Multiplex communications inventions 09/06

20060209666 - Method for distributing data on an ofdm time-frequency grid, a base transceiver station, a base station controller and a mobile network therefor: The invention concerns a method for distributing data on an OFDM time-frequency grid for data transmission from and to mobile terminals in a mobile network accommodating the use of pilot subgrids suitable for channel estimation, whereby said OFDM time-frequency grid comprises different frequency patterns, subcarrier frequencies of said different frequency...

20060209667 - Ofdm-mimo communication system using smart spatial symbol mapping and associated methods: A transmitter in an OFDM-MIMO wireless communication system uses multiple antennas to transmit each data stream. Before the coded binary bits are mapped into channel symbols, they are divided into two groups. One group is mapped to a channel symbol as in a conventional system. Another group of binary bits...

20060209668 - Integrated dvb receiver-decoder: An integrated receiver-decoder device for in-home use demodulates and decodes QPSK modulated MPEG-DVB formatted signals received via satellite transmission. The receiver-decoder is capable of simultaneously providing both IP data output and analog audio output for direct connection to a user's home entertainment equipment and/or PC. The receiver-decoder housing includes a...

20060209672 - Efficient ofdm communications with interference immunity: The present invention relates to employing OFDM modulation in combination with spatial diversity and space-time block coding to provide high data rates and exceptional interference immunity. For transmission, quadrature modulated data is encoded in space and time to create individual series of encoded symbols. Each of these series of encoded...

20060209673 - Orthogonal frequency division multiplex modem circuit: To provide an orthogonal frequency division multiplex modem circuit which can multiplex signals, whose bit rates and QoS are different from one another, and can transmit the signals via one OFDM line. A serial/parallel converter converts input signals into a complex parallel signal respectively, and a sub carrier and a...

20060209670 - Pilot signal transmission for an orthogonal frequency division wireless communication system: Transmission patterns for pilot symbols transmitted from a mobile station or base station are provided. The pattern allows for improved receipt of the pilot symbols transmitted. In addition, schemes for improving the ability to multiplex pilot symbols without interference and/or biasing from different mobile stations over the same frequencies and...

20060209669 - Radio communication apparatus and subcarrier assignment method: Wireless communication apparatus capable of increasing transmission efficiency by selecting data for scheduling according to data type, and capable of achieving low power consumption and high-speed signal processing is disclosed. With this apparatus, a control section (108) allocates transmission data sequence 1 to subcarriers of superior quality by carrying out...

20060209671 - System and method for subcarrier allocation in a wireless multihop relay network: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method for use in a communications network. In one example, the method includes dividing a total available frequency band of a first node into a multiple subcarriers using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). A first portion of subcarriers is allocated to...

20060209674 - Shared channel structure, arq systems and methods: A forward link design is provided employing CDMA (code division multiple access) technologies in which time division multiplexing is employed between data and control information on the forward link to service multiple users per slot. Another forward link design employing CDMA (code division multiple access) technologies is provided in which...

20060209675 - Indicating availabiliy status of services provided by a mobile communication network: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating down link wide-band interference power and noise power in a mobile communications system. By using filters that are matched to the multipath channels of a number of base stations the received powers from the base stations may be differentiated...

20060209676 - Network link backup system: A network link backup system aims to provide network link backup function for electronic equipment (such as a server system, home computer, intelligent home appliance) to maintain normal network operation. The system includes more than one network link module, each including at least one network port, a detection module, a...

20060209678 - Replication of static and dynamic databases in network devices: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are presented for replicating data from a first network device to a second network device involving selecting a plurality of data sections containing data accessed by the first network device, systematically assigning at least one replication attribute to each of the plurality of selected data sections,...

20060209677 - Systems and methods of priority failover determination: Systems and methods for implementing priority failover determination are disclosed. An exemplary method includes prioritizing ranking criteria for a plurality of network adapter ports based at least in part on user input. The method also includes determining a ranking value for each of the plurality of network adapter ports based...

20060209679 - Transceiver, optical transmitter, port-based switching method, program, and storage medium: In a transceiver having a plurality of ports, switching is determined on a port basis. A transceiver that is redundantly configured, has a plurality of interface ports, and implements serial communications of switching-control information for each interface port is characterized by including a switching-control circuit for creating the switching-control information...

20060209680 - Network link backup system: A network link backup system includes at least one network port to be selectively connected to a server system for linking the server system to a network; a baseboard management control unit to generate a selection switch signal according to a switch command entered by a manager; and a selection...

20060209681 - Communication system, communication card, and communication method: A communication system is provided for simply protecting a fault-caused spot and enhancing efficiency of network operation. A plurality of physical links are installed in a local span of the network. A load distribution unit virtually forms those physical links as one link aggregation and distributes load to the physical...

20060209682 - Algorithm for backup pe selection: A fast reroute (FRR) technique is implemented at the edge of a computer network. If an edge device detects a node or link failure that prevents it from communicating with a neighboring routing domain, the edge device reroutes at least some data packets addressed to that domain to a backup...

20060209683 - Packet transmission method and station in packet ring telecommunications network: A station forming part of a packet ring telecommunications network designed to share available bandwidth of packets transmitted in a first direction through a 0-side transmission line based on information indicated in control frames transmitted in a second direction in an opposite direction to the first direction through a 1-side...

20060209685 - Bfd rate-limiting and automatic session activation: A system and method for bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) rate-limiting and automatic BFD session activation includes tracking a total bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) packet rate for a line card (LC) of the node, and rejecting operations associated with creation of a new BFD session that would cause the total BFD...

20060209687 - Communication rate control method and device: A method of controlling the communication rate between a user terminal and an edge switch of a network is provided. This method includes the step of matching the transmission rate at which data is transmitted from the user terminal to the edge switch, with the communication rate of the edge...

20060209684 - Data rate controller, and method of control thereof: A data rate controller and a method of control thereof. The invention presents a data rate controller to control data transmission between a host and a function device via a buffer by providing an interrupt device to provide feedback of a buffer status of the buffer to the host to...

20060209686 - Flow control with dynamic priority allocation for handover calls: The present invention relates to a flow control method and apparatus for scheduling data packets in a high-speed time-shared channel, wherein a scheduling priority is dynamically increased for a predetermined time period for users in a handover state. Thereby, transmission gaps caused by empty buffers in the handover target device...

20060209688 - Packet forwarding apparatus: A BAS/load balancer which combines the functions of a BAS (Broadband Access Server) providing a dynamic network connection to a user network, and a load balancing relaying the communications traffic of the user network to one of plural load balancing target apparatuses, and which can apply an arbitrary load balancing...

20060209689 - Information processing device and method, recording medium and program: An information processing apparatus allowing proper communication with a communication partner in accordance with a communication time of the communication partner. A reception control unit receives a random challenge (RC) from a transmission terminal and supplies it to a generation unit. The reception control unit transmits an RC reception message...

20060209691 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for data processing control: Exemplary embodiments include a method for implementing standardized enterprise warehouse system processes, including: extracting content from one or more source systems that provide a feed for the content; and loading extracted content into one or more standardized data layout tables of a data control structure and based upon the meta-data...

20060209690 - System and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list: A system and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list for a communication device. The dynamic prioritized contact list may vary over the course of the day to provide an optimized contact list for a time interval. A prioritized contact list generator determines a current time interval. The prioritized...

20060209693 - Feedback priority modulation rate controller: Methods and devices for controlling and managing data flow and data transmission rates. A feedback mechanism is used in conjunction with measuring output transmission rates to control the input transmission rates, changing conditions can be accounted for an excess output transmission capacity can be shared among numerous input ports. Similarly,...

20060209692 - Transmission rate control method, mobile station, and radio network controller: A transmission rate control method of this invention includes: notifying, at a radio base station Node B, a mobile station UE of a maximum allowable transmission rate of uplink user data, using an absolute rate grant channel (E-AGCH); instructing, at a radio network controller RNC, the mobile station UE to...

20060209695 - Load balancing in a distributed telecommunications platform: Processing is allocated within a distributed telecommunications at two levels—the component level and the process level. At the component level, a virtual switch is employed to route service requests to one of a group of components that are configured to process the service request. The decision can be made autonomously...

20060209694 - Methods and apparatus for creation and transport of multimedia content flows: System for creation and transport of multimedia content flows. The system includes a method for transporting a content flow to a wireless access network for broadcast to devices coupled to the wireless access network. The method includes transmitting a request message to add the content flow to the wireless access...

20060209696 - Traffic monitor using leaky bucket with variable fill: An integrated circuit monitors the most active traffic flow rates on a communications network by using a leaky bucket model having a variable fill rate. As a switch receives packets, the packet identifications are sampled. A sampled packet identification is compared to record identifications in a table of identifications. If...

20060209697 - Mobile communication control method, mobile communication system, router, and program: When transmitting or receiving packets of mobile terminals for which movement information is managed by control devices, path costs that result from data-related factors for transmitting and receiving packets are calculated for each of paths that pass by way of the control devices and paths that do not pass by...

20060209698 - Broadband telecommunication test system and test method used therein: A method for testing the physical layer of a broadband installation at subscriber's house by means of a broadband test device or network analyzer (NA) coupled to the subscriber's house through a broadband connection (BB). The broadband connection is preferably a DSL connection through which the network analyzer performs measurements...

20060209699 - Device and method for network monitoring: A network monitoring device that monitors a network state, includes a receiving unit that receives a packet passing through the network; a processing unit that performs analysis of the network state with respect to the packet received; and a determining unit that determines whether a failure has occurred in the...

20060209700 - Tracing an access point in a wireless network: An access point in a wireless network is traced by sending an internet protocol (IP) packet from a detector to the access point through the wireless network. The detector and the access point are connected through a private wired network. The IP packet is sent with the source IP address...

20060209701 - Peer-to-peer method of quality of service (qos) probing and analysis and infrastructure employing same: A peer-to-peer (P2P) probing/network quality of service (QoS) analysis system utilizes a UDP-based probing tool for determining latency, bandwidth, and packet loss ratio between peers in a network. The probing tool enables network QoS probing between peers that connect through a network address translator. The list of peers to probe...

20060209711 - Capacity management system for passive optical networks: The invention is a tool that accurately predicts the performance of each different priority or service level on a PON with multiple different service types and multiple users. Delays and bit rates are computed accounting for all packet, protocol, propagation, and scheduling overhead. The performance and delays of all services...

20060209708 - Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, communication system, program and medium: In a communication apparatus capable of switching states in response to a request from an external device, the communication apparatus switches states between said second state where the communication apparatus replies a valid response under limited circumstance and the third state where the communication apparatus does not reply a valid...

20060209703 - Communication system: In a communication system subject to variations in channel quality, transmit power control is used to reduce the variations in received signal quality. If the channel quality degrades to such an extent that a high transmit power would be required to ensure good received signal quality, the transmit power is...

20060209706 - Intercepting mobile telephone communications: Monitoring mobile telephone signaling carried by an ATM network to determine channels of interest. ATM cells of the ATM network are intercepted to monitor a UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN). The intercepted ATM cells are automatically analyzed to obtain a correspondence between a static Node B channel and a...

20060209709 - Method and system for generating transport stream packets: In accordance with a specific aspect of the present invention, a compressed video stream, such as an MPEG-2 video stream, is received by a transport demultiplexor, synchronized, parsed into separate packet types, and written to buffer locations external the demultiplexor. Adaptation field is handled by a separate parser. In addition,...

20060209705 - Method and system for removing authentication of a supplicant: According to one embodiment, a method for removing authentication of a supplicant includes monitoring communication between the supplicant and an authenticator. The method also includes determining, based on the monitored communication, the MAC address for the supplicant and an attachment port of the supplicant to the intermediate network device disposed...

20060209702 - Method for evaluating the bandwith of a digital link: The invention relates to a method for evaluating the bandwidth between a first point and a second point liable to exchange digital data packets in a telecommunications network including a plurality of sub-networks. The method according to the invention includes the following steps: for each transmission direction through at least...

20060209713 - Robustness improvement for bandwidth limited communication system: A method and apparatus for the transmission of multiple control characters of the same type to a receiver to improve the retention of transmitter to receiver synchronization in a noisy environment having receiver code that is less complex and does not require an increase in the bandwidth of the system...

20060209707 - Storage system and information processing system: Prior to alteration of the communication route connecting the enterprise servers 51 to 53, ports a, b and c of the enterprise server 51 are each connected with port 1 of the storage system 7 through the communication route. When enterprise server 54 is connected with the storage system 7...

20060209704 - System and method for implementing pnrp locality: A method is provided for a host node in a computer network to determine its coordinates in a d-dimensional network space, comprising discovering an address of a peer node in the network, measuring network latency between the host node and the peer node, determining whether network latency has been measured...

20060209710 - Testing method, communication device, and testing system: A testing method of a communication device according to the present invention comprises: a step for transmitting and receiving a test signal generated based on a reference clock; a step for generating an anticipated value of the test signal based on the reference clock; a step for delaying the test...

20060209712 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program: Disclosed is a wireless communication system with communication stations that make information transmission therebetween by selecting a proper transmission rate under a communication environment where plural transmission rates coexist. In order for a transmission station for transmitting a packet to determine a transmission rate for transmission of subsequent packets, the...

20060209715 - Apparatus, system and method capable of node adaptive sleep scheduling in wireless adhoc networks: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver capable of dynamic cluster-based node sleep/wake scheduling by integrating application information such as scheduled data transfers with the sleep/wake scheduling, wherein the nodes may sleep immediately after a scheduled data transmission. Further, the nodes may intelligently and automatically...

20060209722 - Data transferring system and electronic apparatus: A data transferring system, in which processes to match settings between devices mutually communicating are simplified, software for the processes is also simplified, and the amount of data to be processed is reduced, is disclosed. In a data transferring system of the PCI Express standard, when settings between facing ports...

20060209717 - Distributed storing of network position information for nodes: Network position information for a node in a network is determined. An infrastructure node in the network is identified for storing the network position information for the node based on a network distance to the infrastructure node....

20060209716 - Dynamic retrieval of routing information for inter-as te-lsps: A technique dynamically triggers an exchange of reachability information between a tail-end (remote) domain target node (e.g., a tail-end node) of a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) and a local domain head-end node of the TE-LSP in a computer network. The inter-domain information retrieval technique is illustratively based...

20060209718 - Enhanced network system through the combination of network objects: A system and method for reducing the cost of framing network packets in a virtual machine environment combines certain network objects to eliminate the cost of fully framing packets between the combined objects. In a virtual environment, for example, this allows a virtual NIC in one partition to send only...

20060209721 - Interference control in a wireless communication system: For interference control, a sector m estimates interference observed from terminals in neighbor sectors and obtains an interference estimate. Sector m may generate an over-the-air (OTA) other-sector interference (OSI) report and/or an inter-sector (IS) OSI report based on the interference estimate. Sector m may broadcast the OTA OSI report to...

20060209714 - Method for the automatic configuration of a communications device: The invention relates to a method for the automatic configuration of a communications device using a reserved identification number, at least one network node device, which administers an associated subnetwork of a network, at least one virtual network, with which the communications device is associated, whereby data packets exchanged within...

20060209723 - Network device and management technique of the same: When a network device, such as an ADSL modem to be connected to a communication network through an ADSL line facility, is physically connected to a port of a line facility, it is checked whether or not this connection is the first connection (or access). If this connection is the...

20060209720 - System and method for collecting routing information in a mesh network: A method includes receiving a request to identify any communication paths visible to a first router in a mesh network and broadcasting the request. The method also includes identifying one or more second routers that broadcast information received by the first router, where the one or more identified second routers...

20060209719 - System and method for routing isis traffic through unidirectional links of a computer network: A system and method routes data traffic over a unidirectional link of a computer network configured to implement a routing protocol, such as the ISIS routing protocol. To that end, the invention extends the ISIS routing protocol to allow dynamic discovery of neighboring routers (i.e., neighbors) that are connected via...

20060209725 - Information retrieval architecture for packet classification: An information retrieval architecture is herein disclosed which can handle multi-dimensional search problems such as packet classification....

20060209724 - Method and system for fully trusted adapter validation of addresses referenced in a virtual host transfer request: A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, to validate that a direct memory access address referenced by an incoming I/O transaction that was initiated through a memory mapped I/O operation are associated...

20060209726 - Information network control method and telecommunication node: The present invention is to provide a control method for an information network connecting a plurality of telecommunication nodes by a ring transmission path and giving a plurality of priorities to frames which are exchanged among the telecommunication nodes, comprising the processes of: recognizing a bandwidth assurance value set up...

20060209728 - Method and apparatus for establishing a distributed conference bridge: The invention comprises a method and apparatus for establishing a conference bridge. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining at least one request for establishing the conference bridge where the conference bridge is operable for enabling communications between a plurality of user devices, and determining a configuration for establishing the conference bridge,...

20060209727 - Peer-to-peer instant messaging and chat system: Disclosed is a method for controlling access to a chat room using a peer-to-peer (“P2P”) network. The method includes the steps of sending a search request to a first set of nodes in the P2P network, the first set of nodes neighboring a node requesting the search and including at...

20060209729 - Technique for providing on a program channel composite programming content attributed to different sources: In providing composite programming content from different sources on a program channel, a host processor joins IP multicast groups for which “live” contents from multiple sources are provided. Specifically, the host processor collects packets containing the live contents based on their destination addresses associated with the IP multicast groups. Segments...

20060209730 - Bi-directional audio bridge: Two half duplex communicators from separate networks each have an audio input port, an audio output port, and a terminal for receiving an external keying signal. Audio signal paths link respective audio output ports with respective audio input ports. Voice actuated circuits produce appropriate keying signals at the keying terminals...

20060209731 - Method and apparatus for in-kernel application-specific processing of content streams: Transferring content between one or more input streams and one or more output streams via an application running on a host system. A kernel-level service is provided which is adapted to perform application-specific processing and which attends to transfer of content from at least one input stream to at least...

20060209732 - Pilot signal transmission for an orthogonal frequency division wireless communication system: Transmission patterns for pilot symbols transmitted from a mobile station or base station are provided. The pattern allows for improved receipt of the pilot symbols transmitted for frequency selective channels and users. In addition, schemes for improving the ability to multiplex pilot symbols without interference and/or biasing from different mobile...

20060209733 - Information providing method: A server receives a call sign from a client terminal CT to identify a currently received radio station RS. There is provided state information which indicates states of an information provision service associated with the radio station RS corresponding to the call sign. At least when the information provision service...

20060209734 - System and method for allocating and indicating ranging region in a broadband wireless access communication system: Disclosed is a system and method for allocating and indicating a ranging region in which a base station (BS) allocates and indicates a ranging region in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system. The method includes: ranging region allocation and change indication information in a first region of every downlink...

20060209735 - Auto realignment of multiple serial byte-lanes: Described is a data communication arrangement (100) with a transmit module adapted to convert parallel data words (102) into a plurality of serial data streams (122, 124, 126, 128), the transmit module arranged in a plurality of groups, with each group including a data-carrying line (122, 124, 126, 128). A...

20060209736 - Data handling in a distributed communication network: In one embodiment, a system for data handling in a distributed communication network includes one or more data-handling nodes (DHNs) each residing at one of one or more centrals that are each operable to receive a stream of first data units from a routing system. The stream of first data...

20060209737 - Data handling in a distributed communication network: In one embodiment, a system for data handling in a distributed communication network includes a data-handling node (DHN) residing at a mission management center (MMC). The MMC manages operations of one or more remote units. The DHN receives a stream of data units from a routing system. The stream of...

20060209738 - Digital satellite broadcast system, transmission station, and receiver: A signal for each of channels to be sent to a receiver is provided with a time zone in which nothing needs to be received, so that if an instruction is given by a user to simultaneously receive a plurality of channels assigned to different frequencies, program information of the...

20060209739 - Code cycle modulation in optical code division multiple access systems: An optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) system includes an optical transmitter system configured to transmit data from a plurality of users through a shared optical channel by encoding the data from each user with a spreading code assigned to that user. Each spreading code includes a unique sequence of...

20060209746 - Controller and transmission and reception method for radio communications in a transceiver for radio communications: A controller in a transceiver for radio communications in which the same frequency is shared between multiple communications systems is disclosed that includes: a cyclic autocorrelation value calculation part configured to calculate the cyclic autocorrelation value of a first one of the communications systems from a received signal; and a...

20060209749 - Dynamic space-time coding for a communication system: Techniques for transmitting data with dynamic space-time coding are described. Dynamic space-time coding refers to the mapping of data across both space and time dimensions based on a mapping scheme that changes in a dynamic manner, e.g., a time-variant manner. A transmitter generates at least one data stream and performs...

20060209741 - Hysteresis reset for an always-on mobile station: A system and method of packet zone hysteresis for a mobile station is presented. A packet zone hysteresis reset timer is started whenever the mobile station sends or receives packet data and packet data exchange is determined to be incomplete. The packet zone hysteresis reset timer gives a time duration...

20060209743 - Media device and method of enhancing use of media device: A media device, a network element and a method of enhancing use of a media device are provided. The media device is configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system at a given frequency and a service transmission over a radio interface of a cellular telecommunication...

20060209752 - Method and apparatus for cellular communication over data networks: Cellular signals or other wireless signals/messages are introduced into a building or to an outside location by transmitting packets corresponding to those signals over a data network and low cost cables to designated locations within the data network. Once the designated packets containing the signals reach the destination, they are...

20060209751 - Method and apparatus for requesting point-to-point protocol (ppp) instances from a packet data services network: A method and apparatus for requesting PPP instances from a packet data services network includes a mobile station configured to send an origination message to a packet data service node (PDSN) at which it has arrived upon leaving the vicinity of another PDSN. The message informs the new PDSN of...

20060209750 - Method and system for communicating content on a broadcast services communication system: An outer decoder and an inner decoder encode a block of information to be transmitted, to improve protection by adding redundancy. The redundancy permits decoding of the information from less than a complete encoded block of information. Time re-alignment of two transmissions of the same content from two base stations...

20060209740 - Method and system for detecting the presence of a moblie terminal: A method, system, and computer program product for informing an application server whether or not a mobile subscriber is present on a mobile telecommunication network includes a first step for sending a first distinctive signal from the mobile subscriber to the mobile telecommunication network, intended for the mobile subscriber. A...

20060209747 - Method for providing harmonized public security and safety services and corresponding service platform: The present invention relates to a method for providing harmonized public security and safety services to a plurality of public security and safety control centers, said public security and safety control centers being adapted to control terminals over at least one access communication network. According to the present invention, the...

20060209742 - Method of fast data transmission: In the method of packet transmission, data packet fragments received from a first mobile station are sent to a second mobile station without assembling and re-fragmenting the received data packet fragments if the first and second mobile stations are in a same cell....

20060209748 - Method of transmitting broadcast message in a mobile wireless communication system: A method of transmitting a broadcast message using a Forward Common Control Channel (F-CCCH) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, a base station determines whether a periodic enhanced broadcast page is enabled or disabled, and then transmits at least one broadcast message via a first slot of...

20060209744 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a virtual posting service: Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing virtual posting services. Methods include receiving content from a communications device located in a geographic proximity that is serviced by an access node, storing the content in a storage device that is in communication with the access node, and tracking an amount...

20060209745 - System, method and apparatus for wireless delivery of content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink: A system, method and apparatus for implementing a wireless point-to-point interface that securely and robustly delivers digital content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink. The system, method and apparatus performs in a manner that is sufficiently secure and robust to serve as a replacement for the...

20060209754 - Channel structures for a quasi-orthogonal multiple-access communication system: A channel structure has at least two channel sets. Each channel set contains multiple channels and is associated with a specific mapping of the channels to the system resources available for data transmission. Each channel set may be defined based on a channel tree having a hierarchical structure. To achieve...

20060209756 - Combined simulcasting and dedicated services in a wireless communication system: An efficient method for providing both dedicated and simulcast services over a common wireless infrastructure is described. The services can be available to a single terminal as well as to a multiplicity of terminals simultaneously. The method uses time division multiplexing and orthogonal frequency division multiple access for simulcasting information...

20060209755 - Method and system for dynamically allocating sub-carriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing network: A method of dynamically allocating sub-carriers for communication in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex network is provided. The method includes monitoring network conditions and allocating sub-carriers for the base station to a set of downlink sub-carriers or to a set of uplink sub-carriers based on the network conditions....

20060209753 - Method of encoded channel acquisition: A method of scanning for an encoded signal, such as a GSM encoded signal, in a frequency band is disclosed herein. The disclosed method provides either more rapid acquisition of a signal, or increased battery life for mobile devices in regions without service. A corresponding mobile device that performs the...

20060209760 - Communication processing system, communication processing method, communication terminal, data transfer controller, and program: A virtual network prefix is provided as a dedicated prefix for a mobile node in a domain having a plurality of subnets. The domain includes a layered network that has a quasi-micro mobility network (QMMN) and a pure-micro mobility network (PMMN). The quasi-micro mobility network (QMMN) performs prefix-based routing, and...

20060209759 - Local mobility management in mobile internet protocol network: The invention relates to mobility management in a mobile Internet protocol network. The network comprises a local mobility domain access router and a wireless access point operationally connected to the local mobility domain router, where the wireless access point is proxying a mobile node. Data packets destined to the mobile...

20060209757 - Method and apparatus for providing fast handoff in a radio communication system: An approach is provided for executing a fast handoff in a radio communication system. An active hard handoff condition associated with a communication session supported by a radio link protocol (RLP) flow and a signaling link protocol (SLP) flow is detected. Transfer of state information and data of the RLP...

20060209758 - Methods and systems for roaming in 802.11 wireless networks: The present invention discloses a system and method for fast and smooth roaming in a wireless network with plural access points. In order to keep better communication quality, the client device may have dual-transceiver. One transceiver is applied for transmitting and receiving data packets to and from a current associated...

20060209761 - Novel receiver architecture for cdma receiver downlink: A receiver includes a searcher to identify pilot signals within a received signal and a pilot tracking unit to continuously track pilot signals identified by the searcher. The pilot signals tracked by the pilot tracking unit may include pilot signals associated with an affiliated base station as well as pilot...

20060209763 - Multi-mode link adaptation: Multi-mode link adaptation in a wireless communication network where a station calculates a current link quality, a minimum link quality, and an excess link quality based upon the current link quality and the minimum link quality to determine an operating mode that is related to the success or failure of...

20060209762 - System and method for wireless communications: Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in wireless communications. For example, a wireless node and/or other computer may act to create a candidate signal list and/or may act to measure strength for one or more candidate list signals. As another example, the wireless node and/or other computer may act to...

20060209765 - Mimo ofdm system: A MIMO OFDM system includes a plurality of space-time encoders for encoding respective data blocks with independent space-time codes. The transformed data block signals are transmitted by a plurality of transmit antennas and received by a plurality of receive antennas. The received data is pre-whitened prior to maximum likelihood detection....

20060209764 - User scheduling method for multiuser mimo communication system: In multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems in which a base station performs scheduling on the basis of channel information fed back from a plurality of terminals, the user scheduling method of the present invention includes calculating a metric for scheduling the users using the channel information, selecting one of at...

20060209766 - Secure open-air communication system utilizing multi-channel decoyed transmission: A secure, open-air communication system utilizes a plurality of “decoy” data signals to hide one or more true data signals. The true data signal(s) are channel hopped with the plurality of decoy data signals to form a multi-channel “scrambled” output signal that is thereafter transmitted in an open-air communication system....

20060209767 - System and method for controlling uplink traffic load in a cellular wireless mobile communication system: A method is provided for controlling an uplink traffic load in a wireless mobile communication system. In the method, a mobile station (MS) receives a reference signal from each of a base station (BS) of its home cell and a BS of a neighbor cell; calculates a power difference between...

20060209772 - Coordinated directional medium access control in a wireless network: A method of simultaneously transmitting and receiving multiple data packets over wireless channels among the nodes of a wireless network is provided. The method includes automatically selecting a master sending node and corresponding master receiving node in response to an omni-directionally transmitted request to send during a contention period. The...

20060209776 - In-vehicle wireless communications device: An in-vehicle wireless communications device receives an incoming signal via a wireless communications unit from the wireless communications network. When the in-vehicle battery is being discharged, the type of the incoming signal is determined. When the incoming signal is for a voice call, a packet communications, or a TV phone,...

20060209769 - Jitter correcting apparatus capable of ensuring synchronism between transmitter apparatus and receiver apparatus: When a beacon (n−1) that is transmitted from a piconet coordinator (PNC) is detected in a MAC layer of the PNC and a MAC layer of a device (DEV), a detection signal is immediately transmitted to a LINK layer. In the LINK layer, a count is made from the detection...

20060209770 - Method and apparatus for prevention of unauthorized wireless data communications: A method and apparatus for preventing unwanted wireless networking data communications includes: a) generating at least one protocol data unit in an apparatus; b) ignoring one or more wireless data transmission signals in the predefined area; and c) transmitting the protocol data unit from the apparatus to the predefined area,...

20060209773 - Method and system for enhanced wireless communications: A system and method for enhancing communications between a WiFi terminal and other devices coupled to a wireless network. A wireless Access Point is configured to receive data from a data network through a wired link and to transmit and receive data over an 802.11 wireless link to one or...

20060209778 - Methods and apparatus for implementing nat traversal in mobile ip: Methods and apparatus for establishing communication between a Mobile Node and a Home Agent are disclosed. The Home Agent receives a registration request packet from the Mobile Node, the registration request packet including an IP source address and a Home Agent address. The Home Agent then detects from the registration...

20060209768 - Service in wlan inter-working, address management system, and method: The present invention provides a solution to the mobile terminal address management in the WLAN inter-working. By using the access control framework, the mobile terminal could obtain the address, and setup the tunnel together with the granting of service access. The management process would be shielded by the inherent encryption...

20060209775 - Sip message and processing method thereof in mobile communication system: A method of defining and processing an SIP message of a binary format so as to shorten the call setting time between a server and a terminal which has not acquired a traffic channel and to thus reduce the amount of traffic. The method may comprise a step in which...

20060209774 - Wireless base station, wireless mobile device, and wireless access network: An object of the present invention is to alleviate delays of distribution of membership request that are needed in distribution of multicast data. In order that distribution of membership reports, which has been executed via a multicast router, can be executed by a wireless base station, a wireless mobile device...

20060209771 - Wireless lan with contention avoidance: A method for communication includes associating a plurality of stations with an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and selecting a station among the associated stations to transmit an uplink signal. The access point transmits an unsolicited Clear-To-Send (CTS) message to the stations specifying a time interval...

20060209777 - Wireless personal local area network: A transceiver apparatus for creating a wireless personal local area network between a computer terminal and one or more peripheral devices. A separate transceiver is connected to the computer terminal and to each peripheral device. The transceivers can be connected to the terminal or peripheral device either internally or externally....

20060209779 - Performance of a receiver in interfering conditions: A device 22 includes a communication system transceiver 40 for exchanging signals in a first frequency band and a receiver 30 for receiving signals in a second frequency band. In order to improve the performance of the receiver. A processing portion 34 of the devices detects the presence of signals...

20060209780 - Data transfer in tdma system: A solution for the transmission of data in a time division multiple access (TDMA) based communication system is provided. A plurality of time slots in a TDMA frame is allocated to a subscriber unit for the transmission of speech data. The extra capacity provided to the subscriber unit is used...

20060209781 - Method of addressing messages and communications system: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising combining tree search and Aloha methods to establish communications between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices without collision. A system comprising an interrogator, and a...

20060209782 - Bandwidth optimization system: An interface between the BTS and BSC optimizes data transmitted over, for example, T1 lines to effectively increase the transmission bandwidth. The method comprises determined whether a frame of data is available for optimization. If available, the frame type is identified, the payload is extracted, and a header compiled. The...

20060209783 - Method and apparatus for improving data transmission reliability in a wireless communications system: Techniques for performing duplicate detection and re-ordering for a HARQ transmission are described. For duplicate detection, a receiver determines whether a decoded packet x for an ARQ channel y is a duplicate packet based on packet x and a prior decoded packet for ARQ channel y. For re-ordering, the receiver...

20060209784 - Methods and apparatus for controlling ethernet packet transfers between clock domains: A transport circuit is described for generating enable signals in different independent clock domains enabling data transfers across the clock domains. The transport circuit is used, for example, in an Ethernet receive interface where data is to be transferred from a receive clock domain to a system core clock domain...

20060209786 - Communication setup methods for gsm, umts and isdn protocols to enable personalized telephony and communication device incorporating the same: A method for setting up a connection between a first communication device and a second communication device, which are connectable by means of a communication network. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) providing party-defined data, (2) generating a setup message containing the party-defined data, (3) transmitting the setup message...

20060209785 - Dynamic routing in packet-switching multi-layer communications networks: A method is provided for routing data packets across a multi-layer network which includes a plurality of nodes, a logical level provided with a plurality of logical links and a physical level provided with a plurality of physical links, each of the logical links corresponding to at least one of...

20060209787 - Load distributing apparatus and load distributing method: A load distributing apparatus is connected to a plurality of routers carrying out a transfer process of multicast data. The load distributing apparatus includes a network interface unit that receives a packet via a network, a packet identifying unit that identifies the packet received as a join message or a...

20060209801 - Apparatus and method for allowing page monitoring of a communication system during traffic/broadcast channel operation without reducing traffic performance: A system and method of conducting wireless communications between a wireless communication device (WCD) and both a first network (e.g., IS-2000) supporting voice and data services and a second network (e.g., IS-856) supporting packet data services. The method comprises providing the WCD with a primary transceiver and a secondary receiver...

20060209807 - Apparatus and method for enabling voice over ip support for a network switch: An apparatus and method for switching VOIP packets in a data network, wherein the method includes the steps of receiving a first packet in a network switch and determining if the first packet is a VOIP packet. Further, method includes determining a dynamically negotiated VOIP port for a VOIP session...

20060209795 - Broadband network with enterprise wireless communication system for residential and business environment: The present invention sets forth a network-centric service distribution architecture that integrates a wireless access system in the residence, SOHO, business or public environment through the use of a local broadband network, such as a Residential-Business Broadband Network (RBN), to the service provider's broadband transport network and to a service...

20060209798 - Call-re-establishment via alternative access network: A terminal device and method of re-establishes a circuit switched call or a packet switched connection in a data network having at least a first access network and a second access network. A failure of the circuit switched call or the packet switched connection established via the first access network...

20060209805 - Circuit-switched and multimedia subsystem voice continuity: The present invention moves service control, including call control, for a user element from a cellular network to a multimedia subsystem (MS), such as the Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Call control is provided by the MS irrespective of whether the user element is using cellular or WLAN access...

20060209804 - Connection adapter for communication device: A connection adapter converts in accordance with prescribed rules into a form suitable for a second communication device, transmits or discards data transmitted by high-level equipment for use by a first communication device, and also converts in accordance with prescribed rules into a form suitable for the high-level equipment, transmits...

20060209806 - Data transmission in packet-switched radio system implementing user equipment location service: The invention relates to method and system for transmitting data between user equipment and serving mobile location center in packet-switched radio system implementing user equipment location service. Data to be transmitted is placed in a message of a third-layer radio resource protocol; the radio resource protocol message is transmitted to...

20060209789 - Method and apparatus for reducing bandwidth usage in secure transactions: A secure end to end connection is established between a remote device having a wireless link and a control/monitoring location for the remote device through a gateway. During the establishing of the secure connection, a compressed message representation is used to communicate between the gateway and the remote device over...

20060209794 - Method and system for providing interdomain traversal in support of packetized voice transmissions: An approach provides interdomain traversal to support packetized voice transmissions. A request for establishing a voice call is received from a source endpoint behind a first network address translator of a first domain, wherein the request specifies a directory number of a destination endpoint within a second domain. A network...

20060209797 - Method for implementing and executing communication center routing strategies represented in extensible markup language: A method is provided for supplementing existing interaction routines in a contact center with added capability including acts for (a) creating at least one rule having at least one rule attribute; (b) creating one or more processes, the processes integral to the rule; (c) defining the at least one rule...

20060209802 - Method for transmitting image data in real-time: Disclosed is a method for transmitting image data in real-time between mobile communication terminals in a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system including a host mobile communication terminal, at least one client mobile communication terminal, an SMS server, and a PDSN assigning IP addresses. The method includes when an...

20060209791 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing telecommunications services between a session initiation protocol (sip) network and a signaling system 7 (ss7) network: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing telecommunication services between a SIP network and an SS7 network are disclosed. In one method, SIP/SS7 gateway receives an INVITE message from a SIP proxy server. The SIP/SS7 gateway extracts a called party number from the INVITE message and determines whether a...

20060209800 - Network system for interworking w-lan and 3g mobile communication network through rof link and authentication method according to interworking in the network system: A network system for interworking a Wireless Local Area Network (W-LAN) and a 3rd-Generation (3G) mobile communication network through a Radio-over-Fiber(RoF) link and an authentication method in interworking in the network system are provided. The network system includes a 3G mobile communication network and a W-LAN system. The 3G mobile...

20060209803 - Output power weighting: A communication station for communicating with another communication station via at least two communications connections, the communication station being arranged to allocate transmit power to each of the at least two connections in dependence on connection quality, the communication station being arranged to: transmit data over a connection of a...

20060209790 - Packet traffic management apparatus, systems, and methods: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to receive a packet on a circuit-switched channel in a wireless network, detect that a transmission window associated with the circuit-switched channel is closed, and divert the packet from the circuit-switched channel to a packet-switched channel....

20060209793 - Relay device and method: The present invention relates to a relay device enabling efficient management of a voice message and a caller to wait for transmission of the voice message in a short time. The relay device is located at a boundary between an existing telephone network and an IP network, converts and relays...

20060209788 - System and method for processing a call: A signaling processor receives signaling for a user communication and processes the signaling to select a first packet communication path and a second packet communication path. The signaling processor transfers messages indicating a TDM communication path, the first packet communication path, and the second packet communication path. An interworking unit...

20060209796 - System, method and computer program product for point-to-point bandwidth conservation in an ip network: A method, system and computer program product are provided that reduce voice and data over IP (VoIP) packet overhead in an Internet telephony system, and regenerate missing or damaged data in a data packet. A media framer aggregates packets from multiple concurrent calls from several channels into a larger data...

20060209799 - Unlicensed mobile access network (uman) system and method: Some embodiments provide a system for handling communications between an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) network controller (UNC) and a licensed wireless communication system. The systems of these embodiments include a serving general packet radio service support node (SGSN) or a mobile switching center (MSC) that is communicatively coupled to the...

20060209792 - Voip to wireless gateway: A VoIP to wireless gateway, comprising an internet protocol interface, adapted to be connected to a standard data line. Additionally, a data processing unit is connected to the internet protocol interface, includes an audio port assembly and is adapted to sort streams of internet protocol packets from the internet protocol...

20060209808 - Method and apparatus for providing orthogonal spot beams, sectors, and picocells: A method and apparatus for providing orthogonal spot beams (14a, 14b), sectors (16a, 16b), and picocells (18), by using orthogonal auxiliary pilots and different Walsh traffic channels in adjacent areas. According to the IS-95 standard, the pilot signal is covered with the 64-chip Walsh sequence zero. Designating the 64-chip all...

20060209809 - Monitoring mobile phone communications: The specification describes systems, and operation of systems, that allows a parent or other responsible party to monitor the mobile device activities of a child. In addition, it optionally allows the parent to dynamically control the mobile device activities of the child. It relies on software, or a network adjunct,...

20060209810 - Network-extensible and controllable telephone: A system that includes a telephone adapted for connection to a data communications network. The telephone is capable of discovering other devices connected to the data communications network and using those devices to extend its own functionality. The telephone is also accessible and controllable by other devices on the data...

20060209811 - Computer telephony using a circuit-switched network: Apparatus for placing a plurality of computer-assisted compressed-voice subscriber calls using a circuit-switched signal path in a distributed telecommunications network. A plurality of vocoders receive voice data from respective subscriber voice devices and output substantially continuous compressed-voice data signals which are arranged by a plurality of packetizers into compressed-voice data...

20060209812 - Parallel channel architecture: A high data rate switch is disclosed. The switch may include fiber optic channels where a plurality of switching elements necessarily operate at a significantly lower data rate providing routing of variable or fixed size data packets from a plurality of source ports to a plurality of destination ports via...

20060209813 - Mimo multiple transmission device and method: A MIMO multiple transmission device, comprising a packet data block generator (111) for generating a packet data block as a resent unit for hybrid ARQ; a CRC adder (112) for adding an error detection code; a channel encoder (113) for performing channel encoding, the packet data block generator, the CRC...

20060209814 - Radio transmission apparatus and method, radio reception apparatus and method, transmitting and receiving method, and recording medium: Provided are a radio transmission apparatus and method, a radio receiving apparatus and method, a transmitting and receiving method, and a recording medium for use in a mobile communication system according to an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing-Code Division Multiplexing (OFDM-CDM)-based transmission diversity method. The radio transmitter codes transmission data into...

20060209815 - Modular interlocking expandable construction system: A system for modular construction which is comprised of a plurality of related structural units, each of which is slotted and interlocked to form an assembly requiring no tools or fasteners. The system provides infinite scalability employing a systematized gridlike formation. The units may be assembled, disassembled, and reassembled in...

20060209817 - Method and apparatus for a remote signaling and call processing in a telecommunications network: Telecommunications switching systems that require real-time computer control can be controlled using remotely located computers coupled to the switching systems via data links. By coupling several switching systems to one or more centrally located control computers, maintenance staffing can be reduced while increasing overall system reliability by providing back up...

20060209816 - Method and equipment for implementing synchronous switching of clos cross connection matrix: The present invention discloses a method for implementing synchronous switching of cross connections of a CLOS cross connection matrix, comprising: the configuration controller calculating a new CLOS cross connection matrix according to the cross request, sending this new CLOS cross connection matrix to the cross nodes requiring synchronous switching, and...

20060209821 - Apparatus and method for selecting network interface in mobile terminal supporting multiple wireless access scheme: An apparatus and method are provided for selecting a network interface in a mobile terminal supporting a multiple wireless access scheme. Upon receiving a connection request to a particular network interface from an application layer, an interface manager maps the application layer to its associated network interface. Upon detecting handoff...

20060209822 - Communication apparatus, communication system and communication method: The NAT type of a router can be examined by communicating with one server having one IP address, and a P2P communication path is established efficiently using the NAT type obtained by the examination. A terminal 100 transmits a plurality of port number examination request packets having a plurality of...

20060209820 - Cross bar apparatus, and method and program for controlling the same: The frequency of the internal clock is set at ½ of the frequency of an external clock as well as the width of the internal bus is configured to be twice as wide as the width of an external bus. A write control unit controls a bypass unit and a...

20060209823 - Internal substitution bi-level addressing for compatible public networks: A computer readable medium stores a program in an ingress capable network device of a network for routing signals through the network. The computer readable includes a receiving code segment for receiving an original signal, which has an embedded destination service address. The computer readable medium also includes a querying...

20060209819 - Method and apparatus for efficiently expanding a p2p network: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for efficiently expanding a P2P network includes receiving a search request message from a requesting node and sending a response message to the requesting node on behalf of a node that has the requested data, where the response message originates at an...

20060209818 - Methods and devices for preventing arp cache poisoning: Methods of processing an address resolution protocol (ARP) response in connection with a data control switch are presented including: receiving an ARP response, the ARP response having an ARP response MAC address and a corresponding ARP response IP address; and dropping the ARP response when: the ARP response MAC address...

20060209824 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for transmitting and receiving broadcast packets: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for propagating broadcast packets among several subnets without configuring routers to forward broadcast packets is provided. The broadcast packets are propagated between subnets as unicast or multicast packets. Further, the broadcast packets are efficiently propagated to only the subnets that desire broadcast propagation....

20060209826 - Multicast routing program, multicast routing method, and multicast router: A multicast routing program for allowing multicast data to be transmitted via a different route from a route for unicast data with higher reliability. A state-determining section determines whether all links on a predetermined transmission line to a multicast-transmission terminal device are connected, upon receiving a multicast reception request. If...

20060209825 - Software-hardware partitioning of a scheduled medium-access protocol: A processing device, configured to implement at least a portion of a scheduled medium-access protocol (SMAP) in a communication system, comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and one or more additional hardware modules. The functionality of the portion of the SMAP implemented in the processing device is...

20060209833 - Communication apparatus and computer program product for communicating with other communication apparatus: A communication apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a data signal sent from a network repeater, the data signal including identification information for identifying a network; an identification information extracting unit that extracts identification information from the data signal; a connectivity deciding unit that decides whether a connection to...

20060209836 - Internet security system: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for processing a data packet in a packet forwarding device. A data packet is received. A virtual local area network destination is determined for the received data packet, and a set of rules associated with the virtual local area...

20060209828 - Interoperable communications architecture: A system for facilitating interoperability between a plurality of disjoint radio systems across a digital network includes one or more local gateways communicating with a network operations center. Each of the local gateways is associated with at least one radio system, and includes an interface to the digital network, a...

20060209832 - Method for exchanging packets of user data: In a method for exchanging packets of user data between a terminal (4a, 4b) of a first network (1) and a service provider (5a, 5b) of a second network (2), the first network (1) is connected to the second network (2) by a gateway (3) which has a unique connection...

20060209834 - Method for the routing of ip frames between the users of a variable graph network: Disclosed is a virtual router distributed on a carrier network, said carrier network comprising one or more components, each of the components comprising at least two nodes communicating with one another by means of an artery, a node comprising a FAx access function and server functions (LES/BUS, LECS, MPS). At...

20060209830 - Packet processing system including control device and packet forwarding device: A packet processing system includes a plurality of control devices and a packet forwarding device that operate as a single packet forwarding device, each of the control devices executing at least one application. The packet processing system transmits, when a destination of a packet specified by an application is within...

20060209835 - Packet routing apparatus and method of efficiently routing packets among network equipment: A routing apparatus includes a plurality of routing units and function units. The routing unit receives a packet from each port, and uses header information contained in the packet to judge whether the packet should be transmitted to the function unit. In the case where the packet should be transmitted...

20060209829 - Source specific multicast layer 2 networking device and method: Bridge domain communication methods and devices are presented for efficiently communicating information in a bridge domain based upon group indications and source indications. Packets with a source and destination indication are received. A bridge domain communication process is performed at the bridge level wherein a packet is selected for forwarding...

20060209827 - Systems and methods for implementing counters in a network processor with cost effective memory: Systems and methods for implementing counters in a network processor with cost effective memory are disclosed. Embodiments include systems and methods for implementing counters in a network processor using less expensive memory such as DRAM. A network processor receives packets and implements accounting functions including counting packets in each of...

20060209831 - Vpn services using address translation over an ipv6 network: A method and system for translation of virtual private network (VPN) addresses over a provider network are disclosed. The method includes creating a multipoint tunnel extending between customer edge routers in a VPN network and over the provider network. The multipoint tunnel is identified with a multicast address and multicast...

20060209837 - Method and apparatus for dynamically managing a retransmission persistence: In order to solve a problem of an existing ARQ scheme using a fixed retransmission persistence, the present invention provides a method of dynamically managing a retransmission persistence of an ARQ according to an amount of data stored in a buffer of the ARQ, or according to time (transmission delay...

20060209838 - Method and system for estimating average bandwidth in a communication network based on transmission control protocol: A method and system for estimating an average bandwidth in a wired/wireless communication network with a time-varying rate are provided. In a TCP network, differences between inter-arrival times and sequence numbers of current and previous Acks are calculated. The estimated bandwidth of the previous Ack and a sample bandwidth of...

20060209839 - Reducing overhead when setting up multiple virtual circuits using signaling protocols: Setting up a group of virtual circuits using a single set up message request. In an embodiment, fewer than all of the virtual circuits in the group are immediately provisioned, and the remaining virtual circuits are placed in an inactive status by appropriate configuration of all the devices in the...

20060209841 - Network usage optimization: A network usage optimization method for minimizing the total network usage fee. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a network and a data processing apparatus, wherein the data processing apparatus communicates via a PVC of the network; (b) obtaining past network traffic data for traffic over the PVC;...

20060209842 - Using mobile traffic history to minimize transmission time: A method of reducing the time needed for sending data over a communication network. The method can include analyzing bandwidth usage of a user over a communication network and receiving data associated with the user to be sent over the communication network. The method further can include determining, from the...

20060209843 - Secure spontaneous associations between networkable devices: In a first aspect, the present invention provides a protocol for communications across a securable communication channel between a first device and a second device. The protocol includes the transmission of a plurality of uniquely identifiable messages which each include security-related data, from the first device to the second device....

20060209844 - Network-enabled, extensible metering system: To allow meter data users to have access to needed information and at the same time address the rapidly shifting requirements of the deregulated marketplace, a new business model, apparatus and system are provided. A common metering device measures raw data and a system composed of independent services or applications...

20060209840 - System and method for providing transformation of multi-protocol packets in a data stream: A system and method for facilitating packet transformation of multi-protocol, multi-flow, streaming data. Packet portions subject to change are temporarily stored, and acted upon through processing of protocol-dependent instructions, resulting in a protocol-dependent modification of the temporarily stored packet information. Validity tags are associated with different segments of the temporarily-stored...

20060209846 - Globally asynchronous communication architecture for system on chip: This invention relates to the domain of Networks on Chips (NoC) and relates to a method of transferring data in a network on chip, particularly using an asynchronous “send/accept” type protocol. The invention also relates to a network on chip used to implement this method....

20060209847 - Local area network for distributing data communication, sensing and control signals: A network for carrying out control, sensing and data communications, comprising a plurality of nodes. Each node may be connected to a payload, which comprises sensors, actuators and DTE's. The network is formed using a plurality of independent communication links, each based on electrically-conducting communication media comprising at least two...

20060209845 - Systems and methods of using pseudo-routes for data transmissions: In some embodiments of the present invention, method of routing data packets using a pseudo-route are presented including: receiving a data packet, the data packet having a destination; calculating the pseudo-route, if the destination corresponds with at least one of a plurality of software routing table routes, the pseudo-route having...

20060209852 - Automated host discovery and path tracing by network management server: One embodiment described relates to an automated method of host discovery and path tracing by a network management server. The method includes discovery of a location in the network of a source host, discovery of a location in the network of a destination host, and discovery of a path from...

20060209857 - Broadband home applications gateway/residential gateway systems, methods and computer program products: A home applications gateway includes a residential gateway interface that is configured to connect to a residential gateway, and a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that includes an Open Services Gateway initiative (OSGi) framework configured to execute OSGi Java applications that are downloaded and life cycle managed from a Web server...

20060209856 - Communication relay device, communication relay method and computer program product for communication relay: There is provided a relay device which enables improved communication quality and cost-reduction, wherein the device carries out both real-time communications and non-real-time communications. A first communicator carries out packet communications with a first real-time communication device and a first non-real-time communication device, which are connected through an external network....

20060209851 - Method and apparatus for border gateway protocol route management and routing policy modeling: A method and apparatus is described for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route management and routing policy modeling. In one aspect, the performance of one or more actions associated with one or more routes is disallowed. One or more routing policies associated with the one or more routes are configured. The...

20060209849 - Method for and apparatus for aggregating incoming packets into optical for an optical burst switched network: Incoming packets are aggregated into optical bursts in an edge node of an Optical Burst Switched Network by the following. Storing the incoming packets to generate an optical burst. Associating each incoming packets with a generated random binary digit with a probability for a first and a second value of...

20060209848 - Method for the tranmission of buss ieee 1394 reinitialization messages and device for carrying out said method: The invention relates to a method of transmitting messages for resetting an IEEE 1394 bus and associated topology information, across a transparent bridge, a bridge head connected on the one hand to the 1394 bus and to the network affording the said transparent bridge, characterized in that, during a series...

20060209850 - Method, system, and apparatus for a virtual host gateway in a modem device: A system, method, and apparatus for providing an embedded controller in a modem device for enabling data communication between different networks. Management and control capabilities for a gateway function are embedded into a communication controller of the modem device so as to enable direct connection between wired and wireless devices...

20060209854 - Node device for transfering supervisory control information in photonic network: A node device receives supervisory control information on a dedicated wavelength different from a wavelength of signal light, which is input from an input port together with the signal light, and extracts, from signal light to be output from an output port, information superposed on an optical main signal of...

20060209853 - Packet transfer device and transfer control method thereof: A first issue is to provide a packet transfer device for identifying a connection such as a TCP connection linked to a bandwidth control means, and provide a proxy acknowledgment for each identified connection such as TCP. A second issue is to provide a packet transfer device for providing a...

20060209855 - Relay unit, terminal device, communication system, and communication control method: A relay unit capable of inquiring of a DNS comprises: an inquiry section which transfers an acquisition request of a transmission destination terminal address, sent from a transmission source terminal, to the DNS, and acquires the transmission destination terminal address and a transmission destination label corresponding to the transmission destination...

20060209858 - Subnet independent transparent bridge: A method and apparatus for intelligently bridging a first network and a second network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a protocol independent bridge device driver is bound to a first and a second network interface card device driver in order to access the first and the second network. Then the...

20060209859 - Inter-ring connection method and device: In an inter-ring connection method and device interconnecting a plurality of RPR rings, an inter-ring connecting device (interconnecting station) determines whether or not an RPR frame received from one ring is a broadcast frame; and resets, when the RPR frame determined to be the broadcast frame is relayed to another...

20060209860 - Method and apparatus for allocating label to path in ring network: A transmission device, which carries out a route control of a frame based on a label included in the frame in a ring network, includes: a generating unit that generates a message for collecting information on first/second labels allocatable to working/standby routes; a transmitting unit that transmits the message in...

20060209861 - Adm device and signal transmission method: An ADM device which is capable of performing LCAS functions, configures a first communication network, and is connected to another ADM device which is connected to a second communication network, comprising an SDH interface for connecting to the other ADM device by SDH connection, an H4 byte monitoring means for...

20060209862 - Virtual address storage which may be of partcular use in generating fragmented packets: A virtual address storage system, which may be of particular used in generating fragmented packets, is implemented using a linked list of data segments. Multiple storage segments linked together in a linked list data structure are maintained to represent a virtual contiguous block of storage to be accessed based on...

20060209863 - Virtualized fibre channel adapter for a multi-processor data processing system: An enhanced fibre channel adapter with multiple queues for use by different server processors or partitions. For a non-partitioned server, the OS owns the adapter, controls the adapter queues, and updates the queue table(s). An OS operator can obtain information from the fibre channel network about the fibre channel storage...

20060209866 - Device and method for programmable wideband network emulation: An emulator for emulating a wireless network comprised of a plurality of RF nodes is comprised of a programmable controller for emulating the movements of the plurality of RF nodes within an emulated space. The controller provides both information and control signals based on the emulated movements. A programmable logic...

20060209865 - Multi-part parsing in a network device: A network device for processing data on a data network includes a plurality of ports, configured to receive data from a data network and to send processed data to the data network, a memory management unit configured store data on and retrieve data from the memory and a multi-part parser...

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