Multiplex communications inventions 12/07

20070297319 - Compression in cable data service: A method for compression in cable data service includes the steps of providing data over protocol layers, and compressing at a data over cable service interface specification layer within the protocol layers. Compressing at the data over cable service interface specification layer includes compression at all layers of the protocol... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20070297320 - Wireless control system for ground-mobile robotic vehicles: A wireless control system for ground-mobile robotic systems in which communication between the operator control unit and the unmanned ground vehicle is transmitted via a plurality of spectrally efficient simplex communication links.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070297323 - Ofdm communication system and ofdm communication method: In an OFDM communication system that performs OFDM data communication by dividing a band region into a plurality of bands and assigning each band to a mobile station, a base station monitors transmission characteristics of the bands and state of use of adjacent bands, then sets whether to use or... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070297322 - Ofdm modulation/demodulation system: A radio relay system (1) comprises a wireless camera (11) and a signal receiving relay station (12). The wireless camera (11) wirelessly transmits signals to the signal receiving relay station (12) by using the OFDM modulation method. The wireless camera (11) and the signal receiving relay station (12) perform energy... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070297321 - Ofdm transmitting and receiving apparatus: An OFDM transmitting and receiving apparatus comprises below units. A receiving unit receives an OFDM signal transmitted from a destination transmitting and receiving apparatus. A computing unit computes a value of a channel response characteristic of each of transmission channels corresponding to subcarriers contained in the OFDM signal received, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070297324 - Method and system for using the synchronization channel to obtain measurements in a cellular communications system: A method and apparatus that utilizes the synchronization channel (SCH) by the user equipment (UE) to obtain time synchronization information and to perform cell search. In order to perform the SCH detection, only a correlation between the known SCH signal and the received sequence is needed, hence the FFT is... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070297325 - Method and arrangement for arq data transmission: The present invention relates to automatic repeat request (ARQ) in data communication. In the method according to the present invention a sender and a receiver are engaged in wireless communication with each other, wherein the sender is provided with an incoming data stream of a plurality of protocol data units... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070297326 - Multiple bundle identification for calculation of a network protect path responsive to shared resources: Protection and working routes are determined responsive to shared resources. The administrative weight value of a route can correspond to the physical distance associated with that route. Once the administrative weight values are assigned, that route having the lowest administrative weight value is designated the working route. The protect route... Agent: Clements Walker

20070297327 - Method for applying stochastic control optimization for messaging systems: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for controlling when to send messages in a stream processing system. A policy is determined by utilizing probability statistics and a cost function prior to stream processing. The policy specifies under which conditions a message is sent eagerly and under... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070297328 - System and method for allocating resources using spot market and derivative market techniques: A method for controlling access to a system of finite resources with excess demand employs a two stage admission process. Subscribers are first admitted based on an initial bid price and resource availability. The market price is determined by the highest bid price among the rejected arrivals in the current... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070297329 - Dynamic quality of service pre-authorization in a communications environment: The claimed subject matter relates to systems and methods for authorizing services. A method includes receiving a set of data relating to Quality of Service (QoS) pre-authorization, and conditionally processing subsequent QoS configuration requests based at least in part on the pre-authorization information. Depending on the pre-authorization information corresponding to... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070297330 - Scalable link-level flow-control for a switching device: The present invention discloses a scalable flow-control mechanism. In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a switching device for transporting packets of data, the packets being received at the switching device based on flow-control information, the device comprising a memory for storing the packets, a credit counter coupled... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070297331 - Optimising resource usage in a packet switched network: A method of optimising the bandwidth usage on a Real-Time Protocol managed link transporting media from a Media Resource Function of a cellular telecommunications network to User Equipment. The method comprises monitoring properties of the link and, as a result of said monitoring, adapting the sending rate over the link... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070297332 - Distributed resource allocation in stream processing systems: A system and method for resource allocation includes, in a network having nodes and links, injecting units of flow for at least one commodity at a source corresponding to the at least one commodity. At each node, queue heights, associated with the at least one commodity, are balanced for queues... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070297334 - Method and system for network protocol offloading: Aspects of a method and system for network protocol offloading are provided. A path may be established between a host socket and an offloaded socket in a TOE for offloading a TCP connection to the TOE. Offload functions associated with extensions to the host socket may enable TCP offload and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070297333 - Packet classification in a network security device: Methods and apparatuses are described for inspecting data packets in a computer network. One or more data packets through the network have associated header data and content. One method includes receiving a data packet, examining the data packet to classify the data packet including classifying the data packet using information... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070297335 - Secure network architecture with quality of service: In a wide area network arrangement composed of some number of secure local networks and an Internet service provider (ISP) back-bone, LAN hosts are able to indirectly access network routers, through an ISP quality of service (QoS) module, to request that information transmitted during certain specified sessions be given priority... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20070297336 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing congestion in a multi-layer telecommunications signaling network protocol stack: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for managing congestion in a multi-layer telecommunications signaling network protocol stack. According to one method, a congestion parameter is set for a first layer in a telecommunications signaling network protocol stack. The congestion parameter is automatically propagated for... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070297337 - Apparatus and methods for determining availability and performance of entities providing services in a distributed system using filtered service consumer feedback: The invention concerns apparatus and methods that determine availability and performance of entities providing services in a distributed system using filtered service-consumer feedback. In particular, apparatus and methods of the invention filter service-consumer feedback in order to reduce the effect of circumstances unique to individual service consumers or to groups... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070297338 - Verification of path selection protocol in a multi-path storage area network: For a storage area network, verification of path selection protocol comprises disabling a switch port on a switch of the primary path of a data storage device; initiating an input/output command to the device; verifying that a failover occurred. The switch port for the primary path is enabled, an “immediate”... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20070297339 - Accelerated session establishment in a multimedia gateway: A method of establishing a reduced setup time session through a gateway includes receiving a first capability message transmitted from the first terminal to the gateway and receiving a second capability message transmitted from the second terminal to the gateway. The method also includes processing the first capability message and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070297343 - Broadcast reception device and method for renewing channel information in broadcast reception device: A broadcast receiving device comprising: a memory unit for storing a receivable channel information; a determination-information acquiring unit for acquiring determination information to identify a predetermined transmission condition of the transmission path; a determining unit for determining whether the transmission condition has varied, based on the determination information acquired by... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070297341 - Data transmission system and method: A data transmission system and method is disclosed, which is applicable to a network system having a server end and a plurality of user ends that connect with the server end and with one another. By categorizing the user ends into a high speed group and a low speed group... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070297340 - Techniques for correlation of charges in multiple layers for content and service delivery: In a method for correlating charges in a service layer and a network layer, first charging data is determined for a service layer based on content or a service purchased for a user. Second charging data for a network layer is determined based on transmission for the content or service.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070297342 - Information processor with digital broadcast receiver: According to one embodiment, an information processor comprises an error detection circuit having at least one of a synchronous byte interval detection circuit, a synchronous byte comparison circuit and an error indication comparison circuit which receives digital information, transmitted as packet data, by a digital tuner unit and detects packet... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070297347 - Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method for communication apparatus, and computer program: In a communication system including a plurality of communication apparatuses, each communication apparatus has a first operation mode in which the communication apparatus controls communication of other communication apparatuses and a second operation mode in which the communication apparatus operates under the control of another communication apparatus. A network independent... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070297344 - System for determining an optimal arrangement of servers in a mobile network: A system determines an optimal arrangement of servers within a mobile network. The system includes a plurality of nodes of the mobile network. Each node decides whether to become a server by determining whether a cost of accessing a server is greater than a cost of synchronization with another server.... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP

20070297346 - Method and system for monitoring and improving the quality of interconnecting cabling systems: System for coordinating the use of a mapping system comparing the physical connection status of a cable link in a network with the administrative data about said cable link in the network administration. The coordinating system uses data from one or several existing databases. Based on an analysis of the... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070297345 - Method for implementing virtual network element and system thereof: Disclosed is a method for implementing a virtual Network Element (NE), including: constructing type definition information of a virtual NE and a virtual board, which has all type parameters of an actual NE and board of the same type; obtaining the type definition information to construct a virtual NE entity... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070297348 - Service curve mapping: A method for configuring service curves for managing the output port of a networking device includes the following steps. A multitude of traffic classes is defined, each traffic class being characterized by a bandwidth and a delay priority. A multitude of traffic service curves is computed, each of the plurality... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070297350 - Componentized automatic provisioning and management of computing environments for computing utilities: The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for automatically provisioning and managing resources in a computing utility. Its automation procedures are based on a resource model which allows resource-specific provisioning and management tasks to be encapsulated into components for reuse. These components are assembled into more complex structures and... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20070297349 - Method and system for collecting information relating to a communication network: The present invention provides a method and a system for collecting information relating to a communication network. Data conveyed by nodes operating in the communication network is detected in a manner that is transparent to the nodes. The detected data is analyzed for identifying information relating to the communication network... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070297351 - Systems and methods for multi-slotted power saving multiple polling in wireless communications: Embodiments include systems and methods for scheduling transmissions of information in a wireless network. Embodiments comprise determining a service interval that is a multiple of a service interval granularity period, the multiple depending upon a type of information to be transmitted during the service interval.... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC C/o Intellevate

20070297352 - Methods and apparatus for combining session acceleration techniques for media oriented negotiation acceleration: A method of establishing a session between a first device and a second device. The session is established over a telecommunications network using an accelerated session setup technique. The method includes providing a first accelerated session setup technique and providing a second accelerated session setup technique. The method also includes... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070297354 - Signal mixer, signal transmitter and signal receiver: A signal mixer includes: a receiving unit receiving plural multicast packets each containing a DMX signal; a mixing unit mixing the DMX signals contained in the plural multicast packets received by the receiving unit; a generating unit generating a packet containing the DMX signal mixed by the mixing unit; and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070297353 - Method for access to a medium by a multi-channel device: Method of accessing a medium on a transmission system having at least two channels, in which a multi-channel device groups at least two channels for the purpose of increasing the bandwidth. The method enables multi-channel devices and single-channel devices to coexist by sending out a preamble and header on each... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070297355 - Hotspot location database system, mobile terminal for use in such a system and method for creating, maintaining and updating such a system: The invention relates to a hotspot location database system and a method for creating, maintaining and updating such a system. A hotspot location database (6) is created locally in a mobile terminal (1). The mobile terminal is adapted to monitor locations of available hotspots and store information in its local... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070297359 - Communication system: The present invention provides a communication system which includes a mobile communication apparatus, a modem, a gateway server, and a program processing apparatus. In addition, the communication system according to the present invention integrates mobile communication and instant messaging. More particularly, the communication system of the present invention is capable... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070297358 - Efficient wlan location in a wireless device: A wireless communications device having a localized preferred roaming list (WLANL), the WLANL having location specific WLAN AP information associated with it. A mobile wireless device uses the information in the WLANL to manage active searches for WLAN APs. In addition, the WLANL information can be used to mange active... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070297357 - Limited-use data rates in a wireless local area network: A wireless access point advertises data rates that it supports. A mobile station is permitted to communicate with the access point at one or more of the lower data rates only if the mobile station satisfies one or more conditions.... Agent: Integral Intellectual Property Inc.

20070297356 - Method and system for a transceiver for bluetooth and near field communication (nfc): Frequency conversion methods and systems for a transceiver for Bluetooth and near field communication. NFC data may be received and/or transmitted via the NFC radio and Bluetooth data may be received and/or transmitted via the Bluetooth radio. With an integration of frequency conversion for Bluetooth and NFC, both systems may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070297361 - Apparatus, method and software product for utilizing user equipment identification to add signaling information on a shared control channel: An apparatus, method, and software product are for masking a subframe of a shared control channel. A first part of the subframe is masked in a way specific to a user equipment, while using an identification of the user equipment. A remaining part of the subframe is masked using a... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070297360 - Happy bit setting in a mobile communication system: The invention relates to a mobile terminal communicating resource requests for dedicated uplink channel resources in a mobile communication system. Further, the invention also relates to a method for communicating resource requests for dedicated uplink channel resources in a mobile communication system. To allow the serving cell to detect “DOWN”... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070297362 - Radio communication system, system control unit, base station, communication control method, and program: A control unit collects transfer ability information of respective base stations, load information such as the number of mobile stations belonging to the base stations and a communication traffic amount, and information on base stations to which the respective mobile stations belong. When the control unit detects that a mobile... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070297363 - Method and system for managing communication in a frequency division multiple access (fdma) communication network: The present invention provides method and system for managing communication in a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) communication network. The method comprises reserving a first segment downlink time slot and/or a first segment uplink time slot for a first segment in the FDMA communication network. The first segment belongs to... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC 3rd Block

20070297365 - Control message exchange for wireless devices using directional and omni-directional transmissions: According to some embodiments, directional and omni-directional messages are exchanged between two nodes during a control message exchange procedure in a wireless network. In other embodiments, only directional messages may be exchanged during the control message exchange. These directional and omni-directional control messages are used to provide location information to... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070297369 - Method and apparatus for data framing in a wireless communications system: To conserve radio resources in a wireless communications system through sequence number reuse, a method of performing data framing uses a sequence number in a first protocol entity as a parameter of a security function, then reuses the sequence number in a second protocol entity for a predetermined function. The... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20070297366 - Synchronized wireless mesh network: A synchronized wireless mesh network is described where mesh nodes have one or more relay radios and multiple directional antennas aimed in horizontally orthogonal directions. A rectangular grid of such mesh nodes can include at least 4 nodes arranged in a rectangular formation such that diagonally aligned nodes are incapable... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070297368 - Voip communication control method and access point apparatus: A critical threshold value of the number of connections of VoIP communication by a wireless LAN is set to an access point apparatus. The access point apparatus records identification information of terminals each of which has transmitted a request for connection of VoIP communication. After the number of terminals whose... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070297364 - Fast handover in mobile communications networks: A method is described for routing of data in hierarchical mobility management systems with tiered mobile anchor points. Routing of data is switched from old to new communications nodes and regulated, by a controlling mobile anchor point having both communications nodes in its domain, to occur synchronously with the expiry... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070297367 - Method and apparatus for security protection of an original user identity in an initial signaling message: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes a control plane (C-plane) packet data convergence protocol (C-PDCP) layer which performs ciphering of a signaling message. The C-PDCP layer is activated upon power up of the WTRU and initial security parameters are loaded to the C-PDCP layer. An initial connection signaling message and... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070297370 - Real-time and non-real-time traffic handoff method and agent apparatus: In accordance with a handoff method, when a handoff of mobile terminal equipment from a previous foreign agent to a new foreign agent is detected, the mobile terminal equipment is doubly registered with either a home agent or a gateway foreign agent so that the mobile terminal equipment is associated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070297371 - Scalable wireless mesh networks: Multi-hop architectures of a wireless mesh network (MWN) compatible with the existing WiFi devices and potentially offering a much larger total capacity than a single-hop WiFi cell. The proposed architectures are scalable and do not have the hidden-terminal and the exposed-terminal problems intrinsic in a multi-hop environment that limited the... Agent: Groover & Associates

20070297372 - Sample acquisition timing adjustment: A telecommunications network participant, comprising means for digitising, as a series of samples, a received signal containing a succession of symbols, means for measuring time misalignment between the symbols and the samples and means for applying a fractional delay to the positions of the samples to reduce the misalignment.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070297376 - Lawful interception in ip networks: A method to provide lawful interception of a device in a network, the network comprising means to define Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN), wherein a lawful interception device of the network defines a Virtual Local Area Network where at least the device to intercept and the lawful interception device are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070297380 - Load balancing method for mobile communication system, base station and terminal: A method for preventing or correcting the imbalance in load among interlaces in communications based on CDMA whereby communication resources are allocated to the respective interlaces through an interlacing scheme. A base station measures load information on an interlace-by-interlace basis, and notifies the same to a terminal while the terminal... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070297377 - Method of creating security associations in mobile ip networks: A key distribution scheme is provided, which is useful for establishing, distributing, and maintaining security associations in a Mobile IP network. An authentication server performs an initial validation of a new session and generates a root key which it delivers to the initial access gateway and to the home agent.... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20070297373 - Method, system and computer program product for providing session initiation/delivery through a wlan to a terminal: A method for saving power, at a mobile terminal, includes receiving a call, at a network entity, wherein the call contains information relating to transmission of the call from the network entity to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal operates in first and second communications networks, which are different. The... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070297374 - Neural network-based mobility management for self-partition detection and identification of mobile ad hoc radio networks: A method of managing an ad hoc communications network of wireless devices or nodes. The network is connected if all nodes can communicate with each other and otherwise partitioned. Partitions are identified by recursively applying a connectivity function to a connectivity matrix representative of the network. The number of times... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. -- Boeing

20070297378 - Selection of access interface: A method for automated selection of an access interface and a source address for communication between a communication device and a network node in a communication system, comprising: executing a first selection routine for considering at least one first policy on access interface allocation; and executing a second selection routine... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070297375 - System and method for data transmission in an ad hoc communication network: A system and method for data transmission in an ad hoc wireless communication network is useful for improving network efficiency. The method includes determining whether both high priority data and low priority data are queued for transmission from a sending node to a receiving node (step 620). When both high... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070297383 - Apparatus, and associated method, or facilitating wlan selection by a mobile node: Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate selection of a WLAN through which a mobile node communicates. Selection takes into account the geographic positioning of the mobile node. The mobile node ascertains its geographic positioning by monitoring cellular-positioning signals. And, availability of WLANs through which to communicate is... Agent: Research In Motion, Ltd

20070297381 - Band allocation method and radio communication system: A radio communication system for covering a service area with a plurality of cells and dividing and allocating a system band of each cell to a mobile station has a division pattern server and a base station. The division pattern server decides a division pattern indicating a pattern of dividing... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070297382 - Dual packet configuration for wireless communications: A dual packet configuration for wireless communications including a first portion that is modulated according to a serial modulation and a second portion that is modulated according to a parallel modulation. The serial modulation may be DSSS whereas the parallel modulation may be OFDM. The first portion may include a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070297379 - Methods and systems for processing overhead reduction for control channel packets: Various methods and systems receiving information from an access point over a wireless link in order to reduce processing and/or transmission overhead are disclosed. Such methods and systems may include the processing of a received packet using a descrambling operation on at least a portion of the packet's information based... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070297384 - Media terminal adapter (mta) initialization process display by use of an embedded caller name and caller identification: Systems and methods are disclosed for a media terminal adapter (MTA) that gathers and reports steps of an initialization process as well as other information. The MTA tracks each completed step via a state machine and subsequently converts the steps and other information into an FSK format. FSK data is... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20070297385 - Multi-carrier communication method, and base station and mobile station used therefor: The present invention is a multi-carrier communication method for carrying out communication between a mobile station and a base station with the use of a plurality of carrier frequencies within the same area, wherein a reception quality correspondent value of each of the plurality of carrier frequencies in the mobile... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070297386 - Method and system for scheduling uplink transmissions in a single carrier frequency division multiple access system: A method and system for scheduling uplink transmissions in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) system are disclosed. A Node-B receives a scheduling request from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The Node-B selects at least one subcarrier block having a certain bandwidth for the WTRU based on quality... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070297387 - Content and channel aware object scheduling and error control: A method and system for wireless data communication. A request is accepted for communication of a data collection including a plurality of data objects. For each of the plurality of data objects, content importance and error resilience properties are evaluated. A transmission order of the data objects is determined based... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070297388 - Method for routing data in networks: A method for routing data in a network is disclosed. As an example, a method for routing data in a wireless mesh network is disclosed. The method determines what type of data is to be routed, associates the type of data with one or more routing link performance parameters such... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070297390 - Method and arrangement for controlling a multimedia communication session: A method and arrangement for controlling a multimedia communication session between a first terminal and a second terminal, the session being divided into a circuit-switched part and a packet-switched part. A notification on an event occurring in one of said circuit-switched and packet-switched parts is received in a common session... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070297392 - Method for controlling a gateway by means of a protocol arranged therebetween and gateway for carrying out said method: The invention relates to a method for controlling a gateway which joins together a first communication network (6) and a second communication network (4). The second communication network (4) comprises a first protocol which is used to signal connections, the gateway (3-5) comprises a first interface (20,40) for the first... Agent: Novak Druce Deluca & Quigg, LLP

20070297389 - Methods and apparatus for controlling signalling gateways: A method is described for operating a signalling gateway comprising determining information enabling an application server to identify a signalling gateway process to which to direct a message destined for a particular point code and making said information available to the application server. In preferred embodiments, the information takes the... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070297391 - Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using ip transfer network: Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay exchanger is applied to the... Agent: Robert Popa C/o Ladas & Parry, LLP

20070297393 - Terminal-to-terminal communication control system for ip full service: The present invention relates to a terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using an IP network characterized in that: in order for a mobile telephone set to have a telephone communication with a fixed telephone set by way of a mobile communication network and an IP network, the mobile communication network... Agent: Richard P. Berg, Esq. C/o Ladas & Parry

20070297395 - Apparatus and method for automatically refreshing a display of a telephone: Methods and apparatus for refreshing a display of a telephone. A telephone apparatus includes a telephone having a display panel and function by which a user can access a plurality of communication services provided over a communication network. The function may represent a given set of conditions associated with a... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070297396 - Secure and automatic provisioning of computer systems having embedded network devices: A provisioning method and mechanism for computer systems having embedded network devices. After an initial boot-up of a computer platform, an out-of-band (OOB) controller automatically connects to a corporate DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server to obtain an IP (Internet Protocol) address and a domain name in which the computer... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20070297394 - Telephony and data network services at a telephone: A packetised data network includes IP telephones (ITs) and a network intelligence (NI). All of the keys of each IT are “soft” keys (i.e., they have no fixed function). The NI associates a configuration data structure with the IT which correlates the keys with functions, and, based on this, may... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070297397 - Memory systems for automated computing machinery: Memory systems are disclosed that include a memory controller; a memory bus terminator; a high speed memory bus that interconnects the memory controller, the memory bus terminator, and at least one memory module, where memory module includes a memory hub device, high speed random access memory served by the memory... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070297398 - Multi-band rf combiner: An RF (radio frequency) combiner utilizes RF filtering cavities and transmission paths incorporated into an RF impervious material. This allows traditional stand-alone multiplexers to be integrated into a single device without using signal loss-inducing cables and connections between the multiplexers. The simplicity of the RF combiner allows for RF filters... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070297399 - Load sharing in multi-access systems: In a multi-access system, an access selection principle is achieved by selecting a signal strength threshold level based on a determined load level (ULOCAL) in a first access network. A new user in an area commonly covered by more than one access network attempts to allocate to the first access... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070297401 - Method and apparatus of precedence identification for real time services: Disclosed is a system and method for transmitting a data packet from a source to a destination via a network path having a number of hops. The sum of a playback delay associated with the data packet and the number of hops are stored in a header of the data... Agent: Law Office Of Jeffrey M. Weinick, LLC

20070297402 - Method and system for internet protocol address concatenation: A method and system for transmitting packets having a first address length on a core network supporting a second address length, where the second address length is larger than the first address length by determining a length of the first address and establishing an offset to the first address such... Agent: Alan M. Weisberg Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20070297400 - Port redirector for network communication stack: A controllable port redirector comprising a stack module insertable within a communication protocol stack, preferably between the data-link and the network layer. The redirector uses a rule base, at least partially downloaded from a control host, to decide on redirection of selected packets. The invention further provides a method for... Agent: Saltamar Innovations

20070297404 - System and method for managing messages transmitted in an interconnect network: The system for managing messages transmitted in an interconnect network connecting blocks on a chip comprises agents linked by point-to-point links able to transmit, by static routing, messages comprising a priority information item quantified on N levels. The system comprises at least one agent (1) initiating request messages to at... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070297405 - Method of operating a network: A method of operating a data network 100, of the type in which a number of inter-connected router devices (115-117, 123-124, 131-133, 141-145) forward received packets of data towards a destination node in accordance with a routing table associated with each router. The method comprises: assigning a trust value to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070297403 - System and method for fast packet data connection setup: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for a setting up a packet data connection in a wireless network. In one example, a method may include receiving a packet data channel request and an invitation message at a first node over an air interface from a mobile device.... Agent: Timothy F. Bliss

20070297407 - Communication apparatus and communication system: A communication apparatus that constitutes a communication system including a group of communication apparatuses identified by a first identifier, and includes a storage unit, a control unit, and a broadcasting unit. The storage unit is configured to store a first identifier of a group to which the communication apparatus belongs.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070297406 - Managing multicast groups: In a system supporting multicast operations between endpoints (e.g., between writer devices and listener devices) coupled to a switch fabric, multicast groups may be managed such that switches may be configured or reconfigured when endpoints are added to or removed from the multicast groups. Multicast groups may be managed by... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20070297408 - Message control system in a shared hosting environment: In a shared hosting environment, a message sender is identified based on a system identification of the sender. The system identification is controllable and accessible in the shared hosting environment. Properties of the message are evaluated based on a predetermined rule. The message is distributed upon compliance of the message... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070297409 - Message indentification system and method: A message identification system and method, which is applicable to an electronic communication device capable of sending and receiving messages; includes the following steps: acquiring the communication number of a sending end whose sending message is received by the electronic communication device; comparing the communication number of the sending end... Agent: Ishimaru & Zahrt LLP

20070297411 - Method and device for generic framing procedure encapsulation: A method for Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) encapsulation includes: cascading a plurality of protocol data units to form a cascaded packet; and encapsulating the cascaded packet to obtain a GFP frame. A device for GFP encapsulation includes a cascading module, for cascading a plurality of protocol data units to form... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070297410 - Real-time stateful packet inspection method and apparatus: A real-time stateful packet inspection method and apparatus is provided, which uses a session table processing method that can efficiently generate state information. In the apparatus, a session table stores session data of a packet received from an external network. A hash key generator hashes a parameter extracted from the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070297412 - Method and apparatus for forwarding data in forwarding networks: A method for forwarding data in forwarding networks includes: acquiring a signal transmitted from a source node to a target node in the forwarding network; selecting an antenna which is closest to the target node or a subordinate forwarding node, according to a corresponding relationship between antennas and nodes in... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070297413 - Prevention of spoofing in telecommunications system: In a packet radio network a packet data address is activated for a terminal for transmitting data packets between the terminal and an external network. Information on the activated packet data address is stored at least in the edge nodes of the network. To prevent spoofing, i.e., misrepresentation of sender... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070297416 - Systems and methods for adaptive throughput management for event-driven message-based data: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for communicating data including prioritizing data by assigning a priority to the data, analyzing a network to determine a status of the network, and communicating the data based at least in part on the priority of the data and the status... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070297415 - Apparatus and method of scheduling data packet in a communication system: An apparatus and method of scheduling data packets in a communication system are provided, in which the number of first-type data packets to be transmitted with priority is determined according to a predetermined criterion from among total first-type data packets, and the determined number of first-type data packets and second-type... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070297414 - Cooperative operation of network transport and network quality of service modules: Methods, systems, and apparatus provide efficient and flexible networking quality of service as well as transport protocol design. A hybrid transport/network quality of service (HNTQ) scheme improves the performance of TCP over specific links or network paths that are subject to high latency, a high bandwidth-delay product, high packet loss,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070297417 - Classification and verification of static file transfer protocols: Classification and verification of static file transfer protocols is provided. A network node sitting in the path of packets classifies traffic according to its content, and then statistically verifies that the content actually matches the initial classification. Classification and verification are standard building blocks in networks systems that provide quality-of-service.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070297419 - Message routing in a telecommunication system: A method for routing message traffic over a communication network. In one example, the method comprises receiving, at a first server, a request from a subscriber terminal and transmitting, from the first server to a subscriber location function of the network, a message requesting routing information to a user database... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070297418 - Method and apparatus for identifying and monitoring voip media plane security keys for service provider lawful intercept use: A mechanism is described that enables encrypted end-point communications in a VoIP network to be accessed by a service provider. The mechanism includes a session information retrieval component which gathers session information such as encryption keys for each session that traverses a network element. The encryption keys may be used... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070297420 - Ethernet-to-atm interworking that conserves vlan assignments: Interworking of first and second networks (12, 14) is accomplished by an interworking facility (30) that serves to map the destination address in first frames received from the first network into second destinations addresses compatible with the second network. To conserve such mapping the assignments, the first network encapsulates information... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070297421 - Communications network: In an embodiment, a temporary network is implemented by locating a plurality of battery-powered Wi-Fi access points throughout a local area. A controller is also located within the local area. A network connectable device is provided to communicate with the plurality of battery-powered Wi-Fi access points and the controller. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070297422 - Information delivery system, delivery request program, transfer program, delivery program, and the like: In an information delivery system including a plurality of node devices connected each other to thereby configure a network, a first node device includes a device for transmitting request information based on unique identification information corresponding to specific common information and request number information indicative of request number of node... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070297424 - Method for ip-based service transport: A method for service transport and a method for IP-based service transport are disclosed. The calling and called parties negotiate the type of a service and a corresponding codec scheme before a call is set up, and after the call is set up normally, during the call, the MGW keeps... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070297423 - Terminal-to-terminal communication connection control method using ip transfer network: Both a connection server and a relay connection server are installed in an IP transfer network; a function similar to a line connection control of a subscriber exchanger is applied to a connection server; a function similar to a line connection control of a relay exchanger is applied to the... Agent: Robert Popa C/o Ladas & Parry, LLP

20070297426 - Local peer-to-peer digital content distribution: Electronic devices such as media players are configured for participation in activities relating to local, peer-to-peer distribution of digital content. In an exemplary distribution transaction, digital content items such as audio files, video files, text files, multimedia files, data files, playlists, and metadata are distributable between a source device and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070297428 - Port pooling: In one embodiment, methods and systems for port pooling are described. An interface may communicate with at least one physical server. The at least one physical server may host a plurality of virtual servers and be connectable via a plurality of gateway ports to a storage area network (SAN). A... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070297425 - Systems and methods for establishing a network over a substation dc/ac circuit: A system and method for transmitting data within a utility substation in which a utility substation power line coupled to a voltage source is used to power a gateway and one or more network devices. The gateway generates a network signal that is communicated onto the power line by a... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070297429 - Media flow bridging device and media service system: A media flow bridging device includes a control module for receiving control message, performing media negotiation and controlling service process; and an RTP module connected with the control module, for processing RTP protocols and transferring media flows. A system for media service includes: a control device for processing signaling and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070297427 - Media gateway: Disclosed is a media gateway that processes AV signals offered over various channels into AV stream data and wirelessly transmits the AV stream data to a client such as PC or TV The media gateway includes: a broadcast signal receiver for selecting a broadcast signal and dividing the selected broadcast... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070297430 - Terminal reachability: A communication network for providing seamless peer-to-peer connectivity between nodes of different communication network environments, the communication network comprising at least one tunneling server comprising an access unit for providing access to the communication network and an addressing unit for assigning a dynamic address of a first addressing scheme routable... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070297431 - System, method and apparatus for a resend response: An embodiment generally relates to a method of maximizing network efficiency. The method includes determining a state of a connect attempt from a network and re-transmitting a connect attempt response message to the network in response to the network's connect attempt being in a pending state after an attempt to... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP

20070297432 - Host-controlled network interface filtering based on active services, active connections and active protocols: A network interface performs filtering of inbound packets based on information maintained in a shared memory that indicates active services, active connections and active protocols. A network control mechanism running on the host computer system writes information to the shared memory to indicate which services, connections and protocols are currently... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070297434 - Mechanism for detecting and clearing i/o fabric lockup conditions for error recovery: A computer implemented method, apparatus and mechanism for recovery of an I/O fabric that has become terminally congested or deadlocked due to a failure which causes buffers/queues to fill and thereby causes the root complexes to lose access to their I/O subsystems. Upon detection of a terminally congested or deadlocked... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070297433 - Method and apparatus for double buffering: A double buffering device and operating method thereof are provided to provide data to a second device, comprising a controller, a first buffer and a second buffer, a bus and a software unit. The controller controls data access. The first and second buffers coupled to the controller store the data.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070297435 - Method for priority based queuing and assembling of packets: Data packets having different assigned priorities are multiplexed by operating a queue for each different priority of data packet and assembling groups (80) of the data packets for transmission. Each group has two portions. A first portion (90) of the group is populated with data packets selected from one or... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070297436 - Method for scheduling wireless communications: A system and method is provided for scheduling transmissions from a plurality of services operating over a widely distributed communications network. A headend communications device (such as a cable modem termination system) arbitrates bandwidth among a plurality of cable modems configurable for bidirectional communications. The headend grants a bandwidth region... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070297437 - Distributed switch memory architecture: A distributed memory switch system for transmitting packets from source ports to destination ports, comprising: a plurality of ports including a source port and a destination port wherein a packet is transmitted from the source port to the destination port; a memory pool; and an interconnection stage coupled between the... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070297439 - Selection of an access layer termination node in a multi-access network environment: In a mechanism to select an access layer termination node for a communication connection of a user terminal in a multi-access network, a connection parameter list is transmitted in a mobile IP registration procedure from a mobility layer network portion to a user terminal. The connection parameter list comprises prioritized... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070297438 - Standby time improvements for stations in a wireless network: Techniques to improve the standby time of a station in a wireless network are described. An access point may advertise or convey a maximum listen interval and/or an association timeout supported by that access point. A station may operate in a power-save mode and may wake up every listen interval... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070297440 - Apparatus and method for acquiring remote name in a bluetooth system: An apparatus and method for acquiring a remote name in a Bluetooth system are provided. The method for acquiring a remote name in a Bluetooth system includes performing an inquiry request to adjacent Bluetooth devices; sorting Bluetooth devices found during the inquiry request in order of Received Signal Strength Indication... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070297441 - Method and apparatus for preventing starvation in a slotted ring data communications network: In a slotted ring network, a node may transmit a non-renewable slot reservation with any unreserved slot. The reservation restricts other nodes from transmitting a new packet in the slot. When the slot returns around the ring to the reserving node, the slot will be available. Preferably, reservation is made... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070297442 - Expandable multi-computer switching device: An expandable multi-computer switching device includes a master switching module and a slave switching module. The master switching module includes a transmission interface, a plurality of ports coupled to the transmission interface, a hub device coupled between the transmission interface and the plurality of ports, and a master control unit... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070297443 - Synchronous and distributed data acquisition and transmission system: A daisy chained ethernet network data acquisition system for use in industrial processes is shown. The system employs standard category five twisted-pair connectors, each having four twisted-pairs associated therewith. Two of the twisted-pairs are employed for transmitting and receiving command signals and data, while the remaining two are employed for... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20070297444 - Resending control circuit, sending device, resending control method and resending control program: A resending control circuit for controlling resending of data to be sent to a sending destination, includes: a writing unit for writing resending information generated corresponding to each of data to be resent and including the resending point-in-time of the data in memory; a reading unit for reading out the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070297445 - Protocol translating device and method: A protocol translating device (20) for protocols translating, includes a protocol parsing module (200), an endpoint management module (210), a call control state machine (220), and a protocol primitive module (230). The protocol parsing module is used for parsing notices, and sending call events corresponding to the notices. The endpoint... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070297446 - Method and apparatus for transporting deterministic traffic in a gigabit passive optical network: A system and method are disclosed for transporting deterministic traffic in a gigabit passive optical network. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Optical Line Termination (OLT) for exchanging data traffic in a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) having a controller programmed to... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070297448 - Method and apparatus for instant channel change: a video transmitting means (112) adapted thereupon to transmit the video channel towards the decoding device, initially as a dedicated multimedia stream (UC_Chx) dedicatedly supplied to the decoding device and comprising an independent video frame (I) as first transmitted video frame, and further in time as a common multimedia stream... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070297449 - Radio protocol for mobile communication system and method: Radio protocol for a next generation mobile communication system is disclosed including a radio link control layer for connecting to an upper layer through a service access point provided in advance and for connecting to a lower layer through a plurality of logic channels provided in advance The radio link... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070297447 - Supporting application effectiveness in a network environment: A system for performing an application in a network-centric environment using capabilities attributed to the application. Each capability is assigned one or more priorities for the application. At least one node is configured to identify a change in the capabilities and negotiate in the network-centric environment to resolve the change.... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20070297450 - Method and apparatus for passing an application description to lower layer packet data protocol: A packet data protocol system for a telecommunications system includes an application control layer (214) of the packet data protocol system (200), a lower layer of the packet data protocol system, and an information element (302) that includes an identification of an application to be run in the application control... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070297452 - Zigbee device using neighbor table and data transmission method of the zigbee device: The Zigbee device including: a memory storing the neighbor table for writing address information of a device; a controller acquiring the address information of the device present within electrical power enabling Zigbee communication according to a network connection type defined in a Zigbee alliance, writing the address information in the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070297451 - Apparatus and method for communicating mac layer data in broadband wireless communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for varying the length of an error check code of a PDU according to the length of a payload in a broadband wireless communication system. A transmitting apparatus includes a first generator and a second generator. The first generator generates a payload of a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070297453 - Data communication apparatus and computer product: A host computer in a communication system measures a round trip time (RTT) returned from a destination terminal when a connection is established on a virtual communication path on a network interface card (NIC) for each connection. When the RTT is larger than a predetermined threshold, the host computer starts... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070297454 - Systems and methods for multicasting audio: Multicast distribution network control tools enable access to AV programs, audio programs, and/or audio content, to filter one or more selected audio formats, and to route the selected audio format and any associated video program as a media stream to a multimedia device. Thereafter, the multimedia device receives the media... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20070297455 - Inserting auxiliary data in a main data stream: Auxiliary digital data are inserted into a main digital data stream, to be subsequently coded to produce a coded data stream, by identifying a component of the main data stream that will make substantially no contribution to the coded data stream. It is into this component that data from the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070297456 - Pulse disturbance weighting rectifier: A rectifier circuit used for weighting pulse disturbances in relation to the influence thereof on digital radio systems, comprising a cascade circuit of an effective value rectifier and a linear average rectifier, wherein a peak value rectifier is arranged upstream from the effective value rectifier.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070297458 - Efficient and layered synchronization protocol for database systems: An efficient and layered synchronization protocol for database systems is disclosed. A mechanism is provided for efficient synchronization of data between storage systems such as relational databases, object stores, etc. Synchronization capabilities may be defined and grouped into several levels that support specific scenarios. The levels may be defined in... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070297457 - Method for the synchronization of data, such as distributed data, taking account of clock drifts and inaccuracies: The invention also relates to a method of synchronization between data recorded and date stamped by said first machine (B) with respect to the local time of said second machine (A). In order to make it more flexible and robust, this method does not comprise a synchronization of said clocks... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070297459 - Synchronizing multi-channel speakers over a network: A server is arranged to distribute at least one stream of audio data corresponding to an audio signal to two or more speakers across a network. Each speaker includes a respective clock for regenerating the audio signal from the audio data. For each speaker, the server determines a relative rate... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070297460 - Multi-stream compatible multiplexer and demultiplexer system: In a process for multiplexing a plurality of transport streams, a transport stream ID and a local time stamp are added to each of the packets that form a transport stream, and in a process for separating a multi-stream obtained by multiplexing the transport streams, the packets forming each transport... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070297461 - Receiving apparatus for digital broadcasting signal and receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus thereof: In a digital broadcasting signal receiving/recording/reproducing apparatus, a recorded program can be immediately reproduced without performing complicated operations. Only a desired program and information related to the desired program are separated to be extracted from the digital broadcasting signal. Then, the separated/extracted broadcasting signal is supplied to a recording/reproducing apparatus.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070291632 - Method for detecting symbol timing of multi-antenna radio communication system: There is provided a method for detecting a symbol timing of a multi-antenna radio communication system. The method can significantly reduce a calculation amount in a space division multiplex OFDM system as compared to the conventional method, can detect an accurate symbol timing, and can easily be realized. In this... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP

20070291633 - Transmitting apparatus in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access system capable of controlling gain for variation of sub-channel allocation and method for transmitting data thereof: The present invention relates to a transmitter of an OFDMA system capable of controlling a gain for variation of subchannel allocation, and a method thereof. The transmitter includes a subchannel number determining unit, a modulator, a digital/analogue converter, and a gain controller controlling the gain. The subchannel number determining unit... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070291635 - Method and apparatus for switching between ofdm communication modes: An apparatus and method for switching between a first and a second Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communication mode includes a first step of determining an operational modulation scheme. A next step includes estimating a first performance factor for the modulation scheme in the first communication mode and a second... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070291637 - Radio receiver, signal processing method and program product: A radio receiver receives a signal transmitted through a radio transmission path. In the signal, a no-signal interval is inserted between orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. The radio receiver includes a determining unit to determine an overlap-addition number based on delay characteristics of a received signal, and an adder... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070291636 - System, method and computer-readable medium for detection and avoidance of victim services in ultra-wideband systems: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for detection and avoidance of victim services in ultra-wideband systems is provided. A detect and avoid module may calculate power averages of OFDM tones. The power of tones may then be measured and compared with power averages of corresponding tones. If a measured tone... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070291638 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data using space-time block coding: A space-time block coding (STBC) apparatus and method for a transmitter with four Tx antennas is provided. An input symbol sequence is transmitted through the four Tx antennas in a predetermined method based on feedback information received from a receiver, thereby improving the performance of an STBC.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070291639 - Apparatus and methods for communicating using symbol-modulated subcarriers: Apparatus and methods for selecting a transmit power level and subcarrier modulation assignments based on measured channel conditions to achieve a performance level for communications over a symbol-modulated subcarrier communication channel are provided. In some embodiments, the transmit power level may be changed depending on whether a desired packet error... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070291634 - Hybrid multiple access apparatus and method in a mobile communication system: A hybrid multiple access apparatus and method in a mobile communication system supporting various multiple access schemes are provided, in which an initial service negotiation is performed in a non-orthogonal transmission scheme between an MS and a BS, the BS receives from the MS an orthogonal resource request for high-speed... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070291641 - Channel estimation in a wireless communication system: A plurality of communication bursts are transmitted substantially simultaneously in a time slot of a time division duplex/code division multiple access communication system. The communication system has a maximum number of K midamble shifts. Each burst has an assigned midamble. Each midamble is a shifted version of a basic midamble... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20070291640 - Communication system and method of dynamic space-frequency-division multiple-access for uplink from terminals to base-station: Embodiments of the present invention include a system and method of dynamic space-frequency-division multiple-access for the uplink from terminals to a base-station. The system includes a base-station and multiple terminals. According to different spatial mapping modes, the base-station performs an optimization computation using an optimization function in order to obtain... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070291642 - Nas system and information processing method for the same: Enhancing expansion of a NAS system without restrictions from a communication network. In the NAS system having existing NAS units and disk storage apparatuses, when adding another NAS unit and disk storage apparatus to expand the system, FC ports of the NAS units are loop-connected to one another via an... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070291643 - Stateless call admission and call preemption with a single metering and marking scheme: A method and system for call admission and preemption in a network having an ingress node and an egress node defining an ingress/egress node pair, and one or more core nodes located in a path between the ingress node and the egress node and configured to mark packets exceeding an... Agent: Cindy S. Kaplan

20070291644 - Method and device for scheduling packets for routing in a network with implicit determination of packets to be treated as priority: A method of ordonnancing packets belonging to different flows comprises: a step (E58) of queuing each packet in a queue associated with the flow of said packet; and for each of said queues processed cyclically, a step of sending packets contained in said queue up to a quota for said... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070291645 - Instant service method for deficit-round-robin (drr) data packet scheduling: An instant service method and apparatus for deficit-round-robin (DRR) data packet scheduling are provided. The method includes servicing a current flow according to packet scheduling; activating a new flow according to an input of a new data packet; servicing the new flow immediately when the current flow service is completed;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070291646 - Retransmission control method and device: In a retransmission control method and device which can suppress or expedite a retransmission of user data depending on a processing congestion status or the like on a receiving side, a user equipment on a data receiving side transmits to a radio network control device on a data transmitting side,... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070291647 - Method and system for fault-tolerant quality of service: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a system and method for fault-tolerant QoS data communication including differentiating one or more message data into a primary storage, storing the differentiated one or more message data in a secondary storage if the primary storage becomes exhausted, prioritizing the one or... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070291648 - Voip voice quality remote for switch-to-switch connections: A method to reroute a call with a first and second termination point based upon Quality of Service (QoS) is disclosed. The method comprises establishing a quality of service threshold, connecting a first communication path between the two termination points through the network elements, testing said quality of service along... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20070291649 - Network system and network connection device: There are provided a network system and a network connection device which are adapted for handling a plurality of default routes. The network system includes a plurality of network connection devices, and each network connection device is configured to associate each of one or more default routes with an identifier... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070291650 - Methodology for measurements and analysis of protocol conformance, performance and scalability of stateful border gateways: Testing of Internet-Protocol packet network perimeter protection devices, e.g., Border Gateways such as Session Border Controllers, including dynamic pinhole capable firewalls are discussed. Analysis and testing of these network perimeter protection devices is performed to evaluate the ability of such device to perform at carrier class levels while being subjected... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070291651 - Communication system with improved medium access control sub-layer: A communication system which has a plurality of mobile terminals and a base station, each of the mobile terminals and/or base station comprising a medium access control sub-layer, upper layers of the medium access control sub-layer, and a lower layer of the medium access control sub-layer, wherein the medium access... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070291652 - Transmitting apparatus, transmitting-apparatus testing method, and computer program product: An information storing unit stores therein information on a connection status of transmitting apparatuses in a network and a usage status of a line between the transmitting apparatuses as access-path detecting information. A path establishing unit establishes a test communication path having a predetermined bandwidth for a test communication between... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070291661 - Communication apparatus, communication terminal device, communication system, communication method and communication program: A communication apparatus for performing data communication with terminal devices, includes unit acquiring, from the terminal devices, connection information items corresponding to the terminal devices, unit storing the connection information items, unit, when transmitting data to the terminal devices, selecting one of a first scheme and a second scheme referring... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070291654 - Memory access optimization and communications statistics computation: Memory access optimization and communications statistics computation are disclosed. A method may include receiving data unit information for a plurality of data units. Versions of partial network traffic statistic for the data units based on a current data unit may be prepared. A version of the partial network traffic statistic... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070291659 - Method and apparatus for enabling a network device to asynchronously access a set top box in a way that conserves network bandwidth: A method and an apparatus are provided for improving or optimizing the frequency at which the keep-alive messages are sent to a network device (e.g., an Internet service platform) from a set top box (STB) connected to a router or gateway. By improving or optimizing the frequency at which these... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070291658 - Method and apparatus for enabling a network device to remotely access a remote device via a network: A method and an apparatus are provided for improving or optimizing the frequency at which the keep-alive messages are exchanged between a network device (e.g., network server) and a remote device (e.g., a PC) behind a router or gateway. By improving or optimizing the frequency at which these messages are... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070291653 - Method and system for network-independent qos: The presently described technology provides a computing device capable of being connected to a node in a first network and capable of applying one or more Quality of Service (“QoS”) algorithms to one or more subsets of data communicated in the first network. The device is also capable of applying... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070291656 - Method and system for outbound content-based qos: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for communicating inbound network data to provide QoS. The method includes receiving data from an application, prioritizing the data by assigning a priority to the data, and communicating the data over a network based at least in part on the priority... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070291657 - Method and system for rule-based sequencing for qos: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method for communicating data over a network to provide Quality of Service. The method includes receiving data over a network, prioritizing the data, and communicating the data based at least in part on the priority. The step of prioritizing the data includes... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070291655 - Waveform quality feedback for internet protocol traffic: Techniques are disclosed for selecting transmission resources in a telecommunications system that comprises different networks, where the techniques are based on the quality of the waveform of transmitted media such as audio or video signals, in contrast to the quality of service of the network that transports the media. The... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070291662 - In-line content analysis of a tcp segment stream: A method for submitting a TCP segment stream to a in-line content analysis comprises: receiving from a TCP emitter a first TCP data segments stream corresponding to a given TCP connection between the TCP emitter and a TCP receiver; extracting and re-assembling a first byte stream from the TCP segment... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070291660 - Mesh network evaluation methods: Methods, software and apparatus for determining the quality of a wireless mesh network (ie a network comprising a plurality of access nodes supporting wireless communications both with user terminals and between themselves), comprises storing information relating to the access nodes, the information including whether or not each access node is... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070291663 - Method and apparatus for scale-free topology generation in relay based wireless networks: A method of placing nodes in an area that requires coverage, the method includes the step of creating a network topology such that the average path length is kept to a minimum number of hops at the time of placement of a new node, wherein a limit is placed on... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070291664 - System for using at least one mobile terminal device in a motor vehicle: A system for using at least one mobile terminal in a motor vehicle, such as a passenger automobile or a two-wheeled vehicle in particular, having at least one mobile terminal, a display