based on the...

20060083169 - Method and/or system for transferring/receiving audio and/or video signals and minimizing delay time over internet networks and relating apparatuses: A method and system for transferring/receiving audio and/or video signals and minimizing delay time over Internet networks including, in transmission, converting, analog audio and/or video input signal to digital form by means of an A/D converter, processing the digital audio and/or video signal in order to manipulate, control, adapt or...

20060083172 - System and method for evaluating the performance of an automotive switch fabric network: A system and method for evaluating the performance of an automotive switch fabric network using a diagnostic interface. A diagnostic device and interface is connected to an automotive switch fabric network, comprising of a plurality of communication nodes, through one of the nodes in the switch fabric network. The diagnostic...

20060083173 - System and method for reprogramming nodes in an automotive switch fabric network: A system and method for reprogramming nodes in an automotive switch fabric network using a diagnostic interface. The switch fabric network includes a plurality of nodes joined by communication links for the transmission of data there between. The plurality of nodes includes at least one target node. The target node...

20060083174 - Collision avoidance manager, method of avoiding a memory collision and a turbo decoder employing the same: The present invention provides a collision avoidance manager for use with single-port memories. In one embodiment, the collision avoidance manager includes a memory structuring unit configured to provide a memory arrangement of the single-port memories having upper and lower memory banks arranged into half-memory portions. Additionally, the collision avoidance manager...

20060083175 - Media client emulation tool: The Media Client Emulation (MC-E) Tool is a media software utility used to emulate Media Terminal Adapter (MTA) functionality for positive and negative testing of Call Management Server (CMS) devices. The MC-E communicates with the CMS devices in a variety of protocols. The MC-E can be configured to override correct...

20060083176 - Deterministic communications system: The invention relates to a deterministic communications system comprising data sources, which can be connected to a data sink by means of at least one coupling node. Said system comprises a means of controlling the data sources to achieve a planned, deterministic communication between said data sources and the data...

20060083177 - Listener mechanism in a distributed network system: A method of controlling a packet flow in a distributed network system comprising a plurality of network nodes having the same destination address is disclosed. Network nodes each having an application running that waits for connections on a given destination port are registered in a flow table. This registration information...

20060083180 - Packet analysis system: A packet analysis system captures packets propagating through a network, and analyzes the captured packets. The packet analysis has a plurality of terminal node type sensors and a server. Each of the terminal node type sensors captures packets propagating through the network, and classifies the captured packets. A server acquires...

20060083179 - Probe apparatus and metod therefor: A probe for a communications network is arranged to implement an aggregate test constituted from a plurality of individual tests, and to optimise modifications to the aggregate test with respect to an optimisation goal....

20060083178 - System and method for processing performance management data using single table: The invention relates to a system and method for processing performance management (PM) data using a single table, by which the PM data created from a number of base stations in a high capacity network system can be stored as a database. In the PM data processing system, a data...

20060083181 - Method, an access point, a telecommunication device, a server and an information system for providing and for retrieving within a telecommunication network available network connection types: And a method for providing within a telecommunication network available network connection types at a given location provided by access points by means of a telecommunication network device, where an access points provides its coverage (C1, . . . , C5) and its connection type in an information system for...

20060083182 - Capability management for automatic dialing of video and audio point to point/multipoint or cascaded multipoint calls: In various embodiments, a management system may query connection devices for their capabilities and store the information in a data structure. In some embodiments, the data structure may be in a form of a Deducible Capability Numbering (DCN) number. In some embodiments, the DCN number may describe the capabilities of...

20060083183 - Efficient transmission of signaling using channel constraints: To transmit signaling, a base station obtains signaling (e.g., ACKs) for a group of channels used for data transmission and selected from a set of channels having constraints on usage. The base station compresses the signaling based on the channel constraints and obtains at least one message. If multiple messages...

20060083184 - Method and apparatus for the transmission of packets of data: A method of transmitting packets of data in a communication network comprising at least first to third stations, the method comprising the steps of sending a first number of the data packets from the first station to a second station; identifying which of the first number of packets are correctly...

20060083185 - Method and apparatus for generic interface, packet cut-through, overbooking, queue concatenation, and logical identification priority for a system packet interface device: A method and apparatus for generic interface, packet cut-through, overbooking, queue concatenation, and logical identification priority for a System Packet Interface device have been disclosed....

20060083186 - Method and apparatus for improving quality of service over meshed bachaul facilities in a wireless network: Redundant wireless links in a meshed backhaul network may be used to improve quality of service on the backhaul network by confining knowledge of the duality to the attached network elements. Globally, an aggregate bandwidth of the redundant wireless links may be advertised to allow network level routing to treat...

20060083187 - Pairing system and method for wirelessly connecting communication devices: A method for establishing a communication connection with a target device over a short-range wireless communication protocol is provided. The method comprises initiating a pairing request for connecting to the target device, the pairing request comprising a first wireless device address associated with a requesting device; and forwarding the pairing...

20060083188 - Synchronous ethernet network and time allocation method used therein: Disclosed are a synchronous Ethernet network and a time allocation method used therein. The synchronous Ethernet network includes a gateway having a plurality of ports, and a plurality of network points having one-to-one connection with the ports of the gateway in a star topology, the gateway allocating time to the...

20060083189 - Enhanced beacon signaling method and apparatus: Methods and apparatus for using high power narrow signals, e.g., tones, for communicating transmitter information without putting the full transmission power available into the transmitted tone or tones are described. User data is transmitted in parallel with transmitter information in many embodiments with the user data being allocated more than...

20060083190 - Method for configuring a telecommunication system: A method and system for configuring a CDMA telecommunication system having at least one sending entity and at least one receiving entity, each entity configured to transmit data on at least one physical channel (DPDCH) via a transport channel composite (CCTrCH) of multiple transport channels. At least one entity includes...

20060083191 - Communication system, communication device, communication terminal, and communi- cation method: According to a communications method according to the present invention, data is transmitted from a base station to two or more terminals via a common channel, and transmission power, with which the data is transmitted from the base station to the two or more terminals, is controlled according to a...

20060083192 - Communication traffic control methods and systems: Communication traffic control techniques are disclosed. Targeted communication traffic control may be established in accordance with traffic control rules generated at a mobile communication device which is operating within a service area of a traffic control system. Communication traffic destined for or originating at the mobile communication device is then...

20060083193 - Method and apparatus for routing calls: A communication unit (CU) (109, 111) network controller (113) and corresponding methods (603-609) are described that facilitate selectively routing calls. The CU includes a transceiver (403) suitable to support an air interface with a local area network (LAN) (101) and with a wide area network (WAN) (105) and a controller...

20060083196 - Method and system for a channel selective repeater with capacity enhancement in a spread-spectrum wireless network: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired...

20060083195 - Mimo communication system using an adaptive transmission mode switching technique: A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system. A transmitter that includes a plurality of transmit antennas selects one of a spatial multiplexing scheme and a spatial diversity scheme, processes a signal in the selected transmission scheme, and transmits the signal through the plurality of transmit antennas. A receiver that includes...

20060083194 - System and method rendering audio/image data on remote devices: The present invention discloses a system and method for rendering multimedia data received by a wireless communications device via a wireless communications network over one or more external multimedia rendering devices. In one embodiment, the present invention receives multimedia data that includes image and audio data from one or more...

20060083197 - Channel assigning method for ad-hoc network: A channel assigning method for ad-hoc networks, which uses an intra-cluster bandwidth reserving procedure, including six phases of reservation request RREQ, reservation response RRSP, code assignment CASN, code conflict detection CCD, code conflict report CCR and code confirmation CCFM, and an inter-cluster RTS-CTS (request to send-clear to send) dialogue protocol...

20060083198 - Satellite routing protocol with dynamic ip addressing: A method for establishing routing for communications using a satellite in a Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Wide Area Network (WAN) is disclosed. In one step, Routing Information Messages (RIMs) are received from a plurality of subscriber terminal (ST) nodes at a Network Control Station (NCS). A network map of...

20060083201 - Method and apparatus for extending a mobile unit data path between access points: Fast transitions between access points (APs) in a wireless network may be accomplished when a mobile unit (MU) moves between the APs, by causing a first tunnel to be established between the APs, and causing a second tunnel to be established between the new AP and the MU. A data...

20060083200 - Method for performing authenticated handover in a wireless local area network: A wireless local area network system (100) supporting mobile radio telephony reduces the time to complete an authenticated handover from one access point (104) to another (108) by a mobile station (102) by performing some of the steps normally performed upon leaving one access point while still associated with that...

20060083199 - System, method, and device for handing off between voice over internet protocol over wireless access sessions and cdma circuit switched voice sessions: Provided are improved systems, methods, and devices for handing off VoIP sessions and CDMA voice calls between wireless access networks and CDMA networks, thereby providing a user of a mobile device the ability to roam between wireless access networks and CDMA circuit switched voice networks during ongoing communication sessions. Provided...

20060083202 - Method and system for implementing a single weight spatial multiplexing (sm) mimo system without insertion loss: Certain aspects of the method and system for implementing a single weight spatial multiplexing multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system without insertion loss may comprise receiving a plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals for processing in a first reference processing path and at least a second processing path. At least one control...

20060083204 - Method and device for multiplexing a transport channel in flexible position: B1) calculating, for the first and second lists (L, R), a list criterion vector having a robustness index (xi,2) depending on the transport channel robustness of the channels contained in the list, and B2) distributing the current transport channel into the list having the current greatest robustness index, and by...

20060083203 - Method of successively providing packet data service in a dual-mode mobile communication terminal: Disclosed herein is a method of successively providing/receiving packet data service in a dual-mode mobile communication terminal. The dual-mode mobile communication terminal activates a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) modem when a request for a change of system connection is received from a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system...

20060083205 - Method and system for wireless networking using coordinated dynamic spectrum access: A method and system for coordinated dynamic access to radio spectrum for wireless networking includes defining a coordinated access band (CAB) from which radio access network (RAN) managers may request spectrum allocations in the form of time bound spectrum leases for their respective requesting base stations. In one embodiment of...

20060083208 - Method for establishing network connections between stationary terminals and remote devices through mobile devices: A technique is provided for a seamless and transparent handoff from a user's mobile device to the user's stationary terminal of a network address of a remote device for the purpose of establishing a direct communication channel between the stationary terminal and a remote device, where the remote device first...

20060083209 - Roaming in a communication network: Communicating over a network includes establishing a communication path between a mobile-device in a first communication area and a server through a home-agent, and maintaining the communication path through the home agent when the mobile-device moves to a second-communication-area....

20060083206 - Sub-access point, system, and method for adjusting power of transmission signal: A sub-access point (AP), system, and method for adjusting a power level of a transmission signal, and more particularly, in which the power level of a transmission signal output from the sub-AP is adjusted based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI) readings and frame error rate (FER) of a main...

20060083207 - System and method for personal data backup for mobile customer premises equipment: A method for backing up data stored on a mobile customer premises equipment comprising the steps of formatting the data at the mobile customer premises equipment into fields, transmitting the data with a user ID from the mobile customer premises equipment across a mobile network to a server. The server...

20060083211 - Methods and apparatus for adjusting bandwidth allocation in a wireless communications system: More efficient utilization of available bandwidth is implemented in an OFDM wireless communication system. The partitions of bandwidth may be of different sizes and may be different from the original system design parameters. Basic system structure such as the number of tones used and the number of OFDM symbol times...

20060083210 - Ofdma with adaptive subcarrier-cluster configuration and selective loading: A method and apparatus for subcarrier selection for systems is described. In one embodiment, the system employs orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). In one embodiment, a method for subcarrier selection comprises each of multiple subscribers measuring channel and interference information for subcarriers based on pilot symbols received from a...

20060083212 - Method and apparatus for network-initiated packet data service reactivation: One or more entities of a wireless communication network distribute address information for a source Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) to the packet zones involved in reactivation paging of a dormant mobile station for network-initiated packet data delivery. A target Packet Control Function (PCF) supporting the packet zone in which...

20060083213 - Communication system and method for synchronization of the same: With a method for synchronization in a communication system that includes a central participant and at least one further participant, at least one of the further participants being synchronized with the central participant, and, to this end, a telegram with synchronization information being transmitted by the central participant to the...

20060083217 - Element management method and system in multiple networks: In an element management method or system for use with multiple networks having a plurality of network elements, each network element is provided with a specific identifier, and the specific identifier of each network element and connections between respective network elements are stored in a configuration table, while aliases of...

20060083214 - Information vault, data format conversion services system and method: A system and method for providing a secured information vault so that individual owners of personal data may control and manage the access and dissemination of the personal data and provides for the owner of the personal data to receive compensation for the use of the personal data, thus, in...

20060083215 - Method and apparatus for providing a scalable route reflector topology for networks: Method and apparatus for implementing a route reflector topology that comprises a plurality of sets of route reflectors. Each set of route reflectors establishes a peering relationship with all PEs (Provider Edges), e.g., Provider Edge Routers in the network. In one embodiment, each PER designates one set of route reflectors...

20060083216 - Method and system for transmitting traffic in communication system: In a method and system for transmitting traffic in a communication system having a main access point and a sub-access point, a determination is made as to whether simultaneous transmission by the main access point and the sub-access point is possible without causing an error during a transmission period of...

20060083221 - Communication in a distributed system: A method and device are provided for conducting a real-time, voice over IP media type of communication session between at least two peer users, each associated with a platform comprised in a distributed communication network. The method and device comprise providing at least one replication of at least one data...

20060083218 - Information transmission method and device, information recording or reproduction method and device, and recording medium: An information transmission method capable of reproducing the atmosphere of a concert hall or a live performance hall, wherein bio-information of a speaker, player, actor or conductor, who serves as a source of speech, sounds or music and/or bio-information of a performer included within an image are multiplexed with respect...

20060083222 - Ip telephone apparatus: A source IP telephone inputs, from its numeric keypad, a telephone number of a call destination and obtains, from an ENUM server, a NAPTR record of the destination IP telephone based upon the input telephone number of the call destination. By referring to a search table, the source IP telephone...

20060083223 - Packet communication node apparatus for authenticating extension module: A module type node apparatus for packet communication of this invention includes an extension module for executing predetermined processing and a node apparatus main body for forwarding packet data to the extension module, the extension module including a memory for storing connectivity authentication data, and a module controller for transmitting...

20060083220 - Transport of dtmf tones over voatm/voip networks: A communication device, such as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway, determines a duration for Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) tone portions of telephony signal. If the duration is less than a pre-determined amount, a minimum duration is enforced during DTMF playback at a remote end of a network connection...

20060083219 - Using information about dialup access numbers in a service region to support customer service interactions: A method for automatically providing output for a communication related to dialup Internet services. The method includes the step of determining an in-progress customer communication is related to dialup connectivity. A service region for the customer can be ascertained. A plurality of currently published dialup access numbers for the service...

20060083224 - Intelligent voip telephone system and communication method thereof used in a restaurant: An intelligent VOIP telephone system and communication method thereof used in a restaurant utilizes a VOIP telephone network to assist the management of the restaurant. The system comprises a main server and at least one VOIP telephone. The main server comprises a document database and a check module. The communication...

20060083225 - Systems and methods for call center load balancing: Systems and methods are disclosed for load balancing call centers and for providing remote receptionist service....

20060083235 - Channel navigation method of digital broadcast and digital broadcast receiver to be applied to the same: A channel navigation method of a digital broadcast and a digital broadcast receiver to be applied to the channel navigation method, select a program map table (PMT) using an identifier of an input source and a PMT packet identifier. A virtual channel table having a PMT packet identifier corresponding to...

20060083237 - Communication apparatus and communication method: By transmitting such an extended Echo request packet that device setting information was written in a payload of an ICMP-Echo packet, to an terminal 10b equipped with ICMP function which does not has a special function, the extended Echo request packet collect device setting statuses of relay devices 110 equipped...

20060083233 - Communication apparatus and method: A communication apparatus includes a receiving device configured to receive a physical frame in which a plurality of MAC frames, each having a sequence number, are aggregated. A reception buffer which stores MAC frames of the physical frame received by the receiving device. A determination device determines whether or not...

20060083239 - Method and apparatus for efficient transmission of multimedia data packets: A transmission efficient packet based display interface arranged to couple a multimedia source device to a multimedia sink device is disclosed. The transmission efficient interface includes a bi-directional auxiliary channel arranged to transfer information between the multimedia source device and the multimedia sink device and vice versa, wherein the information...

20060083230 - Method and apparatus for transferring data: A method for transferring plural pieces of packet data from a plurality of terminal devices to a host device with an IEEE 1394 serial bus. The method includes transferring the plural pieces of packet data from the terminal devices to a transfer controller, storing the plural pieces of packet data...

20060083234 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data via wireless universal serial bus (wusb): A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data via a WUSB. The method includes creating an integrated header used to transmit data to an external device, wherein the integrated header has a minimum number of fields selected from a plurality fields of headers; and transmitting a packet including the...

20060083232 - Method and apparatus for transmitting isochronous stream: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting an isochronous stream in an Internet protocol (IP) over Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394. The method includes: requesting isochronous stream transmission over a predetermined serial bus; and receiving an isochronous stream through the predetermined serial bus using a service...

20060083236 - Method and system for loss-tolerant multimedia multicasting: A method and system are provided for ordering datagrams within an encoded datastream. The system includes a parser for separating headers from each respective datagram. A decoder decodes the separated headers to determine a frame group, a frame number within the frame group, a datagram number within the frame; and...

20060083231 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for modeling and simulating application-level traffic characteristics in a network based on transport and network layer header information: Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for determining application-level traffic characteristics in a network based on transport and network layer header information. Transport and network layer header information is collected from packet traffic in a network. Packets are classified to different connections based on the transport and network...

20060083228 - One time passcode system: The invention relates to a system for securing access to resources or computer systems by means of a self modifying, single use password that limits access to a system and automatically changes each time it is used. Independent computer systems, or clients, are utilized by users to generate one time...

20060083226 - Queueing technique for multiple sources and multiple priorities: A method of dealing equitably with traffic from multiple VPNs feeding into a single router utilizes the weighted fair queueing (WFQ) technique of the prior art in combination with a “service level” queue comprising a set of tokens defining the class of service (COS) with the next packet to be...

20060083238 - Resource reservation method using multiple interfaces in mobile environments: A resource reservation system and method in a multihoming environment are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting query messages from the mobile node to multiple adjacent access routers using a plurality of care of addresses (CoAs) stored in the mobile node; transmitting the query messages from the adjacent access routers to...

20060083227 - Selecting one of a plurality of adapters to use to transmit a packet: Provided are a method, system, and program for selecting one of a plurality of adapters to use to transmit a packet. A packet is generated by a protocol driver having connection information in a packet header. A determination is made as to whether there is one value in a table...

20060083229 - System and method for streaming sequential data through an automotive switch fabric: A system and method for streaming sequential data through a vehicle switch fabric network. This is particular useful in areas such as reprogramming nodes in the automotive switch fabric network where relatively large records or messages need to be transmitted through the switch fabric, although the invention may be used...

20060083240 - Broadcasting data over multiple dissimilar wireless networks: A method is provided for broadcasting a packet over multiple dissimilar wireless networks, at least one of the networks natively supporting broadcasting and at least one of the networks not natively supporting broadcasting. The method includes determining whether the packet is to be broadcast; and when the packet should be...

20060083242 - Address modification in application servers: The present invention relates to a method and system for modifying of address information in a message routed in a packet data network, wherein the address information is changeable along a routing path of the message. In case of a change of the address information, information specifying a reason for...

20060083241 - Method and apparatus for implementing direct routing: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing direct routing. An Internet Protocol (IP) packet sent from a first mobile node to a second mobile node is received at a foreign agent for a foreign network, wherein both the first and second mobile nodes are visiting the foreign network. It...

20060083243 - Mobile terminal, control device and mobile communication method: A mobile terminal includes; a first wireless interface configured to perform communication through a public mobile communication network; a second wireless interface configured to perform direct communication with another mobile terminal; an update information transmitter unit configured to transmit update information including identification information and communication state information of the...

20060083245 - Method for dynamically establishing logical link in pon systems and an optical network unit for the method: The invention is applied to a PON system including an optical line terminal (OLT) at a center station, a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) at subscribers' sites, and an optical transmission line shared by the plurality ONUs to optically connect between the OLT and the plurality of ONUs. Each...

20060083244 - Method for sessions including multiple resources: A method of setup and management of multiple resources in multiparty multimedia conference sessions. The method can include accepting a multiple resource session initiation request from a client, the multiple resource session initiation request requesting initiation of the multiple resource session, the multiple resource session including multiple resources. The multiple...

20060083246 - System and method for processing rx packets in high speed network applications using an rx fifo buffer: A system and method are provided for processing packets received via a network. In use, data packets and control packets are received via a network. Further, the data packets are processed in parallel with the control packets....

20060083247 - Prefix lookup using address-directed hash tables: A method for inserting a prefix, including traversing a trie node block structure to obtain a trie node block in which to insert the prefix, determining whether the trie node block is associated with a hash table, if the trie node block is not associated with a hash table: calculating...

20060083248 - Apparatus and method for internet protocol allocation: An Internet protocol (IP) allocation apparatus and method, used in a gateway coupled between an external network and an internal network, is disclosed. The apparatus can receive a request for IP allocation from a node of the internal network, and allocate an available global or private IP to the node...

20060083249 - Method and apparatus to facilitate use of home agent preference information: A home agent preference control node gathers information regarding available home agents in a given network. This information includes both information regarding present availability and other information (for example, other information as may pertain the relative availability of one home agent with respect to another). The home agent preference control...

20060083252 - Node detection method and node detector: A node detection method and a node detector that enable selection of a node detection method in accordance with the structure and operation of a network are realized. A node detection method for detecting a node connected to a network comprises: a first step of interpreting a first script related...

20060083251 - Route control method of label switch path: In generation of an MPLS path which extends over plural routing areas or generation of a GMPLS path of a single routing area, a path originating node cannot conduct route computation of the whole path. Therefore, where plural paths are generated, there is a problem that reliability and communication quality...

20060083250 - System and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network: A system and method for tunneling standard bus protocol messages through an automotive switch fabric network. When a bus protocol message arrives on a connecting node in the network, a bus driver in the node will capture the message and store it into a message buffer where the message can...

20060083253 - Home gateway system for providing optical communication packet data interface function and home broadcast service providing method using the same: There are provided a home gateway system providing an optical communication packet data interface function and a home broadcast service providing method using the same. The home gateway system is constructed to include a network processor having two Ethernet interfaces connected to a system control processor of a home gateway...

20060083254 - Network with mac table overflow protection: A method of operating a bridge node (B0) in a network system. The bridge node comprises a plurality of ports (BP0.x). The method comprises a step of receiving a frame (240), from a device in the network system and other than the bridge node, at a port in the plurality...

20060083255 - Allocating bridge priorities in bridged network: A bridged network system (20). The bridged network system comprises a plurality of bridge nodes (N0-N7). Each bridge node in the plurality of bridge nodes is coupled to communicate with at least one other bridge node in the plurality of nodes. Further, bridge nodes in the plurality of bridge nodes...

20060083256 - Processing apparatus and method of analysing datagrams: A processing apparatus for processing a separately retrievable multicast field associated with a packet received by a packet forwarding apparatus, includes a packet selector for making a predetermined modification to the separately retrievable multicast field in response to the received packet corresponding to a packet flow to be monitored, thereby...

20060083257 - Inspection system with data acquisition system interconnect protocol: An improved interconnection protocol that is well suited for use in an inspection system or similar modular electronic system. Communication is provided over a network where the electronic modules are nodes, including a root node and multiple remote nodes. The root node and remote nodes are connected through multiple point-to-point...

20060083259 - Packet-based systems and methods for distributing data: Methods and systems for forming data packets from a plurality of devices are disclosed. A first data slot may be assigned to a device that receives first data from its input interface. A second data slot may be assigned to a second device that receives second data from its input...

20060083258 - Time allocation method for synchronous ethernet network: Disclosed is a time allocation method for a synchronous Ethernet network. The time allocation method for a synchronous Ethernet network including a gateway allocating time based on a cycle including an asynchronous part and a synchronous part and a plurality of network end points connected to the gateway, includes the...

20060083260 - System and method for providing communication between intelligent electronic devices via an open channel: An intelligent electronic device is configured to receive and generate data formatted in accordance with a DNP 3.0 protocol through an Ethernet TCP/IP medium....

20060083261 - Data transmission apparatus, data transmission method, data transmission program, and recording medium: Establishment of a connection between a wireless terminal and a destination terminal for data transmission. The wireless terminal is connectable to at least two communication networks each of which is connected to an internet. The destination terminal is connected to the internet. First, one of the communication networks is selected...

20060083262 - Method and apparatus to facilitate use of a pool of internet protocol 6to4 address prefixes: One or more Internet Protocol version 4 addresses are selectively modified (for example, by logical movement of a subnet boundary) to thereby alter the number of characters as comprise the address. This permits logical modification of a corresponding Internet Protocol 6to4 address prefix. This permits expansion or contraction of the...

20060083263 - System and method for fast start-up of live multicast streams transmitted over a packet network: A system for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network includes a node having a processor that conditions a video bitstream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the processor marking a random join point (RJP) in the video bitstream immediately preceding...

20060083267 - Beacon signals facilitating signal detection and timing synchronization: Improved beacon signaling methods are described. Beacon signals are transmitted on the same tone in at least two consecutive symbol periods facilitating accurate energy measurements over a symbol period even if timing synchronization with the transmitter is not maintained. A low power wideband signal is also combined with the beacon...

20060083266 - Initial access signaling method in synchronous ethernet device: Disclosed is an initial access signaling method in a synchronous Ethernet device. The initial access signaling method in a synchronous Ethernet device is provided to determine if the synchronous Ethernet device can perform a synchronous Ethernet operation together with a counterpart device connected to the synchronous Ethernet device in order...

20060083264 - System and method for time synchronizing nodes in an automotive network using input capture: A system and method for time synchronizing nodes in a switch fabric network of a vehicle. The network has a plurality of nodes that are joined by communication links for the transmission of data there between. Each node of the switch fabric may include a processor, a memory, a clock,...

20060083265 - System and method for time synchronizing nodes in an automotive network using input capture: A system and method for time synchronizing nodes in a switch fabric network of a vehicle. A synchronization request message is transmitted from a requesting node to a neighboring node. At the time the synchronization request message is sent, the requesting node will store a unique message identification associated with...

20060083268 - Apparatus and method of analyzing packetized data spanning over multiple clock cycles: A method and apparatus for processing packetized data spanning multiple clock cycles includes at least one comparator, for comparing a present clock cycle count to a reference clock cycle count, wherein the reference clock cycle values may be anywhere within the packet and may be non-contiguous with other reference clock...

20060083269 - Initial synchronization acquiring device and method for parallel processed ds-cdma uwb system and ds-cdma system's receiver using the same: Provided are an initial synchronization acquiring device and method in a parallel processed DS-CDMA UWB system and a DS-CDMA UWB system's receiver using the same. The initial synchronization acquiring device is constructed to include a correlator for correlating input signals and outputting correlation result values and an initial synchronizer for...

20060083270 - Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving header information in a wireless communication system with a multi-channel structure: An apparatus transmits header information in a wireless communication system using a plurality of channels. In the apparatus, upon receiving uncompressed header (UCH) information, a compressor generates compressed header (CH) information and additional information container (AIC) information by compressing the UCH information with a predetermined compression scheme. A transmitter transmits...

20060083271 - Apparatus for transmitting frame and method for controlling transmission of frame for strict synchronization: Disclosed are an apparatus for transmitting a frame and a method for controlling the transmission of a frame for strict synchronization. The frame transmission apparatus includes a cycle controller for providing information about a transmission block of the transmission cycle, a transmission multiplexer for multiplexing and outputting synchronous frames and...

20060077885 - Method for spectral side lobe suppression in ofdm-based communication system: Of N subcarriers of an OFDM communication system or OFDM based multi-carrier communication system M subcarriers are used as cancellation subcarriers to achieve side lobe suppression of the OFDM transmission signal, where M<N. The M cancellation subcarriers are scaled with a generally complex weighting factor. Determining the weighting factor is...

20060077887 - Data transmission method in multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) system: A method is provided for reducing error occurring when a receiving end of a multiband OFDM system estimates original data from the received data. The multiband OFDM system, which transmits data using at last two radio resources, maps the data to at least two mapping data among a plurality of...

20060077886 - Transmission apparatus and method for a base station using block coding and cyclic delay diversity techniques in an ofdm mobile communication system: An apparatus and method are provided for efficiently supporting transmit diversity for identical broadcast signals transmitted from at least two base stations (BSs). A radio network controller (RNC) considers a radio channel state of a mobile station (MS) and sends information for implementing diversity to a plurality of BSs located...

20060077889 - Effect analysis apparatus for analyzing network failure: Information is generated for indicating a virtual path and a line both of which are housed by each real path constituting the communication network, by regarding each of a plurality of routes as a virtual path, and virtual paths housed by a real path which is affected by a network...

20060077890 - Efficient source blocking algorithm for fec for mbms streaming: A hybrid-padding approach for arranging variable size data packets for error correction encoding and decoding is disclosed. The approach can involve arranging the data packets in columns and rows and selecting the row size to minimize the amount of padding required. If data packet is smaller than the number of...

20060077888 - Redundant power and data in a wired data telecommunincations network: Redundancy of data and/or inline power in a wired data telecommunications network from a pair of network devices via a selection device is provided by communicating redundant signals with each of the pair of network devices and coupling ports of the first network device and corresponding ports of the second...

20060077891 - Wiring closet redundancy: Systems and method for providing redundancy of communications and/or inline power to a powered Ethernet device are disclosed. A redundancy device is configured to receive in-line data and/or power from a plurality of Ethernet relay uplinks and to monitor communications between the relay uplinks. One of the relay uplinks is...

20060077892 - Enhanced sdu discard procedure for a special data segmentation in a wireless communications system: A method for handling discarding of a sequence of service data units in a communications system is disclosed. The sequence of service data units includes at least a last discarded service data unit (SDU). When a protocol data unit (PDU) containing a length indicator of the last discarded SDU contains...

20060077893 - Methods and apparatus for wireless system communication: One embodiment of the invention is directed to operating, in a wireless network, a device that is designed for operation in a different wireless network. In one embodiment, a device designed to operate in a GSM wireless network may be used to communicate in a PHS wireless network....

20060077894 - Detecting when to prefetch inodes and then prefetching inodes in parallel: The decision to prefetch inodes is based upon the detecting of access patterns that would benefit from such a prefetch. Once the decision to prefetch is made, a plurality of inodes are prefetched in parallel. Further, the prefetching of inodes is paced, such that the prefetching substantially matches the speed...

20060077897 - Method and apparatus for download prioritization: A method (700) and apparatus (601) control information transfer in a Radio Access Network (RAN) between a network content server (101) and a network client (420), e.g. wireless subscriber device, over an Internet network (102) by determining a likelihood of a request for a unit of information including a hypertext...

20060077896 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for optimizing packet flow control through buffer status forwarding: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for optimizing packet flow control through buffer status forwarding. A sending device includes buffer status information of the sending device in transactions being sent to a receiving device. The receiving device uses the buffer status information of the sending device for...

20060077895 - Protocol emulator: A protocol emulation system including at least one description that describes fields, using a generic format, in a protocol message. An application transforms the at least one description into a machine-readable template useable by a protocol finite state machine that creates protocol messages based upon the template...

20060077898 - Transmission base flow control device: A transmission base flow control device performs data transmission/reception based on a packet form between a transmission device and a reception device having a redundant structure by utilizing a credit value to carry out a flow control of a credit base on a flow basis. The transmission base flow control...

20060077899 - Controller: This invention relates to a controller for controlling the number of requests served by a server, said controller comprising: a pool for holding M tokens; an input for providing tokens to said pool; and an output for removing tokens from said pool, wherein said controller is arranged such that a...

20060077900 - Method for determining the minimum cost installation for apparatuses of a fixed telecommunication network: The present invention relates to a method (10) for determining the optimal configuration of apparatuses of a fixed telecommunication network organised on two hierarchical layers, i.e. of a network comprising access nodes and transit 10 nodes. The method (10) based on the location of the access nodes (20), on their...

20060077901 - Testing for a misconnection between first and second networks: An apparatus to test whether a first network is misconnected to a second network includes an interface to the first network, and a controller coupled to the interface to send a first message to the first network, the first message to request configuration information of the apparatus. The controller receives...

20060077902 - Methods and apparatus for non-intrusive measurement of delay variation of data traffic on communication networks: A technique for measuring delay variation (jitter) of data traffic (protocol data units (PDUs)) traversing a communication network involves: generating first PDU identifiers of PDUs observed at a first point and corresponding first timestamps indicating observation times of the PDUs at the first point; generating second PDU identifiers of PDUs...

20060077903 - Electronic personal device: The present invention relates to an electronic personal device comprising: a central processing unit (10), interface means for providing access to a memory area (11) for storing personal information data of the owner of the electronic device, a user interface (13) having at least input means (14) for inputting operating...

20060077905 - Measure and recording of traffic parameters in data transmission networks: A method and apparatus for measuring and recording traffic at nodes in a data transmission network is described. In particular, a method of accurately counting individual activities of traffic at individual nodes. The invention uses a counter or number of counters which count individual activities of traffic on a preset...

20060077904 - Method for allocating transmission bandwidth in a packet-oriented communications facility: The packet-oriented communications facility comprises at least one token-bucket unit, which comprises a time-bucket unit and of a byte-credit unit. Data volume tokens, which each represent a predetermined data volume, are stored in the byte-credit unit. A token generation time interval and a token generation time are assigned to the...

20060077908 - Method for generating and authenticating address automatically in ipv6-based internet and data structure thereof: Provided are a method for automatically generating an address in the IPv6-based Internet when a sender having a pair of a public key and a private key establishes a network connection, and a data format thereof. The method includes generating a CGA address and a CGA option based on the...

20060077909 - Method for routing information over a network employing centralized control: A method and apparatus for centralized control of a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes. The method includes creating a database and storing the database on a master node of the network. The database contains topology information regarding a topology of the network. Each of the...

20060077906 - Path setting method, and network, relay station and parent station employing the path setting method: The present invention provides a path setting method for automatically setting network paths. The path setting method for generating paths in a network including a plurality of relay stations and a parent station which are connected with each other through a transmission line, comprises the steps of allowing each of...

20060077907 - Simulated annealing for traffic matrix estimation: The SATME method and system estimates source-to-destination traffic matrices using a simulated annealing algorithm, the traffic matrix estimation being represented as a probability distribution over the set of all possible matrices that satisfy a set of given constraints. The constraints explicitly encode information that the user knows about the network...

20060077910 - Identification of the configuration topology, existing switches, and miswires in a switched network: An exemplary method of identifying configuration topology, existing switches, and miswires in a given network is provided. Given a number of switches, which may be less than the maximum possible for the actual configuration and some ports of which may be miswired, generate a hypothesis for the supported topology of...

20060077911 - Call optimization in ad-hoc conference calls: A method and system for adding a participant to a conference call. A feature of the method and system is that with respect to individual invitees to ad-hoc conference calls, the conference call can essentially be “turned around” and treated “as if” the individual invitees were dialing in to a...

20060077912 - Telecommunication system with non-(re)allocatable and (re)allocatable timeslots: Telecommunication systems for providing telecommunication services via communication channels (50) with time-frame structures having at least two flexible timeslots which are (re)allocatable to an uplink or a downlink can be made more practical by introducing at least one fixed (non-(re)allocatable) uplink timeslot, at least one fixed (non-(re)allocatable) downlink timeslot, and...

20060077913 - Radio controlled system and method of remote location motion emulation and mimicry: An external positioning data linked radio controlled system and method for radio controlled vehicle (RCV) racing emulation including an infield RCV control device for receiving externally generated positional data from remote race vehicles on a remote race course, receiving locally input control signals from a user, an electronically reproduced racecourse...

20060077914 - On-chip bus architectures with interconnected switch points, semiconductor devices using the same and methods for communicating data in an on-chip bus architecture: An on-chip bus includes a plurality of switch points including first and second switch points, a plurality of inter-switch links including at least one inter-switch link coupled between the first switch point and the second switch point and configured to communicate data between the first switch point and the second...

20060077915 - Packet transfer apparatus for storage system: To control a bandwidth without the need for a large-capacity buffer. This invention provides a packet transfer apparatus connected to first device and second device, with a network therebetween, including: an input unit that receives a packet from the first device; a packet storage unit that stores the packet; a...

20060077916 - Transceiver, data transfer control device, and electronic instrument: A transceiver includes upstream differential signal lines DPUP and DMUP, downstream differential signal lines DPDW and DMDW, common differential signal lines DPCM and DMCM, a first transmission driver of which outputs are connected to DPUP and DMUP, a second transmission driver of which outputs are connected to DPDW and DMDW,...

20060077917 - Architecture and method for enabling use of wireless devices in industrial control: Wireless devices are added to existing hardwired process control systems. In one embodiment, a wireless interface unit or module is used to provide an interface between wireless sensors and an existing hardwired bus or network. The wireless interface unit may be used at multiple different stages of the network, and...

20060077918 - Method and apparatus for control and routing of wireless sensor networks: A scalable, minimum node complexity, energy efficient, and error-resilient routing method for wireless sensor networks is described. The network is partitioned into regions by power controlled base station scans using a directional antenna. Routing is performed using only local location information and instructions received from the base station at each...

20060077919 - Automatic retransmit request protocol for channels with time-varying capacity: A method and system for transmitting data to a receiver over a data link in frames whose data-carrying capacity may vary from frame to frame. When data-carrying capacity is made available in a frame, the data is transmitted in one or more protocol units, each protocol unit having a data...

20060077920 - Method and system for a channel selective repeater with capacity enhancement in a spread-spectrum wireless network: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired...

20060077921 - System and method for providing digital network access and digital broadcast services using combined channels on a single physical medium to the customer premises: The disclosure is directed to customer premises equipment including a network access port configured to receive broadband digital network data from broadband wireless network access equipment, a broadcast access port configured to receive digital satellite broadcast data, and a unified access port configured to provide the broadband digital network data...

20060077922 - System method & apparatus for routing traffic in a telecommunications network: Routing telecommunications traffic is provided. A network (302) sends/receives the telecommunications traffic (308). A sub-network (304) for receives/sends the telecommunications traffic (308) from/to the network (302). Routing devices (310a,b) route the telecommunications traffic (308) in the sub-network (304) according to a redundancy protocol. A criteria (316) relates a condition of...

20060077923 - Communication system, transmission station, and reception station: To attain the above object, a base station (1) transmits control information on the number of to-be-received HS-SCCHs to a mobile station (2) through an HS-PDSCH without making the control information go through a process by an RRC layer process block (901). The mobile station (2) changes settings on the...

20060077925 - Enhancement of aaa routing initiated from a home service network involving intermediary network preferences: Enhanced routing of an authentication, authorization, or accounting-related (AAA) message between a local access network being accessed by a roaming mobile terminal and a home service network is described. A list of one or more intermediary service networks use in routing an AAA message between the mobile terminal and the...

20060077926 - Home network-assisted selection of intermediary network for a roaming mobile terminal: Home network-assisted selection of an intermediary service network for a roaming mobile terminal is disclosed. The selection is based on a list of desired intermediary service networks generated using information associated with the mobile terminal's home service network. In one example embodiment, the list is provided to a central access...

20060077927 - Method and system for a channel selective repeater with capacity enhancement in a spread-spectrum wireless network: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired...

20060077924 - Terminal-assisted selection of intermediary network for a roaming mobile terminal: Terminal-assisted selection of intermediary network for a roaming mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal determines if a local access network is associated with the mobile's home service network. If not, or if the mobile terminal cannot determine whether the local access network is associated with its home service network,...

20060077929 - Apparatus and method for receiving llc packet data of mobile communications system: A method for receiving Logical Link Control (LLC) packet data of a mobile communications system comprising: detecting missed data using a frame number of received data; checking whether the number of the missed data having detected is less than a reference value; and ignoring the corresponding missed data when it...

20060077931 - Celluar communication method based on enhanced hybrid duplexing technology: An enhanced hybrid duplexing technology (EDHT)-based communication method including dividing a cell prescribed by a transmission power of the base station into at least two logical areas, dividing the system frequency band into at least two subbands, and communicating in different duplexing modes using at least one of the subbands...

20060077928 - Communication apparatus: In a communication apparatus adopting a MIMO transmission scheme and including M systems (where M is an integer equal to or greater than 2) of transmission circuits and N systems (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2) of reception circuits, when handover from a first communication...

20060077930 - Device in distributed wireless personal area network and data slot allocation method: A data slot allocation method allowing a plurality of devices in a wireless personal area network (WPAN) to satisfy the required QoS condition for the data stream transmission. The method includes allocating a specific number of data slots of a superframe to the plurality of the devices based on the...

20060077934 - Handoff system and method of dual mode mobile for connecting mobile communication system and wireless network: An active handoff system and method of a dual mode terminal capable of connecting to a wireless network, such as wireless local area network (LAN), and a mobile communication system are provided. The handoff method includes the steps of assigning, at a packet data service node of the mobile communication...

20060077933 - Method for improving handovers in a wlan: then performing said measurement(s) on said second frequency (f2) for a time period corresponding at the most to the value of the duration data set in the sent dummy or fake data or control frame, while any terminal, station, access point or similar entity of the concerned WLAN is forbidden...

20060077932 - Mobile communication control method and mobile communication system: The objective of the invention is to provide a mobile communication control method and mobile communication system in which mobile IPv6 and SIP are integrated by a core network of 3GPP2. In the mobile communication system, the mobile node MN executes a registration procedure for a Care-of-Address acquired in a...

20060077935 - Antenna selection method: A method and apparatus for initiating a telecommunications uplink from a mobile terminal to a telecommunications network. A preamble signal is transmitted from the mobile terminal to the network in accordance with a transmission parameter of the mobile terminal. The parameter is changed and the preamble retransmitted until successful receipt...

20060077936 - Communication device and communication method: An eigen value expansion section 103 calculates eigen values and eigen vectors in a correlation matrix or covariance matrix of input signals. When the ratio between a maximum eigen value and other eigen values is equal to or lower than a threshold, an assignment method selection section 104 selects a...

20060077937 - Adjusting link layer control frame to facilitate data throughput: A base station subsystem includes logic to change the modulation and coding scheme for radio communications, and logic to communicate with a switching GSM to cause a change in link layer control frame size to reflect the change in modulation and coding scheme....

20060077940 - Communication system and method with mobile devices: A system comprises a plurality of mobile devices each operable to communicate via a computer network, a gateway operable to communicate with the plurality of mobile devices via the computer network, and a database coupled to the gateway. The plurality of mobile devices are each operable to periodically transmit a...

20060077942 - Cooperative wireless communications, such as cooperative medium access control for example: When it is advantageous to do so, a wireless LAN station sends data packets to a destination station via an intermediate station, instead of to the destination station directly. That is, the intermediate station, which serves as a helper to the source, forwards packets received from the source station to...

20060077943 - Method and system for processing international calls using a voice over ip process: A method for processing an multi-country international phone call, free from an international toll charge, using a voice over IP (VoIP) call from a first mobile handset to a second handset. The method includes transferring destination number information associated with a destination number within a first country code from the...

20060077938 - System and method for creating a spectrum agile wireless multi-hopping network: A system and method for creating a spectrum agile wireless multi-hopping network, such as a wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer multi-hopping network. The spectrum agile multi-hopping network that can respond to conditions affecting spectrum, such as FCC rulings or business related agreements on spectrum licensing related to a location or other measurable...

20060077939 - Techniques for interference reduction in wireless communications networks: The present invention provides techniques for responding to overlapping conditions in wireless communications networks include receiving data transmissions from a transmitting device across a wireless communications network. These data transmissions correspond to a connection with the transmitting device and occur within a reserved portion of a communications resource. An interference...

20060077941 - User interface system and method for implementation on multiple types of clients: A method and system for implementing a user interface for providing a data service in a mobile client using a server with knowledge of the client's hardware and software capabilities to modify data content and display rules for an improved user interface on the client. Data may be cached on...

20060077944 - Backward compatible transmitter diversity scheme for use in an ofdm communication system: Disclosed is a system and method for providing backward compatible transmitter diversity in an orthogonal frequency division modulated (OFDM) communication system. According to one aspect of the invention, a method for providing backward compatible transmitter diversity includes the steps of: receiving an input data bit stream; transforming it into an...

20060077945 - System and method for validating networked devices: A system and method are provided for validating network-connected devices. The method comprises: discovering network-connected devices; providing a list of validation queries associated with validation criteria; after discovery, sending validation queries from the list, in a predetermined order, to each discovered device; ceasing to send validation queries to a discovered...

20060077948 - Facilitating communications between a radio device and a terminal: A communication device for use in connecting a mobile station to a terminal includes a first group of frame memories that correspond to radio links used to transmit data to the mobile station. The first group of frame memories is configured to store point-to-point (PPP) frames. The communication device also...

20060077947 - Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding transmission information in mobile telecommunication system: A method and apparatus is provided to improve an error correction capability for transmitted information, thereby reducing bit error rate and block error rate, and improving the reliability. The method and apparatus can generate error correcting codes having a good minimum distance characteristic, and which can achieve soft decision decoding...

20060077946 - Using a connected wireless computer as a conduit for a disconnected wireless computer: Systems and methods are described for using client conduits to enable bootstrapping and fault diagnosis of disconnected wireless clients. Client conduits are used to enable disconnected clients to diagnose their problems with the help of nearby clients. This technique may take advantage of the beaconing and probing mechanisms of IEEE...

20060077949 - Queue management for connectivity quality awareness for intelligent device synchronization: A method, system and apparatus for synchronization queue management. A synchronization queue management system can include a connection manager programmed to establish a synchronization link between a host pervasive device and a synchronization partner platform. The system further can include a link quality analysis service programmed to indicate a link...

20060077953 - Method and apparatus for replacing lost pstn data in a packet network: An apparatus for replacing lost PSTN data in a packet network and for generating variable power white noise, includes a lost packet detection unit (402) for detecting lost data packets, a data processing unit (404) for producing in response a lost data output indicating when replacement data needed, data playout...

20060077951 - Method and system for redirecting networked traffic: A method of redirecting network traffic is described, in which traffic originating from a first network element is modified by rewriting the Type of Service field of an Internet Protocol packet, and the modified traffic is redirected to a second network element....

20060077952 - Method for establishing communication between peer-groups: Current peer-to-peer systems are well defined for messaging and collaboration of peers running the same proprietary software and protocols, e.g. Kazaa or EDonkey. The generic framework JXTA for P2P computing provides various peer-group mechanisms and may address different applications, but provides no convenient method for exchanging messages between different peer-groups....

20060077950 - Optimization of network adapter utilization in etherchannel environment: Method, system and computer program product for transferring data in a data processing system network. A method for transferring data in a data processing system network according to the invention includes determining an adapter among a plurality of adapters that has the lowest transmit latency, and assigning data to be...

20060077957 - Call handoff between subscriber's multiple devices associated with multiple networks: Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for common telephony services to multiple devices associated with multiple networks. A centralized packet-based network is provided that is capable of providing the common telephony services associated with a subscriber to a first telephony device of the subscriber associated with a...

20060077965 - Callback services in a communication system: A method provides callback services in a communications system to a first party from a second party. The method includes supplying the second party with a telephone number of the first party in a first format. The method also includes selecting a numbering plan out of plurality of numbering plans...

20060077956 - Common telephony services to multiple devices associated with multiple networks: Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for common telephony services to multiple devices associated with multiple networks. A centralized packet-based network is provided that is capable of providing the common telephony services associated with a subscriber to a first telephony device of the subscriber associated with a...

20060077969 - Communication method with push-to-talk functionality: A method for performing a communication over at least one telecommunications network includes sending a communication from a sending telecommunication device. At least one receiving telecommunication device is selected based on an identifier of the sending telecommunication device....

20060077968 - In-home voice-over-internet-protocol telephony distribution: Several examples for in-home Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony distribution are described. In one example, an analog telephone adapter may be modified to provide wireless capabilities. In another example, an isolation device or circuit may be added to a Network Interface Device or a Central Office. In yet another example, a...

20060077971 - Internet telephony network and methods for using the same: A telephony network for enabling the origination and termination of telephone calls between one or more subscriber terminals connected to a public packet network with an open addressing protocol and one or more non-subscriber terminals connected to a PSTN network. Subscribers to the telephony network have E.164 numbers mapped to...

20060077966 - Ip telephone apparatus: When a telephone number of a call destination is input from a source IP telephone apparatus, a NAPTR record of the call destination is obtained from an ENUM server, based on the input telephone number of the call destination. From the obtained NAPTR record, destination numbers and service names as...

20060077970 - Local area network of serial intelligent cells: A serial intelligent cell (SIC) and a connection topology for local area networks using Electrically-conducting media. A local area network can be configured from a plurality of SIC's interconnected so that all communications between two adjacent SIC's is both point-to-point and bidirectional. Each SIC can be connected to one or...

20060077958 - Method of and system for group communication: An embodiment of a method of group communication employs a first step of receiving registrations and un-registrations from a pool of potential users which registers and un-registers users over time. The method employs a second step of establishing a voice communication path (e.g., a passive path) between each registered user...

20060077967 - Method to manage media resources providing services to be used by an application requesting a particular set of services:

20060077964 - Methods and systems for automatic denial of service protection in an ip device: Methods and systems for automatic denial of service protection in an IP device are disclosed. Packets are received at a network interface of an IP device, the packets being addressed to a network address of the network interface. The packets addressed to the network interface of the IP device are...

20060077962 - Methods and systems for measurement-based call admission control in a media gateway: Methods and systems for measurement-based call admission control in a media gateway are disclosed. A request for establishing a new voice-over-IP (VoIP) call for sending and receiving voice over IP packets in a media gateway is received. The request indicates a required bandwidth for the new call. Bandwidth utilization of...

20060077963 - Methods and systems for per-session traffic rate policing in a media gateway: Methods and systems for per-session traffic rate policing in a media gateway include receiving voice over IP (VoIP) packets at a media gateway where it is determined whether each VoIP packet is associated with an existing VoIP session in the media gateway. A per-session traffic rate policing policy is applied...

20060077961 - Provisioning of emergency services in a voice-over-packet environment: The delivery of emergency services to users of a set of communication devices in a packet-switched network is enabled by a method that determines a routing key corresponding to a particular directory number that is associated with a particular communication device, and stores the directory number and the corresponding routing...

20060077955 - System and methods for a survivable remote network: Systems and methods for a Survivable Branch Office are provided by embodiments of the invention. The Survivable Branch Office includes a plurality of interconnected packet-based network devices, wherein the Branch Office is adapted to operate in a first mode during which centralized telephony call processing services are supplied to the...

20060077954 - Systems and methods for collecting and disbursing participant identifying data: Methods and systems for assigning participant identifying data to network transmission events. Participant identifying data and identifying data related to a network transmission event are provided to a predetermined (also referred to as central) monitoring location and stored in a database at the central monitoring location....

20060077959 - Telephone number binding in a voice-over-internet system: Telephone number binding in a voice-over-Internet system is provided. One embodiment is a method for provisioning a customer voice-over-Internet device for voice-over-Internet service. One such method comprises: providing a customer voice-over-Internet device for communicating with an existing telephone line and a data network; providing a telephone number associated with the...

20060077960 - Upstream bandwidth estimation: A technique for estimating the upstream bandwidth for a modem is provided. Various-sized packets are sent on roundtrip journeys through the modem. The roundtrip times for the various-sized packets are compared to provide an estimate of the modem's upstream bandwidth. Alternatively, a block file may be transmitted through the modem...

20060077972 - Processing voice data in packet communication network with encryption: Processing voice data in a packet communication network with encryption for efficient use of a bandwidth in a Virtual Private Network (VPN) includes: confirming, by a terminal at a transmitting side, a destination address of a call connection packet; when the destination address is directed to a private network, storing...

20060077973 - Output scheduling method of crosspoint buffered switch: Provided is a method of scheduling an output in a crosspoint buffered switch by searching whether a cell exists in a crosspoint buffer at a start position for each output port, wherein the crosspoint buffer at the start position is a crosspoint buffer at a predetermined position among the crosspoint...

20060077975 - Checking method for applying in the field of network packet contents of network security switch: A checking method for applying in the field of network packet contents of network security switch, specially, it focus on a specific designed IDP (intrusion detection/prevention) can cooperate with any L2 switch that matched some popular specifications and provide security service on the network traffic through the L2 switch. The...

20060077974 - Return path derivation in packet-switched networks: A network for transporting data consists of a group of two or more nodes, such as switches, routers or computer systems, linked together. Data is transported from a source node to a destination node through the network. In packed-switched networks, small units of data called packets are routed through the...

20060077976 - Apparatus and method for printing data using a server message block protocol: An apparatus and a method are provided for printing data through a network communication between a printer network card and a client device having a server message block (SMB) protocol for sharing a file and a printer and a transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) protocol to establish the network communication....

20060077978 - Methods and systems for communicating signaling system 7 (ss7) user part messages among ss7 signaling points (sps) and internet protocol (ip) nodes using signal transfer points (stps): Methods and systems for transmitting user part messages between signaling system seven (SS7) signaling points over an internet protocol (IP) network include receiving, at a signal transfer point, a first SS7 user part message. The first SS7 user part message can be received from a first SS7 signaling point, such...

20060077977 - System and method for separating addresses from the delivery scheme in a virtual private network: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention establish a virtual network on top of current IP network naming schemes. The virtual network uses a separate layer to create a modification to the IP packet format that is used to separate network behavior from addressing. As a result of the...

20060077979 - Method and an apparatus to perform multiple packet payloads analysis: A method and an apparatus to perform multiple packet payload analysis have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of data packets, each of the plurality of data packets containing a portion of a data pattern, determining whether each of the plurality of data packets is...

20060077980 - Method for allocating radio technical resources for data transmission in a radio communication network: Resources which are to be related to a first interface between a terminal and a first network node and to a second interface between the first network node and a second network node are jointly determined during the allocation of radio technical resources for data transmission for a subscriber. Throughput...

20060077981 - Network connection device: A network connection device bridges a first network that uses a negotiated packet delivery scheduling scheme and a second network that uses an empirically determined packet delivery scheduling scheme. The network connection device translates a request to communicate over the first network into a request to communicate over the second...

20060077982 - Sts frame-atm cell circuit emulation apparatus and frame length compensation method for the same: A circuit simulation apparatus is disclosed by which, even if an STS-N frame of an abnormal length is detected by a reassembly buffer, the frame length can be compensated for while preventing an overflow of the reassembly buffer. When an STS-(N×M) frame formed by multiplexing M STS-N frames formed from...

20060077984 - Gateway apparatus, server apparatus, and method for address management: A gateway apparatus obtains an IPv6 address assigned to a monitoring camera by using a camera search unit and assigns a host name to the monitoring camera by using a camera information registration unit, the monitoring camera being connected to the gateway apparatus via a network. The gateway apparatus stores...

20060077983 - Ip communication method, ip terminal apparatus, enum server and ip communication system: Upon receiving, from a source IP terminal, a DNS packet that includes destination NAPTR query data with a keyword, an ENUM server compares the keyword with a keyword of a destination IP terminal stored in a keyword database. When the keywords are identical, the ENUM server generates a reply packet...

20060077985 - System and method for establishing a wireless mesh network using multiple frequency bands: A mesh network is initiated by using multiple frequency bands for establishing communication between mesh nodes. In one aspect, a higher or lower frequency communication link may be established depending on the range between two mesh nodes. As the mesh network increases and decreases in density, and range and communication...

20060077986 - Enhancement of aaa routing originated from a local access network involving intermediary network preferences: Enhanced routing of an authentication, authorization, or accounting-related (AAA) message between a local access network associated with a roaming mobile terminal and a home service network is described. A list of one or more intermediary service networks preferred for possible use in routing an AAA message between the mobile terminal...

20060077987 - Method and apparatus for improving voice band data (vbd) connectivity in a communications network: High compression rate codecs in gateways servicing Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Voice Band Data (VBD) calls distort modem/fax Answer Back Tones (e.g., 2100 Hz), which may lead to signal distortion and call hang-ups. To prevent such occurrences, a method or corresponding apparatus forces originating and terminating gateways to stay in...

20060077989 - Methods and systems for packet classification with improved memory utilization in a media gateway: Methods and systems for classifying incoming and/or outgoing packets to sessions in a media gateway store session identifiers for active sessions in a media gateway in a memory. Each session identifier is a combination of a local network address, a local port number, a remote network address, and a remote...

20060077990 - System and method for providing multimedia tone/announcement over wireless network: A system and method for providing a multimedia tone/announcement over circuit switched wireless networks are provided. The system and method enable processing of a multiple call leg function based on H.324M over a circuit switched wireless network by relaying an end-to-end H.324M initialization over the circuit switched wireless network. Therefore,...

20060077988 - System for management of equipment deployed behind firewalls: An element management system enables a network management server to provide a variable value to a management information base of a managed device independent of whether the managed device is served by a network address translation firewall. The element management system comprises an SNMP message manager which receives periodic heart...

20060077991 - Transmission apparatus and transmission system: Switching control apparatus and method between LAN interface terminals that are accommodated in a ring network including a synchronous network. A transmission system which is capable of performing high-speed redundant switching in the event of a failure of a transmission path regardless of the number of rings in a multi-ring...

20060077992 - System for executing a multimedia resource: A system for executing a multimedia resource, for use in an environment having a first multimedia resource comprising an associated first tag, a set of multimedia resources comprising an associated set of tags, an executing component for executing the first multimedia resource. The system comprises a comparator, responsive to the...

20060077995 - Apparatus for ethernet phy/mac communication: An integrated Ethernet PHY/MAC apparatus having a single link partner capability register shared between a PHY and a corresponding MAC, which implements IEEE Standard 302.3, including IEEE Standards 802.3u and 802.3x. Apparatus also includes plural PHYs, each having a corresponding MAC integrably coupled therewith such that an integrated multi-port Ethernet...

20060077994 - Media (voice) playback (de-jitter) buffer adjustments base on air interface: Systems and methods for adapting a de-jitter buffer to conform to air link conditions. An air link characteristic may be detected before that characteristic begins to affect packet delivery, such as by slowing or speeding delivery delay at a subscriber station. A receiver-side de-jitter buffer, which adds delay to received...

20060077993 - Method of managing communication buffers for a plurality of communication layers and node employing the same: A method manages a plurality of communication buffers. The method employs a plurality of communication layers, such as an application layer, a network layer and a MAC layer. A buffer manager is employed for the communication buffers. The buffer manager is independent of the communication layers. The method requests by...

20060077996 - Mobile communication terminal for transmitting/receiving image data over group communication network and method for transmitting/receiving image data using the mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal for transmitting/receiving image data over a group communication network includes: a push-to-talk (PTT) key for requesting a transmission right in a group communication mode; a vocoder for encoding a user voice signal received via a microphone; a memory for storing various image data; a controller for...

20060077997 - Terminal apparatus: When operating as a control terminal and recognizing interference from another logical network, a terminal apparatus determines whether or not a logical network to be controlled is unified with the other logical network. When unification is determined, the terminal apparatus determines whether a control terminal of a logical network newly...

20060077998 - Arrangement for distributed control system, for example in vehicles: In an arrangement, functions and/or structures in a distributed control system (24) that works with a first protocol (28) are analysed and/or monitored. A first unit (23) is connected or can be connected to the control system, which first unit, due to its compatibility with the first protocol, receives and/or...

20060077999 - System and method for simultaneous communication on modbus and dnp 3.0 over ethernet for electronic power meter: A system and method is provided for simultaneous communications on Modbus and DNP 3.0 over Ethernet for an electronic power meter. The system incorporates one or more protocol wrappers to provide compatibility with both Modbus and DNP based applications. The system removes the appropriate wrappers and routes the incoming data...

20060078000 - Method for informing layers of a protocol stack about the protocol in use: A method for transferring information over a data connection in accordance with a protocol stack (206, 210) comprising first and second protocol layers. The method is characterized in that a protocol identifier is created the value of which is determined by means of the first protocol layers of said protocol...

20060078001 - Wireless local area network medium access control extensions for station power efficiency and resource management: An aggregated medium access control (MAC) frame for use with multiple transmission rates in a wireless communication system includes an aggregated header; at least one MAC protocol data unit (MPDU), the MPDUs being grouped together in the frame by transmission rate of the MPDU; and a separating sequence between each...

20060078002 - Task queuing methods and systems for transmitting frame information over an i/o interface: Data-processing systems and methods are disclosed, including an I/O interface for managing the transfer of data between a processor and at least one memory. A processor can be associated with the I/O interface, such that the processor generically assembles a first or prior frame from among a plurality of frames,...

20060078003 - Information transmission method and encoding/decoding apparatus and encoding-multiplexing/decoding-demultiplexing apparatus in information transmission system to which information transmission method is applied: In an information transmission method, error robustness is provided for the bit stream itself so that decoding processing can be properly performed even in the event of an error in important information such as header information. A bit stream reconstruction circuit (107) in an encoding apparatus adds sync signals to...

20060078005 - System and method for locating a data frame within a transmitted data stream: Described is a system and method related to the synchronization of a communication stream between two devices. A broadcast signal is a segmented information signal that includes a distributed synchronization pattern and a distributed frame index. Each segment of the segmented information signal further includes a header portion and a...

20060078004 - Urgent messages and power-up in frequency hopping system for intemittent transmission: A wireless telemetry system includes many radio transmitters using frequency-hopping carriers for intermittently transmitting very short messages indicative of status of stimuli associated with the transmitters. The transmitters can transmit independently of any receiver for receiving from the transmitters and independently of each other. Transmission frequency and time between transmissions...

20060078008 - Arrangement for controlling congestion in an ss7 signaling node based on packet classification: A signaling network node is configured for identifying a received signaling message as belonging to one of a plurality of prescribed originating node groups, based on prescribed message class selection criteria. Each originating node group has at least one originating node and is assigned at least one congestion threshold relative...

20060078006 - Data transmission process: A first device transmits messages to a second device. The first device keeps track of messages that have already been transmitted from the first device to the second device, experiences an interruption in transmission of messages at the first device, and resumes the transmission from the first device following the...

20060078007 - Uniform distribution of ss7 traffic over multiple connections: The present invention relates to a method and a network element for distributing SS7 traffic to a destination in an SS7 network over a plurality of links, wherein the distribution is handled on the basis of link selection parameters that are derived from message fields of the SS7 traffic, and...

20060072449 - Method and system for channel equalization: Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise generating at least one channel estimate of a time varying impulse response for at least one of a plurality of received clusters within at least one received signal, where a cluster may comprise an aggregate...

20060072450 - Ofdm signal collision position detection apparatus and ofdm reception device: A pilot reception power measuring section 104 measures reception power of a pilot symbol and a data section reception power prediction section 106 predicts reception power of data symbols based on the reception power of the pilot symbol. A power comparison section 107 calculates a difference between this predicted value...

20060072453 - Method and apparatus for assessing traffic load of a communication network: An approach is provided for obtaining load of a terminal operating in a communication system. A query is transmitted for a cumulative load of the terminal, wherein the terminal belongs to a group of terminals having a common service level. The cumulative load for the terminal is determined based on...

20060072452 - Method and system for load balancing over a set of communication channels: An approach for load balancing is disclosed. A user load is determined based upon data queued for transmission at each of the terminals. In addition, an inroute load corresponding to loading of inroutes serving the terminals is determined. A user-to-inroute distribution that minimizes variation of the inroute load is generated....

20060072451 - Role-based network traffic-flow rate control: Traffic flow rate control in a network device. Traffic flow may be permitted/restricted based on the role of a device in a network. The traffic flow may be limited on the basis of packets per time period, the limits to be applied on a per-protocol, per-port, and/or per-packet basis....

20060072455 - Detecting an attack of a network connection: To detect an attack of a network connection, detection of a message containing a sequence number that is within a valid sequence number range is performed, where the message is intended to cause reset of the network connection. The message is dropped, and a counter is incremented to track a...

20060072454 - Fibre channel address blocking: A method and system including apparatus for detecting and blocking an invalid request to a target wherein fibre channels interconnect the data processing configuration. A request made from a hub such as a fabric switch to an internal fibre channel arbitrated loop is blocked by substituting IDLE characters for the...

20060072456 - Method and apparatus for device based policy configuration in a network: A method and apparatus for configuring and managing policy configuration associated with a plurality of interfaces of a plurality of devices in a network are provided. This method is executable in a processing system. The processing system includes a processor coupled to a display and user input device. The method...

20060072458 - Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data: A system is provided for controlling the transmission of best-effort filed data or programs on channels from one of plural controllers to one or more client nodes. A program is a group of files and has program information indicating to a client node how to use the files of the...

20060072457 - Peer signaling protocol and system for decentralized traffic management: A network communications protocol to allow and points In a computer to communicate their respective requirements for access to a network resource to each other, and to communicate a policy for access to the network resource by said endpoints, and to allow negotiation of access to the network resource for...

20060072459 - Advertising port state changes in a network: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a host bus adapter for implementing a first port of a node on a network of nodes interconnected through an intelligent connection system comprising: a transceiver providing a physical interface for the first port; and a protocol controller that transmits a...

20060072460 - Loop connection detecting method and device: In an access portion of a LAN, traffic of a received packet is detected, whether or not the traffic exceeds a predetermined threshold is determined, packet information specific to the received packet is acquired when it is determined that the traffic exceeds the threshold, and an occurrence of a loop...

20060072461 - Method and apparatus for flooding link state packets to achieve faster convergence: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for flooding link state packets or packet data units (LSP's) from a first node to one other LSP receiving node, where the LSP's are flooded in an order that is related to relative costs of various paths emanating from the first node. That is, the...

20060072462 - Method of capturing utilization charges: In order to capture utilization charges in a packet data transmission network, a recording is made of the charges that become payable during the course of a transmission session, when a threshold charge-total is reached. It is preferable if the value of the threshold charge-total varies depending on the data...

20060072464 - Detection of encrypted packet streams: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for detecting encrypted Internet Protocol packet streams. One method selects a subset of observable parameters from a set of observable parameters. The existence of at least one of the observable parameters within the subset is noted within an encrypted stream of packets. The at...

20060072466 - Method and system for network emulation: A system and method for emulation of a network link include an application programming interface (API) for testing distributed applications by way of a network emulator. According to aspects of the invention, a method and computer program product are disclosed for providing an interface to a user application for configuring...

20060072463 - Network capacity management system and method: A network capacity management system and method are disclosed. In one form, a capacity management system for use with an optical network includes a network capacity management engine operable to actively access a network element. The system further includes a network-based application interface associated with the network capacity management engine....

20060072465 - System for automated management of spontaneous node migration in a distributed fixed wireless network: Methods and systems of managing node migration in a wireless network where nodes may spontaneously migrate from a first communication path to a second communication path. The system includes a first collector disposed within the first communication path and a second collector disposed within the second communication path, a network...

20060072467 - Web based capacity management (wbcm) system: A user interface for viewing network system data is provided and includes at least one company level view that includes a list of one or more service regions within a company, at least one regional level view that includes a list of one or more service markets within each of...

20060072468 - Method and apparatus for configuring a network node using multiple peer-to-peer layers: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for a method and apparatus for configuring a network node using multiple peer-to-peer layers. More particularly, the invention relates to a system that can incorporate into a network and retrieve all operational data from the network using non-centralized peer-to-peer network techniques. Implementation...

20060072469 - Communication terminal, communication system, and communication method: A communication terminal that sends a call request to a call control apparatus that transfers the call request received from a calling terminal to a called terminal, comprises: a fault detecting unit that detects a fault when there is no response to the call request sent to the call control...

20060072470 - Method and system for monitoring idle network circuits: A method is provided for monitoring a network that includes providing a path selector that can select between a first input and a second input, where the first input is coupled to a customer premises equipment interface that is operable to receive signals from customer premises equipment and the second...

20060072471 - Path setup unit, path setup system and path setup method therefor: A path setup unit, path setup system and path setup method comprises; a plurality of NEs (Network Elements) which constitute a network and to which path setup is possible; a path setup unit which inputs, into the NEs, control information for performing any one of path setup, deletion and alteration...

20060072475 - Communication terminal device and communication method: A communication terminal device performs communication based on a communication protocol defined so that first identification information assigned to the device is transmitted to and received from a communication party. The device includes an identification information generating section for detecting, based on information unique to the device, second identification information...

20060072476 - Delivery of streaming media: A method for evaluating an end-user's subjective assessment of streaming media quality includes obtaining reference data characterizing the media stream, and obtaining altered data characterizing the media stream after the media stream has traversed a channel that includes a network. An objective measure of the QOS of the media stream...

20060072473 - High speed fibre channel switch element: A high-speed Fibre Channel switch element in a Fibre Channel network is provided. The Fibre Channel switch element includes, a rate select module that allows a port in the Fibre Channel switch element to operate at a rate equal to and/or higher than 10 gigabits per second (“G”). The port...

20060072472 - Method and apparatus for configuring an automatic cross connect system at a remote wiring hub: A method and apparatus for configuring connectivity at a hub having a plurality of subscriber lines from a plurality of subscriber premises and a plurality of feeder lines from a central office. The hub provides connectivity between the plurality of subscriber premises and the central office. The method and apparatus...

20060072474 - Monitoring traffic in a packet switched network: In an MPLS network one or more monitoring probes are arranged to monitor data traffic on a particular path formed of several links in the network. The monitoring information from the probes is then sent to a Network Management module via links in a path through the network that avoids,...

20060072481 - Apparatus and method to facilitate mobility management: Information regarding the present location of a dual-mode (or multi-mode) mobile station with respect to a plurality of communication systems is timely maintained by facilitating automated contact information modifications via, for example, a mobility management server (30). In a preferred approach, upon receiving a message (11) evidencing the supported presence...

20060072479 - Method and system for managing a network slowdown: A system and method are disclosed for managing a network slowdown. The method includes measuring a time for a packet to travel from a source node over a given path to a destination node in the network; comparing the time with a threshold for the path; and generating an event...

20060072480 - Method to provide high availability in network elements using distributed architectures: A method to provide high availability in network elements using distributed architectures. The method employs multiple software components that are distributed across data/forwarding plane and control plane elements in a network element. The software components in the data/forwarding plane include active and standby components. Components in the control plane are...

20060072482 - Service routing: The invention discloses a system, a method and a device for service switching. According to the invention, the terminal device accesses multiple services via one service access point. A service switching entity is arranged to a common network element and has further access to service providers and other service access...

20060072477 - Using configuration identifiers for communicating configuration descriptions: The present invention relates to a method, for a first communication device, of maintaining an up-to-date configuration description of a second communication device, said first device comprises a storage medium and is adapted for storing on said storage medium configuration descriptions being uniquely identified by a configuration identifier, the method...

20060072478 - Virtual exterior gateway protocol and related methods: An aggregation of a plurality of networks. The aggregation includes a plurality of peer nodes of the networks, each node including a plurality of channels operating at a plurality of interior gateway protocol (IGP) routing levels configured to provide a mesh interface between at least two of the networks. This...

20060072483 - Method for enhancing telephone service: A method for enhancing telephone service to provide enhanced-features through a user-friendly interface is provided. An enhanced-feature server is connected to the telephone service and provides an enhanced-feature service. A user-friendly enhanced-feature device uses the enhanced-feature service. The enhanced-feature server communicates with the telephone service and relays/formats appropriate information among...

20060072484 - Method and apparatus for suppressing echo cancelling in a packet switched network: A method, or corresponding apparatus, assumes a call is a Voice Band Data (VBD) call. The method disables a local echo canceller and transmits a tone that disables distal echo canceller(s) along a communications path across which the call is communicated. After disabling the echo cancellers, the echo cancellers are...

20060072485 - Method and apparatus for suppressing communication signal interference: A frequency domain representation of a whitening filter is made to depend on essentially one unknown, namely, a scaling factor that is based on an estimated ratio of total base station power to the power spectral density (PSD) of inter-cell interference plus noise. In turn, that scaling factor can be...

20060072486 - Method for generating better than root raised cosine orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (btrrc ofdm): An improved multicarrier modulation system and method is introduced which has the advantages of both isotropic orthogonal transfer algorithm orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (IOTA OFDM) and scalable advanced modulation (SAM). The invention reduces adjacent channel interference (ACI) in the multicarrier modulation system used in multicast systems by generating (2601) a...

20060072487 - Power conservation for a wireless device: A technique includes in response to a message identifying whether a second wireless device is one of a first set of wireless devices targeted for communication during a time interval, selectively reducing power in the second wireless device during the time interval....

20060072488 - Point-controlled contention arbitration in multiple access wireless lans: A power management method that transmits multicast frames independent of DTIM beacons. An access point associates power save stations with a multicast group. Each member of the group is signaled of a predetermined time period to operate in an active mode. During the predetermined time period the access point sends...

20060072489 - Home network using wireless module: Methods and apparatus for implementing a home network including a wireless module. In one implementation, a home network includes: two or more host devices, where at least one host device includes a wireless module port, and where the host devices are connected in a local network; and a wireless module...

20060072495 - Increasing the throughput of voice over internet protocol data on wireless local area networks: A system and method are provided for improving the throughput of wireless networks, such as IEEE 802.11 networks. Individual devices in the network determine the level of activity on the network. In the event that the network is active, the devices increase throughput by skipping the pending packet transmission and...

20060072496 - Memory management in mobile network: A radio network element, including means for receiving data packets from a user equipment in a soft handover connection, means for determining whether the received data blocks have been received successfully or unsuccessfully, means for running a retransmission process for an un-successfully received data packet, and means for receiving control...

20060072498 - Method and system for implementing a single weight (sw) single channel (sc) mimo system: Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise generating at least one control signal that may be utilized to control a first received signal. A phase of the first received signals may be adjusted via the generated control signal so that the phase...

20060072499 - Method and system for implementing a single weight spatial multiplexing (sm) mimo system: Certain aspects of the method may comprise generating at least one control signal that may be utilized to control at least a first of a plurality of received spatially multiplexed communication signals. An amplitude and/or phase of the first received spatially multiplexed communication signal may be adjusted via the generated...

20060072500 - Method and system for processing multipath clusters: In an RF communication system, aspects for processing multipath clusters may comprise tracking a plurality of received clusters of signals and estimating a phase and amplitude of at least a portion of each of the plurality of received clusters of signals. Each of the plurality of received clusters of signals...

20060072490 - Method of operating a telecommunications system: A method of operating a time division duplex based wireless communications system comprising the steps of establishing, at a base station, a Radio Resource Mapping Function (RMMF); deriving from the RMMF, from both the mean and standard deviation of the received signal to interference ratio (SIR) for all users, and...

20060072492 - Method, apparatus and system of wireless transmission: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system which may include transmitting a first packet over a first channel, which is wider than a second channel intended for receiving a second packet, wherein said first and second channels have substantially the same central frequency. Other embodiments are...

20060072501 - Radio communication scheme: This is a radio communication system having a radio base station controller 20 which is connected to a plurality of base stations 10n−1, 10n and 10n+1, and then assigns a fixed channel to each of radio mobile stations 18a, 18b and 18c, and further controls the beam patterns of the...

20060072497 - Response system and method with dynamic personality assignment: A response system and method of retrieving user responses from a plurality of users includes providing a plurality of base units and a plurality of response units, each of the response units adapted to receive a user input selection and to communicate that user input selection with at least one...

20060072493 - Roaming techniques for a communications network: Method and apparatus to manage roaming for a wireless network are described....

20060072491 - Robust communication system: A primary station (10) for use in a communication system is described, the system operating according to a predetermined protocol. The primary station is capable of managing a plurality of piconets having secondary stations (12a, b, c) which communicate with the primary station on individual logical radio channels. In particular,...

20060072494 - Umts radio link control with full concatenation: Enhanced throughput is achieved by using full concatenation of SDUs, SDU fragments, and STATUS PDUs within the protocol data units of a UMTS-based system....

20060072503 - Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink non-scheduled data in a mobile communication system: An apparatus and method for defining non-scheduled data for autonomous transmission without Node B-controlled scheduling and notifying the non-scheduled data in a mobile communication system supporting an uplink packet data service are provided. An Radio Network Controller (RNC) includes in an Enhanced Uplink Dedicated CHannel (E-DCH) setup message minimum set...

20060072502 - Method and system for assigning channels in a wireless lan: Described is a system and method for receiving traffic load information for a plurality of access points, each of the access points including at least two channels for communicating and neighboring at least one of the other access points. A throughput of each channel of each access point is determined...

20060072505 - Distributed networking agent and method of making and using the smae: The present invention relates to an agent for distributed networking and a processor-readable software code. The agent may include, for example, a cosite analyzer, an EMI sniffer, an asset controller module, an asset discovery module, and a link negotiator. The agent may be configured to initiate and optimize network configurations...

20060072506 - Method and apparatus to facilitate inter-an hrpd hard handoff: Various embodiments are described to address the need for reduced handoff delays associated with inter-AN (access network) HRPD (High Rate Packet Data)/1×EV-DO handoffs. The disclosed approach enables an AT (101) with an active packet data session to perform a hard handoff from a source AN (121, 221) to a target...

20060072504 - Reordering of data packets during soft hand offs in a wireless system: A method for controlling communications between a mobile device and a pair of base stations during a soft hand off (SHO) mode of operation in a wireless system using HARQ is provided. To accommodate out-of-order data packets received at the base stations during SHO, a sequence number is formed and...

20060072507 - Minimizing handoffs and handoff times in wireless local area networks: A method for reducing the number of channels that are scanned during a handoff situation for a wireless endpoint station in a wireless local area network (WLAN), such as an IEEE 802.11 network, by tracking past user movements within the WLAN. A suitable sequence of channels to be scanned is...

20060072509 - Multimedia reception in communication networks: Functionalities for a user equipment (UE) in a communication system in order to be able to receive broadcast information, such as TV and other multimedia, with good quality are described. In particular, methods and apparatus that schedule system measurement procedures such that the risk of interrupting the broadcast reception is...

20060072508 - Utilization of overhead channel quality metrics in a cellular network: In a 3G cellular network, a Reverse Link Channel Quality Indicator Channel (R-CQICH) may be transmitted on a reverse link to support forward link high-speed data transmissions. Accordingly, the R-CQICH may be utilized to track the quality of the signal path between the wireless unit and the base station. The...

20060072510 - Radio transmitting apparatus, radio receiving apparatus, radio communication system, radio transmission method, and radio receiving method: When a CQI that is based on CQI update cycle information and a CQI that is based on repetition count information have an overlapping transmission timing, CQI transmission timing controller 110 and CQI transmission timing priority determiner 120 transmit the CQI that is based on the CQI repetition count with...

20060072511 - Method and system for channel estimation in a spatial multiplexing mimo system: Aspects of a method and system for channel estimation in a SM MIMO communication system may comprise receiving a plurality of spatially multiplexed communication signals from a plurality of transmit antennas. A plurality of baseband combined channel estimates based on phase rotation may be generated in response to the received...

20060072512 - Active session mobility solution for point-to-point protocol: An active session mobility solution for point-to-point protocol (PPP) in accordance with the present invention provides fast and smooth handoff by reducing tunneling overhead on tunneling mechanisms, such as P-P tunneling from a serving Source (e.g., a PPP termination device) to a new serving Target (e.g., a PPP termination device)....

20060072519 - Base station apparatus, mobile station, and contents provider: A radio communication system arranged to deliver multimedia information into a plurality of mobile stations is arranged to deliver the multimedia information according to the wave circumstances of each mobile station, layer the information components composing the multimedia information, create the frame containing the layered information components and the transmission...

20060072518 - Code power measurement for dynamic channel allocation: A code power measurement device for measuring an interference level with respect to a desired code potentially used in a code division multiple access communication system includes an input, a correlating device, and a power measurement device. The input is configured to receive a signal corresponding to a received radio...

20060072516 - Method and apparatus for frequency selection at start of service session in mbms system: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for applying frequency layer convergence (FLC) to connected mode user equipments (UE) having no dedicated channel for a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) service in a mobile communication system employing a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) scheme. The method and apparatus prevent uplink signaling...

20060072515 - Method and apparatus for managing cell-by-cell demodulation timings of a user equipment in an asynchronous mobile telecommunication system: A method and an apparatus are provided for managing cell-by-cell demodulation timing of an asynchronous user equipment (UE) for demodulating multipath signals, received from a plurality of cells, in a plurality of fingers. Mapping information, indicating fingers mapped on a cell-by-cell basis, and demodulation information and demodulation timing information for...

20060072513 - Method and system for single weight (sw) antenna system for single channel (sc) mimo system for wcdma: Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise receiving WCDMA signals via M receive antennas, tracking a plurality of received clusters within the received WCDMA signals, and estimating a complex phase and amplitude of a portion of each of the received clusters. A...

20060072514 - Method and system for single weight (sw) antenna system for spatial multiplexing (sm) mimo system for wcdma/hsdpa: Methods and systems for processing signals in a receiver are disclosed herein and may comprise receiving spatially multiplexed signals via M receive antennas. A plurality of multiple data streams may be separated in the received spatially multiplexed signals to detect MIMO data streams. Each of the MIMO data streams may...

20060072517 - System and method for dispatch roaming registration: A system and method for providing an iDEN user the ability to roam onto a peer iDEN Network. An iGW supports the passing of Dispatch registration information back to the users home network. The iGW will also support and assist in setting up Dispatch Calls between the two iDEN Networks,...

20060072520 - Time synchronized standby state to the gprs medium access control protocol with applications to mobile satellite systems: Improved throughput is provided in a spacecraft TDMA cellular communications system by introducing a standby state, in addition to the idle and transfer states, of the medium access control (MAC) protocol, which controls the transfer of data over the radio interface between the network and the user terminals. The terrestrial...

20060072522 - Call parameter selection and self-enforced admission control for optimizing voice over internet protocol performance in wireless networks: A method for transmitting voice data traffic over a wireless medium using a decision process for the admission of a voice call, such as a call voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over a wireless local area network (WLAN). Admission of the call through the network is based upon the priority...

20060072526 - Change of resource reservation for an ip session: A method modifies a Packet Data Protocol context during an IP session. The method includes activating a Packet Data Protocol context with a first Quality of Service setting by a user equipment. The method also includes detecting whether there is a changed demand for resources within the session. The method...

20060072531 - Communication network: The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatus for communicating with an electronic device. Particular disclosed embodiments provide a system that includes a peripheral communications adapter communicatingly connectable to an electronic device. The peripheral communications adapter includes a first communications interface, a second communications adapter communicatingly connectable with the electronic...

20060072521 - Dynamic network activation apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to handshake with an operating system to indicate a network connection state at about the time a driver is initialized, or when a state of network disconnection is sensed. A wireless network connection may be opened at about the...

20060072529 - Method and apparatus for varying the number of pilot tones in a multiple antenna communication system: Methods and apparatus are provided for varying the number of pilot tones in a multiple antenna communication system. Data is transmitted in a multiple antenna communication system by selecting a number of pilot tones to be employed to transmit the data; and transmitting an indication of the selected number of...

20060072525 - Method and system for role management for complex bluetooth® devices: Methods and systems for controlling a plurality of personal area network access devices are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise determining current roles for communicating complex Bluetooth® devices. In response to receiving a new connection, it may be determined whether to switch from at least one of the...

20060072528 - Method and system for single weight antenna system for hsdpa: In a RF communications system, aspects for single weight antenna system for HSDPA may comprise receiving HSDPA signals via a plurality of receive antennas and individually adjusting a phase of a portion of the received HSDPA signals via a single weight. The phase adjusted portion of the received HSDPA signals...

20060072524 - Multiple antenna processing on transmit for wireless local area networks: A method and an apparatus in a first wireless station of a network transmitting to a second wireless station. The network uses multi-tone OFDM signals. The first station includes multiple antennas and a receive and a transmit signal path per antenna. Each receive signal path includes a discrete Fourier transformer...

20060072527 - Secure authentication and network management system for wireless lan applications: An authentication and network management system for Wi-Fi local area networks includes a network management device and a plurality of Wi-Fi local area networks coupled to the network management device. Each local network includes at least one access point device having a Wi-Fi radio. A plurality of end user devices...

20060072523 - Sip user agent with simultaneous multiple registrations: A method, device, and computer program product for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications is disclosed. The method, device, and computer program product allow a SIP user agent of a SIP-enabled device to register with a plurality of SIP registrars. The plurality of SIP registration may occur simultaneously or sequentially, based...

20060072530 - System and method for performing low-overhead, high spatial reuse medium access control in a wireless network: A system and method for avoiding collisions between packets transmitted in a wireless network (100). A first node (102, 106 or 107) in the wireless network (100) can transmit a packet to a second node (102, 106 or 107) in the wireless network (100), such that packet includes a header...

20060072533 - Method and apparatus for assigning users to use interlaces in a wireless cellular communication system: Methods and apparatuses to selectively assign interlace preference factors to a plurality of user terminals to use a plurality of interlaces. These methods and apparatuses may improve capacity compared to a system that allows each user terminal to transmit data in every interlace....

20060072532 - Method and system for proactive setup of multicast distribution tree at a neighbor cell or subnet during a call: A system and method in a radio access network (RAN) (100) consisting of wireless access points (APs) and (RR4, RR5, RR6, and RR7) mobile stations (MSs) (102) that proactively sets up a multicast distribution tree (101). An indication is detected at a destination AP (RR6). The indication is that an...

20060072534 - Enhanced pre-notification procedure for geran mbms: A system and method for reducing idle mode power consumption for mobile stations (MS) that have joined a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) session and are waiting for the session to start. The invention is also directed to reducing the power consumption of an MS for which an MBMS session is...

20060072536 - Providing additional channels for an msl architecture: Method and apparatus relating to defining additional channels in an interprocessor communication system having broadcast and non-broadcast channels. A broadcast identifier may be sent on a channel defined to be non-broadcast, generating an additional broadcast channel outside the interprocessor communication protocol definition. Likewise a device-specific identifier may be sent on...

20060072535 - Radio base device reference signal, allocation method, and reference signal allocation program: A CS searches in advance for information about unique words used by neighboring CSs to hold the information in a storage unit. When an LCH establishment request is made by a PS in the cell of the CS, it is confirmed whether or not there is an empty traffic slot....

20060072538 - Forward error correction for broadcast/multicast service: An error detection unit performs erasure decoding for physical layer packets and an assembler assembles the received data into higher layer packets. Higher layer packets that are incomplete are not erased if the higher layer packets contain some data indicated as valid by the error detection unit. In the case...

20060072537 - System for providing wireless internet mobile communication service and method of the same: Provided are a system and method for providing wireless Internet mobile communication service. A channel allocator allocates a communication channel to an Internet mobile station when the Internet mobile station transmits a call requesting message to an Internet mobile switching center system or when the Internet mobile switching center system...

20060072539 - Method and device for synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter during a transmission of data over an asynchronous network: The invention relates to a method and device for synchronizing a receiver with a transmitter during a transmission of data over an asynchronous network. The data are transmitted in the form of data packets from the transmitter to the receiver via a transmission medium. An item of time information derived...

20060072544 - Connection control apparatus, connection control method, and program: A connection control apparatus includes a monitoring unit, a determining unit, a transferring unit, and a notifying unit. The monitoring unit monitors a status of a communication terminal. The determining unit determines, on a basis of a monitoring result, whether or not the communication terminal is able to respond to...

20060072542 - Fixed-mobile communications with mid-session mode switching: A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent...

20060072540 - Method and apparatus for forward delay compensation for virtual concatenation: A method and apparatus for processing member containers of a virtual concatenation group at a source side of a member container transmission network to compensate for differential delay between the member containers....

20060072543 - Methods of and systems for remote outbound control: The present invention is directed to a system for and a method of selecting a combination of resources for transmitting data from a remote site to a destination site. The method comprises generating a list of combinations of resources at a regional site and transmitting the list to the remote...

20060072541 - Network management system & method: A network management method includes receiving network requirements of a network application/service of an entity. Thereafter, network resource capability is determined over a plurality of network providers to meet the received network requirements. Finally, network resources of at least one of the plurality of network providers are dynamically assigned to...

20060072552 - Data network and pstn telephony system: An adapter is disclosed which allows attachment of a standard telephone to a computer as a standard peripheral. The adapter converts analog signals of the telephone to digital signals of the computer and vice versa. The adapter can also be a stand-alone device allowing the telephone to be attached to...

20060072555 - Defining logical trunk groups in a packet-based network: Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for defining logical trunk groups in a packet-based network. A plurality of logical trunk groups are defined for a first media gateway in communication with a packet-based network. Each of the plurality of logical trunk groups is associated with one or...

20060072554 - Hierarchically organizing logical trunk groups in a packet-based network: Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for hierarchically organizing logical trunk groups in a packet-based network. A first hierarchical group includes a first logical trunk group that is associated with a first trunk resource parameter. The first hierarchical group is associated with a group resource parameter, a...

20060072551 - Information processing apparatus, management apparatus and network system: The multifunction peripheral, which is the information processing apparatus, sends inquiries to the management apparatus of the setup location (hotspot) about the available services on the network. In response to this inquiry, the management apparatus notifies the multifunction peripheral of the available services, and the operation buttons for functions realized...

20060072553 - Ip telephone apparatus: A source IP telephone apparatus obtains, from an ENUM server, NAPTR records of a call destination based on a telephone number of the call destination, the telephone number being input by dialing. The source IP telephone apparatus then selects, from the obtained NAPTR records, a NAPTR record to be used...

20060072546 - Ip telephony apparatus providing simultaneous sip communication for multiple ip phones and method for the same: An IP telephony apparatus provides simultaneous SIP communication for multiple IP phones and a method is proposed for the same. The IP telephony apparatus comprises a network connection port connected to a network; a plurality of telephone connection ports connected to a plurality of telephone sets; a voice codec unit...

20060072545 - Multi-network modules with hot-swap capability: A payload module (202) includes a payload subunit (212) coupled to the payload module, where the payload module has one of a 3U form factor, a 6U form factor and a 9U form factor. At least one multi-gigabit connector (218) is coupled to a rear edge (219) of the payload...

20060072550 - Providing calea/legai intercept information to law enforcement agencies for internet protocol multimedia subsystems (ims): A method and apparatus for providing useful packet data to a CALEA/Legal Intercept collection function. At an access point to a network such as the Internet, sources and destinations of data connections are examined to determine whether any of the bearer messages should also be routed to a CALEA/Legal Intercept...

20060072556 - System and method for prognosticator performance verification: A system and method for providing prognosticator performance verification to a subscriber includes a server, which receives allocation change signals from a plurality of prognosticators, and each allocation change is associated with an asset class. The allocation changes are processed by the server by attaching a time-date stamp on each...

20060072549 - System for routing remote voip emergency calls: A method is provided for routing an emergency call from Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The method includes: establishing a session over a packet-switched network (200) between a CPE (110) and a network node (302), such that the CPE (110) accesses a Public Switched...

20060072547 - Systems and methods for serving volp emergency calls: Systems and methods are disclosed for serving VoIP emergency calls. In one embodiment, a call control entity is placed between PSAPs of an emergency services network and the IP network transporting VoIP calls. When the call control entity receives a VoIP emergency call and its associated user ID, the call...

20060072548 - User experience with residential voice gateways: A method and system that enables IP (Internet Protocol)-like features on a conventional telephone that is connected to a device that handles voice calls on a network, such as a media gateway. The device sends messages concerning acknowledgement of call features, call status, call updates, and diagnostic or informative error...

20060072557 - Method and apparatus for ubiquitous access to dialing plans for enterprise networks: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing at least one network endpoint of an enterprise customer network access to at least one dialing plan. Specifically, the method comprises receiving at least one dialing plan request from the at least one network endpoint, retrieving at least one address mapping...

20060072558 - Method and device for determining a system load of a processor system: A method and a device for determining the system load of a processor system. The processor system transmits a process status via an interface, an active process status indicating that an active process is being executed. The active process status is transmitted to a protocol device. The protocol device records...

20060072560 - Communication multistage switching techniques: Multistage switching for mixed SONET VT traffic, such as VT1.5s and VT2s, is accomplished by employing an input time switch, a space switch and an output time switch. The input time switch and output time switch include VT1.5 time switches arranged to alter the time order of the input VT1.5s...

20060072559 - Process and device for securing the transmission, recording and viewing of digital, audiovisual packetized streams: A process for secure distribution of original digital audiovisual streams including audio, video components or other data, including packetizing the original stream into packets that can be manipulated and have a flexible size, wherein each packet includes a header containing information about the packet and a useful load including part...

20060072567 - Apparatus and method for receiving packet data on a subset of carrier frequencies in a wireless communication system: A remote station for a wireless communication system including a base station is disclosed. The remote station includes a front end structure configured to receive packet data in parallel on a subset of carrier frequencies. Each packet data is preceded by a header field for identifying the remote station as...

20060072561 - Communicating packets along a control channel and a media channel: Communicating packets along a control channel and a media channel includes receiving at a network address translator a first message having a first internal address from a first communication device. The first internal address is translated to a first external control address operable to route a control packet along a...

20060072562 - External device-based prefetching mechanism: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for external device-based prefetching mechanism. According to one embodiment, a packet is received at a network interface card in communication with a host computer system and a network. The packet is received from the network and includes a context as indicated by a...

20060072565 - Frame switching device: A header processing unit includes a key information supply unit that manages MAC addresses and MAC key information having a short bit length that corresponds to the addresses, and decides key information corresponding to a source MAC address and a destination MAC address of an input frame. A destination decision...

20060072564 - Header replication in accelerated tcp (transport control protocol) stack processing: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides storing a packet header at a set of at least one page of memory allocated to storing packet headers, and storing the packet header and a packet payload at a location not in the set of at...

20060072568 - Method preserving delay properties and an apparatus for scheduling transmission link capacity between packet switched telecommunications flows: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for scheduling transmission-link capacity between packet switched telecommunications flows (L1, L2), in such a way that it is possible to ensure the scheduling of packets representing delay-critical traffic to the transmission link (S) before packets representing non-delay-critical traffic and, in addition, to...

20060072569 - Network address translation protocol for transmission control protocol connections: The present invention is directed to a computer-implemented Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal method for establishing a direct connection from a first entity to a second entity, including a recipient peer communicating through a recipient NAT box. The method includes the steps of: (a) initiating an outbound TCP communication by...

20060072566 - Optical packet switching: Optical Packet Switching (OPS) is considered the most desirable switching technology for the ubiquitous optical networks that carry internet traffic. OPS could provide for great flexibility, capacity, efficiency, and bandwidth utilization that current switching strategies are not capable of providing. Despite its great appeal, OPS has been hampered by some...

20060072563 - Packet processing: In general, the disclosure describes a variety of techniques that can enhance packet processing operations....

20060072570 - System for and method of exchanging server data in packet unit: A packet switch apparatus including a plurality of connecting points, each being coupled to one of a plurality of data processing units, and apparatus for receiving a first packet including identification information of a first data processing unit via a first connecting point. The invention further includes a storage for...

20060072571 - Integrated circuit capable of routing multicast data packets using device vectors: A method according to one embodiment may include communicating with at least one external device using at least one port. The method may also include storing a multicast data packet and a master device vector in memory. The method may also include de-queueing the master device vector from memory, generating...

20060072572 - Layer 2 switch: A Layer 2 switch manages distribution destinations of a multicast packet and distributes a copy of the multicast packet, so that the bandwidth wasted in a network is reduced. The Layer 2 switch is disposed between a user terminal and a packet transfer apparatus, which are connected by P2P, has...

20060072575 - Ip terminal apparatus: A CPU executes a process for obtaining, from an ENUM server, a NAPTR record of a destination IP terminal by controlling an IP network controller when placing a call to the destination IP terminal, a process for determining whether the destination IP terminal has at least one communication function corresponding...

20060072574 - Method for high speed search tables switching and packet forwarding apparatus: The present invention provides a method for rapidly replacing an output destination port with a bypass port and replacing packet output header information with bypass header information when a port accommodated by a router within an IP or MPLS network becomes faulty. The present invention also provides a packet forwarding...

20060072573 - System and method for service tagging for enhanced packet processing in a network environment: An apparatus for charging in a network environment is provided that includes an access gateway encapsulation/decapsulation element operable to establish one or more packet data protocol (PDP) links on behalf of an end user and to perform encapsulation and decapsulation operations for one or more of the links associated with...

20060072577 - Method for communication over a lossy interface: A cellular telecommunications network includes a method for messaging across a lossy interface. The method includes transmitting a control information entity having a control message. The method also includes monitoring for reception of a data information entity of a certain type. The method also includes, if a data information entity...

20060072578 - Reordering packets: There are disclosed processes and apparatus reordering packets. The system includes a plurality of source processors that transmit the packets to a destination processor via multiple communication fabrics. The source processors and the destination processor are synchronized together. Time stamp logic at each source processor operates to include a time...

20060072576 - Selecting discard packets in receiver for voice over packet network: A method includes receiving a voice signal in the form of a sequence of data packets, detecting a marker bit in a header of one of the received packets, selecting at least one received packet in response to the detected marker bit, and dropping the selected at least one packet....

20060072579 - Method and apparatus to monitor and analyze network information of an inverse multiplexed asynchronous transfer mode network: A method and apparatus to monitor and analyze inverse multiplexing over asynchronous transfer mode (IMA) links of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network; and determine statistics regarding cells transmitted through the IMA links. An operational status of one or more individual links of one or more monitored groups of IMA...

20060072581 - Method and apparatus for providing quality of service guarantees using stateful monitoring of network load: An approach is provided for supporting monitoring of network load. An allocation state is determined based on a bandwidth allocation value, a group load, and a guaranteed portion of capacity of a communication channel. The bandwidth allocation value specifies an actual amount of capacity of the communication channel allocated to...

20060072582 - Facilitating storage and querying of payload attribution information: A hierarchical data structure of digested payload information (e.g., information within a payload, or information spanning two or more payloads) allows a payload excerpt to be attributed to earlier network flow information. These compact data structures permit data storage reduction, while permitting efficient query processing with a low level of...

20060072584 - Communication device, communication system, and communication method: A communication device configured to receive a first packet from a first network including a virtual network, and to transmit a second packet to a second network, the communication device including: a receiver section configured to receive the first packet from the first network; a converter section configured to convert...

20060072583 - Systems and methods for monitoring and displaying performance metrics: Systems and methods for monitoring and displaying performance metrics are described. One aspect of one described embodiment includes receiving performance metrics associated with a plurality of network connections to a plurality of networks, each of the plurality of network connections associated with a client device; determining a status of one...

20060072585 - Network-connecting method dispensing with ip configuration: A network-connecting method dispenses with IP configuration and enables a computer accessing a network through a network device. The computer sends a data packet containing a destination IP address. The network device receives the data packet and judges whether the data packet is an address resolution protocol (ARP) packet. The...

20060072586 - Sync bursts frequency offset compensation: A method (500) and system for compensation of frequency offset between a first transceiver (102) and a second transceiver (104) in wireless communication are disclosed. The compensation of the frequency offset between two or more transceivers (102, 104) is achieved by transmitting a set of frequency synchronization bursts. These bursts...

20060072580 - Method and system for transferring data drectly between storage devices in a storage area network: A method and system for performing a copy operation between storage devices coupled to a Fibre Channel switch element is provided. The Fibre Channel switch element receives a user command to copy data from a source storage device to a destination storage device and controls the copying operation. The Fibre...

20060072587 - Message distribution across fibre channel fabrics: According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow for distribution of fibre channel messages. Messages associated with a variety of applications can be distributed within a single logical fabric to physical connected but logically disconnected fabrics. Interconnecting switches forward messages to neighboring fabrics and aggregate responses...

20060072590 - Method and apparatus for ensuring compatibility on a high performance serial bus: A data communications system is disclosed having at least one Legacy cloud coupled to at least one Beta cloud. The system further having at least one BOSS node and at least one border node. A method for ensuring compatibility is disclosed comprising determining when the BOSS node is idle, determining...

20060072589 - Method and system for managing network nodes which communicate via connectivity services of a service provider: A method is disclosed for managing network nodes, such as the nodes of a network, which communicate via connectivity services of a service provider. An exemplary method includes discovering status and configuration information for each set of nodes grouped by the service provider; and assigning a name to each set...

20060072588 - Voice message service method for providing two-way communication between client computers and messenger device for the same: A voice message service method for establishing voice message communication between transmission and reception client computers capable of storing/reproducing voice information, and a messenger for the same. A management server is connected between the transmission and reception client computers, and requests a call connection transaction from the reception client computer,...

20060072591 - Initiation of call forwarding for wireless telephone: Methods and systems for forwarding calls associated with a first telephone to a second telephone are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, one of the first telephone and the second telephone is configured to send an instruction to a first telephone network associated with the first telephone to...

20060072592 - Method and a system for verifying network routing information: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems for verifying network routing information are described. In one embodiment, a machine-readable map that describes a network route associated with a network router is accessed. The network router is accessed in order to obtain network routing information describing a network...

20060072593 - Controlling time-sensitive data in a packet-based network: Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for controlling time-sensitive data in a packet-based network. Data associated with a call is received, and the data includes an identifier associated with the data, a data source, or one or more data destinations. The data is associated with a logical...

20060072594 - Gaming environment including a virtual network: Systems and methods provide a gaming machine and server network environment that may be configured into one or more VLANs. The VLANs may be static VLANs, dynamic VLANs, MAC address based VLANs. In addition, the VLANs may be segregated based on a service provided on the VLAN such as a...

20060072595 - System and method for service tagging for enhanced packet processing in a network environment: An apparatus for charging in a network environment is provided that includes an access gateway encapsulation/decapsulation element operable to establish one or more packet data protocol (PDP) links on behalf of an end user and to perform encapsulation and decapsulation operations for one or more of the links associated with...

20060072600 - Devices, softwares and methods for incorporating burstiness of packet loss metric in qos based network routing: Devices, software, and methods quantify a burstiness quality of the packet loss in the node of a path. The quantified burstiness becomes a metric for determining the Quality of Service (QoS) offered by a node in retransmitting data through a network. Network routing and rerouting decisions are made according to...

20060072599 - Flexible bandwidth allocation in high-capacity grooming switches: A method and apparatus for flexible sharing of bandwidth in switches with input buffering by dividing time into a plurality of frames of time slots, wherein each frame has a specified integer value of time slots. Counters associated with the input-output queues of the switches are loaded with a negotiated...

20060072596 - Method for minimizing buffer delay effects in streaming digital content: A system and method that selectively discards contents of a buffer memory containing audio-visual digital media content in response to a media switching event. The system includes at least one server in communication with a digital media source and connected to a network. At least one receiver is also connected...

20060072597 - Picture buffering method: A method for buffering media data in a buffer where the media data is included in data transmission units which have been ordered in a transmission order which is at least partly different from a decoding order of the media data in the data transmission units. The decoding order is...

20060072598 - Variable size fifo memory: A variable size first in first out (FIFO) memory is disclosed. The variable size FIFO memory may include head and tail FIFO memories operating at a very high data rate and an off chip buffer memory. The off chip buffer memory may be, for example, of a dynamic RAM type....

20060072601 - Virtual ip interface: The number of IP addresses required by a central office device, which is connected to a network segment and a number of customer internet devices to pass packets between the network segment and the customer internet devices, is reduced to one by using an IP address and a subnet mask...

20060072602 - Method and apparatus for least congested channel scan for wireless access points: Methods and apparatus for choosing the least congested channel by a communications device in a multi-channel wireless communications system are disclosed. A wireless device, such as a base station or access point, is preferably configured to determine how many wireless client devices are associated with each of the channels of...

20060072603 - Broadcasting reception system and method for indicating time: A digital television broadcasting reception device contained in a broadcasting reception system has a function for receiving selectively digital broadcasting by means of antennas and tuners, and a function for connecting external instruments through a variety of interfaces. A control section controls the whole system. A timer section of an...

20060072604 - On-demand reverse-link pilot transmission: Pilots are transmitted on demand on a reverse link and used for channel estimation and data transmission on a forward link. A base station selects at least one terminal for on-demand pilot transmission on the reverse link. Each selected terminal is a candidate for receiving data transmission on the forward...

20060072605 - User equipment having improved power savings during full and partial dtx modes of operation: The present invention achieves power savings by turning off all or some of the baseband processing for codes and timeslots that have not been transmitted due to full or partial DTX. With respect to partial DTX, the transmitted codes and associated timeslots and radio frames within the shortest TTI in...

20060072606 - Method and apparatus for selectively terminating current in a digital subscriber line (dsl) modem: A method and apparatus for selectively terminating sealing current in an asymmetric digital subscriber line modem is provided. The technique comprises providing a mechanism (e.g., a resistor or suitable current sink) to a DSL modem (e.g. an ADSL modem or any XDSL modem used where POTS is underlying service). The...

20060072607 - Method and system for channel estimation in a single channel (sc) multiple-input multiple-output (mimo) system comprising two-transmit (2-tx) and multiple-receive (m-rx) antennas for wcdma/hsdpa: In a wireless system, a method and system for channel estimation in a single channel MIMO system comprising two-transmit and multiple-receive antennas for WCDMA/HSDPA are provided. A first receive antenna and at least one additional receive antenna may receive a plurality of SC communication signals transmitted from a first and...

20060072608 - Communication band controller:

20060072609 - Mobile communication method, mobile communication system, session control device and originating terminal: A mobile communication method for performing communications between an originating terminal and a terminating terminal through a radio access network and a core network, includes: sending a bearer setup request, in the originating terminal, to a first session control device controlling a location area of the originating terminal, the bearer...

20060072610 - Receiver, transmitter, method and systems for processing a network data unit in the network stack: The invention relates to a receiver (REC) comprising means for using a network stack (PR) intended to process a data unit (UDR) received via a network (R), means for establishing a direct connection (CD) between a departure layer (L1) and an arrival layer (L7) of said network stack, means (GENER)...

20060072611 - Conditional access apparatus and method: A broadcast data stream that contains a stream of encrypted data and a stream of messages. Data in successive segments of the stream of encrypted data is decryptable with successive decryption information from the messages. The stream of encrypted data is stored upon reception. The items with decryption information for...

20060072613 - Method and apparatus for transmitting wireless data by changing transmission rate dynamically: A method for transmitting a wireless data, including: (a) transmitting first data frames of the wireless data at a first transmission rate; (b) storing results of retransmissions of the first data frames in a first window array; (c) determining a second transmission rate; and transmitting the second data frames....

20060072612 - Method and device for transmitting data: A method for transmitting data, the data to be transmitted being divided into at least two data packets; the data packets being transmitted in at least two transmission modes; an assignment between the data packets and the transmission modes being made in such a way that one of the transmission...

20060072617 - Method and apparatus for assembling data packet fragments in a network of nodes: A method and apparatus is disclosed for assembling data packet fragments in a network of nodes arranged as a subnet cluster in which the overhead in reassembling and transmitting packets within the cluster is reduced....

20060072616 - Method and system for lun remapping in fibre channel networks: A Fibre Channel switch element in a Fibre Channel network is provided. The Fibre Channel switch element includes a port that replaces a logical unit number (“LUN”) field value in a FCP_CMND frame. The port includes a LUN Mapping cache for replacing the LUN field value in a FCP_CMND frame....

20060072615 - Packet aggregation protocol for advanced switching: A method and system to aggregate packets. A plurality of packets are received from a medium. The packets are aggregated into a single Advanced Switching (“AS”) packet and transmitted onto an AS fabric as a single AS packet....

20060072618 - Packet-sending communication apparatus with forwarding-address automatic-recognition function, communication system and programs thereof: A communication apparatus capable of automatic recognition between remote communication apparatuses using a SSDP packet according to UPnP specification without changing the existing UPnP stack is disclosed. The communication apparatuses connected to communication networks each comprise a data receiver adapted to receive the data from the communication networks, a policy...

20060072614 - Radio communication system: A sleep length calculation unit 410 of a terminal calculates a sleep length based on what is contained in a PLCP header of a frame, and sets the calculated length on a timer 430. An address detection unit 420 of the terminal detects a destination address from inside a MAC...

20060072619 - Latency optimized data alignment racheting scheme: A system, method and apparatus for aligning data sequentially received on multiple single-byte data paths are provided. A sufficient number of bytes received in each channel may be stored (e.g., buffered) and examined to properly match data from each single-byte path. Once matched, the data may be output in a...

20060072620 - Bandwidth detection in a heterogeneous network with parallel and proxy modes: Effective bandwidth of a communication link is determined in a heterogeneous, packet switched network between a source and a destination, where effective bandwidth is defined as the actual available bandwidth between the server and the client, minus the overhead of the various network protocols used to transmit the data. The...

20060072621 - Intelligent, self-aware powerline conditioning and communication node: Powerline networks are inherently noisy and subject to power surges, spikes, and other events. Devices exist to combat these issues and protect electrical appliances that are connected downstream from the power sources for theses devices, but these devices usually also severely limit data communication that may also be desired on...

20060072622 - Ip set-top box: An Internet Protocol (IP) set-top box, adapted to provide functions of local wireless communication and voice communication while providing a broadcast service on the basis of an IP, includes: a broadcast data receiving unit adapted to request a broadcast service using the IP, to receive broadcast data transmitted as an...

20060072623 - Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (dab) system: There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related to packetization of the video service stream in a channel different...

20060072627 - Audio/video synchronizing system and monitor apparatus: An audio/video synchronizing system and a monitor apparatus can provide a set of contents where the images and the sounds of the contents show lip synchronization to the user so that the user may not have any strange and uneasy feeling if only the images are transmitted wirelessly. A contents...

20060072625 - Byte to byte alignment of multi-path data: Methods and apparatus that may be utilized in an effort to ensure bytes of data sequentially received on multiple single-byte data paths with properly aligned when presented on a multi-byte interface are provided. A sufficient number of bytes received each channel may be stored (e.g., buffered) and examined to properly...

20060072626 - Data synchronization in a telecommunication management network: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed for synchronizing data among network elements of a telecommunication management network. In a data synchronization system, a mapping system receives a first data set from a first network element and receives a second data set from a second network element. The mapping system processes...

20060072624 - Data transmission system, data transmitter, and transmitting method: In the case where transmission and reception is made impossible at a certain portion, a data transmission system configured in a ring LAN performs an initialization process for a physical layer (a transmission/reception section 4) repeatedly, thereby setting as a master a data transmission device which is located most upstream...

20060072629 - Method and system for implementing a single weight (sw) single channel (sc) mimo system with no insertion loss: In a RF communications system, aspects for implementing a single weight single channel MIMO system with no insertion loss may comprise generating at least one control signal that is utilized to control at least one of a plurality of received signals in a WCDMA and/or HSDPA system. A phase of...

20060072628 - Method and system for network emulation using packet reorder emulation techniques: Emulating a packet reorder condition in a network includes maintaining a counter variable to count packets sent out since the most recent reordered packet. When a new packet arrives, if the counter variable is less than or equal to zero, a current packet lag value is determined. If the current...

20060072630 - Vehicle communication system: A transmission ECU on a transmission side and reception ECUs on a reception side are connected through communication lines and junction connectors. A delay circuit is provided in each of the junction connectors on the side of the reception ECUs. One end of the delay circuit is connected to the...