Multiplex communications inventions 08/07

20070201345 - Distributed control of carrier frequency in multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing communication: A bidirectional communication system is provided. The system includes a first remote unit for communicating with a host unit using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, the host unit communicatively coupled to a plurality of remote units in a multipoint-to-point configuration. The first remote unit is configured to transmit up to a... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070201346 - Multipoint-to-point communication using orthgonal frequency division multiplexing and identification codes: Systems for multipoint-to-point communication using orthgonal frequency division multiplexing and identification codes are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises: a host unit; and a plurality of remote units using a multiple access scheme to communicate at the same time with the host unit using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM);... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070201347 - Use of guard bands in multipoint-to-point orthgonal frequency division multiplexing communication: Systems for use of guard bands in multipoint-to-point orthgonal frequency division multiplexing communication are provided. In one embodiment, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system comprises: a host unit; a plurality of remote units using a multiple access scheme to communicate at the same time with the host unit using... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070201344 - Wireless communication apparatus and method: A wireless communication apparatus that transmits and receives an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal to communicate with a communication counterpart, the wireless communication apparatus including measurement means for measuring the signal level of each subcarrier of the reception signal received from the communication counterpart, calculation means for calculating a predicted... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070201348 - Use of identifier of remote unit for downstream signals: Systems and methods for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing multipoint-to-point communications systems are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises: establishing communication between a first remote unit of a plurality of remote units and a host unit, the plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the host unit in a multipoint-to-point... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070201350 - Methods for improving transmission efficiency of control channels in communication systems: Embodiments of the invention provide methods for optimizing the spectral efficiency of control channel transmissions carrying scheduling assignments from a serving Node B to user equipments. This is accomplished through the selection of the modulation and coding scheme with the highest spectral efficiency that can support transmission of a scheduling... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070201352 - Ranging and round trip delay timing adjustment in a multi-point to point bidirectional communication system: A bidirectional communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of remote units; a multipoint-to-point host unit communicatively coupled with a plurality of remote units in a multi-point to point configuration, the multipoint-to-point host unit including a multi-carrier modem configured to communicate with the plurality of... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070201349 - Synchronization for ofdm signals: A method of acquiring, at a receiver, fine timing synchronization for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal as transported over a channel, includes determining an impulse response of the channel; dynamically creating a window function corresponding to the impulse response; and selecting a multiplicity of samples of the OFDM... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Bethards, LLP

20070201351 - Wireless communication method using ofdm and ofdm transmitter and receiver thereof: A wireless communication method includes generating and transmitting an OFDM signal containing a first OFDM symbol possessing a first transmitting pilot signal and a second transmitting pilot signal respectively allocated to a first subcarrier and a second subcarrier being symmetric with respect to a center frequency on a frequency axis,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201353 - Computational circuits and methods for processing modulated signals having non-constant envelopes: Circuits and methods are provided for use in a wireline or wireless transmitter to complement the digital generation of non-constant envelope modulation signals therein. A digital signal processor is configured for deconstructing a predetermined signal having an undesirable property into one or more fragment signals which do not have the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070201354 - Method and apparatus of the variable points ifft/fft: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing a variable point Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT)/Fast Fourier Transform (FFT). The apparatus for performing a variable point IFFT includes: an IFFT interpolator generating interpolation data signals having a determined point and interpolating a plurality of interpolation data, the number of which... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070201355 - Method and apparatus for determining a preferred backup tunnel to protect point-to-multipoint label switch paths: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a preferred backup path to protect a point-to-multipoint label switching path is presented. A point-to-multipoint backup path is computed for each node located upstream from a branching node, the backup path originating at the node and including a set of nodes... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070201356 - Method and apparatus for transparent communication between a fibre channel network and an infiniband network: A system and method for providing transparent communications between an Infiniband (IB) network and a Fibre Channel (FC) network are disclosed. One method comprises: (a) detecting FC node ports in the FC network; (b) creating virtual IB targets for each FC node port in the FC network; and (c) converting... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20070201357 - Control plane security and traffic flow management: An internetworking device that provides improved immunity to Denial of Service attacks, and in general, improved Quality of Service (QoS). An internetworking element or other route processor is composed of two main parts, including a data forwarding plane and a control plane; the control plane runs routing, signaling and control... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070201362 - Increasing bandwidth in a downhole network: A system, apparatus and method to increase bandwidth in a physically segmented downhole network are described herein.... Agent: Jeffrey E. Daly Intelliserv, Inc

20070201361 - method and apparatus for selecting a communication system based on a utilization analysis: A virtual operator and method for rating a charge for connecting to a network from a virtual operator and facilitating analysis of profitability of using a network. The virtual operator receives a Charge Detail Record in real time from a network the virtual operator is using for a service. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201358 - Communication system, network system, information controller and terminal equipment: In a communication system and an information controller terminal equipment of a user, that is to say, a receiver of information is specified in a server side. And in a network system, a terminal equipment and a network server a position of a user is specified in a server side.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070201363 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to make a transition to one of a plurality of modes each defining processing to be executed and execute the one of a plurality of modes to which a transition has been made, which may include first selection means; second selection means;... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070201360 - Network switch: A network switch includes a media access controller (MAC) coupled to a plurality of ports, a receiver coupled to the MAC, and packet queuing control (PQC) coupled to the receiver. The PQC is configured to maintain a count of the number of receive packets stored in the receiver in each... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP Suite 3250

20070201359 - Traffic information aggregating apparatus: Provided is a network system including a traffic information aggregating apparatus connected to a router for transferring data in a network, and a monitor server connected to the traffic information aggregating apparatus. In the network system, the traffic information aggregating apparatus receives traffic information from the router, assigns an aggregation... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070201364 - Wireless communication apparatus: A wireless communication apparatus is disclosed. A transmitting device transmits a first aggregation frame in which first transmission data frames are aggregated. A measuring device measures a number value of retransmission of each of the first transmission data frames. A storage stores a limiting value of the number value of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201365 - Video packet multiplexer with intelligent packet discard: A IP video delivery system (10) includes a multiplexer (30) for transmitting multiple data streams of packets over link (31) to a site having one or more receivers (22). During times of congestion, the multiplexer will discard packets from its internal queues. Packets are intelligently chosen to minimize the effects... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070201368 - Telecommunications control apparatus and a method for determining a communicating node with electric power interference taken into account: A telecommunications control apparatus is included in each of a plurality of nodes constituting a telecommunications system and includes a reception power decider for determining the reception power value of a control signal received from another node. A control signal decider decides, in accordance with the reception power value of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070201369 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product providing threshold-based buffer state reports from user equipment to a wireless network: Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided. A method includes: providing at least one logical channel flow, wherein each logical channel flow of the at least one logical channel flow has an associated traffic priority; grouping the at least one logical channel flow by the associated traffic priority to... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070201367 - System and method for interworking h.323 flow control with sip: A system and method are provided for controlling a transfer rate between a first endpoint and a second endpoint, wherein the first endpoint implements a first protocol and the second endpoint implements a second protocol. The system and method may comprise elements for receiving a first control message from the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201366 - System and method of dynamic qos negotiation in next generation network: The present invention discloses a system and a method of dynamic QoS negotiation in NGN. The Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) provides intercommunication interfaces with Transport functional (TF) entity, Service Control Functional (SCF) entities, and Network Attachment Subsystem (NASS), and thereby, when a user terminal in NGN is to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201370 - Mac performance of a mesh network using both sender-based and receiver-based scheduling: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate determining when and whether to implement a sender-based data packet scheduling mechanism or a receiver-based data packet scheduling mechanism based on one or mode scheduling factors. For example, a sending node and a receiving node may communicate to permit a determination of which... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201371 - Congestion adaptive network data routing: Congestion adaptive data routing is leveraged to provide a substantial increase in data throughput in networks with data congestion. By continuously adapting the data routes when a congested route is encountered, the data can reach its destination via alternate routes around the congested area. This is accomplished in a distributed... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070201372 - Automated switching for executing tests involving electronic devices: An automated switching system that enables a tester to establish different connections between multiple electronic devices is provided. The system includes a switching module that connects to the electronic devices. The switching module may be controlled to automatically couple the electronic devices to the testing device in different configurations. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070201373 - Portable interactive apparatus and method for providing service information: A portable apparatus and methods for demonstrating and/or providing service information of an apparatus, such a displaying a movie demonstrating a service procedure and providing access to other associative type information of the apparatus and/or service procedure such as parts information and/or another movie demonstrating a service procedure of an... Agent: Frank John Williams

20070201374 - Method and node equipment for guaranteeing service reliability in an end-to-end quality of service framework: A method for guaranteeing service reliability in an end-to-end Quality of Service framework, including: checking whether connection information held in all node equipment gone through by a session connection is consistent; if it is, finishing the consistency check; otherwise, releasing the inconsistent connection information from the node equipment. In this... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070201379 - Global switch resource manager: An apparatus having corresponding methods and computer programs comprises: a plurality of resources to process packets of data in a plurality of data streams each comprising a plurality of the packets of data, wherein at least one of the data streams has at least one performance requirement; a memory to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20070201376 - Apparatus and methods for group communications: The disclosed embodiments provide apparatus and methods for establishing a group communications session with selected ones of a plurality of communications devices that define a call group. The apparatus includes a dispatch module operable to receive event information and communication device information associated with each of the plurality of communications... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201377 - Backoff control for access probe transmission in communication systems: Systems and methods for improving latency in a communication system are disclosed. A random backoff time can be determined and the transmission of an initial access probe can be delayed for the random backoff time. A backoff interval can be determined based on channel load, wherein the backoff interval defines... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201375 - Method and apparatus for provisioning a network: A method or corresponding apparatus provisions a network to support “open bandwidth” (openBW) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) that are define by a zero (0 Mbps) or substantially small bandwidth and enabled to burst up to a line rate of a communications path across which the LSP traverses.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070201378 - Method, mobile terminal, system and computer program product for real time content attributing: A method of providing content attributing during an ongoing conversation includes receiving an assignment of an attribute to a selected portion of content from the ongoing conversation, and asynchronously delivering the selected portion to selected recipients based on the attribute.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070201385 - Apparatus, method, and computer product for topology-information collection: A network managing apparatus detects a router capable of using Telnet from among nodes in a network and causes that router to send a broadcast ping to other nodes. Each node in the network returns a ping reply to the router. The ping and the ping reply pass through a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070201383 - Discovery of physically adjacent neighbor devices using a unidirectional in-band process coupled with an out-of-band follow-up process: Equipment generates a discovery message containing its address/node identification (ID) and/or other information. Adjacent equipment (e.g., physically adjacent equipment) monitors control overhead bytes (section trace (J0) bytes, Data Communication Channel (DCC) control overhead, General Communication Channel (GCC) control overhead, etc.) for this message, but does not generate a corresponding response... Agent: Clements Walker

20070201382 - Method and apparatus for omniscient root node selection in an ad hoc network: Techniques are provided for selecting a root node in an ad hoc network comprising a plurality of nodes including a first node. According to one implementation of these techniques, a first node can receive a message from at least one of the other nodes. Each message includes a number of... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070201381 - Method and apparatus for root node selection in an ad hoc network: Techniques are provided for selecting a root node in an ad hoc network comprising a plurality of nodes including a first node. According to one implementation of these techniques, a first node can receive a message from at least one of the other nodes. Each message includes a number of... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070201380 - Method and system for power-efficient adaptive link aggregation: A method for power-efficient configuration of one or more physical ports at a network device in an EtherChannel is provided. Parameters for allocation of the physical ports to a logical port are negotiated with a link partner. Thereafter, bandwidth load at the logical port is compared with the parameter. The... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070201384 - Network explorer: A graphical user interface integrates into a single view multiple network devices discovered over a plurality of network protocols. The graphical user interface provides an intuitive user interface to indicate to a user the existence of all potential resources as defined by a network profile, the characteristics and properties of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070201386 - Testing a station's response to non-compliant wireless communication: A controllable and/or configurable device that communicates wirelessly with a station may be used to test the station. For example, the device may be configured to communicate in multiple different wireless communication modes. As another example, the device may be controlled to engage in wireless communications that do not comply... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070201387 - Information processing device, communication load distribution method: A node according to the present invention, in a node which is to be instructed by a master node and communicates with an electronic device, performs an activation query notification to the master node. If it is determined that a response from the master node has not been made, the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070201388 - Methods and systems for resizing multimedia content based on quality and rate information: In general, this disclosure describes techniques for exchanging information between a plurality of encoder modules and a multiplex module to combine segments of data from the encoder modules with an improved overall quality. In particular, the encoder modules associate their respective segments of data with quality and rate information and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201389 - Printing apparatus and method of connecting same: A communication apparatus capable of being connected to another communication apparatus generates temporary connection information used in making a wireless connection. The apparatus presents this temporary connection information and makes a wireless connection to another communication apparatus based upon this temporary connection information.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070201390 - Apparatus and method for converting mac frame in broadband wireless access (bwa) system: An apparatus and method for converting a Media Access Control (MAC) frame in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system. The apparatus includes a receiver for receiving an Ethernet MAC frame; a path searcher for extracting a MAC Service Data Unit (SDU) from the Ethernet MAC frame, checking a destination Internet... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201391 - Method and system of managing emergency alarms in a wireless communications system: A system for managing emergency alarm messages in a wireless communications system is disclosed. A first subscriber is assigned an emergency alarm responder role to send an acknowledgement message and present information from a received emergency alarm message to a user of the first subscriber, when the first subscriber receives... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070201392 - System and method for managing communication routing within a wireless multi-hop network: A system and method of operation for managing communication routing from a subscriber station to a base station is provided. The method includes establishing a communication link between the subscriber station and the base station; determining a base station signal quality and a base station timing offset from the subscriber... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070201394 - Method for selecting communication network by wireless terminal: Disclosed is a method for selecting a communication network by a wireless terminal, the method including receiving a signal having a predetermined reception power level from one or more communication networks, and calculating a guaranteed data rate of each of said one or more communication networks by using the predetermined... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201393 - Regulation of transmission power within a wireless network: A method of optimizing link transmission parameters between access nodes within a mesh network is disclosed. The method includes each access node within the mesh transmitting packets at N different combinations of data rates and power levels. Each receiving node that receives the data packets at one or more of... Agent: Tropos Networks

20070201395 - User equipment identification specific scrambling: A base station for use in a code division multiple access communication system comprises circuitry configured to process a user equipment identification (UE ID) by ½ rate convolutionally encoding the UE ID to produce a code. The code is used by the base station for scrambling a high speed shared... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070201396 - Allocation of resources in packet-switched data transfer: The disclosed embodiments relate to a method for arranging the transfer of packets between a wireless data transfer device (MS) and a mobile communication network (NW). For transferring packets between the wireless data transfer device (MS) and the mobile communication network (NW), temporary block flows (UL TBF, DL TBF) are... Agent: Perman & Green

20070201401 - Broadcast/multicast data in a wireless network: A method, apparatus and computer program product for transmitting broadcast/multicast data in a wireless network, is presented. The network includes either a plurality of multi-radio nodes, or a plurality of single-radio nodes, or a mix of multi-radio and single-radio nodes and the network further includes a control channel and at... Agent: Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070201398 - Method and apparatus for wireless resource allocation: Techniques are provided to assign radio resources with one of two or more types of assignments on a frame-by-frame basis. The first type of assignment uses subcarriers that are contiguous in both time and frequency, and the second type of assignment uses subcarriers that are disjoint and equally-spaced in frequency.... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

20070201399 - Method for uplink bandwidth request and allocation in wireless communication system: Disclosed is a method for requesting allocation of uplink bandwidth for uplink data transmission and allocating the uplink bandwidth in a wireless communication system. In the method, when a number of uplink bandwidth allocation requests having occurred in a certain interval is different from that of scheduled uplink bandwidth allocation... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201400 - Opportunistic packet scheduling apparatus and method in multihop relay wireless access communication system: Opportunistic packet scheduling apparatus and method in a multihop relay wireless access communication system are provided. The method includes aggregating channel condition information which are estimated and reported by Mobile Stations (MSs) and a Relay Station (RS) for each MS path in a cell, determining a Modulation and Coding Scheme... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201397 - Wireless communication method and apparatus for selecting between transmission of short-version and full-version uplink scheduling requests: In a wireless communication system including a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a Node-B, an uplink (UL) scheduling request is transmitted by the WTRU to the Node-B when the WTRU has buffered (user) data to transmit to the Node-B, but needs to have a scheduling grant for UL data transmission.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070201402 - Method and system for generating switching timing signal for separating transmitting and receiving signal in rf repeater of mobile telecommunication network using tdd and ofdm modulation: Disclosed are a method and system for generating switching a timing signal for separating a transmitting and receiving signal in a RF repeater of a mobile telecommunication network by using a TDD scheme and an OFDM modulation scheme, which transmits a part of a RF signal extracted from a coupler... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20070201403 - Apparatus, system and method for transferring an active call between wireless communication networks: An active voice call with an access terminal is transferred from an originating wireless network to a destination wireless network in response to a call continuation message transmitted by the access terminal to a destination network switch of the destination wireless network. The call continuation message includes a connected number... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070201404 - Method and system for allocating resources in a communication system: Provided are a system and a method for allocating resources in a communication system. The method includes mapping a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) class according to channel information transmitted from a mobile station and service class information of the mobile station; and allocating resources by dynamically configuring a frame based... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201408 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing a transport format that is compatible with another transport format that uses spreading codes: Either a first transport format or a second transport format is selected to transmit information corresponding to an input symbol sequence. The transport formats fit information into a timeslot having a predetermined duration. Based upon the selected transport format, either the information is created from the input symbol sequence using... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070201406 - Method and apparatus for multiplexing multiple reverse feedback channels in multi-carrier wireless networks: A method and apparatus is provided for multiplexing multiple Reverse feedback Channels in integrated multi-carrier systems in multi-carrier wireless networks. Assignment of a MAC Index for Reverse Link feedback channels to any Forward Link carrier using the Traffic Channel Assignment (TCA) message is facilitated.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070201407 - Power control and handoff with power control commands and erasure indications: Techniques for performing power control and handoff are described. In an aspect, power control (PC) is supported with multiple PC modes such as an up-down PC mode and an erasure-based PC mode. One PC mode may be selected for use. Signaling may be sent to indicate the selected PC mode.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201405 - Power control in communication systems: Systems and methods for estimating transmit power in a communication system are disclosed. An estimate of a reverse channel condition is based on a received signal from an access point. A correction factor is determined based on at least one of the number of access points detected, a Rise-over-Thermal (RoT)... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201417 - Methods and apparatus for simplified setup of centralized wlan switching: A wireless data communication system includes an access port configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of mobile units within multiple basic service sets (BSS), and a wireless switch having multiple predefined wireless local area networks (WLANs). The wireless switch is configured to automatically map the WLANs to the basic... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070201412 - Protocol for improved utilization of a wireless network using interference estimation: Disclosed is a protocol used by wireless stations sharing a single wireless channel. When a local station senses a communication between remote stations using the channel, the local station estimates whether its local transmissions would disrupt this on-going remote communication. To estimate, the local station forms capture models of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070201411 - Line of sight determination between nodes of a wireless network: A method and apparatus for determining line of sight between nodes of a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes identifying line-of-sight links between nodes within the wireless mesh network, and communicating the line-of-sight links between nodes to the system operator, allowing the system operator to selectively replace non-line-of-sight technology... Agent: Tropos Network Patent Dept

20070201421 - Method and apparatus for location estimation: In one embodiment, a method of estimating location of a mobile beaconing device within a building includes steps: concurrently transmitting from the beaconing device at least first and second signals, which respectively indicates at least first and second transmit power levels thereof; receiving the at least first and second signals... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070201409 - Method and apparatus for providing quality of service to voip over 802.11 wireless lans: The present invention provides a method and system for providing quality-of-service to VoIP over a wireless local access network by providing periodic, contention-free access to a wireless link for voice packets. This is achieved by coupling Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) signaling for call setup with the Point Coordination Function mode... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070201413 - Method and system to enhance energy savings in multicast transmissions in wlan: A new and unique method and apparatus are provided for communicating information between two nodes, points or terminals in a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment or other suitable network environment, featuring one or more steps for creating an association between multicast transmission scheduling and multicast internet protocol (IP) and... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070201416 - Methods and apparatus for a self-healing wlan: A wireless access port within a WLAN is capable of self-healing by re-performing auto-channel selection (e.g., auto-channel selection in accordance with the 802.11 family of standards) if particular conditions are met, wherein the conditions are indicative of a signal degradation between a mobile unit and the access port. Auto-channel selection... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070201415 - Methods and apparatus for cluster licensing in wireless switch architecture: Wireless switch licenses are assigned on a cluster basis rather than being limited to individual switches. A switch cluster is made up of two or more wireless switches that each having an assigned number of licenses. Each of the wireless switches is configured to establish the switch cluster with the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20070201418 - Mobile terminal device, control method, and mobile communication system: A mobile terminal device that forms an adhoc network comprises a clustering section that identifies the ID and state of a mobile terminal device that is adjacent to the mobile terminal device itself by exchanging a Hello packet (containing the ID and state of the mobile terminal device itself) with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201419 - System and method for saving power in a wireless network by reducing power to a wireless station for a time interval if a received packet fails an integrity check: A method, an apparatus and a carrier medium storing instructions to implement the method. The method is in a first wireless station of a wireless network, and includes wirelessly receiving a signal corresponding to a packet wirelessly transmitted by a second wireless station. The packet includes a subpacket and a... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070201420 - Systems and methods for reducing communication unit scan time in wireless networks: A communication unit operates in a wireless-networking environment and maintains a mapping for active channels and associated network identifiers. The communication unit may associate with a wireless network using the mapping for one or more of the active channels having a selected network identifier. For associations and reassociations with wireless... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070201410 - Techniques to enable direct link discovery in a wireless local area network: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless station operable in a wireless local area network, the wireless station capable of automatic discovery of other stations in a basic service set (BSS) which are capable of supporting direct link setup (DLS).... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070201414 - Testing a station's response to wireless communication in different modes: A controllable and/or configurable device that communicates wirelessly with a station may be used to test the station. For example, the device may be configured to communicate in multiple different wireless communication modes. As another example, the device may be controlled to engage in wireless communications that do not comply... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070201422 - Method and apparatus for dual frequency timing acquisition for compressed wcdma communication networks: Methods and systems for dual frequency timing acquisition for compressed WCDMA communication networks may include processing received WCDMA signals. The WCDMA signals, which may be primary synchronization channel signals, may comprise signals transmitted by one base station at one frequency band and by another base station at a different frequency... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070201423 - Methods and apparatus relating to timing and/or synchronization including the use of wireless terminals beacon signals: Wireless terminal beacon signaling is used to achieve timing synchronization between two wireless terminals in a wireless communication system, e.g., in an ad hoc network lacking a centralized timing reference. An exemplary timing structure used by an individual wireless terminal includes a beacon transmission time interval, a beacon monitoring time... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201424 - Secure communication system: A reception part receives RLC-PDU from an RLC processing part to extract information to be used for determining whether security is required. This information is sent to a security management part, which determines whether security is required. Data outputted from the reception part is stored into a data buffer via... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070201426 - Network switching device: A method of controlling a network switching device is provided. Perform a mode-process including setting the determination-operation mode of a target switching block to a determination-operation mode that is different from the determination-operation mode of the first switching block while the first switching block is handling the switching-determination process. The... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070201427 - Apparatus and method for setting multi-path: A method and apparatus is provided for setting multiple paths between wireless nodes of an ad-hoc network including a source node, a relay node and a destination node that receives a message from the source node via the relay node. The multi-path setting method and apparatus includes receiving previous hop... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070201425 - Method of selecting operational parameters in a communication network: The present invention provides a method of selecting operational parameters of a communication network. The method is characterised by searching the operational parameter space using a multiple objective simulated annealing (MOSA) process, wherein the objectives are based upon performance indicators (PIs) of the communication network. Moreover, the MOSA process generates... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070201428 - Mobile communication terminal and route selection method: A mobile communication terminal communicates with a base station of an infrastructure network via any one of a single-hop route, and a multi-hop route using other terminals. The mobile communication includes an application processor and an access route selector. The application processor is configured to process an application involving communications... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201431 - Wireless communication device and method for processing voice over internet protocol signals thereof: A wireless communication device (10) for processing Voice over Internet Protocol signals includes an encoding and decoding module (30), a central processing unit (CPU) (20), a digital signal processor (DSP) (40), and a wireless communication module (50). The CPU communicates with the encoding and decoding module for controlling signal flows... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070201436 - Call setup method for minimizing call setup delay in mobile telecommunications system and apparatus thereof: A call setup method and apparatus for minimizing call setup delay by a UE in a mobile telecommunications system are provided. The method includes the steps of: if call setup for a packet call service is requested, determining by the UE if the requested service is a predetermined service sensitive... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070201430 - Implicit secondary pdp context activation method: Several different methods are described herein for reducing the setup time needed to establish a media flow (e.g., packet-based voice communications) between two devices (e.g., two GPRS UEs, GPRS UE/server, GPRS UE/WLAN UE). In one embodiment, the method minimizes the setup time for establishing IMS telephony using pre-provisioned resources—reserve at... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070201438 - Joint ofdm and mc-cdma transmission and fast cell switching for circuit switching traffic: A method and apparatus for transmission to support various QoS requirements and various channel conditions is provided. By staggering the transmission of data sub packets and partitioning discrete tones used for transmission, a plurality of users may be provided with a plurality of multiple access techniques.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070201433 - Method and apparatus for providing e911 services via network announcements: A method and apparatus for providing emergency services, e.g., E911 services, for nomadic users by utilizing network announcements to remind customers to update location information used to provide services on packet networks, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) networks, are disclosed. For example,... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070201429 - Method for billing a service in a packet data network: The invention relates to a method for billing a service in a packet data network (PDN). According to said method, at least one type of billing is associated with at least one service that can be used by a user, and data representing the type and use of the service,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070201437 - Method of transmitting at least one sub-packet based on feedback information in a wireless communication system: A method of transmitting subsequent sub-packets in a wireless communication system using a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) technique is disclosed. The method includes receiving feedback information from at least one receiving end, transmitting a transmit packet via at least one overhead channel, wherein the transmit packet includes information on carrier... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070201439 - Miscellaneous improvements on the hrpd system: Mechanisms for improving the proposed high rate packet data (HRPD) system are provided. Approaches proposed are including PilotGroupID in the sector parameter message to convey the pilot group information, encoding to enable shortened NeighborList messages, improvements on RoutUpdateRequest message for request updates on multiple carriers, inclusive of the channel record... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070201434 - Storage system having a channel control function using a plurality of processors: In order to efficiently utilize processor resources, a storage system according to this invention includes: a protocol processor; a processor; a local router; a first memory; and a disk drive. In the storage system, the protocol processor transmits, upon transmitting a frame to the host computer, information on a transmission... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070201435 - Transmission of video over ip: A method of handling video signals by a gateway. The method includes determining, by the gateway, that a circuit switched channel carries video signals, receiving, by the gateway, a signal stream from the circuit switched channel determined to carry video signals, placing the signals of the received signal stream in... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20070201432 - Voice gateway for multiple voice communication network: A method and system for providing seamless mobility. The seamless mobility system includes a computer having at least a dial up modem and an Internet access port. The dial up modem is coupled to a first telephone network and the Internet access port is coupled to a high-speed Internet access... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070201453 - Remote access to a computer telephony system: A method of accessing a plurality of features of a second telecommunication system from a first telecommunication system includes receiving a telephone call on the second telecommunication system from a first device having a first telephone number and determining whether the first telephone number is a stored authorized number. The... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070201454 - System and method for recording calls in an ip-based communications system: A software solution to recording IP based communications that is highly scalable and reliable. Recordings can be configured to occur automatically or be triggered on-demand by a user that has been given the rights to do so. The user initiating the on-demand recording need not be a participant on the... Agent: Milton S. Gerstein Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20070201447 - Authentication tokens for voice over internet protocol (voip) calling, and voip devices, methods and computer program products using same: Setup of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call is initiated and an authentication token is received for the VoIP call that is set up, that indicates that the VoIP call is authorized. The authentication token is inserted into packets for the VoIP call. The packets, including the authentication token... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070201456 - Auto block and auto discovery in a distributed communication system: A voicemail system enabling various components of the voicemail system to be distributed geographically yet operate as a seamlessly integrated system is disclosed. A signal gateway interfaces with a telephone network. In addition, one or more media servers interface with the signal gateway as well as the telephone network. The... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20070201444 - Digital telephone data and control signal transmission system: Techniques are disclosed for using Ethernet Layer 1 as a means for transporting audio, control, and status signals between telephones and an aggregator device in a telephone system. Techniques are also disclosed for using the aggregator to determine whether a telephone supports only Ethernet Layer 1, and for using the... Agent: Robert Plotkin, PC

20070201455 - Head office and plurality of branches connected via a network: In one aspect, a method of sending traffic in a telecommunications network is provided. The telecommunications network includes a first branch network, a second branch network, intermediate system, and a head office network having a server. The first and second branch networks communicatively connected to the head network via the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070201440 - Improved voic-over-internet-protocol method: A method of transporting Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol Packets in a wireless mesh network wherein VoIP packets from independent call flows are aggregated prior to transmission over multiple hops of the wireless network. Significant performance improvements are realized including the number of simultaneous VoIP calls supported and overall Quality-of-Service (QoS) for the individual... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC

20070201449 - Method and system for providing communication protocol interoperability: A method for providing communication protocol interoperability may include receiving a request from a first endpoint to establish a communication session with a second endpoint, the request uses a first communication protocol. The method also includes receiving a first response from the second endpoint, the first response uses a second... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201445 - Methods and apparatus to limit ring trees in voice over internet protocol networks: Methods and apparatus to limit ring trees in voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) networks are disclosed. A disclosed example parallel ring policy enforcer comprises a memory to hold parallel ring tree information and a policy checker to enforce a parallel ring policy based on a parallel ring request and the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070201450 - Network adapter: The claimed invention consists of integrating a wireless client with a network adapter in a single device which allows a telephone to connect to a network access point for the purpose of establishing Voice over IP (VoIP) calls. The user can attach his telephone to the network adapter and place... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept.

20070201442 - Schema-based portal architecture for assessment and integration of silicon ips: Systems, methods, and media for a schema-based portal for assessment and integration of silicon IPs are disclosed. Embodiments may generally include an IP portal system having a portal interface to receive inputs from users and to provide output to users and a database interface to transmit and receive information to... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070201451 - Service exchange in a voip to telephony bridging network: An infrastructure that supports both Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony via the Internet and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) telephony via the PSTN. A plurality of client telephony bridging devices communicatively couple to both the Internet and to the PSTN and are operable to bridge calls between the Internet... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070201448 - System and method for consolidating media signaling to facilitate internet protocol (ip) telephony: A system and method for consolidating media signaling to facilitate IP telephony includes receiving a first message exchange in a first protocol from a first endpoint to negotiate a media path with a second endpoint. It is determined to consolidate the first message exchange with additional message exchanges received from... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201441 - System and method for effecutating a sip call in a network environment including ims: In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for routing a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call in a network environment including a circuit-switched (CS) network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network. When a SIP call is originated by a user equipment (UE) device in the CS network domain, call information... Agent: Research In Motion, Ltd

20070201452 - System enabling ip (internet protocol) services for user terminal based on sip (session initiation protocol) signaling: The invention relates to a system enabling IP (internet protocol) services for user terminals based on SIP (session initiation protocol) signaling applicable in fixed and mobile terminals (1) of user (2) provided with means of access to an IP network (5) connected to an IMS network (6) communicating with other... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070201446 - Systems, methods and computer program products for dynamically allocating bandwidth of a subscriber line that carries voice over internet protocol (voip) telephone calls and internet protocol telephone (iptv) transmissions: Bandwidth of a subscriber line, such as a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), that carries Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) transmissions is allocated. A message is sent from a VoIP call processor that is associated with the subscriber line and a video server that... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070201443 - Voip caller authentication by voice signature continuity: There are provided methods and systems for authenticating a user. A method includes receiving a voice signature certificate corresponding to a setup portion of a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call. The VoIP call further has a voice conversation portion. The voice signature certificate includes a voice signature segment. The... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070201457 - Method and system for dynamically assigning domain identification in a multi-module fibre channel switch: A method for entering fabric configuration in a fibre channel system for a multi-module fibre channel switch is provided. The method includes determining if a primary blade has been selected for the multi-module switch; sending exchange fabric parameters to internal ports of the multi-module switch; and processing principal switch selection... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070201461 - Network switching device: A network switching device includes packet switching means and clock signal providing means. The packet switching means receive packets sent from any of the plurality of lines, determines forwarding destinations for the received packets, and forwards the received packets. The packet switching means operates synchronized with a provided clock signal.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070201463 - Data analysis apparatus and data analysis method: A unique pattern detection unit conducts a search for a unique pattern in a forward direction of a program stream, and detects a pseudo unique pattern PUP included in encoded data. A header information extraction unit sets extraction starting position information indicating a head of pseudo header information following the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201460 - Data transmitting and receiving apparatus, data transmitting and receiving method, and computer product: In a data transmitting and receiving apparatus, payloads of packets received from the first device are accumulated in a storage unit, a designated payload volume DSPS is calculated based on DSPS=TP×(1−RR/TR), where TP is a total payload volume of a packet received at a certain time point from the first... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070201464 - Method and network element for forwarding data: In a method for forwarding data, when at least one logical port is created at a network element connected directly with a peer network element and the logical port is bound with at least two physical ports of the network element which are connected with the peer network element, determine... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070201466 - Network switch having port blocking capability: A switch is configured to block packets from being transmitted through designated ports. The switch has port bitmap generator configured to obtain a port bitmap and a table is configured to store a block mask indicating which port the packet should not be transmitted. A block mask lookup is configured... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070201465 - Prefix and ip address management scheme for router and host in network system: In a network system formed by one or a plurality of hosts having a function for accessing Internet, and a router for connecting each host and the Internet through an accessing communication path of a provider, two types of IP address including first type IP addresses and second type IP... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201462 - Processing of forwarded in communication networks: Method and device are provided for processing a packet conveyed in a packet switched communication network. By the invention, a processing indication is associated with the packet, where the indication is adapted to provide instruction(s) for the processing of the packet, and the indication is determined in accordance with the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070201458 - System and method for implementing acls using multiple hash-trie-key tables: A method, data processing system, and computer program product are provided for searching for access rules included in access control lists (ACLs), such as those rules used to accept or deny packets received at a router. An incoming packet that includes several fields is received. An original key is formed... Agent: Freescale - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20070201459 - System and method for providing status notification for conventional telephony devices in a session initiation protocol environment: The present invention comprises a system and method for status notification. The method comprises receiving a subscription message from a first endpoint requesting status data for a second endpoint; detecting a change in status data of the second endpoint; and notifying the first endpoint of the change in status. The... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201467 - Multicast address signaling for power save delivery in a wireless network: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to multicast address signaling for power save delivery in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a wireless node may transmit a management frame (e.g., a PSMP frame) to identify a scheduled data transmission time for one or more receiver nodes in a wireless... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070201468 - Multicast group address signaling using mac header for power save delivery in a wireless network: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to multicast group address signaling using a MAC header for power save delivery in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a multicast management frame (e.g., a multicast 802.11n Power Save Multi Poll (PSMP) frame) may be transmitted to identify a scheduled multicast data... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070201469 - System and method for providing simultaneous handling of layer-2 and layer-3 mobility in an internet protocol network environment: An apparatus for providing mobility in an Internet protocol (IP) network environment is provided that includes a cell site element operable to receive an address resolution protocol (ARP) signal from a base station. The ARP signal is associated with a selected mobile station that can roam between networks. In response... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201474 - Device for protection against illegal communications and network system thereof: A communication device, an illegal communication protection device, and network system for providing protection from illegal communications. A communication device is connected to a network, for receiving packets sent and received over networks, and transmitting packets based on the packet destination, includes a control unit, and a storage unit for... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070201477 - Method to optimize the data stream between a router and a multimedia unit: c

20070201475 - Packet processing system and related packet processing method: A packet processing system includes: a receiver for receiving a previous packet and a current packet through an interface; a storage device for storing the previous packet; a comparing module, coupled to the storage device and the receiver, for comparing contents of the current packet with contents of the previous... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070201472 - Prioritization within a session over internet protocol (soip) network: A method includes receiving, at a session controller, session data from a session-detail record. The session data is associated with at least a portion of a call over a Session over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network. A priority indicator associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) packet transmitted over the call is... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070201473 - Quality of service prioritization of internet protocol packets using session-aware components: A method includes receiving a first media-content packet associated with a first session within a Session over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network. The first media-content packet is associated with a quality-of-service parameter. A transmission priority value associated with the first media-content packet is identified based on a value of the quality-of-service... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070201471 - Fabric channel control apparatus and method: A method for receiving packet data at a communication channel and transmitting the packet data over serial links of the communication channel. The packet data is sliced into n-bit data portions which are concatenated with a header prior to transmitting an n-bit portion across one of the serial links of... Agent: Campbell Stephenson Ascolese, LLP

20070201470 - Fast database migration: A system, method, and computer readable medium for fast database migration, that comprises, establishing a socket connection directly between intelligent processor unit nodes of the originating system and the terminating system, transferring home location register static data for the subscriber via the socket connection, wherein the home location register static... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070201478 - Mpoa system and its shortcut communication control method, and shortcut communication control program: An MPOA system for establishing communication by using layer 3 protocol on an ATM network, in which data about the layer 3 address of a source of data packets is added to an address resolution request packet which is transmitted in order to establish a shortcut VCC toward a destination... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070201479 - Prefix and ip address management scheme for router and host in network system: In a network system formed by one or a plurality of hosts having a function for accessing Internet, and a router for connecting each host and the Internet through an accessing communication path of a provider, two types of IP address including first type IP addresses and second type IP... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201476 - Single stage pointer and overhead processing: A method and system for providing single stage pointer and overhead processing is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, data including bytes of each of multiple types of overhead data is received at a logical element of a communications network. The logical element includes a labeler to... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070201481 - Multistage prioritization of packets within a session over internet protocol (soip) network: A method includes receiving, at a first endpoint, session data associated with a first Internet Protocol (IP) packet. The IP packet is associated with a session within a Session over Internet Protocol (SoIP) network and the session is associated with a call. An instruction, based on the session data, is... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070201482 - Automatic scheduling of activities between multiple participants: In one embodiment, the invention provides method, comprising: aggregating scheduling information for members of a social community to define aggregated scheduling information; discovering matches in the aggregated scheduling information; and notifying members of the social community of the matches.... Agent: Hahn And Moodley LLP

20070201480 - System and method for interworking communication protocols to provide supplementary services: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for redirecting a session established between two endpoints. In such an embodiment, the method comprises receiving a SIP request to redirect the session to a third endpoint; dissociating the two endpoints; suspending a media session between the endpoints; connecting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201485 - Method and communication network components for managing media signal quality: A media signal quality manager for controlling one or more parameters of a network node through which passes a media signal. The audio signal quality manager has an input for receiving information conveying a characteristic of the media signal and a processor that generates performance control information in response to... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070201484 - Method and apparatus for providing interactive media during communication in channel-based media telecommunication protocols: A method of delivering a video ringback media stream to a first terminal includes transmitting a session signaling message from the first terminal to a ringback server, transmitting a session signaling response message from the ringback server to the first terminal, and establishing one or more channels between the ringback... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070201483 - Network name resolution into network address: A first domain name system (DNS) server of a first protocol type is requested to resolve a network name into a network address of the first protocol type. Where the network name is not resolved into a network address of the first protocol type by the first DNS server, a... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070201487 - Distributed managed entities and database: A system and method for providing a technique by which currently available MCUs can handle the large amounts of information present in a large GPON network, without adding expense and complexity to the network elements. A system for managing a telecommunications network comprises a control unit controlling a plurality of... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070201486 - Gpon management system: The present invention provides the capability to manage NEs with a large number of units of equipment and facilities, by providing functions such profiling, auto-creation, link aggregation and scoping. This makes it easier for to manage GPON data, voice and video services and to support traffic protection. A method for... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070201488 - Apparatus and method for providing user datagram protocol/internet protocol-based a1 interface in a mobile communication system: A system and method for providing a UDP/IP(User Datagram Protocol/Internet Protocol)-based A1 interface in a mobile communication system are provided, in which a BSC controls an A1 interface connection by an A1 interface message using the UDP/IP as a data link layer protocol during communicating with a MSC, and the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201489 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and system: This invention provides a technique for safely and readily managing a network device. To achieve this object, an authentication server (105) performs an authentication process by using a set of a login ID and password transmitted from a manager server apparatus (103), and transmits the authentication result to a multi-functional... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070201490 - System and method for implementing ethernet mac address translation: A method of using Ethernet MAC addresses translation scheme and encoding extra information is described herein. According to one embodiment, a process includes, maintaining a MAC (media access control) translation table (MAT) within a network element, the MAT table mapping a physical MAC address with a virtual MAC address for... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070201491 - System and method for synchronizing serial digital interfaces over packet data networks: A system for synchronizing circuit interfaces for transmitting a serial bit stream in the form of data packets over a packet data network (PDN). The system includes a transmitter side device responsible to receive the data packets via a serial interface comprising data from an input serial line according to... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20070201492 - Compact packet based multimedia interface: A packet based display interface arranged to couple a multimedia source device to a multimedia sink device is disclosed that includes a transmitter unit coupled to the source device arranged to receive a source packet data stream in accordance with a native stream rate, a receiver unit coupled to the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070201494 - Last leg utility grid high-speed data communication network having virtual local area network functionality: A power line based communication system includes a power line termination module, a plurality of power line gateways, and a plurality of power line nodes. The power line termination module manages data for local area networks within the power line based communication system. The plurality of power line gateways is... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20070201493 - Voip gateway apparatus, and method for controlling call-in/call-out in voip gateway apparatus: A VoIP gateway apparatus is used to provide an IP centrex service to accommodated devices. The VoIP gateway apparatus (1) assigns, to a call originated from an accommodated device (PBX2), a telephone number for which the number of simultaneous call connections has not reached a simultaneous connection tolerance number, and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070201495 - Data communication in networks comprising a plurality of network nodes and at least one star node: The invention relates to a network comprising a plurality of network nodes. At least part of the network nodes are directly coupled to each other via at least one star node. The star node comprises a plurality of star interfaces which are assigned to at least one network node. In... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20070201496 - Method and system for diagnosis and control of machines using connectionless modes having delivery monitoring and an alternate communication mode: A method and system for retransmitting messages using an alternate mode of communication when an original mode of communication is determined to be unsuccessful. A message is first transmitted using a connectionless-mode of communication such as by using an Internet electronic mail message. A request for acknowledgment of receipt of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201501 - Base station and base-station control apparatus: Terminals #1 to #3 which have already been connected and a terminal #4 which wants to make a new connection send packets to a base station in that order. The base station queues the packets from the terminals #1 to #3 at a non-priority queue and the packet from the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070201500 - Selective frame dropping for initial buffer delay reduction: The embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, devices, and systems adapted to reduce initial buffering delay encountered at the client side by selectively dropping content elements of a source content within a drop interval prior to transmission to a client or receiver. The drop interval associated with the... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, PC

20070201499 - Device, system and/or method for managing packet congestion in a packet switching network: A network infrastructure device includes a receiver operable to receive packets when operably connected to a communication network; and a processor cooperatively operable with the transceiver. The processor can receive a packet on an interface corresponding to the transceiver. Also, the processor can map the packet to one of several... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070201498 - Fluctuation absorbing buffer apparatus and packet voice communication apparatus: A fluctuation absorbing buffer apparatus configured to absorb, by means of a reproduction buffer, a transmission delay time fluctuation occurring in a voice packet communication system, includes: a packet state notifying part carrying out decrease notification when the number of voice packets stored in the reproduction buffer decrease; a voice... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070201497 - Method and system for high-concurrency and reduced latency queue processing in networks: A method and a system for controlling a plurality of queues of an input port in a switching or routing system. The method supports the regular request-grant protocol along with speculative transmission requests in an integrated fashion. Each regular scheduling request or speculative transmission request is stored in request order... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070201502 - Systems and methods for controlling the delivery behavior of downloaded content: The present invention provides a comprehensive development platform and client-side technology for intelligent and cost-effective delivery of video, audio and broadband content over a network, such as the Internet, to desktop, mobile computing, and network connected devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, an intelligent delivery system (IDS) uses... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20070201503 - Communication terminal apparatus and wireless transmission method: A communication terminal apparatus that exhibits a shorter time period required until a start of communication and causes the throughput in the wireless communication system to be less reduced. In this apparatus, when the number, N, of retransmissions notified by a response determining part (107) is zero, a subchannel-to-be-used selecting... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070201504 - Dynamically enabling a seconday channel in a mesh network: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a node in a mesh network to perceive a plurality of channels within a mesh network; selecting a first channel from the plurality of channels within the mesh network with the node; remaining on the first channel with... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070201505 - Wireless communication terminal and wireless communication method: A communication terminal used in a mobile communication system complying with a carrier sense multiple access scheme is disclosed. The communication terminal includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a wireless packet transmitted by another communication terminal or a base station; a determination unit configured to determine periodic transmission timing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201506 - Cooperative writes over the address channel of a bus: A processing system and method for communicating in a processing system over a bus is disclosed. The processing system includes a receiving device, a bus having first, second and third channels, and a sending device configured to address the receiving device on the first channel, and read a payload from... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070201507 - Frame transmitting/receiving method and device: A frame transmitting method and device insert a channel identifier into predetermined free bytes of parallel channel signals whose phases are different from each other without a phase adjustment, and convert the parallel channel signals into a serial signal to transmit a frame. A frame receiving method and device convert... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070201508 - Proxy agent for providing remote management of equipment in a communication network: In one aspect a method for remotely managing a non-compliant Internet Gateway Device (IGD) residing in a Local Area Network (LAN) is provided. The method includes providing a proxy agent that resides on a computer in the LAN. The proxy agent receives from a Wide Area Network (WAN) configuration device... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070201511 - Relay device and communication device realizing contents protection procedure over networks: A relay device and a communication device capable of realizing the contents protection procedure between devices that are not connected to the same network are disclosed. A relay device and a communication device are so configured that between a device/service/sub-unit on the second network and a device on the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201509 - System and method for providing a compatibility feature in a session initiation protocol (sip) environment: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize signaling capabilities of the first and second endpoints. The apparatus also... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201510 - System and method for providing a compatibility feature in a session initiation protocol (sip) environment: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for addressing compatibility in a session protocol environment is provided that includes a communications platform operable to communicate with a first endpoint and a second endpoint and to recognize signaling capabilities of the first and second endpoints. The apparatus also... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201512 - System and method providing for interoperability of session initiation protocol (sip) and h.323 for secure realtime transport protocol (srtp) session establishment: A system and method providing for interoperability of SIP and H.323 for SRTP session establishment includes providing for interoperability of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and H.323 for Secure Realtime Transport Protocol session establishment include receiving a transmit key in a first protocol from a first endpoint. The transmit key is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070201513 - Method and apparatus for real-time application-driven resource management in next generation networks: The present invention specifies the mechanism for supporting end-to-end quality of service (QoS) reservations for an implicit reservations model using a Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF) apparatus. The invention teaches how to implement implicit resource reservations using the open-standard Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF), which is being standardized... Agent: Lucent Technologies, Inc.

20070201514 - Time slot position coding: Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the bitstream includes one or more data structures (e.g.,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070201515 - System and method for bypassing data from egress facilities: An open architecture platform bypasses data from the facilities of a telecommunications carrier, e.g. an incumbent local exchange carrier, by distinguishing between voice and data traffic, and handling voice and data traffic separately. An SS7 gateway receives and transmits SS7 signaling messages with the platform. When signaling for a call... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070201516 - Dtv transmitting system and receiving system and method of processing broadcast signal: A DTV transmitting system includes a first pre-processor for coding first enhanced data having a high priority for forward error correction (FEC) at a first coding rate and expanding the first enhanced data at a first expansion rate, and a second pre-processor for coding second enhanced data having a low... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang &