Multiplex communications inventions 11/08

20080291818 - Radio communication system: A radio communication receiver which includes an antenna array having at least two antennas to provide antenna diversity. The receiver is for receiving signals containing orthogonally coded data sub-streams derived from a source data stream. The receiver also has receiver circuitry, coupled to the antenna array, having a detection stage... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20080291819 - Soft-bit de-mapping device and method of generating soft bits for decoding: A soft-bit de-mapping device and method of generating soft bits for decoding quantizes a log-likelihood ratio (LLR) value for a received value using functions bits and channel parameter bits to generate the soft bits. The function bits are generated by quantizing an LLR function for the received value, which includes... Agent: Wilson & Ham Pmb: 348

20080291817 - Timing estimation in an ofdm receiver: A timing estimation system and methodology are provided. In particular, a first pilot is employed in conjunction with three acquisition stages. In the first stage, an attempt is made to observe the leading edge of the correlation curve associated with the first pilot symbol. In the second stage, a determination... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080291820 - Method for allocating frequency domain spread code in base station of mc-cdma communication system: The present invention relates to a method for allocating a frequency domain spread code in a base station of a multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) communication system. A code allocation priority is established based on interference between previously allocated spread codes and a newly allocated spread code so as... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080291821 - Orthogonal spread-spectrum waveform generation with non-contiguous spectral occupancy for use in cdma communications: The technology in this application solves these problems (and others) and meets the desirable goals identified above (and others). The technology spreads a signal over an available discontinuous spectrum, such as a radio frequency band, so that the spread signal only occupies the non-contiguous spectrum. In this way, CDMA transmission... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080291823 - Data driven connection fault management (ddcfm) in cfm maintenance points: A Connection Fault Management (CFM) maintenance point and method for providing Data Driven Connection Fault Management (DDCFM) in CFM maintenance points in a communication network. A Reflection Responder, an RFM Receiver, and a Decapsulator Responder are implemented in existing CFM maintenance points. The Reflection Responder selects frames to be reflected,... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291822 - Method and arrangement for failure handling in a network: The invention relates to failure handling in a tree sructure network (NW1) that has edge nodes (EN1 . . . EN4) and switching nodes (SW1 . . . SW4) interconnected by lines (L1). VLANs (VLAN1-VLAN3) are established such that at least one thereof provides connectivity in case of any single... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291826 - Dynamic load balancing for layer-2 link aggregation: Load balancing for layer-2 link aggregation involves initial assignment of link aggregation keys (LAGKs) and reassignment of LAGKs when a load imbalance condition that merits action is discovered. Load conditions change dynamically and for this reason load balancing tends to also be dynamic. Load balancing is preferably performed when it... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080291825 - Dynamically reassigning virtual lane resources: A system and method for dynamically reassigning buffer space during to maximize IO performance of virtual lanes is set forth. More specifically, the system and method for dynamically reassigning buffer space takes buffer space from unused virtual lanes and reassigns the unused buffer space to used virtual lanes, e.g., when... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Austin

20080291824 - Reassigning virtual lane buffer allocation during initialization to maximize io performance: A system and method for reassigning buffer space during to maximize IO performance of virtual lanes is set forth. More specifically, the system and method for reassigning buffer space takes buffer space from unused virtual lanes and reassigns the unused buffer space to used virtual lanes. For example, in an... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Austin

20080291827 - Systems and methods for dynamic quality of service: Systems, methods, and apparatus for routing are provided in which a connection track comprising a plurality of network or transport layer packets, received by a router, is identified by examination of header fields of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets. One or more quality of service... Agent: Jones Day

20080291828 - Detection of signaling flows: The embodiments of the present invention provide for methods, devices, and systems for providing quality of service (QoS) to network data that is received by an intermediate node in a local area network. In general, the embodiments of the present invention generally evaluate network traffic. Certain streams or flows are... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, PC

20080291829 - System for content based message processing: The present invention provides a packet having a message and a processing priority associated with the message. The processing priority is dynamically changeable by a function operating on the message. The present invention also provides a method for associating a processing priority to a message by receiving the message, determining... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291831 - Dynamic management of wireless transmissions: There is provided a method and devices for dynamically controlling transmission of communications in a wireless network, which comprises a managing entity and a managed entity that communicate which each other. The managed entity transmits updating information that includes indications of current resources available thereat and/or indications that relate to... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080291832 - Method for per-port flow control of packets aggregated from multiple logical ports over a transport link: A method is disclosed for controlling the flow of packets aggregated from multiple logical ports over a transport link. A directed flow control indicator is provided to the transmitting end station that causes a detected congestion condition. The directed flow control indicator causes the transmitting end station to suspend the... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080291830 - Multiradio control incorporating quality of service: A system for managing the operation of one or more of wireless communication mediums supported by one or more radio modules integrated within a WCD. A control strategy may be employed to evaluate and manage pending communication activity down to the wireless message stream level through the creation of operational... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080291833 - Method for buffer control for network device: Embodiments of the invention provide a queue buffer management method. For one embodiment of the invention, internet protocol data is generated at a data source device. The generated data is communicated to one or more network devices and received at the one or more network devices. Portions of the generated... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080291834 - System and method for efficient broadcast of information over a network: A system and method that can receive, buffer, and asynchronously combine data from various incoming data packets is disclosed. The system and method can do so by, first, receiving incoming packets of one or multiple generations that have incoming data and incoming metadata, with the incoming data of each of... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080291837 - Computer program product for determination of remote adapter and/or node liveness: The determination of node and/or adapter liveness in a distributed network data processing system is carried out via one messaging protocol that can be assisted by a second messaging protocol which is significantly less susceptible to delay, especially memory blocking delays encountered by daemons running on other nodes. The switching... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20080291835 - Method and apparatus for managing buffers for transmitting packets: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing buffers. A number of buffers present in a pool of buffers assigned to a network device driver are monitored, wherein the buffers in the pool of buffers are used to process packets of data for transmission onto a... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080291836 - Program, method and apparatus for collecting information: An information collecting apparatus judges whether the received packet corresponds to a monitoring target, adds identifying information to the judged monitoring target packet, adds process information indicating a user policy used in processing of the monitoring target packet at each function processing units to the monitoring target packet, and stores... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080291838 - Power save protocol interoperability detection: The present invention provides a method and apparatus featuring performing detection functionality to determine if a wirelessly connected node, point or terminal in a wireless network configured to operate according a predefined power saving scheme operates incorrectly; and adjusting the predefined power saving scheme when wirelessly connected with the particular... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080291839 - Method and system for maintaining high reliability logical connection: A method and system for maintaining a high reliability logical connection between hosts employs adaptive transparent pinging, clone blocking and bandwidth leveling to realize improvements in the areas of connection status verification, security and bandwidth management. In adaptive transparent pinging, a ping interval that defines a frequency at which ping... Agent: Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc.

20080291840 - Method and apparatus for selecting a network element for testing a network: A network element is identified from among a plurality of network elements to be used to test parameters of a network. The use of one network element to test the network provides more reliable results than using random communications from a plurality of network elements. The test network element is... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080291841 - Mobile wimax signal analyzing method: Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing portable Internet signals in a measuring instrument. The method includes the steps of (a) acquiring synchronization using a preamble included in a currently received frame, (b) acquiring the access parameters of a DL_MAP included in the frame, and checking the validity of the... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080291842 - Video quality assessment: The present invention relates to the problem of estimating the effect of packet transmission impairments, including packet loss, on the subjective quality of a video transmission where frames of data relating to the same video frame or field are permitted to span more than one packet. The invention provides a... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080291844 - Direct sequential network addressing (dsna): A system that includes a network server and a number of network clients connected to the server through a daisy chained network. These network clients include a clamper circuit parallel coupled to the daisy network, with the clamper adapted to detect a signal transmitted through the daisy network and adapted... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080291846 - Dual radio wireless mesh network access point: A dual radio wireless mesh access point is described herein. According to one embodiment, a wireless mesh access point includes an uplink wireless interface, a downlink wireless interface, a local wireless interface, and a routing unit coupled to the uplink, downlink, and the local wireless interfaces. The routing unit is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080291845 - Inter-domain map-finder: Link information is obtained about new or changes links in a communications system having a plurality of domains. The link information concerning a link between a first and a second domain comprises at least four pieces of information, domain identity of the first domain, domain identity of the second domain,... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291843 - Routing protocol selection based upon motion-inferred link metric in mobile ad-hoc networks: Dynamic routing protocol selection capability may be provided within a MANET without the cost of position and/or motion sensing or calculating hardware. The method manages and controls the discovery and maintenance of routes in the MANET, and may include determining additions and drop outs over time of neighboring nodes in... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080291848 - Information distribution system, terminal apparatus used in same system and recording medium on which is recorded a program, as well as information processing method: To provide an information distribution system which forms a tree-shaped hierarchical structure and distributes contents information, and in which it is possible for a connection destination of a terminal apparatus newly participating in a hierarchical structure of a distribution channel to be selected by a user of the terminal apparatus.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291847 - Topology and route discovery and management for relay networks: Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to route discovery and management in relay networks. In an example embodiment, a first message may be received at a first network station in a wireless network. It may be determined whether the received first message includes an identifier of a second network station... Agent: Brake Hughes PLC C/o Intellevate

20080291849 - Method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages: A method and apparatus for transmitting emergency messages is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device, of a communication system, having a controller element to send a selection of types of emergency alert messages to be transmitted to one or... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080291850 - Systems and methods for power line communication with refrigeration containers: The present invention relates to systems and methods for power line communication primarily with refrigeration containers, where the communication to and from the containers is performed as modulated signals transmitted over the power line. It is the object of the invention to achieve effective communication to and from containers without... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080291851 - Subchannel allocation apparatus: Subchannel allocation apparatus for allocating subchannels of a MIMO radio channel to a plurality of users, the MIMO radio channel having a first number of subchannels, each subchannel having a transmission capacity. The subchannel allocation apparatus includes a subspace determiner for determining a subspace of the MIMO radio channel, the... Agent: Edwardds Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080291852 - Method for optimizing near field links: In a Near Field Communications (NFC) link, the data link turn-around time is adjusted to optimize battery use while maximizing the data throughput. A receiving device immediately transmits any pending high priority control or data messages in its own queue in response to a message from the sending device, subject... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080291853 - System and method for pausing an ongoing transmission in a communication system: A system and method for pausing communications from a transmitting radio for a certain period of time in order to allow transmission of other messages. When a first radio determines that a message needs to be transmitted either to a second radio or the transmitting radio, the first radio determines... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080291854 - System and method for transmitting/receiving data by using a mobile communication terminal in a zigbee pan: A mobile communication terminal equipped with a Zigbee communication module for transmitting/receiving contents data in a Zigbee Personal Area Network (PAN) and a method for transmitting/receiving data by a mobile communication terminal in a communication system of the Zigbee PAN are provided. The communication system of the Zigbee PAN includes... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080291856 - Multiple access wireless communications system using a multi-sector configuration: Power control methods and apparatus for use in a sectorized cell of an OFDM communications system are described. Each sector of a cell uses the same frequencies and transmission times and is synchronized with the other sectors in the cell in terms of tone frequencies used at any given time... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080291858 - Power saving wireless local area network portable device: A system and method are provided for controlling bandwidth allocation in a wireless local area network (wLAN). The method comprises: expressing device bandwidth allocations in terms of a time base; in response to expressing the bandwidth allocation in terms of a time base, monitoring network communications; and, measuring the allocated... Agent: Law Office Of Gerald Maliszewski

20080291857 - Timeslot scheduling in digital audio and hybrid audio radio systems: The receiver may receive and decode the grant allocation message to identify OFDM symbols that carry information regarding the first service. The receiver may also receive the plurality of timeslots. The receiver may set a power mode of a component during OFDM symbols that indicate a status of the first... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080291855 - Wireless data networking: A meshing network comprising one full function controller (WDC) and a plurality of nodes (WDN, WSN), that is RF quiet capable with very low power consumption and the ability to quickly heal itself and create new network paths. The network uses an addressing scheme that allows for each node to... Agent: Gerald E. Linden C/o Stauffer

20080291861 - Equipment and method for providing broadcast/multicast service in mobile communications: A communications controller according to the present invention includes a network interface, and a control unit for, when the network interface receives a request information for requesting establishment of a new multicast communications flow, judging whether or not the new multicast communications flow can be established with respect to a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080291859 - Fm multiplex broadcasting system, fm multiplex broadcasting method, and receiver: An FM multiplex broadcasting system includes a central server for creating or managing data for FM multiplex broadcast and community servers connected to the central server over the Internet. The data for FM multiplex broadcast is transmitted from the central server to the community servers to provide FM multiplex broadcast... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080291860 - Multiplexing and transmission of multiple data streams in a wireless multi-carrier communication system: Techniques for multiplexing and transmitting multiple data streams are described. Transmission of the multiple data streams occurs in “super-frames”. Each super-frame has a predetermined time duration and is further divided into multiple (e.g., four) frames. Each data block for each data stream is outer encoded to generate a corresponding code... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080291862 - Secure communications for wireless mesh network access points: Techniques for secure communications among wireless mesh network access points are described herein. According to one embodiment, a wireless mesh network includes multiple wireless mesh access points communicatively coupled to each other via multiple mesh links and multiple end-user clients, each being associated with one of the wireless mesh access... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080291863 - Synchronization of media data streams with separate sinks using a relay: Relay devices and sink devices that provide synchronized audio and/or video outputs are described. A relay device receives a first communication packet from a source device. The first communication packet includes a data frame. A timestamp is generated. The timestamp is an estimate of a time at which content defined... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080291864 - Apparatus and method for remote beam forming for satellite broadcasting systems: A satellite broadcasting system is achieved in which remote beam forming processors located among distributed ground stations are used to control downlink beam footprints and pointing directions. Digital beam forming techniques allow a single satellite downlink broadcast antenna array to generate multiple simultaneous downlinks that can be pointed independently and... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080291865 - Multiple access spread spectrum switching methodology: A low-cost, low-power, low-complexity, small, high-reliability, robust, seamless satellite communication network is described. The network performs encoding of a user signal at the customer premises to enable routing of the user signal to an appropriate destination beam at the satellite requiring low power user signal processing. Routing information is embedded... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080291866 - Control station apparatus and base station apparatus: A control station apparatus ensures that, even if transmission times are changed and set, data of channels can be acquired at the receiving end. In this apparatus, a synchronization part (102) uses an RFN counter value and a BFN counter value to synchronize an RNC with a Node (B). An... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080291867 - Dynamic discovery of home agent with specific binding: The invention relates to a method for obtaining a home node address in a packet switched network comprising nodes. The method comprises the steps of a first node sending to a first home node of a home network a request containing information about a home address of a mobile node... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080291870 - Method and system for providing mobile wireless access points: A mobile access point is disclosed. The mobile access point includes a terminal module configured to provide one or more terminal functions for use by a user, the one or more terminal functions including a voice or data communications application, and a gateway module configured to provide one or more... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin LLP

20080291868 - Route protocol: A route protocol is established whereby a mobile device can communicate to a multitude of (receiving) base stations though a tunnel created through a serving base station. A message that includes a Route Creation Header can be transmitted by the mobile device to create the tunnel. The Route Creation Header... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080291869 - Routing method for mobile wireless nodes having overlapping internet protocol home addresses: In mobile IP wireless data networking, methods are described for correctly routing packets through a foreign agent to or from wireless nodes where the wireless nodes have the same home network IP address. Instead of using normal IP routing, the foreign agent uniquely identifies the wireless node's home network IP... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080291871 - Apparatus and method for preamble pseudo noise code allocation in broadband wireless communication system: An apparatus and a method for preamble pseudo noise code allocation in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes defining an inherent index for each FA, allocating a preamble PN index to base stations using a reference FA index, defining an inherent offset by each FA for... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080291873 - Hybrid coordination function (hcf) access through tiered contention and overlapped wireless cell mitigation: A method and system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells in a medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations and there is at least one overlapped station occupying both cells. An inter-cell contention-free period value is assigned to a first access point station... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080291872 - Selective rab assignment: Method of controlling radio access bearer setup in a radio network, wherein a set of pre-determined RAB setup criteria are defined, the method comprising the steps of—receiving from a mobile station an Activate PDP Context Request (1) including RAB selection parameter, —evaluating the request from the mobile station (not shown)... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291874 - Handover apparatus and method in a heterogeneous wireless communication system: Provided is a handover method, in which a call manager of a network having a Circuit Switching (CS) network, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, provides handover, from the LTE network to the CS network, to a terminal that uses one radio... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080291877 - Method of operating a mobile wireless network: A method of operating a mobile wireless network is provided, in which, when there is a relocation, the connection may be continued essentially directly from the latest state before the relocation. User data is transmitted between a mobile station and a first base station, the user data being combined into... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080291876 - Protocol architecture for access mobility in wireless communications: Access-independent mobility-enabling protocol messages are mapped into DIAMETER messages and communicated with peer entities using DIAMETER. Local access-independent mobility enabling protocol messages may also be communicated using DIAMETER. In one embodiment, the IEEE 802.21 media independent handover (MIH) protocol is the access-independent mobility-enabling protocol, and MIH messages are mapped into... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080291875 - System and method for transmitting/receiving neighbor bs information in a communication system: In a communication system, a base station transmits a message including neighbor base station information to a mobile station, wherein neighbor base stations in the base station include m first type neighbor base stations and n second type neighbor base stations, the message includes an identifier dedicatedly allocated to the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080291878 - Uplink synchronous control method and apparatus of the high speed shared information channel: The present invention discloses an uplink synchronization control method and system for the high speed shared information channel. The method includes: S102, a radio network controller assigns resources associated with the high speed downlink packet access for a user equipment and sends the information associated with the resources to Node... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20080291882 - Aggregated links: A method and a transport scheme for packets of traffic over a logical link made up of the aggregation of several physical links (16) connecting a transmitting side to a receiving side in which flows of incoming packets are sent to a scheduler/shaper (12) which selects therefrom packets for creating... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080291881 - Communication network: A communication network (10) comprising communication nodes (20, 20a, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90) operable to communicate data therebetween. The nodes (20, 20a, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90) include a mobile station (80) being operable to cooperate with first and second corresponding access points (70, 90), the first access point... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080291879 - Man-portable incident command platform: A man-portable incident command platform is provided. A controller for a rechargeable battery system is disclosed that evaluates whether a cover of the rechargeable battery system is open or closed; determines whether an AC power source is available; evaluates a charge level (for example, from a system management bus) of... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080291883 - Management procedure in wireless communication system and station supporting management procedure: Provided are a management procedure in a wireless communication system and a station supporting the management procedure. In the method, a requested station receives a location request frame including a location request option sub-element which contains a value for indicating a timing measurement request from a requesting station. The requested... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20080291885 - Method for communication of mipv6 mobile nodes: A method for communication of MIPv6 mobile nodes, comprising: the mobile node accesses network at access location and obtains care of address, calculating a privacy identifier PID using the care of address etc. the mobile node replaces its home address by the PID, and sends the PID and the care... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080291880 - Random access communication method and mobile communication system in mobile communication system: The random access communication method according to the present invention includes a mobile station transmitting a transmission continuation request signal which requests a continuation of transmission of random access data to a base station during transmission of the random access data, the base station judging, upon receiving a transmission continuation... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080291884 - System and method for transmitting/receiving signal in communcation system: A system and method are disclosed for transmitting/receiving a signal in a communication system in which a first communication system and a second communication system coexist, the second communication system being evolved from the first communication system and being capable of using a control signal and a broadcast signal used... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080291886 - Voip wlan conference calling via home wireless routers: A home wireless router establishes a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and services a plurality of wireless terminals within the WLAN service area including at least one Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) wireless terminal. The home wireless router receives a request from the VoIP wireless terminal to establish a VoIP... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080291888 - Method and device for carrying out flexible demodulation in an ofdm-cdma system: This method for carrying out the flexible demodulation of data modulated following an amplitude modulation in quadrature is used in a communications system employing a code division multiple access technique (CDMA) and an optical frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) using non-binary spread codes. The invention includes steps for determining a simplified... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080291887 - Mmse channel estimation in a communications receiver: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for calculating a channel response for use in received signal processing. In an exemplary embodiment, a method comprises calculating a channel response correlation matrix based on measured channel responses derived from pilot symbols in a received signal and forming a traffic data correlation matrix based... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080291890 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication control method of radio communication system: According to one embodiment, a radio communication apparatus includes a first reservation slot securing unit, a second reservation slot securing unit and a radio communication unit. The first reservation slot securing unit secures a first reservation slot for performing radio communication through a first transmission output in a radio communicable... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080291889 - Wireless communication method and apparatus: A wireless communication method and apparatus for the same performs access control in the following manner, where an acquisition of a right to transmit is performed by CSMA access control method, and a collision of transmitted data packets among different communication apparatuses is prevented for facilitating a stable transmission of... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080291892 - Assignment of primary and secondary synchronization code sequences to cells in a wireless communication system: Techniques for assigning primary synchronization code (PSC) sequences and secondary synchronization code (SSC) sequences to cells in a wireless communication system are described. At least one PSC sequence and multiple SSC sequences may be used for multiple cells in a Node B. In one design, the available SSC sequences in... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080291893 - Ofdm-based device and method for performing synchronization in the presence of interference signals: An OFDM-based device and method for performing synchronization utilizes a time-domain preamble of an incoming OFDM-based signal to compute an estimated fine frequency offset. The computation of the estimated fine frequency offset involves multiplying values of the time-domain preamble with conjugates of corresponding values of a selected base station time-domain... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20080291891 - Synchronization of a split audio, video, or other data stream with separate sinks: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for synchronizing one or more output/sink devices are described. In each sink device, a communication packet is received from a source device. The communication packet includes data and a source clock timestamp. A local clock signal is generated that is synchronized with a source clock signal... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080291897 - Access system for the provisioning of different communications sevices, and method for using same: An access communication system is provided which comprises at least one aggregation device comprising at least one automated switching matrix for connecting a plurality of communication devices with a plurality of subscribers. When a new subscriber is to be connected through the at least one aggregation device, the at least... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080291900 - Delivering unified user experience by automatically teaming up information appliances with general purpose pc through internet: An embodiment of the present invention is a method for server side integration of communication devices and the general purpose PC of the same user through a computer network wherein no physical connection is required between the PC and the communication device. The user registers with PnC (phone and computer)... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - IBM Arc Division

20080291896 - Detection of communication states: A method of determining an overall presence state for a user of a communication system in which the user is connected to the communication system using a plurality of devices. The method includes each of the plurality of devices storing in a device memory a presence state for that device;... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080291895 - Integrated access device, voice over internet protocol system and backup method thereof: An integrated access device, a voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) system and a backup method thereof. The VOIP system includes a first remote server, a second remote server and an integrated access device. The integrated access device includes a first Internet protocol interface, a second Internet protocol interface, a memory... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080291902 - Managing a buffer for media processing: A method and apparatus to perform buffer management for media processing are described.... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080291899 - Method and system for sending, routing, and receiving information using concise messages: A system and method are provided for communication between a communication device and a content provider associated with an internet domain name and a server. The system includes a network with a user interface, an internet connection, and an interface to the content provider's internet domain. A communication device user... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080291894 - Methods and apparatus to communicate using a multi-fidelity audio gateway: Methods and apparatus to communicate using a multi-fidelity audio gateway are described. One example method receives information associated with at least one communication service via a multi-fidelity audio gateway and selects at least one communication path for use by the gateway device based on the communication service.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080291901 - Network architecture for call processing: A network system for call processing, including customer premises equipment originating a call across a network, wherein the call includes private and public information; a session border controller directing the call information from the customer premises equipment to a public switched telephone network gateway, wherein the session border controller parses... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080291898 - Provision of telecommunication services: An apparatus (100), network and a method for switching-in and switching-off telecommunications or data services in a telecommunications or data network to a plurality of subscribers (102, 120, 122), the apparatus (100) comprising a first distribution matrix (104) connected to a crossover matrix (108) and a second distribution matrix (106)... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080291903 - Subscriber line circuit for communication systems and communication system: In one aspect a communication system is provided wherein subscriber line circuits are connected to the communication network via a packet-based network. The subscriber line circuit comprises protocol interfaces for communicating with different network elements of the communication system and for the bi-directional conversion of information, which is transmitted from... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080291904 - Telecommunications system for minimizing the effect of white noise data packets for the generation of required white noise on transmission channel utilization: Minimizing the effects of the requisite AGWN packets on transmission channel utilization without diminishing any of the aesthetic quality of the AGWN white noise on the voice or audio communication. A system for minimizing the effect of required generated background noise on said transmission channel utilization comprising the combination of... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080291905 - Systems and methods for real-time cellular-to-internet video transfer: The present invention provides systems and methods for real-time cellular to Internet video transfer during a voice call between an initiator and a recipient handset. In some embodiments, the systems and methods deliver the video stream in real-time from a cellular phone to a personal computer using the Internet.... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080291906 - Stateful switching between reliable transport modules for communicating with an external peer without losing the transport layer connection: Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, and means for stateful switching between reliable transport modules for communicating with an external peer without losing the transport layer connection. Primary and standby reliable transport protocol modules each maintain state concerning the reliable transport connection (e.g., data, segmentation, acknowledgements) such that if the... Agent: The Law Office Of Kirk D. Williams

20080291907 - Data-transmission device and method for transmitting data with a reduced outage risk: The invention relates to a data transmission device having a number of N uplink interfaces (E1, UP) that can be directed via a processing line (A, B) provided with a data processing component (T, LIC) to a starting element (F). The invention is characterized in that a first processing line... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080291913 - Detecting a timeout of elements in an element processing system: Provides methods, systems and apparatus for timer management of an element processing system wherein timer intervals related to elements to be processed can be handled in a time-efficient manner. An example method is a method for detecting a timeout of elements in an element processing system wherein a timer value,... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080291909 - Message delivery downgrading annotations: Selectively modifying a message delivery requirement of a datagram message at an intermediary network node between an origin and a destination. A message delivery requirement is defined for a particular message. The message delivery guarantee defines how to transmit the particular message. A downgrading intent of the particular message is... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20080291908 - Method and apparatus for mapping an appropriate service version for a client: Distributed data processing systems that provide services at two network addresses have their interfaces described in a published interface description document available at a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). The interface description of the second of the services replaces the interface description of the first of the services. Related methods, computer... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080291911 - Method and apparatus for setting a tcp retransmission timer: A retransmission timer of a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) session is set based at least in part on the predicted mean round trip time differential of the TCP session. For example, in one embodiment, after receiving a non-duplicate acknowledgment, the predicted mean round trip time differential of the TCP session... Agent: Albert Lee

20080291912 - System and method for detecting file: The present invention relates to a file detecting system and a method thereof. The file detecting system uses a signature of a file header and collects a network packet including a file to be detected among packets transmitted/received through a network. Subsequently, after the network protocol header is eliminated from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080291910 - Transitioning a virtual interface from one tunnel to another tunnel: Packet switch operating methods and packet switches provision a plurality of tunnels on a packet switch by associating each of the plurality of tunnels with a packet switch port and by configuring the packet switch to modify packets relayed by the tunnel to include a transport identifier associated with the... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080291914 - Method for implementing multicast: A method for implementing multicast in the MAC in MAC network, which method enables the operator's backbone network device to support the multicast copy ability based on the private network user, and allows the public network, which supports the MAC in MAC Layer 2 backbone network, to have the full... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080291915 - Processing packet flows: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first logic configured to determine an identifier associated with a packet and determine a flow count index associated with the identifier, and a flow counter, coupled to the first logic and configured to count a number of packet flows associated with the flow... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080291917 - System and method for designing and implementing packet processing products: A system and method for allowing a user to create instructions for building a packet processing integrated circuit. The system includes a user interface for allowing a user to define a desired packet processing algorithm (4) using a plurality of discrete packet processing blocks (22, 24, 28, 30), each of... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080291916 - Systems and methods for dynamic quality of service: Systems, methods, and apparatus for routing are provided in which a connection track comprising a plurality of network or transport layer packets, received by a router, is identified by examination of header fields of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets. One or more quality of service... Agent: Jones Day

20080291918 - System for strategic management and communication of data in machine environments: A system for strategic management and communication of data in machine environments includes at least one communication module for communicating data with an off-board system, the communication module being disposed in a machine environment and adapted for use with one or more communication methods. The system also includes a data... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20080291919 - Traffic distribution and bandwidth management for link aggregation: An apparatus comprising a plurality of ingress ports, a routing logic coupled to the ingress ports, and a plurality of egress ports coupled to the routing logic, wherein the routing logic is configured to transport a plurality of data frames associated with a plurality of data flows from the ingress... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080291920 - System and method for managing communications: A system and method for managing communications is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to transmit a packet along a logical tunnel established through an internet service provider, wherein the route of the packet is... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080291922 - Method of preventing transport leaks in hybrid switching networks by extension of the link layer discovery protocol (lldp): An apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a first data structure comprising a first virtual local area network identifier (VID) and a first forwarding type, comparing the first VID and a first forwarding type with a second VID and a second forwarding type in a... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080291921 - Pseudo wire label reflector, an edge equipment, a two-layer virtual network and a method of providing pseudo wire service: A pseudo wire label reflector, based on a existing label distribution router, further includes: a mode management unit, for determining the mode for switching and transferring a pseudo wire label message; a first session management unit, for saving the support information that LDP signaling session connection supports the pseudo wire... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20080291923 - Application routing in a distributed compute environment: A multi-level classification scheme for classifying subscriber traffic at a network node coupled between subscribers of network services and providers of the network services includes two levels of classification. The subscriber traffic is received at the network service node. A first portion of the subscriber traffic is selectively routed from... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080291926 - Distributed content storage system, content storage method, node device, and node processing program: m

20080291925 - Method and apparatus for interactive routing: A method to provision routes in a network having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting various nodes. The method includes determining a route between a designated source node and a designated destination node based on a preselected routing algorithm and one of (i) a designated node... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080291927 - Policy based and link utilization triggered congestion control: An apparatus comprising a plurality of ingress ports coupled to a plurality of upstream nodes, the ingress ports having an incoming data rate; and a plurality of egress ports coupled to the ingress ports and an aggregated link comprising a plurality of links, the aggregated link having a bandwidth capacity,... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080291924 - Transmission device: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a transmission device, that automatically generates transmission paths within a transmission network, includes a storing unit that stores first information that indicates an end user to which a link, where a transmission path is contained, and a path bandwidth, which is used to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080291930 - Handling quality of service in a communication system: A method of ensuring an end-to-end Quality of Service for calls traversing an IP Multimedia Subsystem. The method comprises interposing a Home IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway at the control plane between the IP Multimedia Subsystem and at least one non-SIP client. At the Home IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway, SIP signalling... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080291928 - Processing packets of a virtual interface associated with tunnels: Packet switch operating methods and packet switches assign a packet to a virtual interface. The virtual interface is associated with a plurality of tunnels. One of the plurality is designated a primary tunnel configured to accept packets. Other tunnels of the plurality are designated as backup tunnels and are configured... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080291929 - Providing connectivity between subnets of a wireless network: A method of providing connectivity between subnets of a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes each gateway of each subnet selecting less than all gateways of each other subnet of the wireless network. An adjacency is formed between each gateway and each of the less than all selected gateways... Agent: Tropos Networks

20080291931 - System for broadcasting between subnetworks connected via a router: The present invention allows the contents of network-wide broadcast in a first subnetwork to be passed to a second subnetwork even if a router is set to prevent the network-wide broadcast in the first subnetwork from going out of the first subnetwork. In response to the network-wide broadcast in the... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080291932 - Multi-protocol digital convergent system: The system and method herein for multiprotocol switching comprises multiprotocol switching cards, a user registration module and a billing module. The multiprotocol switching cards are used for switching at the system level, network level and application level. The multiprotocol switching cards are inserted in a plurality of slots. The services... Agent: Ashok Tankha Of Counsel, Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20080291933 - Method and apparatus for processing packets: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing packets for transmission. A set of interface specific network buffers is identified from a plurality of buffers containing data for a packet received for transmission. A data structure describing the set of interface specific network buffers within the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080291935 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for selectively discarding packets: A method, system, and computer program product are provided for selectively discarding packets in a network device. The method includes receiving an upstream bandwidth saturation indicator for a queue in the network device, and identifying one or more codecs employed in packets in the queue when the upstream bandwidth saturation... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080291936 - Temporary block flow control in wireless communication device: A wireless communication device (300) including a voice activity detector (330), and a codec (320) outputting an audio data packet based on a transducer (310) output after the onset of audio input thereto. A control module prompts initiating setup of a temporary block flow when the voice activity detector detects... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080291934 - Variable dynamic throttling of network traffic for intrusion prevention: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for variable dynamic throttling of network traffic for intrusion prevention are disclosed that include initializing, as throttling parameters, a predefined time interval, a packet count, a packet count threshold, a throttle rate, a keepers count, and a discards count; starting a timer, the timer... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080291937 - Transmission control protocol queue sorting: A device that queues and transmits data packets is described. This device includes: a queue configured to store data packets awaiting transmission; a controller configured to dynamically determine an order in which the data packets are transmitted from the queue; and a transmission mechanism configured to transmit the data packets... Agent: Pvf -- Apple Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080291938 - Connecting device for randomly connecting a number of transmitters and receivers, communication device and method for producing connecting device: A connection device for random connection of a first member of first transmission/reception units with a second number of second transmission/reception units has a switching matrix that includes a third number of controllable micromechanical switching elements that are respectively activatable to establish a connection between one of the first transmission/reception... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080291939 - Media converter: A media converter capable of converting digital data of a unidirectional interface to digital data of a bidirectional interface or converting vice versa and converting digital data in commercial use to digital data for consumers or converting vice versa so that consumers are able to obtain even high quality images... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080291940 - Switchboard for dual-rate single-band communication system: A switchboard device and methods of operation of same are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention may provide a flexible means of interconnecting wideband and narrowband communications interfaces, where wideband communications interfaces may transfer wideband data sampled at a higher sampling rate, and narrowband communication interfaces may transfer narrowband data sampled... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080291941 - Communication device, communication system, communication method, communication program, and communication circuit: In a client device (1) including OBEX, a lower layer processing section (13) below an OBEX processing section (12) generates a pseudo response command for a request command, and notifies the pseudo response command to the OBEX layer processing section (12). This makes it possible for the client device (1)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080291942 - Atm cell data transmission control: An ATM cell data transmission control process is disclosed for controlling the transmission of ATM cell data. To an ATM layer device for processing ATM cell data in an ATM layer, there are connected a preceding-stage device for transmitting ATM cell data to the ATM layer device through a UTOPIA... Agent: Jackson Chen Nec Corporation Of America

20080291943 - Method of modifying the power spectral density of a telecommunications line and an adjustment method using that method: The invention relates in particular to a method of modifying the spectral power density of a telecommunications line sending data from a sender terminal to a receiver terminal, the spectral power density being divided between a plurality of sub-bands of data transmission frequencies of the line. This method includes the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080291944 - Method for real-time synchronizing configuration data between element management systems and network elements: The present invention discloses a method for synchronizing the configuration data between an EMS and a NE, which includes: dividing the configuration data in the NE into several layers so that different configuration data layers include different minimum unit configuration data sets; setting a minimum unit identifier word for each... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080291945 - Scrambling methods for synchronization channels: Systems and methods are provided that facilitate generation and detection of synchronization channels in a wireless communication system. A one-to-one relationship is established among a set of scrambling codes (SCs) and a set of primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) sequences which are determined by a reusable sector identifier that is determined... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080285432 - Method for generating candidates used in turbo coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing system with selective mapping technique: A method for generating candidate used in TCOFDM (turbo coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) with SLM (selective mapping) technique, a user data is combined with a plurality of seeds to generate corresponding a plurality of message vectors. The method is characterized in performing tail-biting turbo encoding on the message vectors to... Agent: Hdsl

20080285433 - Reference sequence construction for fast cell search: A method and apparatus for fast cell search based on a chirp reference signal transmission is disclosed herein. A primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) and two secondary synchronization channels (S-SCH1 and S-SCH2) will be utilized. S-SCH1 will comprise a reference sequence having a first index value and S-SCH2 will comprise a... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080285434 - System, apparatus, and method for spatial multiplexing with symbol spreading: The present invention provides a system (400), device (200, 300), and method (200) for a spatial multiplexing (SMX) transmission scheme combined with symbol spreading and rotation using a pre-determined matrix R, which can greatly improve system performance without requiring additional bandwidth or power consumption under fast Rayleigh flat fading channels... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080285435 - Intelligent failback in a load-balanced networking environment: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for failing back network connections to a network interface card (NIC) within a computing device. The method includes the steps of monitoring a failed or unreliable NIC within the computing device, determining that the failed or unreliable NIC has recovered,... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285436 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing site redundancy in a geo-diverse communications network: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing an enriched messaging service in a communications network is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a first host operating in an active state at a first site in a communications network and a second host operating in a standby state at... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080285437 - Ethernet protection switching system: An Ethernet-protection-switch system comprising a first transceiver node having Ethernet ports and transmit/receive lines communicatively coupled to a respective one of the Ethernet ports. The Ethernet ports include one active-receive Ethernet port and at least one backup-receive Ethernet port. Each transmit/receive line carrying duplicates of a data packet sent from... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080285438 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing fault-tolerant service interaction and mediation function in a communications network: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing fault-tolerant service interaction and mediation function in a communications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing fault-tolerant service interaction and mediation capability. The method includes providing an active instance of a service... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080285439 - Method and system for protecting a communication network, said communication network including a transport network: The invention relates to a system for protecting a communications network comprising a transport network (3) and end-channel equipment (1) such as routers each connected to said transport network (3) by connecting sections wherein said protective system is provided with first and second protective systems. Said invention is characterised in... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080285440 - Mesh with protection channel access (mpca): A method for a communications network with a protect channel transmitting protect channel data and working channel transmitting working channel data includes transmitting the working channel data via the protect channel upon a disruption in the working channel, and restoring the transmitting of protect channel data, wherein the restoring includes... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080285441 - Intelligent load balancing and failover of network traffic: A hash engine in a network device driver maintains data on the utilization and error rate for each network interface card (“NIC”) within a local computing device. From this data, the hash engine intelligently selects transmit NICs and receive NICs based on various networking parameters provided from a software driver... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285442 - Vpls remote failure indication: A method for communication includes provisioning different first and second instances of a multipoint-to-multipoint (MP-MP) communication service over respective first and second alternative sets of links (44A . . . 44D, 48A . . . 48D) that connect a plurality of endpoints (24A . . . 24C, 28) in a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080285443 - Method for monitoring channel eye characteristics in a high-speed serdes data link: A method is disclosed for tuning each channel of a high-speed SerDes cable link interface arranged in a configuration linking a local side physical layer to a remote side physical layer. The method includes initiating an operational state of high-speed SerDes cable link interface, identifying flow-control packet Op codes not... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080285444 - Method and system for managing multimedia traffic over ethernet: Aspects of a method and system for managing multimedia traffic over Ethernet are provided. In this regard, multimedia traffic comprising one or more Ethernet frames may be identified via one or more headers comprising the frames and processed according to the identification. In this regard, general Ethernet traffic may be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285445 - Packet load shedding: Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to enhanced packet load shedding mechanisms implemented in various network devices. In one implementation, the present invention enables a selective load shedding mechanism that intelligently discards packets to allow or facilitate management access during DoS attacks or other high traffic events. In one implementation, the... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080285446 - System directing flow of packets by-passing policy-based application for processing by policy engine according to action specification in policy cache: A hardware-based policy engine that employs a policy cache to process packets of network traffic. The policy engine includes a stream classifier that associates each packet with at least one action processor based on data in the packet, and the action processor further acts on the packets based on the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080285448 - Intelligent load balancing and failover of network traffic: A hash engine in a network device driver maintains data on the utilization and error rate for each network interface card (“NIC”) within a local computing device. From this data, the hash engine intelligently selects transmit NICs and receive NICs based on various networking parameters provided from a software driver... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285447 - Session relaying apparatus, session relay method, and session relay program: In a data reception processor (210a) in a session relaying apparatus (20-3), a data amount monitor (201) monitors the data amount within the session relaying apparatus (20-3), a receivable amount calculating unit (212) requires a data receivable amount which is informed from the session relaying apparatus (20-3) to a data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285450 - Asynchronous transfer mode switch with function for assigning queue having forwarding rate close to declared rate: In an asynchronous transfer mode switch, a plurality of queues is provided for accumulating transfer cells, and a queue assignment processing section, receives a message for establishing a connection and assigns to the connection one of the queues having a forwarding rate close to a declared rate included in the... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20080285449 - Systems and methods for programming connections through a multi-stage switch fabric with blocking recovery, background rebalancing, and rollback: The present invention provides systems and methods for programming connections through a multi-stage switch fabric. The present invention utilizes load-balancing, blocking recovery, background rebalancing, and rollback algorithms to select and manage connection balance on center stage switches in the multi-stage switch fabric for new and modified connections. The load-balancing algorithm... Agent: Clements Bernard Miller

20080285451 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for system selection during service acquisition: An apparatus for system selection includes a processing element. The processing element may be configured to commence a search for a network service system, determine whether a real-time application is active, and select a network service system in response to a determination that the real-time application is active according to... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080285455 - Medium and system for controlling atm traffic using bandwidth allocation technology: A medium and system for managing asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic in a computer system is disclosed. The computer system is used in sending, receiving, or sending and receiving a plurality of ATM flows. Each ATM flow has a plurality of ATM cells, a minimum ATM bandwidth guarantee, and a... Agent: Ibm Rp-rps Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080285453 - Method for monitoring ber in an infiniband environment: A method is disclosed for tuning each channel of a high-speed SerDes cable link interface arranged in a configuration linking a local side physical layer to a remote side physical layer. The method includes initiating an operational state of high-speed SerDes cable link interface, identifying flow-control packet Op codes not... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080285452 - Remote monitoring of real-time internet protocol media streams: In one embodiment, a packet filter (or “trap”) is installed on one or more interfaces of a router, switch (intermediary) or other node in an IP network that identifies multimedia packets for a particular media stream. A packet replicator (or “cloner”) duplicates the identified packets allowing the original packets to... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080285454 - System for compressing multi-field rule specifications: The present invention relates to a system for storing a plurality of multi-field classification rules in a computer system. Each multi-field classification rule includes a rule specification that itself includes a plurality of fields and a plurality of field definitions corresponding to the fields.... Agent: Ibm Rp-rps Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080285456 - Method for selective load compensation: A method for distributing a traffic load on several ports of a switch involves reading traffic information from the switch, and passing the read traffic information to a processor. The processor executes an algorithm that initiates a precise examination of criteria of the traffic information. The method includes further determining... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080285457 - System and method for adjusting direction of data flow between i/o bridges and i/o hubs based on real time traffic levels: A system and method for adjusting direction of data flow between input/output (I/O) bridges and I/O hubs based on real time traffic levels are provided. The mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments provide firmware and/or hardware for monitoring data flow through an I/O bridge loop and corresponding I/O hub in order... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080285458 - Deadlock free network routing: According to this aspect of the invention, the number of virtual layers is defined initially, and the routing scheme is then generated using this number of layers. This provides complete control over the number of layers, so that it is possible to adjust the number of virtual layers to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080285459 - Method and system for audio/video bridging aware shortest path bridging: Aspects of a method and system for Audio/Video Bridging aware shortest path bridging are provided. In this regard, network nodes which are AVB enabled and capable of routing information based on a desired path cost and/or a desired quality of service (QoS) may be identified, and an AVB enabled path... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285460 - Method and system for fault resilience in networks with audio/video bridging aware shortest path bridging: Aspects of a method and system for fault resilience in Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) aware Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) networks are provided. In this regard, a path cost, which may be based at least on AVB compatibility, may be determined for each network path discovered between a first network node and... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285465 - Method for processing information reporting, information reporting device and system: A method for processing information reporting, including: obtaining event information when an REFE detects an event; and processing reporting of event information according to a control policy. An information reporting device, which is configured with: an event detecting unit, adapted to detect an event; a policy controlling unit, adapted to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080285461 - Method for remotely monitoring system: A method for remotely monitoring a system is provided. In the present invention, when a computer system receives a network packet sent by a remote device, it determines whether the network packet is a remote management control protocol (RMCP) packet. If the network packet is a RMCP packet, the data... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080285462 - Method to ensure that life-critical data is transported effectively and safely: The invention relates generally to a method to ensure that mission-critical data is transported safely and effectively across a wireless LAN, and more particularly, to a method which determines network latency under model network loads and ensures that the RF signal strength requirements are met for all RF coverage areas... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080285464 - Network identity clustering: A computer-implemented method for communication analysis includes monitoring communication sessions, which are conducted by entities in a communication network. Identifiers that identify the entities are extracted from the monitored sessions. The identifiers extracted from the sessions are grouped in respective identity clusters, each identity cluster identifying a respective entity. A... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080285463 - Tunneling reports for real-time internet protocol media streams: A router, switch, or other network node generates reports that contain packet level statistics and other information for a monitored media stream. The media stream reports reduce the amount of bandwidth typically required for sending monitored media stream information back to a central analysis device. However the computation of other... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080285466 - Interworking between mpls/ip and ethernet oam mechanisms: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a provider edge (PE) device, a transport layer status message indicative of a defect on a pseudowire (PW) running across a core of a service provider (SP) network. The status message is translated to a service layer message indicative of the defect.... Agent: The Law Offices Of Bradley J. Bereznak

20080285467 - Apparatus, system and method for calibrating and verifying a wireless communication device: An apparatus for testing a wireless communication device includes a receiver, a capture module, and a control module. The receiver receives at least one test packet transmitted from the wireless communication device. The capture module captures at least a portion of the at least one test packet. The control module... Agent: Vedder Price P.C.

20080285468 - Method and computer-readable medium for detecting abnormal packet in voip:

20080285469 - Computer replacing redundant communication routes, and programs and method for the same: Computer including at least a first and a second interface coupled to a network. The first interface holds a first address, and the second interface holds the first address and a second address. The computer transmits a packet having the first address as a source address from the first interface,... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080285470 - Determining an active/standby state from service readiness: Determining an active/standby state of one or more modules of a network element includes provisioning a path through the modules, where the path is for providing a service. A signal is introduced into the path, and the path is monitored. The service is established to be ready in accordance with... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080285471 - Call release in communication networks: A controller requests a gateway to release a call. The gateway then disconnects and communicates the disconnect to at least one additional network node along the end-to-end connection on the resource control level. In the case of a high level recovery of a controller a temporally close stop of charging... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080285472 - Intelligent failover in a load-balanced network environment: A hash table in the network device driver maintains data on the traffic characteristics for each network interface (“NIC”) within a computing device. If one of the NICs in the computing device becomes unreliable, the cost function in the hash engine allows the software driver to initiate network traffic redistribution... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285473 - Access and backhaul frame interlacing from time division duplex wireless communication system: A method, base station, and wireless communications system for interlacing Access and Backhaul frames in a Time Division Duplex wireless communication system. The method includes monitoring Access traffic and Backhaul traffic (604). Access traffic characteristics, Backhaul traffic characteristics, and corresponding frame control overhead information are determined in response to the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080285475 - Charging for network services based on delivered quality of service: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving quality if service difference data. Quality of service difference data indicates how a particular flow of data packets between a first end node of a particular subscriber and a different second end node differs from a particular quality of service level. The particular... Agent: Eugene Molinelli Evans & Molinelli PLLC

20080285474 - Dynamically troubleshooting voice quality: In an example embodiment, a method for dynamically troubleshooting voice quality. The method comprises generating a request to intercept a predetermined data stream on a network, acquiring a replicated copy of the intercepted data stream responsive to the request and analyzing the replicated copy of the intercepted data stream.... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080285476 - Method and system for implementing a forward error correction (fec) code for ip networks for recovering packets lost in transit: Certain aspects of a method and system for implementing a forward error correction (FEC) code for Internet Protocol (IP) networks for recovering data packets lost in transit may be disclosed. At least one forward error correction (FEC) packet comprising a first checksum of at least one selected subset of a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285477 - Radio communication method and system capable of reducing inter-cell interference, and its mobile station and base station: In a radio communication system in which each of a plurality of base stations performs radio communication with a mobile station by using one of frequency blocks, the base stations transmit pilot signals using frequency blocks and the mobile station measures the reception quality of the pilot signals of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285478 - Transporting gsm packets over a discontinuous ip based network: A system for transferring data includes an interface configured to receive data that is sent via a first link, and a processor coupled to the interface. The processor is configured to: receive data that is sent via a first link; determine whether there is discontinuity in the received data, the... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080285480 - Cooperative wireless communications: When it is advantageous to do so, a wireless LAN station sends data packets to a destination station via an intermediate station, instead of to the destination station directly. That is, the intermediate station, which serves as a helper to the source, forwards packets received from the source station to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080285479 - Method and devices for transferring data: A method for transmitting data is disclosed, whereby data are transmitted in packets between a first device and a second device, whereby a further device disposed between the first device and the second device analyzes the packets at most for regeneration purposes. The second device transmits data between itself and... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080285483 - Client operation for network access: A network traffic device for a managed network can operate as a client host, to receive packets from the managed network and forward them to an uplinked external network, thereby operating as a gateway to the uplink network and performing a network address translation (NAT) function for the managed network... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080285482 - Quality of service in networked computing devices: In mobile phones, delays can occur when the parameters that determine the characteristics of the network connection are changed or updated. The present invention sets the characteristics of the network connection in advance by anticipating the likely future use for network connections by analysing common or past usage. In a... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20080285481 - Technique for defining and dynamically enabling service level requirements in a service oriented architecture: The present invention discloses a document for formally defining service level requirements in a service oriented architecture (SOA). This document can include a service specification that defines functional attributes and a capability specification that defines performance requirements. These functional attributes and performance requirements can influence the response of the SOA... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080285484 - Method for analyzing a network environment: A method for analyzing a network environment, in which the method comprises the following steps: Acquiring a plurality of connection data of all network cards of a terminal device; according to connection data, determining whether or not a terminal device uses a PPPoEconnection is used to connect to a network... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080285485 - System and method for recording voip in a network address/port translation environment: A method of recording voice over internet protocol (VOIP) data is disclosed. The method includes receiving a control packet, examining an application layer of the control packet to dynamically determine an internet protocol address and a port number of a VOIP device, and storing the internet protocol address and port... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20080285486 - Method and apparatus for determining pt server having controlling function: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a controlling PT server. A mobile communication terminal transmits a group generation request message to a PT XDMS, and the PT XDMS determines a specific PT server having the largest number of members as a controlling PT server. The PT XDMS generates... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080285487 - Method and system for providing full duplex services over multiple simplex media paths and sessions: Methods for providing full duplex media service over a communications network employing simplex media paths are presented including: establishing a simplex media path and session over a terminal using a communication protocol; establishing an additional simplex media path and session over an additional terminal using the communication protocol; and utilizing... Agent: Kali Law Group, P. C

20080285488 - Mimo wlan system: A multiple-access MIMO WLAN system that employs MIMO, OFDM, and TDD. The system (1) uses a channel structure with a number of configurable transport channels, (2) supports multiple rates and transmission modes, which are configurable based on channel conditions and user terminal capabilities, (3) employs a pilot structure with several... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080285490 - Radio communication system, terminal apparatus and base station apparatus: A radio communication system which includes a base station apparatus and terminal apparatuses and performs TDD two-way communications using an OFDM signal including subcarriers in a downstream communication from the base station apparatus to each terminal apparatus, and an FH signal having the same frequency band as that of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285489 - Redundant radio frequency network having a roaming terminal communication protocol: Disclosed herein is a redundant network and communication protocol at least including host computers, RF base stations, and roaming terminals. The network may utilize a polling communication protocol such that under heavy traffic conditions, a roaming terminal wishing to initiate communication may be required to wait for at least a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285493 - Method of comparing state variable or packet sequence number for a wireless communications system and related apparatus: A method of comparing a state variable or a sequence number, hereinafter called SN, of a packet with modulus arithmetic for a receiving terminal of a wireless communications system includes determining an SN range of a receiving window and using a minimum SN of the receiving window as a modulus... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080285491 - Packet-based data processing technique: A technique is provided for processing data in a packet-based communications environment. A single data packet is encapsulated into a single link layer packet data unit. The link layer unit is encoded to form at least one code block. After the currently available radio resource capacity during a fixed duration... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080285492 - System and method for providing local ip breakout services employing access point names: A method, apparatus and system are provided for acquiring an access point name for an application employing a local Internet protocol breakout service. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a user management subsystem (820) configured to initiate an Internet protocol application. The apparatus also includes a local breakout service monitoring... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080285496 - Data download in wireless network: A wireless receiver device including a wireless network interface and a processor configured to manage reception of data files through the network interface. The processor additionally is configured to determine network or wireless receiver device conditions and to delay reception of blocks of a file, responsive to the determined conditions... Agent: Robert G. Lev

20080285494 - Mobile station designed to skip sensitivity measurement of neighboring cell when specific condition is satisfied and power management process thereof: A mobile station designed to skip sensitivity measuring of neighboring cells when a specific condition is satisfied and a power management process thereof. The mobile station checks a movement of the mobile station during a reference time T using a motion sensor; and if the movement of the mobile station... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080285495 - Systems and methods for communicating to a disassociated station in a protected network: Stations in standby mode in a wireless local area network (WLAN) become disassociated with their access point. In the event traffic is intended for the station in standby mode, a wakeup message needs to be communicated to the station. Typically, a wakeup message could be broadcast on a broadcast or... Agent: Conexant Systems , Inc.

20080285497 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product providing improved point-to-multipoint communication in a wimax system: The exemplary embodiments of the invention describe apparatus, methods and computer program products that provide a guide and control channel in a WiMAX system to facilitate point-to-multipoint (p-t-m) channel identification, transmission and/or reception. In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: accessing a p-t-m guide; and transmitting the p-t-m guide... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080285498 - Key recognition method and wireless communication system: A key recognition method and a key recognition system are applied to a wireless bridging apparatus and a terminal apparatus with a wireless communication function. When a user uses the wireless bridging apparatus at a first time, the user cannot connect the wireless bridging apparatus to a wireless network through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080285501 - Media access control data plane system and method for wireless communication networks: A method and system for using a communication network having a relay node to provide wireless communication with a mobile station. A protocol stack is implemented in the relay node in which the protocol stack includes a media access control layer defining a media access control protocol. The media access... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080285502 - Method and device for relay station to forward downlink signal: A method for relay stations (RSs) to forward downlink signals includes: obtaining downlink qualities between a mobile station (MS) and each of the RSs; determining an RS group for forwarding downlink signals according to difference degrees among all of the downlink qualities; performing space-time coding on the downlink signals through... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080285499 - System and method for unbalanced relay-based wireless communications: A method and system for wireless communication with a mobile device in which wireless communication is established with the mobile device. A base station is used to transmit directly to the mobile device in a downlink direction. A relay node is used to transmit to the base station communications received... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080285500 - Wireless relay network media access control layer control plane system and method: A method and system for using a communication network having a relay node to provide wireless communication with a mobile station. A ranging region is established with the mobile station in which the establishment of the ranging region includes the transmission of control information corresponding to the relay node. The... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080285503 - Device and method for transmission and reception of group messages via a satellite link: The present invention relates to a device (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) adapted for transmission and reception via a satellite link (2) in a satellite communication system (3). The device (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) is further a part of a group (9, 21) of similar devices (4, 5, 6,... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080285504 - Multimode wireless network device, system and the method thereof: The present invention provides a multimode wireless network device, system and the method thereof. Particularly, a dual role of router and relay station is provided simultaneously in the multimode wireless network device; furthermore, dual communication modes, namely WiMAX and WiFi, are provided at the same time. The first multimode wireless... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080285506 - Method and apparatus for indicating a temporary block flow to which a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement field is addressed: A method and apparatus for indicating a temporary block flow (TBF) to which a piggybacked acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (PAN) field is addressed. A PAN check sequence (PCS) is created, for example using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) encoding. The PCS is masked with a temporary flow identity (TFI) assigned to a TBF... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080285505 - System and method for network timing recovery in communications networks: A system and method for determining the network timing of a communications network from a mobile station that receives signals from a plurality of base stations. An estimated location of a mobile station may be determined through any number of or combination of location technologies. Network measurements such as observed... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20080285508 - Access terminal which handles multiple user connections: System and method for handling multiple connection requests between an Access Terminal (AT) and an Access Network (AN). The method may include receiving a first connection request. Connection request information regarding a number of connection requests may be updated based on receiving the first connection request. If there is not... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20080285510 - Allocation of signal-to-noise ratio margin in multi-carrier systems: Allocation of different signal-to-noise margins to different carriers in a multi-carrier system is described. A preferred embodiment comprises assigning signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) margins to carriers in a multi-carrier system, comprises assigning a first SNR margin to a first data service based upon a first service characteristic, assigning a second SNR... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080285507 - Independent scheduling in a wireless network: The present invention provides a scheduling technique that allows individual nodes in a wireless communication network to independently determine their own communication schedules. The communication nodes in the wireless communication network are associated with one or more compatible communication nodes through substantially non-contending communication links, wherein the communication links within... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080285512 - Method and apparatus for reducing modulation, coding and transport block information signaling overhead: A method and apparatus for reducing modulation and coding scheme (MCS) signaling overhead includes receiving a channel quality indicator (CQI) feedback. It is determined if there is a CQI feedback error. An MCS indicator is transmitted based upon the CQI feedback error determination.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080285515 - Method and apparatus for scanning for an idle channel in a frequency environment: An idle channel scanning method and apparatus are provided. The method of scanning for an idle channel via a device communicating with a plurality of peripheral devices in the same frequency environment includes: allocating at least one of all frequency channels of the frequency environment to each peripheral device of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285509 - Method and system for discontinuous reception de-synchronization detection: A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception desynchronization detection between an enhanced Node B and a user equipment, the method having the steps of: waiting for a predefined event to occur; and upon the predefined event occurring, sending a message from one of the enhanced Node B and the user... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080285511 - Scheduling and transmitting uplink packets within uplink sub-frames of a wireless system: A method and apparatus of scheduling and transmitting uplink packets within uplink sub-frames of a wireless system is disclosed. The method includes determining a size of a standard data unit, and determining if the standard data unit can be transmitted within a single sub-channel of an uplink frame by comparing... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20080285513 - System and method for transmitting and receiving common control information in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting common control information by a base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The base station determines whether a first system and a second system different from the first system coexist in a wireless communication system. When the wireless communication system is a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080285514 - Wireless communication apparatus, method and program storage medium: A wireless communication apparatus having a wireless communication function capable of using a plurality of transmission rates. The wireless communication apparatus includes utilization-factor calculation means for calculating a utilization factor of a wireless transmission path through which wireless communication is performed using the wireless communication function; and determination means for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080285519 - Handover method and apparatus employed by mobile node to reduce latency in internet protocol configuration: A method and apparatus perform a handover of a mobile node with a decreased latency that occurs when the mobile node performs an Internet protocol (IP) configuration. The method of performing a handover of a mobile node includes: when the mobile node is connected to a network before the handover... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080285520 - Methods, media, and devices for moving a connection from one point of access to another point of access: Systems, methods, media, and devices for providing cooperation among digital processing devices in wireless networks are provided. In some embodiments, methods for moving a connection from one point of access to another point of access are provided, sending a request for information from a first mobile node to at least... Agent: Wilmerhale/columbia University

20080285517 - Mobile communication terminal and content reception method therefor: It is determined whether the communication network to which a self terminal is currently connected is a subscribed-to first communication network or a second communication network at a roaming destination. When a communication signal for push delivery transmitted from the content delivery apparatus is received before downloading of the content... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080285518 - Proxy mobile ip: A system and method for route optimization in PMIP having a first mobile node having a local mobility anchor and anchored at an access router and a second mobile node anchored at an access router is presented. The method includes establishing a binding cache at one access router comprising a... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20080285516 - Transmitting method, receiving method, radio base station, and mobile station: A transmission method according to the present invention includes: concatenating CRC masking data and receiver identification information for identifying the receiver; generating CRC check bits by performing a CRC encoding processing against non-CRC masking data; masking the CRC check bits by the concatenated receiver identification information and CRC masking data;... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20080285522 - Implement method for power control of the high speed shared control channel and the high speed shared information channel: The present invention discloses a method for implementing power control of the high speed shared control channel and the high speed shared information channel, including: Node B independently setting the initial transmit power of the HS-SCCH with reference to the maximum power of HS-SCCH configured by higher layer and completing... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080285521 - Method and apparatus for encoding data for transmission in a communication system: A method and apparatus for encoding data for transmission in a communication system provides increased efficiency in bandwidth utilization through higher data rates, lower error rates, lower power levels, and/or increased capacity. A set of orthogonal codes is partitioned into subsets. The data to be transmitted is partitioned into packets... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080285523 - Method and arrangements in a radio communication system: The present invention relates to uplink transmissions and scheduling of resources for uplink transmissions in connection with packet switched communication. A radio communication network schedules (301) time slots for transmission of bursts of a first radio block on at least two different uplink packet data channels and transmits (302) an... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080285524 - Radio communication system using multi-antenna transmission technique, and multi-user scheduler therefor: In a radio system performing scheduled transmission to a plurality of receiving stations from a transmitting station having a plurality of antennas, a transmitting station obtains reception quality information estimated from feedback information obtained from the plurality of receiving stations, determines a transmission system whether to perform beamforming, which transmits... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC

20080285525 - Inter-cell discovery and communication using time division multiple access coexistence beaconing protocol: A self-coexistence window reservation protocol for a plurality of Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) cells operating in a WRAN over a plurality of channels includes a sequence of self-coexistence windows that uniquely identifies a transmission period for each WRAN cell. A self-coexistence window reservation protocol is included within the first... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080285531 - High frequency module: A high frequency module comprises: a switch circuit connected to two antenna terminals; a diplexer connected to two reception signal terminals and the switch circuit; and a diplexer connected to two transmission signal terminals and the switch circuit. Each of the diplexers incorporates two band-pass filters and a low-pass filter.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080285527 - Method and apparatus for sharing common interest links between communication devices: Techniques for processing data related to common interests of two or more users of a communication system are disclosed. In an exemplary method disclosed hererin, the occurrence of a trigger event at a first communication device is detected, wherein the trigger event is related to communications between the first communication... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20080285529 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving pilot signal in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting a pilot signal in a wireless communication system. A reference cell scrambling code or one of a plurality of additional cell scrambling codes is selected for each combination of one of a plurality of first scrambling codes (PSCs) applied to a first synchronization channel... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080285526 - Signal acquisition in a wireless communication system: Systems and methodologies are described that generate pilots for signal acquisition in a wireless communication system based on time domain sequences. The pilots may be generated by a base station and transmitted in a pilot field to one or more access terminals to aid in signal acquisition at each of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080285528 - System and method for wlan multi-channel redundancy for voip optimization: A system includes a wireless switch and a plurality of wireless nodes. A mobile device connects to the wireless switch by communicating a packet to the wireless switch via two or more of the plurality of wireless nodes.... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080285530 - Wireless node location mechanism featuring definition of search region to optimize location computation: A wireless node location mechanism that defines a search region to optimize the computations associated with estimating the location of a given wireless node. According to one implementation, a coverage map associated with each radio receiver that records signal strength data is defined out to a threshold signal strength level.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080285532 - Floor control for multimedia push-to-talk applications: The invention relates to a Push-to-Talk application enabling the transmission of different types of content, for example voice content and video content. In Push-to-Talk applications, only one user of a group can talk at a time and a floor control procedure is used to control access to the floor by... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080285533 - Neighbouring device aid in receiving sets of data: According to one embodiment, a first wireless communication device may receive a data file via a first wireless network interface, determine if the whole file has been properly received, receive at least the data of the file that have not been properly received via the first wireless interface from a... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20080285534 - Different orthogonal code sets with members in common: A first orthogonal codeset, obtainable in various manners, is used in a first cell to provide orthogonal spreading codes for traffic signals originating within the first cell. A second orthogonal code set for use in a second cell is obtained that has at least a first code in common with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080285535 - Multi-fa processing system and its digital band-pass filtering method: A multi-channel processing system for selectively generating and transmitting/receiving a desired channel (FA: Frequency Assignment) signal and a band-pass filtering method thereof are provided. The multi-channel processing system includes a controller for receiving a channel selection signal including ON/OFF information of the respective channels and generating a filter coefficient corresponding... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080285536 - Method and apparatus for concurrent operation of wireless communication protocols: A method and apparatus of coordinating operation of two or more subsystems implementing different wireless communication protocols is disclosed. The method comprises coordinating operation of a first subsystem implementing a first wireless communication protocol and at least one other subsystem implementing at least one other wireless communication protocol by merging... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080285537 - System and method for communicating packet in a wireless multicast and broadcast communication network: A method and system for communicating packets in a Wireless Multicast and Broadcast communication network is provided. The method includes selecting a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) for transmission of a packet. The packet is then transmitted using the selected MCS on at least one of a subset of available... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20080285538 - Communication system, user device therof and synchronization method thereof: A communication system, user device thereof, and a synchronization method thereof are provided. The communication system includes a user device and a wireless network. A ciphering configuration information is transmitted to a user device. The user device and wireless network re-establishing the radio link control (RLC) entity of logical link.... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080285539 - Mobile station assisted timing synchronization in a cdma communication system: In the present invention, the slave base station attains synchronization with the reference base station through messages transmitted from and received by a mobile station either in the soft handoff region between the reference base station and the slave base station or within a range which allows the mobile station... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080285541 - Intelligent computer network routing using logically centralized, physically distributed servers distinct form network routers: A route control architecture allows a network operator to flexibly control routing between the traffic ingresses and egresses in a computer network, without modifying existing routers. An intelligent route service control point (IRSCP) replaces distributed BGP decision processes of conventional network routers with a route computation that is flexible and... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080285542 - Location based presence groups: A presence system creates location based presence groups for presentities based on the current geographical location of the presentities. The presence system calculates respective distances between the presentities and forms respective location based presence groups for the presentities by including within each location based presence group those presentities whose calculated... Agent: Garlick, Harrison & Markison (alu)

20080285540 - Using presence proxies to constrain local presence information to a sub-network while using a presence server external to the sub-network to handle other presence information: The present invention discloses a solution that uses presence proxies to handle local presence information while using a presence server to handle extra-local presence information. In the invention, a computing system can include multiple presence user agents (PUAs), multiple watchers, multiple presence proxies, and a presence server. The PUAs can... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080285544 - Method and apparatus for providing mobility for a voice over internet protocol service: A method and an apparatus for providing mobility for a Voice over Internet Protocol Service (VoIP) provided on packet networks are disclosed. For example, the method receives a register request from a user endpoint device and retrieves an Access Point-address parameter from a contact header in the register request. The... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080285543 - Methods and apparatus to manage internet protcol (ip) multimedia subsystem (ims) network capacity: Methods and apparatus to manage Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network capacity are disclosed. An example method comprises identifying a terminating voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) call server associated with a called device, and returning a call rejection indicator when the terminating VoIP call server is in a first... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080285546 - System and method for enabling operation of an ethernet device over an extended distance: A system and method for enabling operation of an Ethernet device over an extended distance. In a multiple dwelling unit (MDU) a customer premises equipment (CPE) can be coupled to a network unit via a broad reach Ethernet link that is greater than 100 meters (e.g., 500 meters). In this... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20080285548 - System and method for processing a plurality of requests for a plurality of multi-media services: A system and method for processing a plurality of requests for a plurality of multi-media services received at a Private Service Exchange (PSX) from a plurality of IP-communication devices. The system includes an IP Segmentation Directory (IP-SD) coupled to the PSX and to a plurality of IP Service Control Points... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080285547 - Voice over internet protocol gateway and a method for controlling the same: A voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) gateway includes a foreign exchange office (FXO), a foreign exchange station (FXS), and a VoIP processor. A controller of the VoIP gateway sets the VoIP gateway to either a TANDEM (trunk and ENM (ear and mouth)) mode or a standalone mode. In the TANDEM... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080285545 - Voice over ip customer premises equipment: A system and method for increasing the cost effectiveness of a service provider in meeting the needs of the multiple dwelling unit (MDU) market. To reduce the cost of connectivity between a network unit and a customer premises in the MDU, customer premises equipment functionality is embedded in a voice... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20080285549 - Synchronous read channel: A synchronous read channel having a single chip integrated circuit digital portion which provides digital gain control, timing recovery, equalization, digital peak detection, sequence detection, RLL(1,7) encoding and decoding, error-tolerant synchronization and channel quality measurement is disclosed. The integrated circuit accommodates both center sampling and side sampling, and has a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285556 - Broadcasting service transmitting apparatus and method and broadcasting service receiving apparatus and method for effectively accessing broadcasting service: A broadcasting service transmitting apparatus and method and a broadcasting service receiving apparatus and method for providing a broadcasting service formed of various types of data are provided. The broadcasting service receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit, a transport frame processing unit, a transport packet processing unit, and a broadcasting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285554 - Communication apparatus and data transmission method thereof: An IP communication apparatus has a file transferer that transfers a media data file to a destination apparatus, when determining that the destination apparatus has the file transfer function, based on transmission and reception of SIP messages to and from a call controller, which transmits and receives SIP messages to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080285550 - Dual oss management of an ethernet access network: Management of Ethernet access networks that provide both TDM services and packet services is disclosed. An Ethernet access network as described herein includes a head end having TDM network interface ports and packet network interface ports, customer location equipment (CLE) having TDM service interface ports and packet service interface ports,... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080285552 - Intelligent failover in a load-balanced networking environment: A hash table in the network device driver maintains data on the traffic characteristics for each network interface (“NIC”) within a computing device. If one of the NICs in the computing device becomes unreliable, the cost function in the hash engine allows the software driver to initiate network traffic redistribution... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285553 - Intelligent load balancing and failover of network traffic: A hash engine in a network device driver maintains data on the utilization and error rate for each network interface card (“NIC”) within a local computing device. From this data, the hash engine intelligently selects transmit NICs and receive NICs based on various networking parameters provided from a software driver... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080285551 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing bandwidth capping at logical port level for shared ethernet port: Bandwidth capping is implemented at a logical port level for a shared Ethernet port. When a physical port of a Host Ethernet Adapter (HEA) is partitioned, a Logical HEA is created for the partition. One or a plurality of Logical Ports (LPorts) is created in the Logical HEA. Each LPort... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept 917

20080285557 - Method, system and relay device for transmitting packet: A method for transmitting a packet. The method includes: receiving an upstream packet carrying an original user identifier of a user; establishing a corresponding relationship between user related information on the user and a replacement user identifier in accordance with the upstream packet carrying the original user identifier of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080285555 - Node, communication method, and program for node: The present invention provides a node capable of preventing the problems caused by switching between traffic communication paths when a link failure occurs. According to an embodiment of the invention, among ports of a node 10, ports P1 and P2 connected to a link between the node 10 and a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080285559 - Method, device and system for implementing multicast connection admission control: Implementing multicast connection admission control is provided, and includes: calculating a currently remaining multicast support capability of a network-side functional unit upon receiving a program request initiated from a user; and admitting an access of the user when a support capability required for a program as requested by the user... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080285558 - Reporting events from multiple ws-enabled devices: Techniques for reporting events that occur on a plurality of Web Services (WS)-enabled devices are provided. A service agent executes on a node that is separate from the plurality of WS-enabled devices. The service agent receives an event notification message from a particular device of the plurality of WS-enabled devices.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080285562 - Flexible routing tables for a high-radix router: A system and method for routing in a high-radix network. A packet is received and examined to determine if the packet can be routed adaptively. If the packet can be routed adaptively, the packet is routed adaptively, wherein routing adaptively includes selecting a column, computing a column mask, routing the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080285564 - Method and apparatus for making transport frame and method and apparatus for processing transport frame: Provided are a method and apparatus for creating a transport frame in order to identify the starts of packets, and a method and apparatus for processing the transport frame. In the method of creating the transport frame, at least one packet to be transported by being loaded in the transport... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080285563 - Routing information management apparatus and computer program of the same: In order to provide the routing information of both the present time and the past, provide the latest routing information very quickly and improve searching speed of the routing information, a routing information management apparatus includes: a routing information receiving portion receiving routing information which broadly notifies a change/withdrawal of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080285560 - System, method and program for making routing decisions: A computer system, method and program for routing. A router receives a message packet, and in response, the router reads a payload in the message packet to identify an application that sent the message packet or a user of the application that sent the message packet, as identified from the... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080285561 - Systems and methods for internet protocol transparency: A method for implementing IP transparency includes requesting an IP address from an Internet service provider (ISP), receiving a first IP address from the ISP responsive to requesting an IP address from the ISP, receiving a request for an IP address from a communication device, sending the first IP address... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080285566 - Method and apparatus for providing and utilizing radio link control and medium access control packet delivery notification: A method and apparatus for providing and utilizing radio link control (RLC) and medium access control (MAC) packet delivery notification are disclosed. A MAC entity tracks a delivery status of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) and sends MAC service data unit (SDU) delivery notification to an RLC entity and/or... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080285565 - Systems and methods for content insertion within a router: Systems and methods are provided for inserting content into messages being sent between systems or networks. A router according to one embodiment automatically inserts new content within a received data packet. Before insertion, the router may determine that the received data packet corresponds to a certain type of message such... Agent: Utah State University

20080285567 - Method and related apparatus for setting packet headers in a wireless communications system: A method for setting a header, having a header extension type field, of a protocol data unit in a radio link control layer of a wireless communications system includes configuring a “use of the special value of the header extension type field” mode, and setting the header extension type field... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080285569 - Device for session-based packet switching: Whereas the network architecture for ATM-based access networks on the DSL forum has already been defined, work on Ethernet-based access networks is still in its infancy. The invention relates to a novel aggregation solution for use in Ethernet-based broadband access networks.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080285568 - Method and system for transforming compressed video traffic to network-aware ethernet traffic with a/v bridging capabilities and a/v bridging extensions: Aspects of a system for transforming compressed video traffic to network-aware Ethernet traffic with A/V bridging capabilities and A/V bridging extensions may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) that may enable encapsulation of compressed video data within a Display Port protocol data unit (PDU). A LAN subsystem may enable encapsulation... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285571 - Media data processing using distinct elements for streaming and control processes: A hardware accelerated streaming arrangement, especially for RTP real time protocol streaming, directs data packets for one or more streams between sources and destinations, using addressing and handling criteria that are determined in part from control packets and are used to alter or supplement headers associated with the stream content... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20080285570 - Method for managing an interconnection between telecommunication networks and device implementing this method: h

20080285573 - Method and system for an asymmetric phy operation for ethernet a/v bridging and ethernet a/v bridging extensions: Signals may be communicated with A/V Bridging services between an upstream link partner and a down stream link partner, each comprising an asymmetric multi-rate Ethernet physical layer (PHY). High bandwidth AN signals may be transmitted from the upstream link partner and low bandwidth signals may be transmitted from the downstream... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285574 - Method and system for proxy a/v bridging on an ethernet switch: Aspects of a system for proxy AN bridging on an Ethernet switch may include an AV switch enables reception of incoming PDUs from a legacy device via an AV block network, wherein each incoming PDU contains an AV stream identifier (which consists of a destination address and may also consist... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285572 - Single device for handling client side and server side operations for a/v bridging and a/v bridging extensions: Aspects of a single device for handling server side operations for A/V bridging and A/V bridging extensions may include a single IC device that is configured to enable encapsulation of generated digital video data within an encapsulating PDU. The single IC device may enable determination of a traffic class designation... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285575 - System and method for remote monitoring and control of network devices: A managed network provides unique network addresses that are assigned to nodes such that no two nodes will have the same address in the managed network and such that each node will always have the same network address regardless of changing its location or changing the network to which it... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080285576 - Method and system for integrating ethernet and multimedia functions into a lan system: Aspects of a method and system for Ethernet and multimedia functions into a LAN subsystem are provided. In this regard, an integrated network interface which may comprise one or more Ethernet interfaces, and one or more high definition (HD) multimedia interfaces may be enabled to transmit and/or receive HD multimedia... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285577 - Systems and methods for providing network-wide, traffic-aware dynamic acceleration and admission control for peer-to-peer based services: In one aspect, the invention provides systems and methods for providing users with a peer-to-peer (P2P) acceleration service over any form of broadband access.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080285578 - Content-based routing of information content: A system to route media information content may include a router that analyzes predetermined content of a plurality of data packets of the media information content and prioritizes forwarding the plurality of data packets from the router based on applying at least one rule to the predetermined content.... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080285579 - Digital broadcast network best effort services: In accordance with an embodiment, a best-effort service is divided into packets for best-effort digital broadcast transmission. The packets are encapsulated with an encapsulation protocol that uses a packet order defining field. The encapsulated packets are inserted into an unused portion of a slot of a digital broadcast transmission frame.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080285580 - Router apparatus: A router apparatus allocates a queue in a storage device and transmits transmission-target data after temporarily storing the transmission-target data in the queue. The router apparatus determines whether the size of a usable data area assigned to the queue is equal to or greater than a threshold, and supplements, on... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080285581 - Method apparatus and system for accelerated communication: A TCP acceleration apparatus includes input queues each having a service level and storing at least one session packet list having packets from a same TCP session. The apparatus also includes a distributor connected to the input queues and to the client and configured to retrieve a session packet from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080285582 - Digraph network superframes: A method of assigning cells in a superframe using digraph link information in a network of nodes is disclosed. The method comprises determining a total number of desired digraph links in the network of nodes wherein a digraph link is a directional link specifying routing information at each node in... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080285583 - Method and apparatus for polling transmission status in a wireless communications system: A method for polling transmission status in a transmitter of a wireless communications system includes forming a status protocol data unit including a poll sequence number field indicating a sequence number of a protocol data unit to be polled when a polling procedure is triggered to poll a receiver, setting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080285584 - Method and related apparatus for handling re-establishment of radio link control entity in a wireless communications system: A method for handling re-establishment of a radio link control entity having a transmitting side and a receiving side in a wireless communications system includes storing a plurality of control protocol data units, and reserving a poll super field in the plurality of control protocol data units when only the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080285585 - Communication apparatus and communication method: A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes a first unit for performing data communication using a bandwidth reservation type transmission area constituted by a plurality of time-divided time slots via a power line to which an alternating-current voltage is supplied. A second unit is connected to the first... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080285586 - Multiplexer: A multiplexer (1) having M high frequency input channels (2) and N high frequency output channels (3). The multiplexer (1) comprises N routing control inputs (4); a detector (10) arranged to receive control signals on the or each control input (4), the control signals being indicative of a required connection... Agent: James D. Stevens Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080285589 - Method and system for data exchange with a multimedia and ethernet enabled lan subsystem: Aspects of a method and system for data exchange with a multimedia and Ethernet enabled LAN subsystem are provided. A multimedia networking interface may be enabled to process multimedia data and communicate the data between a networking interface and one or both of a graphics processor and an audio processor.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080285590 - Storage system, computer system and interface module: An interface module comprises a serial signal transceiver to be connected to an external transmission path and an interface processing unit connected to the transceiver. The interface processing unit comprises a serializer/deserializer circuit, an encoder/decoder, a protocol processing unit having at least two kinds of selectable protocol processing functions, and... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080285588 - Systems and methods for providing unified collaboration systems with combined communication log: A communication system provides integrated email, telephone and instant messenger communication including a common address book, a common log of communication history and shared presence information. A user can respond to a communication according to any format, email, telephone or instant messenger, with a response using the same format or... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080285587 - Systems and methods for providing unified collaboration systems with user selectable reply format: A communication system provides integrated email, telephone and instant messenger communication including a common address book, a common log of communication history and shared presence information. A user can respond to a communication according to any format, email, telephone or instant messenger, with a response using the same format or... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080285591 - Apparatus and method for deciding transmission format using variable frame length and decoding method using the same: Provided are an apparatus and method for deciding a transmission format using a variable frame length and a decoding method using the same. The apparatus for deciding the transmission format using the variable frame length includes: a frame synchronization acquiring unit for acquiring a frame synchronization of a received transmission... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080285592 - Extended layer two tunneling protocol applications and architectures: A device, deployed at the edge of a provider network, includes logic to receive traffic from one or more customer edge devices, and to encapsulate the customer traffic into a Layer 2 tunnel of an IP frame. The IP frame in further included within an Ethernet frame, and quality of... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080285593 - Location system and communication system: A location system comprises a plurality of transponders whose locations are detectable by a base system. The base system interrogates (51-55) the transponders one at a time in accordance with a schedule of consecutive time slots. In response to a priority request received (53) from one of the transponders, the... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080285594 - System and method for adapting analog systems to communicate with packet networks: A system for adapting an analog system to a packet network may include an electronic signal adapter in communication with the analog system and packet network. The electronic signal adapter may be configured to convert information received in data packets from the packet network into dual-tone multiple frequency (DTMF) signals... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080285595 - Spread baseband injected pilot carrier: A system for communicating includes a transmitter that has an encoder and baseband modulator that encodes and modulates a sequence of data symbols as a payload data constellation to be communicated. A PN sequence generator and baseband modulator form a pilot signal as a training sequence with a periodically repeating... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080285597 - Synchronizing separated edge qam devices located remotely from a cmts: The clocks of one or more edgeQAM devices are synchronized with a master clock at the remotely located CMTS. A master clock signal may be transmitted via a dedicated gigabit Ethernet link. Alternatively, master clock information contained in a time synchronization message may be transmitted for use in adjusting local... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080285596 - System and method for fine-grained, end-to-end traffic scheduling across heterogeneous local area networks: A system and method for fine-grained, end-to-end traffic scheduling across heterogeneous local area networks (LANs). A system may include a network, where the network comprises multiple heterogeneous network, technologies. The system also may include at least two devices coupled to the network, where clocks of the at least two devices... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080285599 - Control mechanism for adaptive play-out with state recovery: A control logic means preferably for a receiver comprising a jitter buffer means adapted to receive and buffer incoming frames or packets and to extract data frames from the received packets, a decoder connected to the jitter buffer means adapted to decode the extracted data frames, and a time scaling... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080285598 - Phase rotator for delay locked loop based serdes: An apparatus comprising a first multiplexer circuit (MUX) to receive a plurality of clock phase signals at a corresponding plurality of MUX inputs and to output a first clock signal and a second clock signal that are out of phase with each other, a phase delay circuit to receive the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080279089 - Multiplexing separately modulated channels: A method of data transmission which includes providing a plurality of data streams, having different content, modulating the different data streams by respective modulators, multiplexing the modulated data streams into a single data stream alternately in time, such that the resultant stream includes at any specific time signals from fewer... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20080279090 - Drm receiver with analog and digital separation filter and demodulation method: A Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) receiver and demodulation method includes an analog and digital separation filter for filtering and separating a DRM-encoded signal and a non DRM-encoded signal from a composite RF signal received at the receiver. The DRM receiver includes a programmable downsampler and a programmable N-point Fast Fourier... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080279091 - Fourier-transform based linear equalization for mimo cdma downlink: D

20080279092 - Channel control based on error correction values: A computing device configured for wireless communication may effectively control adaptation to channel conditions. The device may be configured to identify and classify conditions impacting performance of a channel so that appropriate adaptations may be made. Interference may be detected by correlating received signal strength and packet errors. High received... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080279093 - Interference detection: A computing device configured for wireless communication may effectively control adaptation to channel conditions. The device may be configured to identify and classify conditions impacting performance of a channel so that appropriate adaptations may be made. Interference may be detected by correlating received signal strength and packet errors. High received... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080279094 - Switching system and method for improving switching bandwidth: A switching system compatible with ATCA/ATCA 300 architecture and a method for improving switching bandwidth, including: a backplane, a plurality of node boards and at least two hub boards; the node boards are connected with the hub nodes through the backplane; each node board is connected with the at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080279095 - Redundant router and related methods: A router for routing data redundantly relative to a network. The router includes a circuit card having a processor, a user port for connecting at least one user device with the processor, and a plurality of interface ports for redundantly connecting the processor with the network to provide active redundant... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080279096 - Lightweight node based network redundancy solution leveraging rapid spanning tree protocol (rstp): A method for dynamic path failover in a network with two or more redundant and interconnected bridges, is described. A first bridge operates as a root bridge and each node includes two ports where each port is coupled to a respective one of the bridges. The method includes defining a... Agent: John S. Beulick (24691) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080279097 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for network device congestion relief: A method, system, and computer program product for network device congestion relief are provided. The method includes receiving a level of congestion for a network device, receiving a data packet including a codec list, and determining a filter policy based on the level of congestion. The method further includes applying... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080279098 - Wireless receiver code download and boot sequence: A process for initializing and booting the CPU of a wireless communication device includes a sequence controller, ROM, a ROM controller, a DMA controller, a wireless front end, a memory, and a remote wireless host which contains the download code. The sequence controller causes the ROM controller initially transfers a... Agent: Jay Chesavage

20080279099 - High capacity scheduler: A first interface for receiving downlink data packets from a core network, a second interface for transmitting data packets to user entities, a processor comprising a scheduler, a first memory partition comprising and parameter data pertaining to a first subset of allocated priority queues, a second memory partition comprising parameter... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080279100 - System and method to control communication of data: Systems and methods of controlling communication of data are provided. A method of controlling communication of data may include receiving, at a network component, a request for data associated with a data source. The network component may have a limited capacity to distribute data. The method also includes determining whether... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080279101 - Context-based routing in multi-hop networks: Context-based routing in multi-hop networks involves using a context-based routing metric. In a described implementation, respective path values are calculated for respective ones of multiple paths using the context-based routing metric. A path is selected from the multiple paths responsive to the calculated path values. Data is transmitted over at... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080279104 - Methods and systems for centralized link power management control (clmc): A method for centralized link power management control (CLMC), performed by a north-bridge of a processing unit, comprises the following steps. A data transmission status of a bus is monitored. CLMC is activated to configure devices corresponding to the bus in order to speed up data transmission of the bus... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080279103 - Network availability enhancement technique for packet transport networks: A packet communications network that transports a plurality of traffic over a plurality of server transport paths from a source to a destination, the network comprising: using a load distribution method to distribute each instance of traffic to an individual transport path, thereby avoiding reordering at the destination; enabling all... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080279102 - Packet drop analysis for flows of data: In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a packet has been dropped for a flow of packets between a source and destination. This may be determined at a network device that is forwarding the packets. Information related to a possible cause for the packet being dropped is then determined.... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20080279105 - Gpon oam using ieee 802.1ag methodology: Operations, administration and management (OAM) functions in a passive optical network (PON) can be performed by providing a system of flow points (i.e., software entities), such as those along the lines of the Maintenance End Points (MEPs) and Maintenance Intermediate Points (MIPs) described in the IEEE 801.1ag specification, which communicate... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald And Villanueva, PC

20080279106 - Switching fabrics and control protocols for them: A network unit for use in a switching fabric includes multiple units collectively constituting a single network entity, each having ports for the reception and forwarding of data packets. The network unit has at least one fabric port for connection to a partner port on another one of the units... Agent: 3com Corporation

20080279107 - Diagnostic tool and method for retrieving subscriber information from nodes located within a layer 2 aggregation network: An in-band diagnostic tool and method are described herein that are capable of retrieving subscriber information from one or more nodes located within a layer 2 aggregation network. In one application, the diagnostic tool and method can be used by a customer service representative to retrieve subscriber information (e.g., user... Agent: Alcatel Lucent Intellectual Property & Standards

20080279108 - Method for processing quality of service of a data transport channel: A method for processing quality of service of a signaling data transport channel in a packet transmission network comprising at least one management node (4), wherein, for a data transport channel, the management node (4) receives a quality of service profile associated with said channel, containing a parameter (SI) indicating... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20080279109 - Fast error detection system and related methods: A system apparatus and method generates a communications signal having an error detection mechanism. A circuit generates a data packet. An encoder multiplies and accumulates data words with values in a distance table containing non-repeated n-bit multipliers having “m” number of one bits that are set to obtain accumulated sum... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20080279110 - Method and system for verifying connectivity of multi-segment pseudo-wires: A method for testing connectivity of a multi-segment pseudo-wire (“MS-PW”) in a network, the method comprising: sending an echo request message from a first provider edge (“PE”) device to a second provider edge (“PE”) device for a section of the multi-segment pseudo-wire (“MS-PW”) between the first provider edge (“PE”) device... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20080279111 - Collecting network traffic information: An apparatus and method for collecting network traffic information is arranged to receive network traffic elements including one or more key fields having respective key field values. The apparatus and method further classify received network traffic elements into one of a plurality of flows dependent on the key field value... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080279113 - Information gathering from traffic flow in a communication network: The invention relates to a method for gathering information from traffic flowing in communication networks. The method includes generating in a network element, which sees the traffic flowing in the network, events on the basis of the traffic flow and predefined instructions, an event being a piece of information indicating... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080279114 - Method and apparatus for providing service availability information in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for providing service availability information includes receiving a signal transmitted from a base station. A power level and interference level of the received signal is measured and an estimate of a power level of each potentially available service based on the power level of the received... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080279112 - System and method for configuring media network resources: A system and method for configuring media resources is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network element having a controller element to present a graphical user interface (GUI) to identify available configuration settings for one or more self-describing services offered to... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080279115 - Method and device for implementing resource control on an access layer for a vc in an l2vpn: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for implementing resource control on an access layer for a VC in an L2VPN. In an MPLS network, during the establishment of a VC session, PEs interact with each other through an LDP mapping message from the local end and an LDP... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080279116 - Method for obtaining configuration data for a terminal by using the dhcp protocol: A method of obtaining configuration data for a terminal using the DHCP protocol. The method includes inserting optional data including an identifier into a predefined option field of a DHCP request sent by a DHCP client module to obtain configuration data, directly or indirectly, with a single user of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279117 - Method and system for a hotel based meeting & conference communications network: A method and system for implementation and operation of an interactive communications network for meeting, trade show, convention or conference (“event”) organizers and attendees, which is implemented in one or more hotels proximate to the event facilities, with an access device in guest rooms as well as additional implementations for... Agent: Barry Clayton Brisco

20080279118 - System and method for providing session initiation protocol based conference service: A system for providing a session initiation protocol based conference service includes: a conference host terminal that produces requests to setup a call using identification information, to make a registration of participants to be invited to a conference session using a conference identifier, and to initiate the conference session using... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080279119 - Group call capability query: A system and method for handling multimedia conference calls in a telecommunication network. To determine the capabilities of the other terminals in a group, a first terminal sends a query message to a group server. The group server sends further query messages to the other terminals and collects their responses... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080279120 - Systems and methods for receiver upgrade: Systems and methods for an upgradeable and/or reconfigurable receiver are provided. In general, the present invention is directed to providing systems and methods for designing an electronic communication system having easy and cost effective upgradeable receiver systems and components including, for example, an amplifier and/or a filter. For example, a... Agent: Wolff Law Office, PLLC

20080279122 - Leakage power reduction apparatus: A circulator extracts a transmission signal sent from a transmitter to antenna via the circulator and a duplexer, reflected by an antenna, and returned via the duplexer to the transmitter side. The amplitude and phase of the extracted signal are adjusted by an amplitude-and-phase adjuster to generate an offset signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279121 - Signal to interference ratio error as a load instability indicator for load control in cellular systems: An uplink signal-to-interference ratio for each of multiple mobile radio terminal connections supported in a cell in a cellular communications system is estimated. A signal-to-interference ratio error is determined for selected ones of the estimated uplink signal-to-interference ratios. One or more signal-to-interference ratio errors are identified that exceed a signal-to-interference... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080279124 - Ofdm wireless communication method and wireless communication apparatus: In a wireless communication system wherein at least two communication units employ the TDD wireless communication method based on OFDMA, an OFDM wireless communication method and a wireless communication apparatus are disclosed. The first communication unit transmits a pilot signal over the whole subband zone configured of divisions of a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080279123 - Time division duplex wireless network and associated method using connection modulation groups: A wireless network is provided that includes a base station and subscriber stations that communicate with the base station using radio frequency (RF) time division duplex (TDD) signaling. The base station may establish medium access control (MAC) connections with each station. The base station monitors communications with the stations and,... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080279125 - Method, a device and a system for duplex communications: A method, a device, and a system for duplex communications. Uplink and downlink frequencies are allocated in an orthogonal manner such that at one time instant a certain carrier frequency is used for uplink (downlink) transmission and at some other time instant for downlink (uplink) transmission. Correspondingly, at said one... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080279126 - Managing distributed access to a shared medium: Communicating between stations in a network is described. A plurality of stations coordinate according to a distributed protocol to select a first station to transmit over a shared medium. The communication includes transmitting between the first station and a second station over the shared medium during a time period in... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080279128 - Simultaneous wireless support in software defined radio: A system and method for providing the ability to discover the capabilities of a user's computer to determine whether it is capable of supporting more than one wireless protocol simultaneously is provided. A computing device's capabilities (including, for example, hardware and/or software capabilities) is checked to determine if it supports... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080279127 - Techniques for timing optimization in wireless networks that utilize a universal services interface: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network, the wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and wherein the MS includes a USI client adapted to store some or all... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080279130 - Bluetooth and wireless network coexistence: Implementations are presented herein that relate to Bluetooth® and Wireless Network Coexistence.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080279129 - System and method for automatic wireless transport selection for increased performance and reduced power consumption: A system and method for automatic wireless transport selection for increased performance and reduced power consumption. Multiple wireless transport services can appear to a TCP/IP stack as a single adapter. Management of the multiple wireless transport services can be performed below the TCP/IP stack to optimize on criteria such as... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20080279131 - Uplink timing control: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate evaluating and utilizing timing updates in a wireless communications network. A base station can transmit timing adjustment commands to mobile devices as needed as opposed to a periodic timing update where timing adjustment commands are always sent within a certain period. However, the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080279132 - Wireless communication device: A plurality of nodes each including a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller is linked together via a network. The transmitter of a transmission node using multiple wireless interfaces sends a beacon message sending its own node identifier and wireless interfaces to at least one reception node, which in turn... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080279135 - Coverage improvement in wireless systems with fixed infrastructure based relays: Infrastructure relays are used to relay signals to multi-antenna receivers where the received signals are then processed using MIMO processing. The transmissions can use spatial multiplexing and/or space time block coding.... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080279134 - Method and apparatus for communication of mobile terminal using relay device: A method and apparatus for allowing a mobile terminal to communicate using a relay device are provided. In the method, whether a communication environment between a base station and the relay device changes is determined so that information representing the change in the communication environment is selectively created, and then... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080279133 - Wireless router system and method: A wireless router employing a technique to couple a plurality of host services or host systems and a plurality of wireless networks. A method to route data items between a plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of host systems through a common wireless router. A point-to-point communication connection is... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080279138 - Cooperative transceiving between wireless interface devices of a host device with shared modules: An circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that transceives packetized data between a host module and a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol. A second wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data between the host module and a second external device in accordance with a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080279137 - Discontinuous inquiry for wireless communication: A system for managing the operation of a plurality of wireless communication mediums supported by one or more radio modules integrated within a wireless communication device. A control strategy may be employed to regulate the operation of at least one wireless communication medium operating in a continuous mode, such as... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080279136 - Techniques to include virtual private networks in a universal services interface: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate in a wireless network, the wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI) and wherein the MS includes a USI client adapted to monitor external IP addresses of the MS and if the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080279145 - Aggregated harq report: A system and method include a base station configured to provide centralized data transmission scheduling for at least one relay operatively connected to the base station configured to provide centralized data transmission scheduling for at least one relay operatively connected to the base station in a point-to-point connection and configured... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20080279146 - Escape mechanism for a wireless local area network: A method for performing frequency selection escape in wireless communications is disclosed. The method includes receiving an activation trigger, determining whether the activation trigger has persisted for a predetermined period of time, determining a list of candidate channels; selecting a channel from the candidate list, and evaluating the selected channel... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080279142 - Method for adaptive transmit power allocation in multiuser ofdm system: Provided is a method for adaptive transmit power allocation in a multiuser OFDM system. The method includes: a) obtaining a channel gain for a predetermined bit period for each user at a predetermined time, and allocating all of available sub carriers to a user farthest separated among a plurality of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080279139 - Method for managing radio resources in an utran radio access network: The invention relates to a method for managing radio resources allocated by a radio network controller of a UTRAN radio access network, said resources supporting a plurality of service requests each identified by a radio access bearer service request sent by the core network and describing the QoS required in... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080279143 - Method for supporting short latency data transmission in a mobile communication system: A method for supporting short latency data transmission in a mobile communication system is provided. A frame is divided into an uplink subframe and a downlink subframe. Each of the uplink and downlink subframes includes at least one zone for the short latency data transmission and each of the at... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080279141 - Methods for optimal multi-channel assignments in vehicular ad-hoc networks: A communications path is established among an ordered sequence of moving nodes, representing vehicles. Available channels may differ from one node to the next node and a node cannot use the same channel for both receiving and transmitting information. Three methods are described that provide an optimal sequence of channel... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20080279140 - System and method of qos-based channel selection for wlan access points or stations: A system comprises a candidate channel assessment module for obtaining at least one AC-specific channel suitability metric for each of two different channels, and for using the AC-specific channel suitability metrics to determine a channel suitability index of each of the two different channels; a channel selection module for using... Agent: Thelen LLP

20080279144 - Wireless access network system, management device, and resource management method: A wireless access network system includes a wireless access network device and a management device. A resource of the wireless access network device is shared by a plurality of common carriers. The management device stores shared information defining a common carrier authorized to use a resource in shared information memory,... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080279147 - Spectrum auction and sharing on wireless clients: Methods and apparatus to enable spectrum auctioning, allowing a user to gain access to otherwise unavailable spectrum is disclosed. Spectrum providers may have the exclusive rights to the spectrum, but these providers can allow other users to access the spectrum in certain situations, for example, limited time use without restrictions,... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080279148 - Tds-ofdma communication system user identification: In a TDS-OFDM communications system for uplink wireless communication multiple accesses through sub-channelization, the system comprising: a plurality of users with each user using a portion of available time-frequency radio resources to achieve orthogonal multiple access; a plurality of available bandwidth, wherein the available bandwidth is divided into multiple sub-bands;... Agent: Frank F. Tian

20080279152 - Method and apparatus for performing power consumption based handover between hybrid networks: Provided are a method and apparatus for performing power consumption based handover between hybrid networks. The method includes listing candidate networks based on a traffic class and terminal power consumption expected for each of the hybrid networks, and selecting a network for the handover according to the traffic class and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080279151 - Method and device for processing data and communication system comprising such device: A method and a device for processing data are provided, the device includes a first network element sends a message to a second network element thereby informing the second network element about a change of attachment of a third network element.... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080279150 - Method for handover in wireless communications network comprising a number of sub-networks: The present invention discloses a method for carrying out a handover process in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises at least a first and a second base stations belonging each to a different subnet associated of that wireless network and communicating through a first and a second gateways... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080279149 - Method for outputting a useful data stream and communications terminal for receiving and for outputting a useful data stream: A method and a communication terminal for emitting a data flow during the changeover between a first transmission path and a second transmission path are provided. A receiving pause for the data flow occurs in a receiver during the changeover between a receiving end of a first partial data flow... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080279153 - Facilitating mobility between multiple communication networks: Various embodiments are described to enable improved inter-network/inter-technology handover of mobile devices. A network device (131, 132) collects dynamic information corresponding to mobile devices (101, 102), such as wireless measurement information at the device's location, and/or information corresponding to wireless network nodes (121-124), such loading levels/loading distributions. The network device... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080279154 - Method for determining when a communication device should rate shift or roam in a wireless environment: Methods for improving communication performance in a wireless communication system where the wireless communication system has at least one mobile wireless communication device and a plurality of transmitter/receiver sites. The transmitter/receiver sites have a geographic area, defined as a cell, within which the mobile wireless communication devices can communicate with... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080279155 - Adaptive scheduling in a wireless network: A method of adaptively scheduling communications in a wireless mesh network including a plurality of network nodes includes generating a network routing scheme based on a topology of the wireless mesh network, generating a communication schedule for the wireless mesh network, and automatically updating the communication schedule in response to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080279156 - Orthogonal hadamard code based secondary synchronization channel: A secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH) for E-UTRA downlink is applied to any orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) based system to reduce interference on S-SCHs among sectors of the same Node-B in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) system.... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080279157 - Resource allocation in wireless communication systems: A method and system wherein the coverage area of a plurality of base stations may be evaluated with respect to noise rise and power for assignment of system resources is disclosed. Path loss is measured to determine candidate base stations and at least one timeslot is selected from within the... Agent: William R. Hoffman

20080279158 - Communication device, method for establishing a communication connection and method for using a communication connection: A communication device including a communication connection establishing circuit configured to establish an ad hoc network communication connection between the communication device, a second communication device and a third communication device, a generating circuit configured to generate encryption parameters to be used by the second communication device and the third... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080279163 - Cooperative transceiving between wireless interface devices of a host device with acknowledge priority: A wireless communication device includes a host module. A first wireless interface device transmits a first outbound packet in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol at a first power level and a first rate during a first time interval and that transmits a second outbound packet at a second... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080279164 - Method for connecting to a wireless network: The present invention provides a method for connecting with a wireless network device. The method includes following steps: upon configuring the wireless network device, executing a first target procedure to connect the wireless network device with the terminal device; executing a second target procedure, allowing the sharing device to be... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080279159 - Methods and apparatus for efficient mpeg transmission over 802.11: In one embodiment, a method includes characterizing a first packet of a video stream as being associated with a first frame type, wherein the video stream is arranged to be transmitted on a wireless local area network. The method also includes processing at least the first packet of the video... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20080279161 - Modifying remote service discovery based on presence: Modifying remote service discovery based on presence involves identifying service discovery data using ad-hoc, peer-to-peer, service discovery protocols of a local network. The service discovery data is aggregated via an entity of the local network. Presence data associated with a remote device located outside of the local network is identified... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20080279165 - Multi-channel inter base-station communication: The invention relates generally to communication systems and in particular to radio frequency (RF) architectures. Some embodiments of the invention are directed towards a multi-channel inter-BS communication system. The multi-channel inter-BS communication system includes a plurality of co-existing wireless regional area network (WRAN) cells, wherein each of the plurality of... Agent: Stmicroelectronics, Inc.

20080279162 - Shared processing between wireless interface devices of a host device: An integrated circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that transceives first packetized data between a host module and a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, wherein the first wireless interface circuit includes a first processing module that processes the first packetized data. A second... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080279160 - System and method for wireless communication having a device coordinator selection capability: A system and method for wireless communication having a device coordinator selection capability are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises determining a coordinator priority of each device based on a static priority table, the table assigning a priority to each type of devices. The method further comprises selecting a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080279166 - Wireless-aware network switch: An application-specific integrated circuit and related network switch are disclosed. The integrated circuit includes switch circuitry for receiving a 802.11 wireless data frame and forwarding it to a predetermined port. Inspection circuitry is provided for inspecting attributes of the data frame. Decision circuitry is provided for instructing the switch circuitry... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080279167 - Resource management for ad hoc wireless networks with cluster organizations: An initiator node in a local cluster included in a wireless network receives an admission request to execute an application comprising a set of tasks. If the initiator node is unable to map the set of tasks to nodes included in the local cluster, the local cluster head node forwards... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080279168 - System and method for broadcasting overhead parameters in poor coverage regions: To improve WWAN coverage, an access node broadcasts overhead messages on a first channel covering a first channel environment and a second channel covering a second channel environment within a coverage region. The overhead messages carry network overhead parameters for allowing wireless mobile devices to acquire and maintain traffic channels... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20080279170 - Method and apparatus for multiplexing cdm pilot and fdm data: Techniques for sending control information in a wireless communication system are described. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may send data for control information in a resource block with frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and may send pilot in the resource block with frequency-domain code division multiplexing (CDM). The UE... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080279169 - Methods and apparatuses for intrasystem and intersystem sliding intermediate frequency transception: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide methods for wireless communications and devices associated therewith which vary the intermediate frequency based upon the particular channel and/or system with which a wireless station is communicating. Tailoring the selection of an intermediate frequency in this way, enables signal energy associated... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080279171 - Method and apparatus for layer 2 arq for packets: An Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) method in a communication system having a protocol layer structure, in which a Layer 2 (L2) transmitter for generating an upper layer packet in a size suitable for transmission over a radio channel and transmitting the upper layer packet to a lower layer, transmits, to... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080279172 - Radio communication device, demodulation method, and frequency deflection correction circuit: A demodulation section 13 receives a TDMA-TDD based phase-modulated burst signal of mobile communications and demodulates the burst signal by a synchronous detection system (or a quasi-synchronous detection system). The demodulation section 13 includes a frequency deviation compensation section and a carrier recovery section each having a loop filter 14... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279174 - Method and system for transmitting data from a medium access control device via a physical layer to an antenna: The invention relates to a system for transmitting data from a medium access control device (2) via a digital interface (IF1) to a physical layer (PHY) and to an antenna (5), the physical layer (PHY) comprising a base band (4) with a base band controller (7) and a data processing... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080279173 - Method to synchronize receiver's clock to transmitter's clock at sub-100nsec: A sender (702) transmits one or more frames to a receiver (704). The receiver (704) either calculates a carrier frequency difference or a time difference using the one or more frames. A clock (722) in the receiver (704) is synchronized with a clock (714) in the sender (702) using the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080279175 - Off network mobile to mobile calling using sip protocol: This invention addresses the need to transport high bit-rate data to multiple users, or between users, over wired and wireless means. Specifically, this disclosure describes a new method of enabling communication from mobile phone to mobile phone when no network services are available as long as radio contact between the... Agent: The Law Offices Of Dennis L. Cook, PLLC

20080279176 - Base station system and mobile station supporting dtmf protocol: A protocol is proposed for a mobile station to transmit Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) to another mobile station. When a user presses a key on a source mobile station, which is connected to a target mobile station, DTMF data are transmitted via a digital channel to a base station first.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080279177 - Conjoined telephony communication system: There is provided a communication method for the receiving a first call-initiation request, generating a second call-initiation request in response to the first call-initiation request and generating a third call-initiation request in response to the first call-initiation request. Moreover, there is provided a communication method comprising receiving call-session information, separating... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20080279178 - Port reduction for voice over internet protocol router: An apparatus and method for increasing available ports on a voice router is provided. A first gateway and a second gateway are assigned a single port number for a data stream, the direction of packet flow is identified to determine a destination gateway. The destination gateway is one of the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080279179 - Ethernet based network for distributing ip and non-ip signals: The present invention relates to a system and a method for distributing both IP signals and non-IP signals in an Ethernet based network, wherein the Ethernet based network comprises UTP cabling comprising a number of wires, the method comprises distributing said non-IP signals through a signal path based on wires... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080279180 - Managing a node that provides access to both broadband and narrowband service: The present invention relates to a node, a line board arrangement and a management system in a telephony and data communication systems. The solution is to provide virtual combined ports in a Multi Service Access Node in a flexible way, by combining two standard physical line boards, one broadband line... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080279182 - Method and apparatus for the use of network coding in a wireless communication network: According to a method and apparatus taught herein, a network node includes a receiver circuit that determines soft values for received packets corresponding to the information bit groups associated with network coding operations, where the soft values are determined for each information bit group based on joint probabilities of the... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080279181 - Packet transmission method and packet transmission device: A packet transfer method in a network apparatus that transfers packets is disclosed. In the packet transfer method, a sending side apparatus generates two copies of a send packet, provides a sequence number identifying the same sending sequence to each of the copied packets, provides an identifier corresponding to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080279183 - System and method for call routing based on transmission performance of a packet network: A system and method that establishes a phone call over a packet network. The process may include receiving a call request from an originating call device on a packet network to call a terminating call device. A first transmission path may be determined between the originating and terminating call devices.... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080279184 - Method for data transmission and a switching apparatus: A method for transmitting data, wherein correspondence information between service instances and multicast addresses is configured in a network, includes: after having received a service instance data message to be transmitted through broadcast mechanism, a node determining the service instance to which the service instance data message belongs, searching the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080279185 - Enhanced packet classification: A method for classifying a data packet containing a header is provided. The method may comprise parsing the header of a data packet into header elements. Rules in secondary lookup tables generated from a primary lookup table may be accessed. The respective header elements of the data packet may be... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080279188 - Method and apparatus for performing network processing functions: A novel network architecture that integrates the functions of an internet protocol (IP) router into a network processing unit (NPU) that resides in a host computer's chipset such that the host computer's resources are perceived as separate network appliances. The NPU appears logically separate from the host computer even though,... Agent: Kin-wah Tong, Esq. Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, LLP

20080279187 - Packet structure for a mobile display digital interface: A packet structure for a Mobile Display Digital Interface (MDDI) includes a flexible sub-frame length to efficiently transmit large packets. A windowless video stream packet avoids repetitive transmissions of video packets when some parameters are unchanged, saving bandwidth. An enhanced reverse encapsulation packet combines the feature of a separate round... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080279186 - System and method for communication of uncompressed visual information through a network: DisplayPort micropackets of uncompressed visual information are adapted to conventional network infrastructure with a switch having DisplayPort ports, network ports and a packet converter. The packet converter encapsulates DisplayPort packets for communication through network ports and extracts DisplayPort packets from network packets for communication through DisplayPort ports. An address resolution... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080279190 - Maintaining end-to-end packet ordering: A network processor to maintain end-to-end packet ordering by re-ordering the packets processed in an order that is not the same as the order in which the packets are received. A first microblock stores a null value for a status flag corresponding to each packet, a second microblock modifies the... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080279191 - Method and apparatus of delivering protocol data units for a user equipment in a wireless communications system: A method of delivering protocol data units (PDUs) for a user equipment in a wireless communications system includes receiving a reordering PDU from a protocol entity. The reordering PDU has a PDU sequence, A first PDU of the PDU sequence is a segment of a PDU having a segmented side... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080279192 - Method and apparatus of delivering protocol data units for a user equipment in a wireless communications system: A method of delivering protocol data units (PDUs) for a user equipment in a wireless communications system includes receiving a reordering PDU from a protocol entity. The reordering PDU has a PDU sequence. A first PDU of the PDU sequence is a segment of a PDU having a segmented side... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080279193 - Method and apparatus of delivering protocol data units for a user equipment in a wireless communications system: A method of delivering packet data units (PDUs) for a user equipment in a wireless communications system includes receiving a reordering PDU having at least one upper layer PDU from a protocol entity, determining whether the at least one upper layer PDU are segmented for reassembling with a previously stored... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080279194 - Method and apparatus of improving reset of evolved media access control protocol entity in a wireless communications system: A method of improving reset of an evolved media access control (MAC-ehs) protocol entity for a user equipment of a wireless communications system is disclosed. The MAC-ehs entity includes a plurality of reordering queues and a plurality of reassembly entities. The method includes receiving a reset request for resetting the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080279189 - Method and system for controlled delay of packet processing with multiple loop paths: A method and system for introducing controlled delay of packet processing at a network entity using multiple delay loop paths (DLPs). For each packet received at the network entity, a determination will be made as to whether or not processing should be delayed. If delay is necessary, one of a... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080279196 - Differential forwarding in address-based carrier networks: The invention relates to enabling differential forwarding in address-based carrier networks such as Ethernet networks. There is described a method of and connection controller for establishing connections (76, 77) in a frame-based communications network comprising nodes (71-75 and 78) such as Ethernet switches. The connections are established by configuring, in... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080279195 - Multi-plane cell switch fabric system: Disclosed herewith is a multi-plane cell switch fabric system in which each switching unit functions asynchronously with others. The system executes distribution/restoration operations without lowering the switching capacity to reorder cells that arrive in random order from a plurality of switches just as they were in original flows and packets... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080279197 - Application level router for routing heterogeneous input to the most appropriate application: A client-agnostic software routing component for routing input data of a type and version to a most appropriate type and version of client application of a family of related applications. The router, rather than the client application, registers as the file extension handler and as the protocol handler, and thus,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080279198 - Method for the transmission of information in a communication system using a path: A method transmits information in a communication system with a number of nodes. At least one node receives a message including the details of a path, running from a source node, though the at least one node, to a target node. The at least one intermediate node, using the details... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080279199 - Power line communication system and communication device used in the system: A lock device having a lever is disclosed, in which the lever is released to rotate a latch bolt only if a correct electronic key is authenticated while the latch bolt is hooked over the lever at normal times. In the lock device of the present invention, having a latch... Agent: Jones Day

20080279202 - Integrated gateway for distributed home network and software framework structure for the same: Disclosed herein are an integrated gateway for a distributed home network and a software framework structure for the same. The integrated gateway includes an input/output interface unit (110), an Internet gateway unit (120), a telephone network interface/unit (130), a microprocessor (140), a control unit (150), a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART)... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080279201 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for source-aware ip routing at a media gateway: The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for source-aware IP routing at a media gateway. According to one aspect, a method for source-aware IP routing at a media gateway is provided. The method includes providing a packet including a layer 3 source address and a... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20080279200 - User sensitive filtering of network application layer resources: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving authorization data at a local node of a network. The authorization data indicates a particular network address of a different node in the network and an authenticated user ID of a user of the different node. Resource profile data is retrieved based on... Agent: Eugene Molinelli Evans & Molinelli PLLC

20080279204 - Increasing reliability and reducing latency in a wireless network: A mesh communication network for use in, for example, process control plants includes a plurality of network devices transmitting and receiving data according to a network schedule defined as a set of concurrent overlapping superframes, and along a set of graphs defining communication paths between pairs of network devices. A... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080279203 - Method of operating a node in a communications network: There is described a method of operating a node in a ring network. A first loop avoidance protocol, for example, a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is run at the node together with a protocol adaptation process. The protocol adaptation process performs processes that enable the first loop avoidance protocol to... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080279205 - Packet preclassification using search tree algorithms: An information packet preclassification system and method are provided. The method receives a packet of information and differentiates the packet into segments. Using a decision tree with multiple levels, segments in the packet are compared to a node at a tree level, where each node includes a plurality of node... Agent: Gerald W. Maliszewski

20080279206 - Tree-type broadcast system, method of participating and withdrawing tree-type broadcast system, node device, and node process program:

20080279207 - Method and apparatus for improving performance in a network using a virtual queue and a switched poisson process traffic model: A method for improving network performance using a virtual queue is disclosed. The method includes measuring characteristics of a packet arrival process at a network element, establishing a virtual queue for packets arriving at the network element, and modeling the packet arrival process based on the measured characteristics and a... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080279208 - System and method for buffering data received from a network: A system for buffering data received from a network comprises a network socket, a plurality of buffers, a buffer pointer pool, receive logic, and packet delivery logic. The buffer pointer pool has a plurality of entries respectively pointing to the buffers. The receive logic is configured to pull an entry... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080279209 - Time-space carrier sense multiple access: A scalable switch, a system of switches and methods, configured to sense a carrier at the output of the respective switch. The invention intelligently, and dynamically, controls the connection of a respective switch input to a respective switch output as a function of a carrier being present, or absent, at... Agent: Jackson Walker LLP

20080279210 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus exhibiting improved certainty and stability in communication. In a wireless terminal (100) serving as the communication apparatus, a transmission possibility determining part (186) uses an AIFS and a backoff value to control the transmission timing of transport data, and an AIFS managing part (181) adjusts the AIFS... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080279212 - Communnication system, information management apparatus, information management method, information processing apparatus, and information processing method: In a communication system, an information processing apparatus communicates with an information management apparatus via polling communication. In the information management apparatus, specification information including information specifying a timing condition of polling communication is stored, and the specification information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus in response to a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080279211 - Method and apparatus for providing piggybacked positive acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement field indicator and a polling indicator: A method and apparatus of providing a piggybacked positive acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) (PAN) field indicator (PANI) and a polling indicator are disclosed. A combined field of a PANI bit, a relative reserved block period (RRBP) bit and an EGPRS supplementary polling (ES/P) field may indicate a polling scheme and a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080279213 - Random access channel protocol: The present invention provides an improved random access channel protocol, wherein different user elements may be associated with different priority levels. Based on relative priority, the user elements may have different probabilities for deciding when to retransmit a previously transmitted packet upon receiving information from an access point indicating that... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080279214 - Radio communication method and radio communication device: A radio communication device includes a beacon reception unit extracting a frame from a received beacon and a frame judgment unit judging whether the extracted frame is one requiring data transmission/reception or one giving notice of a collision with a beacon of another network, a frame constructing unit used when... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080279216 - System and method of traffic management over mixed networks: A method and apparatus is provided of handling modified packets containing additional information regarding source and data type for efficient processing within a mixed network. Incoming and outgoing packets are sent via a dynamic protocol which adapts to circumstances, including the type of network being used, the type of packet... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080279215 - Processing a data stream format for mobile audiovisual reception: The invention relates to a method for reception of a data stream, transmitted in segment in one or several broadcast channels, comprising a reception step for the data in a segment of data stream transmitted by an active broadcast channel. A step for changing reception channel allows switching from the... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080279217 - Managing bandwidth allocation to a plurality of subscribers utilizing opportunistic bandwidth: In a resource manager, a method for managing bandwidth allocation to a plurality of subscribers utilizing opportunistic bandwidth including tracking a bandwidth utilization on multiple links, receiving a request for services along one of the links, and selecting a video data rate on the one of the links that meets... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20080279218 - Abnormal case handling for acknowledged mode transmission and unacknowledged mode transmission: Whenever the Receiver of this invention receives an AMD PDU or a UMD PDU with its “Length Indicator” having an invalid or a reserved value, the Receiver discards such a PDU and treats it as never received. The Receiver may report its receiving status accordingly if a report is required.... Agent: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

20080279219 - Aggregating network packets for transmission to a destination node: A node for transmitting digital data over a network receives a plurality of packet data units and identifies at least two of the packet data units that have the same aggregation identifier. The node then forms an aggregate packet from the packet data units that have the same aggregation identifier... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Entropic Communications

20080279221 - Method for estimating and compensating iq imbalance in ofdm systems: A method for compensating IQ imbalance is disclosed. First, an OFDM signal is received. The OFDM signal is translated into frequency domain, wherein the translated OFDM signal has N sub-carriers noted as Y(1)-Y(N). The IQ imbalance compensation factor is generated according to the k-th sub-carrier of the translated signal Y(k),... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080279220 - Preamble structure and acquisition for a wireless communication system: Techniques for sending sector/system information in TDM pilots using a hierarchical pilot structure are described. A base station sends multiple sets of bits for the sector/system information in multiple TDM pilots. The set of bits sent in a given TDM pilot may include bits sent in earlier TDM pilots. In... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080279222 - Distribution of traffic across a computer network: A system and method of distributing traffic across a computer network is provided using a relay apparatus. A relay apparatus includes an interface to a communication network, a data store, and a processor. The data store includes data elements associating a first network address of a server to a second... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080279224 - Alignment and deskew for multiple lanes of serical interconnect: Methods and apparatus are provided for data communication between a transmitter and receiver over a plurality of serial links, which cause the transmitter to send serialized groups of bits down each lane, in such a way that the first bit of each group (each lane) is guaranteed to arrive in... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080279223 - Method for synchronizing charging processes involved in performance of service on network elements in communication network: A control protocol using mechanisms of a transport protocol is used to distribute control messages containing specific dedicated information for each charging process involved in the performance of a service or application to each charging process required in the performance of the service or application.... Agent: Staas & Halsey

20080279225 - Synchronized receiver: There is provided a method of operating a communications system comprising a transmitting station and a receiving station, the method in the transmitting station comprising encoding a clock signal with data to form encoded signals for transmission; transmitting the encoded signals to the receiving station; the method in the receiving... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080279226 - Packet jitter mitigation for bursty transmission systems: Audio packets occupy spaces in a packet stream so as to reduce packet jitter in a receiver.... Agent: Zenith Electronics Corporation

20080273452 - Antenna mapping in a mimo wireless communication system: A method for transmission is provided to generate a plurality of reference signals for a plurality of antenna ports, with each reference signal corresponding to an antenna port; to map the plurality of reference signals to a plurality of physical antennas in accordance with a selected antenna port mapping scheme,... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080273453 - Methods and systems for channel estimation in a collaborative multi input multiple output (mimo) communication system: Methods and systems for estimating channel of one or more MSs in a collaborative MIMO communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from a transmit antenna of a first MS and a transmit antenna of a second MS at a BTS using one or more receiver... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20080273454 - Harq failure indication over iub-interface: The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for improving the performance of an uplink communication utilizing a hybrid automatic repeat protocol (HARQ) by an HARQ failure indication over Iub-interface (e.g., from a node B to a radio network controller, RNC) in mobile communication networks... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080273455 - Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment: Strategies are described for performing retry analysis in an environment which involves the transmission of media information from a source module to a target module. In the context of the source module, the retry analysis determines whether the source module should satisfy the retry requests issued by the target module.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080273456 - Port trunking between switches: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and a computer program product are provided for processing packets in switches. A first switch receives a packet from a network that is to be directed to a host. A determination is made as to whether all of the ports connected from the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080273457 - Systems, methods, and protocols for process migration and group membership management: A system, method, and set of protocols for dynamic group communication are provided for enabling dynamic process migration and dynamic group membership management. A process in a group receives and distributes a migration signal. Group communication continues while the processes in the group asynchronously reach a global superstep and then... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080273458 - Method and apparatus for multicast scheduling in wireless networks: The invention includes a method and apparatus for scheduling multicast transmissions in a wireless network by selecting one of a plurality of multicast groups of a cellular region that is permitted to transmit information during a current timeslot. A method includes receiving data rate request values from wireless user terminals... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20080273459 - Flexible ethernet bridge: In one embodiment, an Ethernet bridge operates in either VLAN aware mode or VLAN unaware mode as specified by a user. The width of a CAM used for storing address table can be minimized by using a mapping of VLAN identifiers to small numbers, which are stored in the CAM.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080273460 - Methods and systems for communication between network elements: A system for synchronizing a first network device and a second network device. The first network device comprises an interface configured to release over a communication link a first signal carrying a first data stream clocked by a first clock signal. The second network device comprises an interface configured to... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20080273462 - Hybrid internet protocol encryptor/decryptor bypass device: A system (706, 714) is provided for a network signaling bypass around a cryptographic device (1008, 1108). The system is comprised of an interface (1002, 1102) configured to receive a plurality of packets and communicate the packets that are of a non-GIST type to a non-GIST bypass circuit (1004-1, 1004-2)... Agent: Harris Corporation C/o Darby & Darby PC

20080273461 - Network system, traffic balancing method, network monitoring device and host: A traffic balancing system, traffic balancing device and traffic balancing method that converts IP packets by switching IP address of the destination host between the dual stack hosts communicating with each other, in order to control traffic balancing in the networks.... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080273464 - Retro flow control for arriving traffic in computer networks: The decision within a packet processing device to transmit a newly arriving packet into a queue to await further processing or to discard the same packet is made by a flow control method and system. The flow control is updated with a constant period determined by storage and flow rate... Agent: Ibm Coporation (rtp) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080273463 - Uplink transport format selection: A method includes performing transport format combination selection so as to maximize transmission of higher priority data. The method operates, when scheduled and/or non-scheduled grants are taken into account for a transmission time interval, giving data of a given priority belonging to a scheduled MAC-d flow precedence over any lower... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20080273465 - Method of switching fabric for counteracting a saturation tree occurring in a network with nodes: The invention relates to a method and a switching fabric for counteracting a saturation tree occurring in a network with nodes. The method comprises the steps of generating at a local node where a congestion emerges a first congestion information; sending the first congestion information to at least one upstream... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20080273466 - Correlation of data of a control and/or data transmission system and of a system model representing it: The invention proposes data correlation methods for testing the functionality of a system element to be used inside a control and/or data processing system as well as, in essentially the opposite direction, for designing a system model having at least one transmission function for modeling a control and/or data transmission... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080273467 - Methods for determining pw connection state and for notifying ac connection state and the associated equipments: Method for determining PW connection state and for notifying AC connection state and the associated equipments. For determination of PW connection state, PW-OAM packets are added to detect the PW connection state. A local PE transmits a PW-OAM request packet, and upon receipt of the PW-OAM request packet, a peer... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080273469 - Method and apparatus for providing biasing criteria for binary decisions for use in wireless communications to enhance protection: A criterion for biasing a binary decision requiring an unequal protection which utilizes a measured signal to interference ratio (SIR). The SIR may be derived from a determination of channel estimation. The SIR is compared against a threshold, the threshold being selected to bias the decision toward a not acknowledge... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080273468 - Providing neighbor cell transmission information in a long-term evolution single frequency network: A system for providing control channel information is provided. The system comprises a processor programmed to promote transmission of a multicast control channel (MCCH). The MCCH includes information related to a service notifying user equipment when transmission on a resource is blocked by one or more cells within a plurality... Agent: Research In Motion Attn: Glenda Wolfe

20080273470 - System for interlocking a server to a server system and a computer system utilizing the same: A system for interlocking a plurality of servers to a server system is disclosed. In a first aspect, a computer system comprises a plurality of servers, a management module coupled to each of the plurality of servers, and an interlock mechanism coupled to the management module, wherein the interlock mechanism... Agent: Ibm Rp-rps Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080273471 - Terminal device, system and method for measuring traffic based on user services: A terminal device includes a service type distinguishing module and a traffic measuring module. The service type distinguishing module is adapted to distinguish types of services accessed by the terminal device; the traffic measuring module is adapted to measure the traffic of each service type according to the service types... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273472 - Ethernet resource management: The state of resources (e.g., links, trunks, services) of an Ethernet Resource may be maintained at a management console. Upon detection of a change of state in a given resource, a management agent of a node in the Ethernet Resource may indicate the state change to the management console in... Agent: Ridout & Maybee LLP

20080273473 - Method and system for realizing network connection service: A method and system for implementing a network connection service is provided. In the invention, the port information of the network ingress node and the network egress node is registered with the directory server or configured manually. During the establishment of the network service connection, a request for establishing the... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080273474 - Network system, information processor, and information processing program recording medium: m

20080273475 - Reconfigurable computer bus: A bus system in which a bus controller, such as a complex programmable logic device, manages a communication channel coupling modules which can implement a node in a sensor network and/or an embedded system device. The system abstracts the communication channel from communicating processors of the modules. A processor of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080273476 - Device method and system for teleconferencing: Disclosed is a device, system and method for teleconferencing. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a teleconferencing system including a communication module adapted to transmit a digital data stream including data correlated to (e.g. representative of) a sound signal received by one or more microphones... Agent: Naomi Assia Law Offices C/o LandonIPInc.

20080273477 - Method and apparatus for streaming audio data across a voip gateway to digital handsets: A VoIP telephone system which enables a user to receive and play audio files, such as music, over a telephone handset. The telephone system uses a media terminal adaptor (MTA) to provide voice communications to a telephone base station which communicate with a plurality of telephone handsets. The MTA stores... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080273480 - Dynamic adjustment of training time for wireless receiver: Systems, devices, and methods are described for acquiring a wireless signal including a number of time-multiplexed bursts of data. An allocated training time may be dynamically adjusted to acquire a wireless signal and capture one of the bursts of data. Also, initial filter coefficients may be established for bursts of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080273479 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control channels by restricting a set of the control channels in a wireless communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting a control channel in a base station for a wireless communication system. The base station transmits information including a number of channel elements constituting control channels, to a terminal; establishes a set of control channels that the terminal can receive, within the number of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080273478 - Method for fairly distribution of spectrum in contention-based protocols: The invention relates to a method and a terminal for wireless transmitting data using a contention-based protocol, wherein a plurality of communicating wireless terminals (1-9) transmit data using a common medium for transmitting, the method within a wireless terminal comprises the steps of: waiting for a back-off time to access... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273481 - Warm start receiver: Systems, devices, and methods are described for acquiring a wireless signal including a number of time-multiplexed bursts of data. An allocated training time may be dynamically adjusted to acquire a wireless signal and capture one of the bursts of data. Also, initial filter coefficients may be established for bursts of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080273482 - Uplink access method for receiving a point-to-multipoint service: In a wireless mobile communications system, a network transmits a response request message with respect to a particular point-to-multipoint service to a terminal, the terminal transmits uplink access preamble according to information of the received response request message and receives a response message in response to the uplink access preamble.... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080273483 - Method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions via an enhanced dedicated channel: A method and apparatus for scheduling transmissions via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A scheduled power is calculated for scheduled data flows. A remaining transmit power is calculated for the E-DCH transmission. A rate request message is generated, wherein the scheduled power, remaining transmit power and rate request... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080273488 - Method and apparatus for mobile based access point name (apn) selection: A procedure is provided wherein a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) receives a request for an access point name (APN) the SGSN making a determination if the requested packet data protocol (PDP) and APN are the same as subscribed information. In the event that the requested... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080273487 - Push-to talk over ad-hoc networks: The invention proposes a network system comprising a plurality of network nodes (10, 11), each of the network nodes comprising means (103, 113) for temporarily forming a group with at least one of the plurality of network nodes, sending means (101, 111) for sending information (which may include voice, text... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080273485 - System and method of discovery of wireless control device: Disclosed herein is a wireless infrastructure node configured to receive a discovery message from a wireless control device, and reply to the wireless control device with a connection request if the wireless infrastructure node is not statically assigned to another wireless control device and the wireless infrastructure node is not... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20080273484 - Wireless communication system: It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless communication system, which ensures that communication can be maintained in an excellent status although a mobile wireless station may be moved in a service area. A CPU (210) of a mobile wireless station (2) in process of transmission... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080273486 - Wireless protocol adapter: A wireless protocol adapter for use in a process system includes a wireless interface that communicates with a multi-node wireless communication network using a wireless communication protocol, a wired interface that connects to a first field device over a wired link, and a processing unit that transfers process data between... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080273491 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in an orthogonal frequency multiplexing system: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided, in which a Base Station (BS) generates a signal of a broadcast channel, determines whether the broadcast channel signal includes Reference Symbols (RSs) used for channel estimation, determines to apply a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080273490 - Method and system for link adaptation using metric feedback: A method for link adaptation at a base station using metric feedback is disclosed. The method can include the steps of communicating with a mobile station over a communication link having one or more sub-channels and during the communication, receiving from the mobile station information relating to one or more... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080273489 - Method and system of transport mode notification on a multi-mode handheld communication device: A communications device includes multiple data transceivers, each configured for communication via a respective communication transport mode. The communication device has one or more data packets which are associated with one of the communication transport modes. The handheld communication device transmits or receives the data packet(s) via the data transceiver... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20080273492 - Method and user equipment apparatus for radio resource management in a mobile communication system: A method and a UE apparatus for radio resource management in a mobile communication system. When a discontinuous reception period or an inactivity period of a UE exceeds a threshold, an ENB releases resources for uplink control information transmission allocated to the UE, and the UE recognizes the release of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080273493 - Load balancing for an air interface protocol architecture with a plurality of heterogenous physical layer modes: A system and method for dynamic traffic load balancing with a multiple physical layer modes of an air interface protocol architecture, the protocol architecture residing in a base station and/or an access network that includes a base station and access gateway that include distributed and centralized components of the air... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20080273494 - Method and apparatus for closed loop transmission: In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus for closed loop transmission is disclosed. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a time frequency portion of an uplink frame is dynamically reserved as a sounding zone for uplink channel sounding. A first message is transmitted to... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080273500 - Apparatus and method for vertical handover in wireless communication system: A method of performing a vertical handover in a terminal of a wireless communication system includes generating a care-of-address (CoA) by using neighbor network information acquired from a media independent handover (MIH) server to perform the vertical handover, transmitting handover request information and the CoA to a serving network, confirming... Agent: Perman & Green

20080273497 - Handover for dvb-h: A method of wireless handover in a broadcast network (FIGS. 5 and 8) is disclosed. A wireless receiver (FIG. 4) receives a first signal (N) from a first transmitter (f1). The receiver measures a signal strength (RSSI) of the first signal. The strength of the first signal is compared to... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080273498 - Method and system for transmitting content in a wireless communication network: The present invention provides methods and systems for transmitting content in a wireless communication network. The method includes caching a content in each base station of a set of base stations in the wireless communication network. The content includes a plurality of packets. In response to caching the content, a... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20080273499 - Packet forwarding method, path reconstrucitng method and state transition method for avoiding packet loss during handover: Provided is a method of packet forwarding over partial mesh network to avoid packet loss during handover. The method includes: based on first trigger information of a layer 2 obtained when a mobile node (MN) moves from a domain of a currently connected first BS to another domain, expecting a... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20080273495 - Smooth handover in a wireless local area network: A process for operation of a data link transmitting data packets between a base station and one or more mobile stations within transmission phases. A start signal indicates the start of each transmission phase that is managed by the base station. For preparation of a handover procedure the mobile station... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080273496 - System for fa relocation with context transfer in wireless networks: A system for foreign agent relocation in a wireless network. The system comprises at least one first foreign agent; at least one second foreign agent; and at least one mobile node. Relocation negotiation is performed to determine whether foreign agent relocation of the mobile node from the at least one... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080273501 - Control unit and method for controlling the load in a mobile telecommunications network: A method and control nodes for controlling load-based handover in a mobile telecommunications network is proposed and at least one logical control node for controlling resources in said cell and at least one logical service node for controlling quality of service, wherein said logical service node comprises terminal instruction means... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080273502 - Wireless communication method and system for controlling data bit rates to maintain the quality of radio links: A wireless communication method and system for controlling the current data bit rate of a radio link (RL) to maintain the quality of the RL. The system includes a core network (CN), a radio network controller (RNC) and at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The RL is established between... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C. Dept. Icc

20080273503 - Method and terminal for performing handover in mobile communications system of point-to-multipoint service: A method for performing a handover in a mobile communications system of a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS), wherein when a terminal having subscribed (joined) a point-to-multipoint service moves from a first base station to a second base station, the terminal is commanded (indicated) by the first base station to transfer... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080273504 - Synchronizing media data from multiple data channels for ip network transport: In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving by a gateway a plurality of data streams via respective data channels; identifying by the gateway, from among the data streams, selected data streams for aggregation based on the selected data streams each having a same encoding type and destined for a same... Agent: Leon R Turkevich

20080273506 - Adaptive beamforming configuration methods and apparatus for wireless access points serving as handoff indication mechanisms in wireless local area networks: Methods and apparatus for use in configuring a wireless access point (AP) which serves as a handoff indication mechanism (“AP tripwire”) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) for mobile device handoffs between the WLAN and a wireless wide area network (WWAN) are described. During a configuration procedure or training... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20080273507 - Direct station-to-station link between wireless network devices: Some embodiments of the invention may establish a direct station-to-station-link (STSL) between client devices in an IEEE 802.11 network by using the payload portion of communicated frames to set up the STSL. Legacy access points may be able to handle this procedure without having to be modified, as they would... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080273509 - Method, system and device for optimizing routing in mobile ipv6: This disclosure relates to a method, system and device for optimizing routing in a mobile IPv6. The core is that the communication between a mobile node and a correspondence node is performed in a routing optimization mode, while providing a secure verification, so that the care-of address of the mobile... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273508 - Packetized audio data operations in a wireless local area network device: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, an input buffer controller, and a processor. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit may also include an output buffer, an output buffer controller, a transcoder, and/or an audio Coder-Decoder (CODEC). The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080273505 - Providing handover/handoff for dual mode (wifi/gsm) mobile terminals in a gsm network using a three-way calling mechanism: w

20080273510 - Methods of transmitting pilot tones and data in spatial multiplexing transmission: A method and apparatus of transmitting pilot tones and data in multi-carrier spatial multiplexing transmission is disclosed. The method includes a plurality of subscribers transmitting data to a base station through common frequency sub-carrier and symbol time tiles. Each of the multiple subscribers rotating frequency sub-carrier and symbol time locations... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20080273513 - Method and apparatus for ul ack allocation: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate allocation of uplink acknowledgement (ACK) resources for a wireless communication system. Various aspects described herein facilitate explicit creation and transmission of a bundled assignment of downlink communication resources and uplink resources for ACK transmission, thereby facilitating overhead-efficient ACK allocation for users that can... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273514 - Method of receiving system information for a wireless communications system and related apparatus: A method of receiving system information for a user equipment, hereinafter called UE, of a wireless communications system is provided to prevent a connection loss between the UE and a network terminal. The UE uses a dedicated HS-DSCH radio network transaction identifier, abbreviated to H-RNTI, for a high speed downlink... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080273511 - Multi-cell joint-detection method in time-slotted cdma system: A multi-cell joint-detection method in a time-slotted CDMA system includes: performing a multiple code set channel estimation on received signal data and obtaining channel estimation results of a home cell and of neighboring cells; adjusting the channel estimation results of the home cell and/or neighboring cells or the estimation result... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080273512 - Superposition coding in a wireless communication system: A system to communicate a superposition coded packet from a base station to a plurality of remote stations. At the base station, from a list of user candidates for superposition coding a most deserving user may be determined. Those user candidates with a requested data rate less than that of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273516 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information to randomize inter-cell interference in a mobile communication system: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information in an SC-FDMA system are provided. Different orthogonal codes are generated for different slots each including a plurality of SC-FDMA symbols in a subframe. A control channel signal is generated by multiplying control symbols carrying control information by a sequence... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080273515 - Wireless communications in a multi-sector network: In a wireless network employing Spatial Division Multiplexing Access (“SDMA”) in at least one of its cells, a method is provided for dynamically allocating transmission resources to different subscriber devices. The method comprises the steps of: providing at least one base station comprising at least one antenna array; providing one... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080273520 - Network architecture for dynamically setting end-to-end quality of service (qos) in a broadband wireless communication system: A communication network architecture including a broadband radio access network is provided. The architecture includes a terminal for transmitting an application layer service request message to request a service, a Policy Charging Rule Function (PCRF) for generating Quality of Service (QoS) parameters of an Internet Protocol (IP) layer using QoS... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20080273519 - Streaming video data to mobile devices: The streaming of video data to mobile devices (101 to 103) is shown in which a support server (106) and an asset server (107, 108) are provided. The support server receives a first request (303) from a mobile device for a selected video asset. The support server relays (304, 305)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273518 - Suspending transmissions in a wireless network: A method of increasing operational safety of a wireless communication network operating in a process control environment and having a plurality of network devices includes detecting a first triggering condition associated with an increased operational risk due to a wireless transmissions by at least one of the plurality of network... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080273517 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method: The circuit scale of a wireless communication apparatus at the data receiving end in a wireless communication performing an adaptive control for each of subcarriers or subchannels can be reduced. In the present apparatus, frame forming parts (103-1 to 103-m) each multiplex a pilot, control information and transport data to... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080273522 - Generation and detection of synchronization signal in a wireless communication system: Techniques for generating a synchronization signal (e.g., a secondary synchronization signal) based on an M-sequence are described. In one design, first and second sequences for a secondary synchronization signal may be generated based on different cyclic shifts of the M-sequence. The cyclic shifts may be determined based on cell ID... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273521 - Method and system for accurate clock synchronization for communication networks: A high accuracy clock synchronization mechanism between a sender and a receiver in a communication network achieves time synchronization using broadcast beacons, directly at the PHY/MAC layer of the sender and the receiver, to minimize synchronization delay jitter. This provides a more efficient synchronization method than either NTP or SNTP,... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080273525 - Communication method and communication device as well as computer program: Communication performed within a network including a plurality of communication stations is provided, in which when an access control is performed so that communication timing of a packet can not collide with that of another station by detecting a signal which is transmitted from another station, “a header area processed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080273526 - Method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing between affiliated phones wherein at least one phone is associated with a non-affiliated network: A method and system of supporting abbreviated dialing between phones include determining dialing by a first phone of an abbreviated number associated with a second phone. The first phone is in a circuit-switched network associated with a Centrex system and the second phone is in an Internet Protocol (IP) packet-switched... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080273523 - Providing service information for charging a subscriber for a service: Providing service information includes receiving session initiation protocol (SIP) packets from a SIP proxy. Service information is extracted from the SIP packets. The service information describes a service provided to an access terminal associated with a subscriber. The service information is sent to a charging/enforcement point operable to charge the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080273524 - Split and sequential paging for voice call continuity: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate paging for establishing a Voice Call Continuity (VCC)-supported voice call in a network containing access point(s) that can support packet switched (PS) voice communication, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and access point(s) that can support only circuit switched (CS) voice communication.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273527 - Distributed system: A distributed system comprises a master node, at least one slave node, and two or more communication channels linking the master node to the at least one slave node. The master node is configured for transmitting the same message to the at least one slave node over each of the... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080273528 - Phase select circuit with reduced hysteresis effect: A phase signal select circuit includes a supporting path coupled to a tri-state inverter circuit. The supporting path reduces effects of hysteresis on signal transfer. An apparatus includes at least one input node responsive to a respective one of at least one input signal. The apparatus includes at least one... Agent: Zagorin O'brien Graham LLP

20080273529 - Method for the optimized transmission of data bursts between a sending and a receiving network node: The invention relates to an optical data burst transmission method. An emitted network node obtains, together with a confirmation signal, information regarding the length of time of after which blocking no longer occurs and/or information indicating when the connection path is free. The emitted network node can be immediately emitted... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080273530 - Transmission of digital information in a frame switched data network: The invention relates to transmitting digital information between the network elements of a frame switched data network. In the present invention, it has surprisingly been discovered that the padding bits of the data field of a minimum sized Ethernet frame can be used for transmitting digital information between the elements... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080273531 - Data switch and a method of switching: The present invention relates to a switch and a method of switching for switching data frames. The switch comprises plural input ports and plural output ports; a central switch fabric configurable in any switching cycle to make connections between required pairs of the input ports and output ports; one or... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080273533 - Adaptive packet transmission with explicit deadline adjustment: The embodiments of the invention relate to source content streaming, particularly to transmitting data units scheduled for dropping or non-transmission. This data unit in the buffer scheduled for dropping is instead transmitted by dropping one or more consecutive data units later in the transmission order in the buffer and which... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, PC

20080273532 - Direct assembly of a data payload in an application memory: A system and method for direct assembly of data payload in an application memory. A transmission control protocol offloading process is applied by network interface card components on a packet header to provide a direct memory access (DMA) task with precise application memory location pointers to a DMA engine. The... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080273536 - Early detection of false start-of-packet triggers in a wireless network node: An apparatus, a carrier medium storing instructions to implement a method, and a method in a node of a wireless network able to receive packets that exactly or substantially conform to a wireless network standard according to which each packet includes a header having bits that have respective correct values... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080273535 - Method and apparatus for assigning a virtual address to and text-messaging to multiple text-capable destination entities: A virtual address is configured. A destination address and a capability information associated with each destination entity of a set of destination entities associated with a destination party are configured. Each destination entity from the set of destination entities is a push-capable, text-message-capable entity. Each destination entity from the set... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080273534 - Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin compute node to a target compute node: Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin node to a target node includes: sending, by an origin DMA engine, an RTS message, the RTS message specifying an application message for transfer to the target node from the origin node; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, a remote get... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080273537 - Ciphering sequence number for an adjacent layer protocol in data packet communications: A data packet communication system employs data encryption in a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) and radio link control (RLC) in Layer 2 of transmission between a transmitter (TX) and a receiver (RX). A single sequence number is used for both the PDCP and RLC to reduce overhead by signaling... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273539 - System for performing a packet header lookup: A system for performing a lookup for a packet in a computer network are disclosed. The packet includes a header. The system includes a parser, a lookup engine coupled with the parser, and a processor coupled with the lookup engine. The parser parses the packet for the header prior to... Agent: Ibm Rp-rps Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080273538 - Multi-disk optical drive: An apparatus for transitioning data contained on multiple memory storage devices, such as optical disks and memory cards, efficiently onto a data network by utilizing data bridges between the memory devices and the target network.... Agent: Rory Briski

20080273540 - System and method for rendezvous in a communications network: The present invention introduces the notions of a rendezvous component and rendezvous functionality into the communications network environment. Using the invention, an application can express information regarding when an operation requested of a device should complete and at which location, and it enables the device to perform its operations respecting... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080273542 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus according to the invention can be applied to constitute each of relay nodes provided to constitute a novel communication network which avoids electric wave collision arising on a communication channel without carrying out “carrier sense” or operations for transmitting and receiving control information, such as “RTS”, “CTS”,... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080273541 - Linked-list hybrid peer-to-peer system and method for optimizing throughput speed and preventing data starvation: According to one embodiment, a system and method is described for formulating a linked-list hybrid peer-to-peer sub-network that analyzes capabilities of a plurality of nodes, and creating at least two linked-list hybrid peer-to-peer sub-networks by forming a first group of nodes of the plurality of nodes having similar capabilities and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080273543 - Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin compute node to a target compute node: Signaling completion of a message transfer from an origin node to a target node includes: sending, by an origin DMA engine, an RTS message, the RTS message specifying an application message for transfer to the target node from the origin node; receiving, by the origin DMA engine, a remote get... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080273544 - Management of protocol information in pnni hierarchical networks: Described is a method for managing flow of protocol information in a node of a hierarchical network in which the protocol information is communicated between network nodes in topology state elements. The method comprises checking topology state elements generated by the node to identify protocol information encapsulated therein, and selectively... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080273545 - Channel service manager with priority queuing: A system and method are provided for prioritizing network processor information flow in a channel service manager (CSM). The method receives a plurality of information streams on a plurality of input channels, and selectively links input channels to CSM channels. The information streams are stored, and the stored the information... Agent: Gerald W. Maliszewski

20080273546 - Data switch and a method of switching: The invention relates to a data switch, comprising: plural input ports each for receiving data cells from a respective link; plural output ports each for providing data cells to a respective link; a switch fabric for selectively enabling a data cell received at one of the plural input ports to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080273547 - Apparatus and method for acknowledging successful transmissions in a wireless communication system: An initiating device in a wireless network transmits a data message to at least three responding devices. None, one, some, or all of the responding devices may successfully receive the data message. Any responding device that successfully receives the data message sends an acknowledgement to the initiating device, which may... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080273548 - Configuration of service groups in a cable network: A method and apparatus for configuring service groups in a cable network is provided. A method may comprise identifying a primary downstream channel in a cable network and identifying a plurality of fiber nodes fed by the primary downstream channel. For each fiber node identified, the method may comprise identifying... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080273549 - Method of operating a network node of a network, a network node, a network system, a computer-readable medium, and a program element: A method of operating a network node of a network, a network node, a network system, a computer-readable medium, and a program element A method (300) of operating a network node (101-104) of a network system (100), comprising the steps of generating (305) a signal to be transmitted, selecting (310)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080273550 - Auto-detecting and auto-correcting system state changes before booting into operating systems: A mechanism via which system state changes can be detected and corrected automatically prior to a customer initiated boot. The mechanism is extensible to address newly added or discovered system state changes that result in a locked condition. The mechanism detects and corrects adverse events before booting into the operating... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080273551 - Method and related apparatus for handling packet discard in a wireless communications system: A method for handling packet discard in a transmitter of a wireless communications system includes activating a “use of a special value of a header extension field” mode, discarding a plurality of service data units, wherein the last service data unit of the plurality of service data units ends at... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080273553 - Method and system for bandwidth control, apparatus for access control and apparatus for user profile management: A bandwidth control method includes: determining a service type of a service ordered by a user, allocating maximum usable bandwidth to the service type and setting up a bandwidth control policy for the service type; calculating bandwidth occupied by the service type when the user uses the service; and adjusting,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080273552 - Methods and apparatuses for multimode bluetooth and wlan operation concurrently: A wideband telecommunications device with narrow band support. The device may be a receiver having a wireless interface configured to receive combined first and second signals, the first signal having data in a first frequency band and the second signal having data in a second frequency band wider than the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080273554 - System and method for time-constrained transmission of video in a communication system: A retransmission method and system for time-constrained video packet transmission between a sender and a receiver, wherein the retransmission deadline of each packet is individually adjusted based on the actual decoding time deadline at the receiver decoder. Accordingly, variable retransmission deadlines are set corresponding to the decoding and playback time... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080273555 - Communications system using adaptive baseband injected pilot carrier symbols and related method: A system, method and apparatus includes a transmitter that has an encoder and baseband modulator that encodes and modulates a sequence of payload data symbols as a signal constellation to be communicated. An amble generator and baseband modulator generates amble symbols as a known sequence of M symbol times in... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist