Control Of Data Admission To The Network

Control Of Data Admission To The Network patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

01/31/08 - 20080025215 - Method and apparatus for improving the fairness of new attaches to a weighted fair queue in a quality of service (qos) scheduler
In a first aspect, a network processor includes a scheduler in which a scheduling queue is maintained. A last frame is dispatched from a flow queue maintained in the network processor, thereby emptying the flow queue. Data indicative of the size of the dispatched last frame is stored in association ...

01/24/08 - 20080019270 - Arrangement and method for delayed re-allocation of addresses
The present invention relates to an arrangement, in a communications network, for allocating addresses to users or clients connecting to the network. It comprises at least one address holding means holding a plurality of addresses and allocating control means for, from said address holding means, allocating addresses to the users ...

01/17/08 - 20080013450 - System and method for time-out management
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to computationally efficient timer-queue management. In one embodiment of the present invention, a timer queue is implemented as a circular-timer queue, containing timers, or time-associated data objects, due to expire in a relatively short period of time, and a second queue or list ...

01/03/08 - 20080002579 - Arrangement and a method relating to flow of packets in communication systems
An arrangement, system, and method for switching data packet flows in a communication system. A flow processing core classifies packet flows and defines processing flow sequences applicable to the packet flows. A distributing arrangement directs the packet flows to appropriate functional units or processors according to each packet flow's applicable ...

12/27/07 - 20070297328 - System and method for allocating resources using spot market and derivative market techniques
A method for controlling access to a system of finite resources with excess demand employs a two stage admission process. Subscribers are first admitted based on an initial bid price and resource availability. The market price is determined by the highest bid price among the rejected arrivals in the current ...

12/13/07 - 20070286076 - Enhanced title processing arrangement
Methods, apparatus, and data structures embodied in computer-readable media are provided for facilitating access to a service in a network. Title materials are received which include one or more of a first title object, a component of the first title object, or a reference to the first title object. The ...

12/06/07 - 20070280107 - Data unit sender control method
A method of controlling a data unit sender is described. A flow control procedure for controlling the flow of data units sent by said data unit sender is conducted in dependence on acknowledgement messages from the receiver The flow control procedure utilizes (S103) at least one output limiting parameter (olp; ...

11/22/07 - 20070268826 - Method and system for managing traffic within a data communication network
A flow control method and system including an algorithm for deciding to transmit an arriving packet into a processing queue or to discard it, or, in the case of instructions or packets that must not be discarded, a similar method and system for deciding at a service event to transmit ...

11/15/07 - 20070263535 - Policy aware frame loss measurement
A novel mechanism for performing policy aware frame loss measurements that overcomes the problems of the prior art. The mechanism permits OAM frames to travel through the network in the same way data frames travel marked as green or yellow. The frame loss measurement is policy aware (i.e. SLA aware), ...

11/15/07 - 20070263534 - Virtualized computing architecture having multiple realms
An architecture and method for implementing a nodal complex (NC) supporting multiple quality of service (QoS) realms is provided. The disclosed architecture includes: a first set of extended enterprise service bus (EESB) rules for supporting nodes operating in a sub-second QoS realm; a second set of EESB rules for supporting ...

11/08/07 - 20070258369 - Network equipment management device, network equipment management method, network equipment, and program used therein
In order to perform update processing with high reliability while preventing occurrence of an error in the update order, reduce a load on a management device, and reduce the time required to complete the update processing, according to the present invention, there is provided a network equipment management program that ...

11/08/07 - 20070258366 - Transmission control frame generation device, transmission control frame processing device, transmission control frame generation method, and transmission control frame processing method
There is provided a transmission control frame generation device capable of reducing the data amount of feedback information while maintaining the quality of the feedback information. In this device, an average quality level calculation unit (182) calculates a reference line state level between sub-carriers from the line state levels corresponding ...

11/08/07 - 20070258365 - Methods and apparatus for communicating backlog related information
Methods and apparatus for efficient communication of backlog information, e.g., backlog information indicating amounts of uplink traffic waiting to transmitted by a wireless terminal are described. Delta backlog reports are used in addition to absolute backlog reports, thus reducing control signaling overhead, at least some information communicated in a delta ...

11/08/07 - 20070258363 - Application-aware atm buffer management method and system
A database stores a plurality of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) profiles for a plurality of different potential usage patterns for a digital subscriber line (DSL) service. The database associates each of the ATM profiles with a respective buffer size for a network element that is to communicate ATM traffic associated ...

10/25/07 - 20070248010 - Atm telecommunications systems and method for routingg narrow band traffic
A telecommunications system comprises an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network having uncommitted bandwidth, and a plurality of adaptive grooming routers (AGR) coupled to the network. The AGRs comprise a group adapted to function as a virtual transit exchange whose fabric and control are distributed over the group. The visual comprising ...

10/25/07 - 20070248007 - Broadband access network capacity management
A broadband access network (20) includes a plurality of access nodes (22-28) and at least one edge node (32). The total bandwidth associated with at least a link (34) associated with the edge node (32) is divided up into independently controlled portions. A central resource database (40) in one example ...

10/25/07 - 20070248006 - Communication traffic type determination devices and methods
Communication traffic type determination devices and methods are disclosed. A received block of communication traffic is concurrently analyzed relative to multiple traffic type definitions, and indications of whether the received block of communication traffic conforms to the traffic type definitions are provided. Concurrent analysis of the same traffic block relative ...

10/25/07 - 20070248005 - Modification of policing methods to make them more tcp-friendly
Various improvements are provided for prior art policing methods, including token bucket methods and virtual time policing methods. Some preferred methods of the invention involve assigning a non-zero drop probability even when the packet would otherwise have been transmitted according to a prior art policing method. For example, a non-zero ...

10/11/07 - 20070237077 - Controlling the transfer of terminal server data
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for controlling the transfer of terminal server data. In some embodiments, contending request to send terminal server data are resolved by a flow control module situated between a terminal server protocol and a transport/network protocol. The flow control module ...

10/04/07 - 20070230340 - System and method for measurement-based adaptive caching of virtual connections
Virtual circuits are dynamically established in a telecommunications network. A cache duration is adaptively determined based on at least one characteristic of the telecommunications network. A virtual circuit is established for a connection between a source and a destination. The virtual circuit is cached when the connection between the source ...

10/04/07 - 20070230337 - Communication terminal and retransmission control method
A retransmission control method of the present invention includes the steps in which a receiving terminal: measures a round trip time (RTT) between the receiving terminal and a sending terminal; calculates an RTO by using the measured RTT; and starts a time counting operation of the RTO upon reception from ...

10/04/07 - 20070230335 - Measurement-based admission control for wireless packet data services
A call admission control technique is described which is well-suited for wireless systems providing real-time services over a shared downlink. The call admission control technique considers both multiplexing and multi-user diversity gain. The technique accurately determines the multi-user diversity gain by measuring per-user resource allocation and advantageously maximizes user accommodations ...

09/27/07 - 20070223376 - Arbiter for a serial bus system
An arbiter for a device arranged to be coupled to a serial bus, the arbiter comprising a means for obtaining identifier information associated with one more other devices coupled to the serial bus and; means for determining a priority level based upon an identifier associated with the device and identifier ...

09/27/07 - 20070223374 - System and method for relaying signal in a communication system
A source node of a communication system selects one of a direct mode, a multi-hop mode, and a superposition mode as a transmission mode to be used for signal transmission from the source node to a destination node, taking into account data rates for a link between the source node ...

09/20/07 - 20070217334 - Wireless communication system, wireless base station, transmission rate determining method, and program for wireless communication system
By more flexibly controlling connection for each transmission rate in the wireless base station, the connection is established using possibly a higher transmission rate so long as the connection capacity of the wireless base station has a margin while efficiently determining the transmission rate according to the wave intensity from ...

09/13/07 - 20070211630 - Method for receiving multimedia message in wireless terminal
Disclosed is a method for receiving a multimedia message in a wireless terminal, the method including setting reception reservation information (multimedia message reception reservation information) of the multimedia message; when basic information of the multimedia message is received, analyzing the basic information of the multimedia message; comparing the basic information ...

09/13/07 - 20070211629 - Method and system for controlling wireless lan route, apparatus for managing wireless lan, and wireless lan access terminal
An AP managing server manages wireless LAN apparatuses wirelessly connected to an access terminal. The wireless LAN apparatuses are provided for each communication service (VoIP communication, HTTP communication) in a single subnet and a route connecting to the access terminal is made redundant for each communication service. The AP managing ...

09/13/07 - 20070211628 - Network management method, program and system
A network management apparatus interconnects a plurality of computers through physical lines having a predetermined line speed to manage a switch apparatus constructing a parallel computer system. The switch apparatus comprises a plurality of physical port units to enable or disable the same through individual power supply ON/OFF control for ...

09/13/07 - 20070211627 - Distributed communication traffic control systems and methods
Distributed communication traffic control systems and methods are disclosed. An amount of communication traffic received from a traffic management device and stored in a communication traffic queue at a communication device is monitored. Based on the amount of communication traffic stored in the communication traffic queue, a determination is made, ...

08/30/07 - 20070201364 - Wireless communication apparatus
A wireless communication apparatus is disclosed. A transmitting device transmits a first aggregation frame in which first transmission data frames are aggregated. A measuring device measures a number value of retransmission of each of the first transmission data frames. A storage stores a limiting value of the number value of ...

08/30/07 - 20070201363 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program
Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus configured to make a transition to one of a plurality of modes each defining processing to be executed and execute the one of a plurality of modes to which a transition has been made, which may include first selection means; second selection means; ...

08/30/07 - 20070201361 - method and apparatus for selecting a communication system based on a utilization analysis
A virtual operator and method for rating a charge for connecting to a network from a virtual operator and facilitating analysis of profitability of using a network. The virtual operator receives a Charge Detail Record in real time from a network the virtual operator is using for a service. The ...

08/30/07 - 20070201360 - Network switch
A network switch includes a media access controller (MAC) coupled to a plurality of ports, a receiver coupled to the MAC, and packet queuing control (PQC) coupled to the receiver. The PQC is configured to maintain a count of the number of receive packets stored in the receiver in each ...

08/30/07 - 20070201359 - Traffic information aggregating apparatus
Provided is a network system including a traffic information aggregating apparatus connected to a router for transferring data in a network, and a monitor server connected to the traffic information aggregating apparatus. In the network system, the traffic information aggregating apparatus receives traffic information from the router, assigns an aggregation ...

08/30/07 - 20070201358 - Communication system, network system, information controller and terminal equipment
In a communication system and an information controller terminal equipment of a user, that is to say, a receiver of information is specified in a server side. And in a network system, a terminal equipment and a network server a position of a user is specified in a server side. ...

08/23/07 - 20070195695 - Network performance management
The performance of a network can be managed by receiving a set of key quality parameters, wherein a key quality parameter represents a characteristic associated with at least one network component; identifying a service quality mapping module based on one or more network components associated with providing an end customer ...

08/23/07 - 20070195694 - System for dynamic control of an ip network
System for dynamically controlling equipment in a communication system taking into account the dynamics associated at least with the mobility of the users (authentication and affiliation of services), service quality requests transmitted by the users of the telecommunication network, the availability of the resources of the system comprising at least ...

08/16/07 - 20070189167 - Network congestion recognition and management
Apparatus for managing bandwidth for a plurality of connections each having a respective connection token, the apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media, comprises a memory to store the connection tokens, the memory comprising a ready connection queue, a pending increase connection queue, and an increase connection queue; and a ...

08/16/07 - 20070189161 - Apparatus, and associated method, for providing network selection management in a radio communication system
Apparatus, and an associated method, for selecting whether to authorize connection of a mobile station to communicate by way of a communication network. Radio frequency uncertainty, such as at coverage area boundaries, is managed to control better the selection. Signals broadcast by the communication system are monitored and signal performance ...

08/16/07 - 20070189160 - Method and system for randomized puncturing in mobile communication systems
Certain aspects of a method and system for handling signals in a communication system are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include partitioning processing of a plurality of information bits in a received bitstream into a functional data processing path and a functional address processing path. A final address of ...

08/16/07 - 20070189159 - System and method for dynamically optimized message processing
The invention comprises a method and system for dynamically processing messages. After a message is received from a network or from an internal application, and the message type is identified, the invention determines whether an optimized handler should be used to process messages of the identified message type. If an ...

08/09/07 - 20070183327 - Method and apparatus for scaling input bandwidth for bandwidth allocation technology
A method and apparatus are provided for scaling an input bandwidth for bandwidth allocation technology. An original bandwidth count value of an input flow is received. A bandwidth scaler constant is provided and used for scaling the received original bandwidth count value to provide a scaled bandwidth value between zero ...

08/09/07 - 20070183324 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing supported dsl communications features as selections
A method of offering Digital Subscriber Link (DSL) communications features includes eliminating selections from a menu of features to be provided via a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to a customer premises prior to allowing selections from the menu. ...

08/09/07 - 20070183323 - Selective redundancy for voice over internet transmissions
Adaptive redundancy is implemented (either switched on or off) for a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) packet connection by a basic two step approach. A first step of adaptive redundancy implementation involves monitoring relevant sources or indicators to determine when the need for redundancy (e.g., redundancy coding) may arise. The ...

08/02/07 - 20070177503 - Call admission to a wireless network based on application-specific quality of service information
The present invention provides a method of call admission to a wireless network. The method may include accessing quality of service information associated with a voice application associated with an access terminal in response to receiving a call session request from the access terminal. The method may also include determining ...

07/19/07 - 20070165525 - Computer program, method, and apparatus for managing reservation of it resources
A computer program, method, and apparatus that manage reservation of IT resources for efficient use thereof. Upon receipt of a reservation request, an IT resource finder identifies IT resources that are available for reservation in a period specified in the request. Subsequently a vacant period finder identifies vacant periods containing ...

07/19/07 - 20070165524 - Rate based congestion control for packet networks
The invention herein described consists of a method to compute in a end-to-end fashion the sending rate of data, audio and video flows over a packet switching network such as the Internet Protocol Network. The sending rate is computed as a function of the data sent in the recent past ...

07/12/07 - 20070159973 - Methods and apparatuses to provide multimedia connections
Methods and apparatuses to provide services to people who wish to make connections for real time communication, such as live telephone conversation, chat, video conferencing, etc., and/or non-real time communication, such as email. In one embodiment, a method includes: a first party providing one or more references to a second ...

07/12/07 - 20070159972 - Device and method for billing connections that are routed via a packet network
In one aspect, a method for billing for a connection routed via a packet network is provided. According to the method, billing is started the when the connection is established between a plurality of subscriber terminals. Information packets are transmitting according to a quality standard by at least one of ...

07/12/07 - 20070159971 - Broadband access method with great capacity and the system thereof
The present invention discloses a high-capacity broadband access method, comprising: a broadband subscriber initiating an access request to an access unit; the access unit sending the subscriber authentication information to a control unit via a route switching unit; the control unit authenticating the subscriber with an internal or external authentication, ...

07/12/07 - 20070159970 - Power reduction in switch architectures
A method according to one embodiment may include receiving, by an integrated circuit of a switch, a plurality of packets, monitoring a rate of the plurality of packets received at the integrated circuit, and adjusting a power consumption of at least a part of the integrated circuit in response to ...

07/05/07 - 20070153691 - Systems and methods for automated service migration
A migration framework provides for the automatic migration of services in a cluster. A migratable target list contains a list of servers in the cluster capable of hosting a migratable service. A consensus subsystem can select a host server from the migratable target list. A migration manager can migrate the ...

07/05/07 - 20070153690 - Scheduling method and system for communication systems that offer multiple classes of service
A method and system for prioritizing connection data that is associated with different classes of service for transmission in a frame based communication system. These classes of service can include CBR, nrt-VBR, MGR, and UBR traffic. One embodiment of the scheduling method and system uses hierarchical round-robin (HRR) with deficit ...

07/05/07 - 20070153689 - Method and apparatus for monitoring malicious traffic in communication networks
A method and apparatus for monitoring data traffic in a communication network are provided. A router connected to the communication network monitors information contained in the data traffic, and based on the information determines whether data in the traffic is indicative of a malicious threat to one or more resources ...

06/28/07 - 20070147243 - Method and system for guaranteeing end-to-end quality of service
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for guaranteeing end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), including: establishing in advance a corresponding logic bearer layer for each network, and storing information of the logic bearer layer in a bearer control entity of the bearer control layer of each network; initiating a ...

06/28/07 - 20070147242 - Device for optimization of the utilization of services in hybrid access networks
An optimization device for an IMS type core network coupled to service applications and to at least two access networks of different types, comprises processing means coupled to the service applications and adapted, when a user terminal connected to one of the access networks requests access to a chosen service, ...

06/28/07 - 20070147241 - Method and apparatus for admission control of data in a mesh network
An apparatus and method of controlling a traffic stream in a mesh network comprising receiving at a second node a traffic stream admission request to admit a traffic stream from a first node, determining a traffic load for the second node, and determining whether to admit or deny the traffic ...

06/28/07 - 20070147240 - Call admission control for mobility-capable telecommunications terminals
As is reflected in the disclosed method and apparatus, the present invention is a technique to account for the variation in channel occupancy of a particular terminal or terminals during the call admission process. Instead, a channel utilization manager accounts for the probabilistic nature of the call admission decision by ...

06/28/07 - 20070147239 - Terminal and related computer-implemented method for detecting malicious data for computer network
A computer-implemented packet detection method includes a source at a first address transmitting packets to a terminal at a second address without transmitting the packets to any intermediate address during the transmission, the terminal receiving the packets, the terminal reassembling the received packets; the terminal performing a process referring to ...

06/21/07 - 20070140121 - Method of preventing denial of service attacks in a network
A system, method, and computer readable medium for preventing denial of service attacks in a network, comprising counting a data packet generated by an address on the network and blocking access to the network of the address if the counted data packets exceeds a pre-defined threshold. In other embodiments, the ...

06/21/07 - 20070140120 - Data communication apparatus and module using human body
In circumstance of a wearable computing system, in order to effectively transfer data between electronic devices using electric property of human body, minimization, low power, and high-speed are required. Human body data communication apparatus and module using broadband signaling technology is provided to perform high-speed peer-to-peer data communication with a ...

06/21/07 - 20070140119 - Access multiplexer
In access multiplexers (1) comprising network interfaces (22) for interfacing network links (12) with network units (2) and comprising customer interfaces (23-25) for interfacing customer links (13-15) with customer units (3-5) and comprising coupling means (31) for coupling the interfaces (22-25), allocating means (32) are introduced for allocating Medium Access ...

06/21/07 - 20070140118 - Access multiplexer
In access multiplexers (1) comprising network interfaces (22) for interfacing network links (12) with network units (2) and comprising customer interfaces (23) for interfacing customer links (13) with customer units (3) and comprising coupling means (31) for coupling the interfaces (22, 23), allocating means (32) are introduced for allocating Medium ...

06/21/07 - 20070140117 - Tracking and blocking of spam directed to clipping services
A method and apparatus tracks and blocks content requested by a first remote device for forwarding over a network to a second remote device. For a given content item, one or more usage identities are tracked. Usage identities may include any combination of one or more of a source identity, ...

06/21/07 - 20070140116 - Interactive codec selection
A codec selection process is independent of a codec source. A codec table may be used that includes indexed codec references related to codecs stored in a codec source. The codec table and the codec source may be modified without affecting a codec selection process. This feature of an exemplary ...

06/21/07 - 20070140115 - Method for selection of an available transmission channel by sending a negative decision value and an additional positive decision value and corresponding base station, mobile terminal and mobile radio network
A transmission channel, for the transmission of messages from a mobile terminal to a base station, is selected after a terminal sends a send authorization request signal, for a particular transmission channel, to the base station and the base station sends a reply signal with a first decision value. The ...

06/14/07 - 20070133409 - Allocating access across shared communication medium to user classes
A method of providing network access across a shared communications medium between competing users includes the step of allocating network access for each user for a future time interval. Features include forecasting network access of the users in a future time interval, and prioritizing the users for allocating network access ...

06/14/07 - 20070133408 - Apparatus and method for authenticating traffic using packet header information
Provided is a traffic authentication apparatus using information on a header of a packet for traffic authentication. The apparatus includes a call admission control agent receiving a call admission request from a calling terminal; a network controller determining whether to approve the call admission request received by the call admission ...

06/14/07 - 20070133407 - Dynamic bandwidth allocation apparatus and method
The present invention relates to a bandwidth allocation apparatus and a method thereof. The present invention provides a method for adaptively allocating and controlling radio channels to multimedia traffic having various characteristics. Particularly, the present invention proposes a method for maximizing a system resource use rate while satisfying a communication ...

06/14/07 - 20070133406 - Technique for enabling traffic engineering on ce-ce paths across a provider network
A technique enables Traffic Engineering (TE) on paths between customer edge devices (CEs) across a provider network (“CE-CE paths”) in a computer network. According to the novel technique, TE is configured on a link from a sending provider edge device (PE) to a first CE (“PE-CE link”), e.g., a CE ...

06/14/07 - 20070133405 - Congestion controller for network transmissions
A congestion controller for a media server monitors both the buffer status of the client device as well as the network performance. The congestion controller may increase or decrease the pacing of packets transmitted over the network based on the fullness of a buffer on the client device, but may ...

06/07/07 - 20070127377 - Method for updating a data record and device for carrying out the method
When updating a data record identified by a version number, the problem exists that a simple not equal to comparison or greater than comparison is often insufficient for ascertaining the up-to-date nature of the newly received data record, particularly if the data record is transmitted to a receiving station via ...

06/07/07 - 20070127376 - Method for processing packets of a vlan in a network switch
A method for processing packets of a VLAN in a network switch is provided. The VLAN comprises a plurality of physical LANs and are divided into a plurality of subnets. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a packet through an ingress port of the network switch, wherein the packet ...

05/31/07 - 20070121505 - Providing proportionally fair bandwidth allocation in communication systems
Sharing a resource may include the use of label values associated with information units presented to the resource. The label values may be determined based on, for example, arrival rates and/or committed flow rates. Criteria may be applied to label values to determine if the associated information units may be ...

05/31/07 - 20070121504 - Scheduling incoming packet traffic on an output link of a network device associated with a data network
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for scheduling a flow on an output link among a plurality of flows of incoming packet traffic at a network device associated with a data network. A scheduler comprises scheduler logic that uses a credit counter per flow to keep track ...

05/31/07 - 20070121503 - Routing topology bandwidth management methods and system
A system for facilitating bandwidth management in a routing domain (100), the system including: a domain bandwidth manager (116); and a plurality of area bandwidth managers (118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128) coupled to the domain bandwidth manager and arranged in accordance with an OSPF hierarchical routing topology with the ...

05/31/07 - 20070121502 - System and method for handling network overload
A system and method for handling network overload includes receiving one or more requests, wherein an originating client originates the one or more requests. It is determined if a network element processing the one or more requests is overloaded. If the network element is overloaded, a pushback message is generated. ...

05/31/07 - 20070121501 - Method and apparatus for providing quality of service level in broadband communications systems
An access terminal having user applications identified by product keys used to determine a QoS level to be granted to invoked user applications for the establishment of connections by an access network. The access terminal invokes the user applications, identifies the product key of the invoked user applications and determines ...

05/31/07 - 20070121500 - Communication session admission control systems and methods
Communication session admission control systems and methods are disclosed. A state of a communication system is monitored, and admission of a communication session into the communication system is controlled based on a random admission control procedure and a current state of the communication system. Monitoring of the current state of ...

05/31/07 - 20070121499 - Method of and system for physically distributed, logically shared, and data slice-synchronized shared memory switching
An improved data networking technique and apparatus using a novel physically distributed but logically shared and data-sliced synchronized shared memory switching datapath architecture integrated with a novel distributed data control path architecture to provide ideal output-buffered switching of data in networking systems, such as routers and switches, to support the ...

05/24/07 - 20070115819 - Virtual linking using a wireless device
A system and method for virtual linking a wireless device to another device is disclosed herein. The system includes an access point and a controller configured to mediate transmissions between the wireless device and the another device. The system further includes a virtual device table and a permissions filter to ...

05/24/07 - 20070115818 - Triggered notification
In one embodiment, a virtual frame director may receive association data regarding a virtual server and a physical server, send instructions to a management module based on the received association data, send a control command to the physical server based on the received association data, and send a notification regarding ...

05/24/07 - 20070115817 - Minimum rate guarantees on wireless channel using resource utilization messages
Systems and methods are described that facilitate performing interference management techniques between sending and receiving nodes in order to provide minimum transmission rate guarantees. Carrier-to-interference ratio (C/I) may be controlled by employing specialized resource utilization messages (RUMs), the number and rate of which may be governed by a “token bucket” ...

05/24/07 - 20070115816 - Selection of radio resources in a wireless communication device
The invention relates to a method for selecting radio resources for a communication session in a wireless communication terminal. In order to facilitate the selection of quality of service between diversified terminals, terminal capabilities are described by a set of capability parameters, the set including at least one parameter indicative ...

05/24/07 - 20070115815 - Receiver, transmitter and transmission/reception system for media signal
A transmission/reception system for transmitting a media signal such as moving picture data, audio data and the like has a transmitter for transmitting the media signal to a transmission path, and a receiver for receiving the media signal through the transmission path. The receiver comprises a buffer for temporarily storing ...

05/24/07 - 20070115814 - Method and apparatus for improved data transmission
Methods and apparatuses for improved data transmission control protocols. Acknowledgment streams are used by a sender process to generate various estimates of eligible transmission rates that are fair to other processes competing for bandwidth across a common network. In addition, the acknowledgment streams are used in conjunction with various other ...

05/17/07 - 20070109964 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving control information of user equipment for uplink data transmission
A method and apparatus for transmitting a happy bit indicating whether a UE needs additional resources for uplink data transmission in a mobile communication system supporting an uplink packet data service are provided. The UE sets a happy bit for a current process based on a different criterion, depending on ...

05/17/07 - 20070109963 - Internet protocol telephony proxy device
An Internet protocol telephony proxy device having a processor configured to execute a first, second and third logic is described therein. When the first logic is executed by the processor, the processor will be configured to authenticate a remote VoIP client. Next, when the processor executes the second logic, the ...

05/10/07 - 20070104102 - Buffer management and flow control mechanism including packet-based dynamic thresholding
A network device for processing data includes at least one ingress module for performing switching functions on incoming data, a memory management unit for storing the incoming data and at least one egress module for transmitting the incoming data to at least one egress port. The at least one ingress ...

05/10/07 - 20070104101 - Dynamic resource allocation based on quality-of-service
A method and system for allocating a satellite payload terminal's (payload terminal) resources in response to a plurality of flow requests received by the payload terminal from one or more ground terminals is provided. The method includes, prioritizing the plurality of flow requests received at the payload terminal for a ...

05/10/07 - 20070104100 - Method and system for quality of service optimisation in a data network
The present invention provides a method and system for estimating the optimum service rate or bandwidth requirement (BWR) for a switch or router in a communications network for a particular traffic flow which contains elastic traffic, i.e. traffic subject to a feedback mechanism. The invention provides an iterative technique to ...

05/03/07 - 20070097863 - Method and apparatus regarding use of a service convergence fabric
A service convergence fabric (103) is operably disposed between a plurality of independent access networks, control networks, and service networks (104) and a converged application layer (100). This service convergence fabric is then used (202) to receive a service request, process the service request, provide a corresponding response, and publish ...

05/03/07 - 20070097862 - Call admission controlling device and method for providing qos in high-speed portable network
Disclosed is a call admission controlling device and method for providing QoS (quality of service) in the portable Internet. When a mobile terminal requests a guarantee of the corresponding QoS and a call admission, a packet access router calculates a bandwidth available for resource reservation according to mobility characteristics of ...

04/26/07 - 20070091804 - Application wire
Transferring data over a network includes identifying an application flow and mapping the application flow to a network bound connection. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091803 - Method, system and apparatus for scheduling a large pool of resources
A system and method for scheduling resources utilizes a data structure that supports quick sorting to find a highest priority eligibility key. The data structure provides for guaranteed storage efficiency, supports insertion and deletion, and assures that the worst-case operation to maintain its properties after assertion is O(log N) where ...

04/26/07 - 20070091802 - Class-based bandwidth partitioning
Class-based bandwidth partitioning of a sequence of packets of varying packet classes is performed, such as, but not limited to determining whether or not to admit a packet to a queue based on a probability corresponding to a class of packets associated with the packet, with this probability being based ...

04/26/07 - 20070091801 - Forward link admission control for high-speed data networks
Admission control is performed on a forward link shared packet data channel based on the measured delay per unit of data transmitted on the channel or the data throughput on the channel. In another embodiment, statistical analyses of channel quality metrics received at a base station are compared to the ...

04/26/07 - 20070091800 - Power line communication voice over ip system and method
A power line communication system communicating over a medium voltage power line including a VoIP endpoint that transmits voice data and requests to establish a voice connection to a medium voltage (MV) access device is provided. The medium voltage access device may determine a response to the request, allocate voice ...

04/26/07 - 20070091799 - Method and device for controlling a queue buffer
A queue buffer control system is described, in which a queue length parameter QL is compared with a length threshold value Lth for triggering a congestion notification procedure that comprises a decision procedure for deciding whether to perform congestion notification or not. Also, an automatic threshold adaptation procedure S5 for ...

04/26/07 - 20070091798 - Communication system, information processing apparatus, server, and communication method
A first information processor transmits a bubble packet to a port assigned after assignment of specified port from reference port in a second communication control unit, a server detects the position of the bubble packet transmitting port in a first communication control unit used in transmission of this bubble packet, ...

04/19/07 - 20070086341 - Apparatus and method for communication scheduling
An apparatus and method are provided for communication scheduling. The apparatus includes a control unit for determining whether a reference node and a plurality of child nodes of the reference node have completed communication scheduling, which is required for performing communication between the reference node and the child nodes during ...

04/19/07 - 20070086340 - Method and system for transporting service flow securely in an ip network
The present invention provides a method for transporting a service flow securely in an Internet Protocol (IP) network, which includes the following steps: a service server sends a first request to a resource manager, requesting to build a service flow path between a calling user and a called user in ...

04/19/07 - 20070086339 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing quality of service brokering in a network
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for providing quality of service brokering in a network. Methods include receiving a data packet at a router in an Internet protocol (IP) network. The data packet includes a data packet QoS class and a data packet destination. A storage ...

04/19/07 - 20070086338 - Application layer ingress filtering
A method and system for filtering malicious packets received at the edge of a service provider (SP) domain is provided. A protocol aware border element identifies the protocol used by any ingress packet, and then determines which domain-specific information is used in the application payload of the packet to form ...

04/12/07 - 20070081460 - Evaluating quality of service in an ip network with cooperating relays
A technique is disclosed that evaluates a network path between (i) a first node in a first subnetwork of endpoint nodes, such as IP phones, and (ii) a second node in a second subnetwork. A “ricochet” node in the network path evaluates the path by probing one or both subnetworks, ...

04/12/07 - 20070081459 - Multi-service session admission control
A Session Admission Control (SAC) for negotiating admission control in a multi-services communications network including multicast services is described. The module distributes the admission process between a centralized decision function (SAC-PDP) and a distributed decision function (SAC-M) in a fashion that solves admission control scaling problems. The mechanism for interaction ...

04/12/07 - 20070081458 - Probabilistic link selection in routing algorithm
The present invention comprises method and an apparatus for finding a path for routing a call from a source-node (SN) to a destination-node (DN) through a communication network. According to the invention the source-node (SN) generates a random-number and depending on the generated random-number at least one path between the ...

04/05/07 - 20070076608 - Providing radio access between cellular and internet protocol-based wireless communication networks
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for providing radio access in a communication system by inter-working between at least two packet-based networks, such as heterogeneous cellular networks including a cellular network and an Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless data network. The method includes enabling a packet routing path ...

04/05/07 - 20070076607 - Quality of service based on logical port identifier for broadband aggregation networks
A provider edge (PE) device provides subscribers with access to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network. The subscribers are connected to the PE device via a broadband aggregation device. The PE device includes a processor operable to snoop control plane traffic for a logical identifier that allows subscriber traffic having ...

04/05/07 - 20070076606 - Statistical trace-based methods for real-time traffic classification
Apparatus and methods for real-time traffic classification based on off-line determined traffic classification rules are provided. Traces of real traffic are obtained and subjected to statistical analysis. The statistical analysis identifies domain the a multidimensional space of characteristic traffic parameters. Classification rules associated with the identified domains are derived and ...

04/05/07 - 20070076605 - Quality of service testing of communications networks
Network testing is conducted using a pair of traffic agents that acts as sender and receiver endpoints. The sending traffic agent generates and transmits a stream of packet batches, each batch being composed of high and low priority packets in a predetermined sending order. The receiving traffic agent analyzes the ...

04/05/07 - 20070076604 - Multimedia data flow dropping
The present invention introduces a congestion control mechanism for constant bit rate (CBR) multimedia data flows in cable operator IP networks. A flow drop method within a congestion control unit of the present invention chooses a subset of multimedia data flows to drop, in whole, to alleviate a congestion condition. ...

03/29/07 - 20070070901 - Method and system for quality of service and congestion management for converged network interface devices
Certain aspects of a method and system for quality of service and congestion management for converged network interface devices are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include processing at least one of: input/output (I/O) requests and network packets in a converged network interface card (CNIC) based on a class associated ...

03/29/07 - 20070070900 - Method and processor for classifying data packet units
In a method for classifying data packet units, each comprising a group of data packet parameters which comprises a plurality of data packet parameters, a subgroup of data packet parameters for configuring a classification key is selected, the data packet units are divided into data packet classes on the basis ...

03/29/07 - 20070070899 - Method for increasing/reducing band data rate of ring-based network and node apparatus of the ring-based network
The present invention discloses a method including the steps of a) confirming the status of a path corresponding to each node apparatus in the ring network by using a predetermined control information that includes a function of adding/deleting a predetermined path on a physical layer, b) instructing each node apparatus ...

03/29/07 - 20070070898 - Channel resource allocation based upon call blocking probabilities
A channel resource (50) allocation technique includes maintaining a probability of blocking a call for a call class within desired limits. A channel resource allocation module (38) determines a current probability of blocking a call of at least one class based upon current traffic for at least that class and ...

03/29/07 - 20070070897 - Quality of service (qos) based planning in web services aggregation
Embodiment of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for a data processing system for QoS based planning in a Web services aggregation. The system can include Web service aggregation and coordination logic configured to identify accessible Web services in a registry and to arrange an ...

03/29/07 - 20070070896 - System and method for selecting a medium access technique for transmitting packets over a network
A system and method for transmitting packets in a network (100). A node (102, 106, 107) in the network (100) accesses uses one of a plurality of medium access techniques for transmitting packets on the network (100). The node (102, 106, 107) separates packets to be transmitted into classes based ...

03/29/07 - 20070070895 - Scaleable channel scheduler system and method
A data flow egress scheduler and shaper provides multiple levels of scheduling for data packets exiting communications devices. A classifier separates data from multiple sources by data flow and by priority within a data flow. An output controller requests a data packet for transmission and the scheduler selects a next ...

03/29/07 - 20070070894 - Method to determine a scheduling priority value for a user data connection based on a quality of service requirement
A method to provide a nominal best effort data rate based on a Quality of Service (QoS) requirement of a user data connection, the method comprising assigning (105) a service priority based on the QoS requirement, and assigning (110) the nominal best effort data rate for the service priority using ...

03/29/07 - 20070070893 - Method and network node for self-regulating, autonomous and decentralized traffic distribution in a multipath network
According to one embodiment, traffic load is redirected in reaction to traffic overload or a link failure in a packet-based network that is formed by nodes and links, packets being distributed along multiple paths to other links of an associated array of paths. The redistribution is performed autonomously by the ...

03/22/07 - 20070064609 - Communication processing apparatus, communication control method and computer program
A communication processing apparatus that performs processing of transmitting streaming data includes a communication control portion examining the state of data communication and performing processing of changing priority information to be defined for send data based on the result of the examination, and a network interface performing processing of outputting ...

03/22/07 - 20070064608 - Apparatus, method and computer program product to configure a radio link protocol for internet protocol flow
A radio link service profile is defined as a set of parameters for upper layer transport of an IP packet, and may be associated with a logical channel flow identifier. A data packet is sent over a wireless logical channel that is identified by the LCID between a base station ...

03/22/07 - 20070064607 - Network operator brokering system and telephone system for providing optimal routing path for voice call using the same and providing method thereof
A system and method for selecting a path for a voice call over an access network from a plurality of access networks. The system includes a call negotiation agent configured to store price information associated with the voice call in which the price information is provided through at least one ...

03/22/07 - 20070064606 - Multiple network system and service providing method
A multiple network system and service providing method, wherein the multiple network system comprises a service server for providing at least one service; at least one terminal for accessing at least one network; and a manager server for recognizing a bandwidth of each service provided by the service server, a ...

03/22/07 - 20070064605 - Network load balancing apparatus, systems, and methods
Apparatus, systems, methods, and articles described generally herein may receive a first packet marked with a congestion indicator (CI). Upon receipt of the CI, a load-balancing operation may be performed among a plurality of physical links upstream from a point of congestion to alleviate the congestion. Other embodiments may be ...

03/22/07 - 20070064604 - Adaptive quality of service policy for dynamic networks
A close-loop quality of service system is provided that collects real-time network performance indicators at the physical, data link and network layers. Using those indicators, the system dynamically controls the network traffic in order to achieve improved performance according to the priority and policy defined by a data user or ...

03/22/07 - 20070064603 - Method of provisioning network elements to perform a service
A method of provisioning a network element to perform a service. The method comprising determining a number of service elements associated with provisioning the network element to perform the service, associating a number of forwardly configurable files with the service elements, and generating provisioning instructions for use in configuring the ...

03/15/07 - 20070058546 - Voip terminal having qos monitoring function and qos monitoring method
A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) terminal has a Quality of Service (QoS) monitoring function and uses a QoS monitoring method. In a VoIP system performing real-time voice communication over an IP network, a packet loss value and a time-axis index value are detected, and are calculated from a real-time ...

03/15/07 - 20070058545 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for quality of service processing
A method of signal transmission according to one embodiment includes requesting a packet data serving node to filter a specified traffic flow from among a stream of packets. The method also includes requesting a radio access network to provide an indicated quality-of-service (QoS) treatment for the flow over a wireless ...

03/15/07 - 20070058544 - Apparatus and method for scheduling data in a communication system
A method and apparatus for scheduling data in a communication system. Data is classified into at least one Quality of Service (QoS) class having a series of priorities according to QoS of the data. The classified data is scheduled according to the series of priorities of the at least one ...

03/15/07 - 20070058543 - Atm over ethernet scheduler
A method and apparatus is described for encapsulating data from a cell and packet based network utilizing a virtual circuit type implementation mechanism and an asynchronous transfer format such as ATM in a frame of a frame based protocol such as Ethernet. At least two policies are provided for scheduling ...

03/15/07 - 20070058542 - Automated load balancing of receivers in a network
A spare receiver in a CMTS is used to determine the RF connectivity status of the receivers of a Load Balancing Group or Spectrum Group in the CMTS in the network. The spare receiver is connected to a receiver of the Load Balancing Group or Spectrum Group which does not ...

03/15/07 - 20070058541 - Communication traffic management systems and methods
Communication traffic management systems and methods are disclosed. One or more traffic managers may be provided for managing communication traffic to be sent toward respective groups of one or more destinations. A determination is made as to whether one traffic manager or more than one traffic manager is provided. If ...

03/15/07 - 20070058540 - Apparatus and method for facilitating network security
An apparatus is described that facilitates network security and network traffic monitoring through processing of network traffic in accordance with provisioned rules and policies. The apparatus includes a set of microcode controlled state machines, each of which applies one or more rules to input network traffic. A distribution circuit routes ...

03/15/07 - 20070058539 - System and method for implementing suppression for asynchronous transfer mode (atm) adaptation layer 2 (aal2) traffic in a communications environment
A method for communicating data is provided that includes receiving a plurality of cells associated with a communications flow and determining whether one or more of the cells included in the flow should be suppressed. In specific embodiments, the method further includes suppressing a selected one or more of the ...

03/15/07 - 20070058538 - Method of setting up a wireless router
A method of detecting and configuring an internet connection of a router includes verifying that the router is connected to a physical internet connection, transmitting a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request through the physical internet connection, configuring the router to use a DHCP internet connection if a response is ...

03/15/07 - 20070058537 - Handling of early media ii
To efficiently select early media data, useful data is selected that is transmitted during the initiation of a call between a calling subscriber and at least one called subscriber via at least one telecommunications network. Recipient-address data for the called subscriber and transmission-address data for the calling subscriber is extracted ...

03/15/07 - 20070058536 - Method and equipment for controlling the congestion management and scheduling of transmission-link capacity in packet-switched telecommunications
The invention relates to a method and equipment for controlling the congestion management and transmission-link-capacity scheduling in packet-switched telecommunications, in such a way that 1) it is possible to define what share of the capacity of the transmission link will be reserved for traffic representing a specific service level class, ...

03/15/07 - 20070058535 - Quality of service control in a wireless local area network
The Quality of Service (QoS) level/service level within a wired network associated with a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) is controlled by assigning to each incoming information frame a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) number in accordance with the QoS level/service level determined for that frame. The frame is then ...

03/15/07 - 20070058534 - Session relay apparatus and relaying method
A session identification unit (11) determines a session to which an incoming packet belongs, while a session relay unit (12-1-12-N) relays between a session with a transmission terminal and a session with a reception terminal. A packet scheduler (13) instructs and controls the delivery of packets from each session relay ...

03/15/07 - 20070058533 - Method and apparatus for load-balancing in a distributed processing system
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of routing a message to one of a plurality of available processing systems, comprising the steps of detecting the presence of a destination identifier in the message, and where the presence of the destination identifier is detected, ...

03/08/07 - 20070053290 - Packet attribute based prioritization
An apparatus and method to optimize latency and bandwidth in a system include a queue configured to receive control data packets of a control stream, and an arbiter. The arbiter is operatively connected to the queue and configured to set a threshold level defining a priority to transmit and process ...

03/01/07 - 20070047438 - Identifying a transaction of interest within a network
Transactions within a transmission stream are identified that are related to an activity. The transactions are classified utilizing characteristics that identify the activity. Packets of the transaction are extracted from the transmission stream that corresponds to the activity. The extracted packets are presented in a visualization that identifies the packets ...

02/15/07 - 20070036078 - Quality of service update procedure
Methods and systems are provided for updating the quality of service (QoS) of an IP flow in a wireless communications system. More particularly, the methods and systems provide the ability to update a QoS grant from any level of QoS to any other level of QoS, from no QoS to ...

02/15/07 - 20070036077 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing data transformation processes
A method, system, and computer program product for implementing data transformation processes is provided. The method includes receiving a request for content including data transformation rules for processing the content. The content is collected by a source system at a first interval. The method also includes accessing a source table ...

02/15/07 - 20070036076 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automatic creation of data tables and elements
A method for implementing standardized enterprise warehouse system processes, including: extracting content from one or more source systems that provide a feed for the content; loading extracted content into one or more standardized data layout tables of a data control structure based upon meta-data and rules that define the data ...

02/15/07 - 20070036075 - Method and apparatus for controlling data propagation
A filter driver or other control logic automatically monitors user input events and outbound network packets in a processing system. According to one embodiment, in response to detecting an outbound network packet, the filter driver automatically determines whether the outbound network packet corresponds to a recent user input event. If ...

02/08/07 - 20070030803 - Prioritization of network traffic sent to a processor by using packet importance
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for prioritizing network packets, includes: comparing a packet with at least one copy rule; and if the packet matches the copy rule, then buffering the packet in a queue. The method further includes: processing the packet after buffering the packet in the ...

02/01/07 - 20070025249 - Bandwidth management system and method for guaranteeing quality of service in voice over internet protocol network
In a bandwidth management system and method for guaranteeing quality of service (QoS) in a Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) network, bandwidth use information used to establish or terminate a call is provided, a bandwidth is reset when the bandwidth use information is provided, and available bandwidth information which is ...

02/01/07 - 20070025248 - Method of admission control for inelastic applications traffic on communication networks
A state-based admission control method for networks carrying inelastic applications traffic such as exemplary VoIP traffic. The method analyzes the history of real-time VoIP activities in a network to determine a corresponding control state and applies performance measurement techniques to form the admit/reject decisions for placed VoIP calls. ...

02/01/07 - 20070025247 - Time spread multicarrier burst maps
In a multicarrier communication network, specific subcarriers are dedicated for use in carrying burst descriptor information. A subscriber station in the network may monitor the dedicated subcarriers to determine when a burst involving the station is to occur. By using dedicated subcarriers for burst information, scheduling decisions can be made ...

02/01/07 - 20070025246 - Systems and methods for distribution of wireless network access
Systems and methods for distribution of wireless network access using a common media access control (MAC) architecture. In one embodiment, a platform architecture may be provided for high speed Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) service termination using a common MAC architecture and router functionality, e.g., an integrated router and firewall service ...

01/25/07 - 20070019547 - Jitter buffer for a circuit emulation service over an internal protocol network
A jitter buffer receives a plurality of data packets comprising a circuit emulation service over internet protocol (CESIP), buffers the plurality of data packets, and plays data from the plurality of data packets at a constant bit rate corresponding to the CESIP. ...

01/25/07 - 20070019546 - Method and system for transmitting a message between two isolated locations based on limited range communication means
A system, method and computer program for ensuring a safe and efficient transmission of a datagram between two isolated points, the datagram being transmitted by a chain of couriers. Limited range communication means are used to pass the datagram from a courier to another, said limited range communication means being ...

01/25/07 - 20070019545 - Method and system for securing real-time media streams in support of interdomain traversal
An approach provides interdomain traversal packetized voice transmissions. A request is received from a first endpoint of a first domain for establishing a communication session with a second endpoint of a second domain. A tunnel is established by a TURN (Traversal Using Relay NAT (Network Address Translation)) server to support ...

01/25/07 - 20070019544 - Tandem call admission control by proxy for use with non-hop-by-hop volp signaling protocols
Described are a method and system for determining whether to establish a call over an internet protocol (IP)-based network. A network device inspects an IP packet to determine that the IP packet conveys a message to initiate a call. The network device determines a shortest path through a link-state network ...

01/18/07 - 20070014239 - Response time detection in a network having shared interfaces
Embodiments of the present invention provide response time detection in a network having shared interfaces. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

01/18/07 - 20070014238 - Load equalization method for new connections in a wireless environment supporting shared access for multiple terminals in a qos controller manner
The present invention relates to a method of smoothing load over multiple bearers in a given spot-beam for a TDMA wireless personal communication system, offering packet data communication services to individual user terminals in shared mode. The present invention also relates to a method for the smoothing of load over ...

01/11/07 - 20070008888 - Direct lookup tables and extensions thereto for packet classification
Packets may be classified into flows using direct lookup tables. The classification includes receiving a packet including a packet field having a corresponding field value. A direct lookup table (“DLT”) is indexed into at a DLT offset matching the field value to determine whether one or more of classification rules ...

01/11/07 - 20070008887 - Platform power management of a computing device using quality of service requirements of software tasks
Embodiments of the current invention describe a method of receiving quality of service (QoS) requirements for a software task of a computing device from an operating system QoS infrastructure and configuring a power management policy for a computing device using the QoS requirements for the software task of the computing ...

01/11/07 - 20070008886 - Transmission apparatus for reducing delay variance and related method
A transmission apparatus and related method for reducing the delay variance of a plurality of data transmitted from a sender to a receiver in a communication system are disclosed. The method includes: assigning a permission probability to the sender; and before a data is to be sent to the receiver ...

01/11/07 - 20070008885 - Dynamic dual-mode service access control, location-based billing, and e911 mechanisms
Architecture that facilitates the validation and authentication of the physical location of the dual-mode handset in a VoWLAN solution (e.g., UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access)) system and a cellular wireless service, thereby restricting the handset from gaining access from unauthorized locations. Thus, access to dual-mode service (e.g., UMA), for example, at ...

01/11/07 - 20070008884 - Immediate ready implementation of virtually congestion free guarantedd service capable network
Various techniques including simple TCP/IP protocol modifications are presented for immediate ready implementations of virtually congestion free guaranteed service capable network, without requiring use of existing QoS/MPLS techniques nor requiring any of the switches/routers softwares within the network to be modified or contribute to achieving the end-to-end performance results nor ...

01/11/07 - 20070008883 - Transport layer relay method, transport layer relay device, and program
Relay units (1002-1-1002-n) terminate a plurality of transport layer connections from terminals in a transport layer and relay each of these connections to other transport layer connections (relay connections). A transmission rate control unit (1003) determines the total transmission rate of the relay connections according to the number of connections ...

01/04/07 - 20070002739 - Data processing method, program, device, message structure, message generation method, and message transmission method
If a program is to be transmitted/received by message transmission/reception using SOAP, the program description part goes out of the framework of XML, and the message contents contain an uninterpretable part. A SOAP message (M1) includes a data part (D1), a virtual service part (R1) indicating specifications to process the ...

01/04/07 - 20070002738 - Method and apparatus for load balancing network interface adapters based on network information
A method and system for load balancing transmission allocations from a computer system based on network conditions. The system includes at least two network interface adapters that couple to a network and receive network information packets. The system also includes a teaming driver that monitors network information packets for each ...

01/04/07 - 20070002737 - Access control dissemination
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to propagate an access control rule throughout a bridged network as part of a generic attribute registration protocol. ...

01/04/07 - 20070002736 - System and method for improving network resource utilization
A system for improving network resource utilization. The system includes a prioritizer that prioritizes received data by assigning one or more priority values thereto. A network resource monitor provides network resource information. A transmitter selectively transmits the data based on the network resource information and the one or more priority ...

12/28/06 - 20060291389 - Method and system for a data transmission in a communication system
Methods and apparatus for a data transmission in a communication system are disclosed. Each of a subset of plural access terminals desiring to transmit user data in an interval transmits a request to transmit in the interval to an access network. The access network makes a decision to schedule at ...

12/28/06 - 20060291388 - Method and system for scaling network traffic managers
A system for distributing network traffic to multiple traffic management devices. A distributor receives each packet from a network and may act as a layer 2 switch, a router, or distribute the packet to one of a group of traffic management devices. The distributor may receive packets from servers that ...

12/28/06 - 20060291387 - Communication device and communication method therefor
Encrypted communications are performed between private networks over a wide-area network (e.g., the Internet) by way of routers, each of which includes a management table for storing entries including identifiers and control parameters. Uplink control connections are established between routers so as to mutually communicate and update stored contents of ...

12/28/06 - 20060291386 - Optimizing playback startup time of bursty real-time streams
Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for optimizing the buffering time of data streams prior to data consumption of playback. The optimal buffering time is calculated based on parameters from the server. The parameters may include the burst interval, buffering delay, the average size of ...

12/21/06 - 20060285492 - Mobile voip phone communication system and method
A mobile Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) phone communication system and method allows users to make mobile communication via mobile VoIP phones. A local mobile VoIP server is established in at least one specific communication zone and at least a central mobile VoIP server for coordinating the local mobile VoIP server in each ...

12/21/06 - 20060285491 - Call admission control method and system
A call admission control technique allowing flexible and reliable call admissions at an ATM switch in the case of an ATM network including both QoS-specified and QoS-unspecified virtual connections is disclosed. In the case where a QoS (Quality of Service) specified connection request occurs, an estimated bandwidth is calculated which ...

12/21/06 - 20060285490 - Method and apparatus for quality-of-service based admission control using a virtual scheduler
In a wireless network or other communication system, admission of users to the system involves use of a first scheduler, which makes actual scheduling decisions for admitted users, and a second scheduler, which emulates the operation of the first scheduler. The first scheduler is configured to manage access to network ...

12/07/06 - 20060274655 - Method and apparatus for multiple media digital communication system
The present invention is embodied in a digital communication system where multiple media data sources are time multiplexed into a packetized data stream, each packet having an assigned priority and the packetized data stream transmitted in substantially the order of assigned priority. At both the transmit side, and the receive ...

12/07/06 - 20060274654 - Range matching
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, in a network node, a control packet, determining, from data in the control packet, a time slot range request, encoding the time slot range request into a search data set comprising one or more elements expressed in ternary form, and searching an addressable ...

12/07/06 - 20060274653 - Link and communication network load with access control
An overbooking according to the ratios of the measuring values of transferred aggregated traffic is determined according to the face values of aggregated transferred traffic. The ratios of measuring values in relation to face values are weighted according to the variable of either the measuring value or the face value ...

12/07/06 - 20060274652 - Method for controlling the transmission of data
A method for controlling the transmission of data via data connections associated with different applications, by means of a transmission medium in a local network having at least two stations for data transmission. Different priorities and different parameters characterizing a quality of service are associated with the applications. The establishment, ...

11/30/06 - 20060268705 - Communication apparatus enabling temporal coexistence of systems
A coexistence controller which performs management and control of time division for coexistence, is provided in a power line communication modem which has a function as a QoS controller for a QoS type communication system and a power line communication modem for a best-effort type communication system. In the QoS ...

11/30/06 - 20060268704 - Dynamic bandwidth allocation and service differentiation for broadband passive optical networks
A dynamic upstream bandwidth allocation scheme is disclosed, i.e., limited sharing with traffic prediction (LSTP), to improve the bandwidth efficiency of upstream transmission over PONs. LSTP adopts the PON MAC control messages, and dynamically allocates bandwidth according to the on-line traffic load. The ONU bandwidth requirement includes the already buffered ...

11/30/06 - 20060268703 - Method for contention free traffic detection
The invention discloses a method for detecting priority of data frames comprising the steps of extracting (S1) a bit pattern from a predetermined position in a frame, comparing (S2, S3) said extracted bit pattern with a search pattern, and identifying (S4) said received frame as a priority frame in case ...

11/30/06 - 20060268702 - Method and apparatus for admission control and resource tracking in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for admission control and resource tracking in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station maintain parameters for admission control including parameters for the amount of time available for admission of traffic of each access category and for the ...

11/30/06 - 20060268701 - System and method for prioritizing individual streams within a multimedia flow
The present invention provides a system and method for prioritizing delay-sensitive packets relative to each other for transmission from a router in a network, based on a delay variation estimated for each delay-sensitive packet by a quality of service monitor. In accordance with the present invention, late delay-sensitive packets are ...

11/30/06 - 20060268700 - System and method for improving the quality of real time multimedia sessions
The present invention provides a system and method for improving the quality of real-time multimedia sessions wherein each endpoint of a real-time packet stream transmits (1) feedback reports that describe the quality of the stream received by the endpoint and (2) forward reports that are based on the feedback reports ...

11/30/06 - 20060268699 - High speed serial bus architecture employing network layer quality of service (qos) management
In accordance with the non-limiting and exemplary embodiments of this invention a functional unit includes a protocol stack that includes a physical layer for coupling to a communication link, a datalink layer coupled to the physical layer, and a network layer coupled to the datalink layer. The datalink layer includes ...

11/30/06 - 20060268698 - System and method for providing a presence based ecamp-on feature in a communications environment
A method for facilitating a data session in a communications environment is provided that includes initiating, by a first endpoint, a call that is intended for a second endpoint. The method also includes invoking, by the first endpoint, an eCamp-On™ feature in response to the second endpoint being unavailable. The ...

11/16/06 - 20060256719 - Packet flow processing in a communication system
Method and apparatus for processing packet flows in a communication system. In one embodiment, a resource reservation message includes packet flow parameter information used to determine flow treatment of the associated packet flow. The packet flow mapping is based on the quality of service of the associated packet flow. In ...

11/16/06 - 20060256718 - Apparatus for regulating bandwidth
An apparatus comprises a modem intermediate and in communication with a plurality of data sources within the apparatus and a network external to the apparatus. The apparatus further comprises one of a plurality of bandwidth regulators intermediate and in communication with each data source and the modem. Each bandwidth regulator ...

11/09/06 - 20060250959 - Quality of service network and method
A configurable edge device for use in a network, the edge device being adapted and configured to be coupled to at least one other edge device in a network, and including an admission controller for controlling admission of data traffic onto a pre-defined flow over a physical link, and a ...

11/09/06 - 20060250958 - Data slot allocation method in distributed wireless personal area networks
A data slot allocation method for a stream delivery in an ultra wide band (UWB) wireless personal area network (WPAN) based on an ad-hoc network of a distributed network topology. The number of data slots allocable to each stream, including a new stream, to be transferred is calculated. The necessary ...

11/09/06 - 20060250957 - Configurable multislot class for wireless devices
A solution is provided wherein the mobile device selects a multislot class based on the profile of the traffic to be utilized by the mobile device. This may be performed manually by a user, or may be performed automatically where an application or driver software automatically and dynamically determines the ...

11/09/06 - 20060250956 - Telecommunication network support for service based policy in roaming configurations
An apparatus in one example may have a functionality of a policy decision function divided into two parts; one part representing a home network application function and the other part representing visited network bearer resources and local policies. The one part of the policy decision function supports communications with the ...

11/02/06 - 20060245354 - Method and apparatus for deploying and instantiating multiple instances of applications in automated data centers using application deployment template
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for deploying and instantiating multiple instances of applications in automated data centers using an application deployment template. A first mechanism is provided to deploy multiple instances of applications using an application deployment plan template. The first mechanism uses deployment parameter sets to ...

11/02/06 - 20060245353 - Method and apparatus for depicting throughput on tcp and rlc layer of umts system
A method of creating a graphical display illustrating throughput of data across a protocol layer. A first graphical indication is displayed which illustrates of the number of data units received, by a protocol layer, for each of a plurality of transmission intervals. A second graphical indication is displayed which illustrated ...

10/26/06 - 20060239192 - Calculations for admission control
The present invention relates to on-line admission-control decisions. Specifically, the invention concerns general delay bounds for both deterministic and statistical cases for Differentiated Services (DiffServ) networks. More specifically, a detailed method of calculation in each case is followed by simpler methods of calculation that are more appropriate for on-line admission-control ...

10/26/06 - 20060239191 - Method for sending and receiving data
A method for sending and receiving data is provided. The method for sending data comprises the following steps. Firstly, monitor a network connection that transmits data and then check whether the network connection has a bandwidth reservation request. If the network connection has no such request, use the remaining bandwidth ...

10/26/06 - 20060239190 - Policy-based device/service discovery and dissemination of device profile and capability information for p2p networking
A discovery framework model includes policy information in the device/service discovery protocols. Service discovery protocols are enhanced by embedding policy information in the over all discovery framework. A method of performing policy-controlled device/service discovery includes modeling a device/service discovery protocol with a state machine either at a gateway or at ...

10/26/06 - 20060239189 - Call control
Described herein is a method of controlling call admission for packet switched networks, each network including at least two local area networks (50, 60) and a connecting network (70). The method comprises determining success rates of previous calls from a first local area network to a second local area network ...

10/19/06 - 20060233105 - Systems and methods for data processing in a service-oriented architecture
Systems and methods are provided for data processing. In one implementation, a data process system is provided having a service-oriented architecture. The service-oriented architecture may include a plurality of foundation business objects and a dependent business object for providing a confirmation service for the plurality of foundation business objects. ...

10/19/06 - 20060233104 - Communication terminal, communication system, server apparatus, and communication connecting method
A communication terminal includes a communication unit configured to carry out communications with a communication terminal of an intended counterparty; a detector configured to detect information reflecting a status of a user of the own communication terminal; a condition checker configured to check whether a predetermined condition is satisfied by ...

10/19/06 - 20060233103 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing logical and physical data models
Exemplary embodiments include a method for implementing standardized enterprise warehouse system processes, including: extracting content from one or more source systems that provide a feed for the content; loading extracted content into one or more standardized data layout tables defined by the data control structure and based upon the meta-data ...

10/05/06 - 20060221829 - Automatic qos configuration
A UE is described herein that has a defined QoS database which is used to organize and store various QoS parameter sets which are used to help establish media flows. In one embodiment, the QoS database includes a plurality of tables, where each table is associated with a particular application, ...

10/05/06 - 20060221828 - Establishment of qos by applications in cellular networks using service based policy control mechanisms
An apparatus in one example may have: at least two endpoints operatively coupled to one another via an application function (AF) in a home network; a policy decision function operatively coupled to the AF; a policy decision enforcement (PDE) operatively coupled to the one of the endpoints; the PDF operatively ...

10/05/06 - 20060221827 - Tcp implementation with message-count interface
A method for implementing TCP (transmission control protocol), the method including updating a number of pending requests received for data transmission via a TCP connection, the number of pending requests being called the message count, and making a decision regarding data transmission based on the message count regardless of a ...

09/28/06 - 20060215556 - Systems and methods for coordinating wireless traffic for heterogeneous wireless devices
In view of the foregoing, the present invention provides a unified software framework or architecture for distributed coordination of wireless devices and radios, referred to as Layer 2.5 Software MAC (or ‘SoftMAC’), which resides between the standard 802.11 MAC layer (Layer 2) and IP layer (Layer 3) to regulate and ...

09/28/06 - 20060215555 - Transmission control device and method, recording medium, and program
This invention relates to a transmission controlling apparatus, a transmission controlling method, a recording medium, and a program for instantaneously transmitting data while averting a so-called slow start. Video data acquired by a picture acquisition unit 21 is input to an initial rate determination unit 24 and a picture encoding ...

09/21/06 - 20060209691 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for data processing control
Exemplary embodiments include a method for implementing standardized enterprise warehouse system processes, including: extracting content from one or more source systems that provide a feed for the content; and loading extracted content into one or more standardized data layout tables of a data control structure and based upon the meta-data ...

09/21/06 - 20060209690 - System and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list
A system and method for generating a dynamic prioritized contact list for a communication device. The dynamic prioritized contact list may vary over the course of the day to provide an optimized contact list for a time interval. A prioritized contact list generator determines a current time interval. The prioritized ...

09/21/06 - 20060209689 - Information processing device and method, recording medium and program
An information processing apparatus allowing proper communication with a communication partner in accordance with a communication time of the communication partner. A reception control unit receives a random challenge (RC) from a transmission terminal and supplies it to a generation unit. The reception control unit transmits an RC reception message ...

09/07/06 - 20060198304 - Call admission control system and method for interpreting signaling messages and controlling traffic load in internet protocol differentiated services networks
A call admission control system and method for Internet Protocol (IP) Differentiated Services (DiffServ) network having at least one node for interpreting signaling messages and controlling traffic load in the network. The method consists of an initialization (601) and a real-time phase (602). In initialization phase (601), coefficients of the ...

08/31/06 - 20060193258 - System and method for detection of a rouge wireless access point in a wireless communication network
Described are a system and method for detecting an unauthorized access point accessing a communication network. An authorized access point and/or an authorized mobile unit detects a beacon generated by a transmitting access point. The beacon includes identification information of the transmitting access point. A computing arrangement verifies the identification ...

08/31/06 - 20060193257 - Method and system for providing failure protection in a ring network that utilizes label switching
A working label switched path (LSP) between neighbor label switched routers (LSRs) in a ring network that utilizes label switching is protected by an LSP that connects the neighbor LSRs of the working LSP in an opposite direction to the working LSP. If the working LSP fails, then packets are ...

08/31/06 - 20060193256 - Method and system for shaping traffic in a parallel queuing hierarchy
A method and system for shaping traffic in a multi-level queuing hierarchy are disclosed. The hierarchy includes a high priority channel and a low priority channel, wherein traffic on the low priority channel is fragmented and interleaved with traffic from the high priority channel and traffic combined from the high ...

08/31/06 - 20060193255 - Call control
Described herein is a method of controlling calls for packet switched networks, each network including at least two local area networks (50, 60) and a connecting network (70). The method comprises the steps of determining an acceptable packet loss rate for a call to be established between two of the ...

08/24/06 - 20060187835 - Apparatus and method for adjusting adaptive service bandwidth in quality of service guaranteed network
An apparatus and method adjust an adaptive service bandwidth in a mobile communication system in which differentiated services for guaranteeing QoS are provided. Services are provided by using a bandwidth greater than an accepted reference value when resources of the network have a margin, and by using a weighted value ...

08/24/06 - 20060187834 - Reassembly engines for multilink applications
Methods, systems, and apparatus for processing packet fragments for reassembly into packets. Datastreams containing packet fragments are received and data corresponding to different channels are segregated. For each channel, data is then aggregated to recreate packet fragments. Once the fragments are recreated, they are, if required, resequenced using a two-tier ...

08/24/06 - 20060187833 - Systems and methods for upload bandwidth management
Systems and methods are disclosed to control an aggregate load from users to a service to improve overall transmission throughput over a network by measuring and monitoring resource utilization for the service, and maintaining additional resource utilization below a predetermined threshold. ...

08/17/06 - 20060182030 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data in a packet data communication
A wireless communication system transmits data over a first link from a first mobile station (MS) to an infrastructure at a first speaker link power level, and over a second link from the infrastructure to a second MS at a first listener link power level, during a first time period. ...

08/17/06 - 20060182029 - Arrangement for managing voice over ip (voip) telephone calls, especially unsolicited or unwanted calls
Trust ratings are embedded in certificates of calling devices in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications system. A method of managing trust ratings involves automatically accumulating complaints concerning VoIP calls initiated from calling devices, and comparing respective quantities of accumulated complaints associated with each calling device. When a quantity ...

08/17/06 - 20060182028 - Web services transport bootstrapping
A system and methods to facilitate provision of network-based services is provided. The system comprises a signaling module that uses a first communication protocol to send a trigger signal to a potential recipient of a network-based service. The trigger signal indicates to the potential recipient that the network-based service is ...

08/17/06 - 20060182027 - Method and server for controlling data flows in telecommunications network
The invention relates to a method for controlling data traffic in a telecommunications network (150), said control being carried out in terms of a statistic modeling of the traffic transmitted by the network (150) by means of a gaussian distribution of the data flow. According to the invention, one such ...

08/10/06 - 20060176814 - Service admission control algorithm for hsupa and apparatus thereof
A service admission control algorithm for HSUPA and apparatus thereof, and the algorithm describes the access control process for a new service or switching service, i.e. SRNC determines whether the service can be carried using E-DCH based on service property information; the SRNtC first checks whether a base station of ...

08/10/06 - 20060176813 - Methods and system for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks
Methods and system for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks are provided. The method for admission control and scheduling in ad hoc wireless networks for different class of flows C1, C2 and C3 is provided where said admission control mechanism evaluate the probability of QoS violation and ...

08/03/06 - 20060171315 - Resource allocation device for providing a differentiated service and a method thereof
A resource allocation device includes a database of user and service information, a resource allocation management unit for determining whether a service request agrees with a service level agreement and whether it accepts a resource allocation request, a service level agreement unit for negotiating the service level agreement with the ...

08/03/06 - 20060171314 - Method and system for evaluting number of additional admissible calls for use in call admission control
A method for evaluating number of additional admissible calls for use in call admission control includes tracking a percentage of channel busy time and transmission time of downlink and uplink voice packets, receiving a call admission request, and calculating the number of admissible calls. The number of admissible calls is ...

07/27/06 - 20060164985 - Apparatus and method for enhanced flow control in a wireless network
An apparatus and a related method for controlling the flow of data packets to a base station of wireless network, including a flow control mechanism between the transmission buffer located in the base station and the packet data buffer, which may be located in the radio access network (e.g., in ...

07/27/06 - 20060164984 - Limiting unauthorized sources in a multicast distribution tree
Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, data structures, computer-readable media, and mechanisms for limiting unauthorized multicast sources. One or more access control lists are typically configured in a switching device to a state that denies forwarding of multicast packets with a particular host as its source. In response to a ...

07/27/06 - 20060164983 - Access control for packet-oriented networks
The invention relates to a method for access control to a packet-oriented network. An admissibility check for a group of packets is carried out by means of a threshold value for the traffic volume between the network input node and the network output node for the flow. The transmission of ...

07/20/06 - 20060159017 - Dynamic quality of service (qos) management
A dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) management apparatus includes: a management server having a database, the management server storing system performance information data collected from a network element (NE) system and dynamic user core management information generated by a user's selection in a table of the database; and a client ...

07/20/06 - 20060159016 - Uplink congestion detection and control between nodes in a radio access network
Congestion in a radio access network (RAN) associated with transporting uplink information originating from one or more mobile terminals is detected. That detected RAN congestion is reduced using any suitable technique (several examples are described) and may be implemented in one or more nodes in the RAN. One advantageous (but ...

07/13/06 - 20060153076 - Admissions control in a connectionless communications network
A method of providing call admission control which does not require using MIDCOM protocol methods, Packetcable protocols or COPS-RSVP s approaches is described which is simple to implement, cost-effective and which is able to deal with particular situations such as conference calls. Each link in a communications network over which ...

07/13/06 - 20060153075 - System and method for determining physical location of a node in a wireless network during an authentication check of the node
A system and method for providing security to a wireless network by using a mobile node's location as a parameter for deciding if access is to be given to the node. The system and method employ access points, wireless routers and mobile nodes, each including at least one transceiver adapted ...

07/13/06 - 20060153074 - Method for providing charging attributes
The invention relates to communication networks, specifically to service provisioning and authorisation of service usage in different networks. The invention provides a method and a system for authorizing services for visiting subscribers and for obtaining the necessary charging profile information from the subscribers' home networks on a per-service basis. ...

07/13/06 - 20060153073 - Service access request authorization
Embodiments of methods for handling a service authorization request (SAR) from a mobile subscriber are disclosed. The SAR represents a request for access to a given prepaid mobile service. The method includes ascertaining, using suspect subscriber list, whether the SAR is associated a suspect subscriber in the suspect subscriber list. ...

07/13/06 - 20060153072 - Extending universal plug and play messaging beyond a local area network
A method architecture for extending universal plug and play (UPnP) beyond a local area network is presented. This method includes a mobile device proxying agents. The mobile device proxying agents translate messages between UPnP and session initiation protocol (SIP) formats and sessions. ...

07/06/06 - 20060146707 - Device for processing traffic data to optimize control of quality of service in a communications network
A device (D) is dedicated to processing traffic data for a system (OO) for optimizing a communications network including network elements (Ci) through which passes traffic defined locally by parameter values. The device (D) comprises processor means (MT) arranged: firstly to determine for selected elements of said network a traffic ...

07/06/06 - 20060146706 - Method and apparatus for scheduling packets and/or cells
A system and method of scheduling packets or cells for a switch device that includes a plurality of input ports each having at least one input queue, a plurality of switch units, and a plurality of output ports. There is generated, by each input port having a packet or cell ...

07/06/06 - 20060146705 - Techniques to manage communication rates in a wireless network
System, apparatus, and method to manage data communication rates in a wireless network are described. ...

06/29/06 - 20060140116 - Delay distributed virtually-concatenated data traffic
Network design techniques and techniques for routing virtually-concatenated data traffic in a network in a manner which distributes delay to intermediate nodes of the network are disclosed. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for routing virtually-concatenated data traffic in a network comprising a plurality of nodes ...

06/29/06 - 20060140115 - Resource allocation management
The invention relates to resource allocation in communications systems (1). In such a system (1), the pool of resources that can be provided to connected user equipment (400, 410) for usage in conducting communications services are divided into multiple resources classes. This class division is based on a characteristic allocation ...

06/22/06 - 20060133275 - Architecture and run-time environment for network filter drivers
Filtering data packets in a manner that promotes efficient flow of data through a communication path. A filter stack includes one or more filter instances that may filter data packets that pass through the filter stack. The filter stack is associated with one or more protocol stacks that function in ...

06/22/06 - 20060133274 - Aggregation switch apparatus for broadband subscribers
An aggregation switch apparatus for broadband subscribers is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an upstream input buffering unit for buffering packets from more than one subscriber link; a scheduling unit for aggregating the packets to more than one upstream link and scheduling a transfer order; a rate match buffering unit for ...

06/22/06 - 20060133273 - Apparatus and method for efficient transmission of acknowledgments
Method and apparatus for transmission of information in multiple access communication system is described. Information from a plurality of access terminals is received. Alternatively, an access terminal determines what information needs to be sent to the access point. A determination is made as to whether sufficient resources, such as time, ...

06/22/06 - 20060133272 - Methods and apparatus for providing an admission control system in a wireless mesh network
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for providing an admission control system in a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

06/08/06 - 20060120285 - Fluid treatment system and radiation source module for use therein
A wireless local loop system manages radio data transmission capacity and network resources shared by a plurality of subscriber stations by considering the type of connections desired to be created to the subscriber stations and the radio data transmission capacity, and in some cases QoS parameters, and network resources required ...

06/08/06 - 20060120284 - Apparatus and method for controlling abnormal traffic
An apparatus and method for controlling abnormal traffic are provided. The apparatus includes: a list management unit which stores a list of Internet Protocols (IPs) transmitting normal packets and, if an IP transmitting packets constituting current packet traffic currently input to a network is a registered IP listed in the ...

06/08/06 - 20060120283 - Real-time packet processing system and method
In some embodiments, the invention may include a combination of real-time packet detection, processing and routing. When implemented in a distributed architecture, such systems can yield a low cost, high availability and/or secure network capable of switching real-time data and delivering the quality of service expected in mission critical systems. ...

06/01/06 - 20060114826 - Bandwidth-efficient wireless network modem
A modem that provides efficient use of wireless network bandwidth in the presence of multi-user interference and noise comprising a multi-user detection module (115), a data formatting module (120), a control processor (125) and a demultiplexer (135). ...

05/18/06 - 20060104203 - System and method for method for providing quality-of service in a local loop
Described is a system and method for receiving in a first network operated by a first network provider, a service request from a client for a service application provided by the first service provider, the client accessing the first network via a second network operated by a second network provider, ...

05/18/06 - 20060104202 - Rule creation for computer application screening; application error testing
To facilitate the creation of rules for screening application layer requests to a computer application, a sample space of application layer requests is grouped according to one or more grouping criteria. Each grouping criterion may be a feature of application layer requests such that each grouping contains application layer requests ...

05/18/06 - 20060104201 - Unit and a method for handling a data object
The present invention relates to a unit and a method for handling a data object that is to be transmitted over a link (39, 40, 41, 42), said data object being divided into at one least data unit. According to the invention the data unit that is in turn to ...

05/11/06 - 20060098573 - System and method for the virtual aggregation of network links
A system and method for virtual link aggregation for combining network links of various types and speeds to increase throughput and reliability for packetized transport. In contrast with physical port trunking, the system does not require direct control over ports or network interfaces. Instead, the system rewrites packet addresses and ...

05/04/06 - 20060092839 - Portable electronic devices including attaching circuits and methods of operating the same
Portable electronic devices including a transmitter configured to request a packet data session are provided. An attaching circuit configured to collect information about the requested packet data session and determine default parameters of the portable electronic device associated with attaching the portable electronic device to the network based on the ...

04/27/06 - 20060087970 - Method for encoding a multimedia content
The present invention relates to a method for encoding a multimedia content, and comprising the steps of: encoding the multimedia content into hierarchical elementary streams, parsing the elementary streams into data packets for further transmission through a network towards a decoding unit, receiving a request whereby the decoding unit requests ...

04/20/06 - 20060083168 - Power-efficient data reception in a communication system with variable delay
To conserve power, a terminal operates in a “power save” mode in which the terminal is in a “doze” state when there is a low probability of receiving an incoming packet and in an “awake” state when an incoming packet is expected. In the doze state, the terminal powers down ...

04/20/06 - 20060083167 - Method and system for managing network traffic based on matching criteria
Methods and systems are provided for managing network traffic in a network device based on matching criteria. The method includes providing a plurality of objects associated with a packet of the network traffic; creating a set of criteria corresponding to the type of objects; and accepting the packet if the ...

04/20/06 - 20060083166 - Strict priority distributed coordination function in wireless networks
A system and method for prioritizing the transmission of packets in a wireless local area network. A station selects a packet from local priority queuing and identifies the priority bits of the packet. The station declares the priority of the selected packet based on the binary value of the priority ...

04/13/06 - 20060077893 - Methods and apparatus for wireless system communication
One embodiment of the invention is directed to operating, in a wireless network, a device that is designed for operation in a different wireless network. In one embodiment, a device designed to operate in a GSM wireless network may be used to communicate in a PHS wireless network. ...

04/06/06 - 20060072458 - Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data
A system is provided for controlling the transmission of best-effort filed data or programs on channels from one of plural controllers to one or more client nodes. A program is a group of files and has program information indicating to a client node how to use the files of the ...

04/06/06 - 20060072457 - Peer signaling protocol and system for decentralized traffic management
A network communications protocol to allow and points In a computer to communicate their respective requirements for access to a network resource to each other, and to communicate a policy for access to the network resource by said endpoints, and to allow negotiation of access to the network resource for ...

04/06/06 - 20060072456 - Method and apparatus for device based policy configuration in a network
A method and apparatus for configuring and managing policy configuration associated with a plurality of interfaces of a plurality of devices in a network are provided. This method is executable in a processing system. The processing system includes a processor coupled to a display and user input device. The method ...

04/06/06 - 20060072455 - Detecting an attack of a network connection
To detect an attack of a network connection, detection of a message containing a sequence number that is within a valid sequence number range is performed, where the message is intended to cause reset of the network connection. The message is dropped, and a counter is incremented to track a ...

04/06/06 - 20060072454 - Fibre channel address blocking
A method and system including apparatus for detecting and blocking an invalid request to a target wherein fibre channels interconnect the data processing configuration. A request made from a hub such as a fabric switch to an internal fibre channel arbitrated loop is blocked by substituting IDLE characters for the ...

03/30/06 - 20060067219 - Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data
A system is provided for controlling the transmission of best-effort filed data or programs on channels from one of plural controllers to one or more client nodes. A program is a group of files and has program information indicating to a client node how to use the files of the ...

03/30/06 - 20060067218 - Noc semi-automatic communication architecture for data flows applications
The invention relates to a data processing method in a network on chip formed of a plurality of resources (310,320) capable of communicating with one another and of processing and at least one network controller (300) capable of initialising the communications in the network by initialisation of a credit system, ...

03/30/06 - 20060067217 - Method and apparatus for path selection in telecommunication networks
This invention provides a method and an apparatus for selecting path in a telecommunication network. In the invention, a control strategy parameter is generated based on a control strategy, and a network condition parameter is generated based on the condition of the network, a path cost for each of a ...

03/30/06 - 20060067216 - Method and system for analyzing network traffic
A method and system for analyzing network traffic are provided. A network traffic analyzer includes a plurality of data switching devices connected to a plurality of data hubs. Each data hub may have multiple input ports and multiple output ports and may be configured to broadcast all data packets received ...

03/30/06 - 20060067215 - Preventing illicit communications
The present invention inspects packets to identify session initiation messages associated with select applications. A session initiation message may be any message used to initiate a communication session with another communication client. Once a session initiation message from a select application is identified, the intended communication session may be identified, ...

03/23/06 - 20060062147 - Method and system for scheduled streaming of best effort data
A system is provided for controlling the transmission of best-effort filed data or programs on channels from one of plural controllers to one or more client nodes. A program is a group of files and has program information indicating to a client node how to use the files of the ...

03/23/06 - 20060062146 - Scheduling data transmissions in a wireless communications network
A method of scheduling transmission of data in a wireless communication network comprising: establishing a data channel for transmitting user data from a user equipment to a network entity, establishing a signalling channel for transmitting signalling data from a user equipment to a network entity, transmitting over said signalling channel ...

03/23/06 - 20060062145 - Data transmission method and network elements
A communication system includes a source network element, a target network element and a core network element. The target network element includes means for allocating resources for the network control. The core network element includes means for conveying the user-related data to the source network element in the downlink direction. ...

03/16/06 - 20060056298 - Multiplexing several individual application sessions over a pre-allocated reservation protocol session
Apparatus and methods are provided for multiplexing application flows. According to one embodiment, a predetermined portion of available bandwidth is reserved over a path through a network communicatively coupling a first network device associated with a first set of terminals and a second network device associated with a second set ...

03/16/06 - 20060056297 - Method and apparatus for controlling traffic between different entities on a network
A method for controlling traffic between different entities on a network in which packets of received data are inspected, and if encapsulated, are decapsulated layer by layer and, after each layer is decapsulated, the packet is inspected to determine if the packet is to be acted upon or discarded. Apparatus ...

03/16/06 - 20060056296 - System and method for using a scheduler based on virtual frames
Disclosed is a method and system based on virtual frames for enabling a QAP to seamlessly operate between granting polls for upstream and sidestream traffic while sending downstream frames. A key feature of the scheduling method of the invention is that the scheduling method generates virtual frames to create transmission ...

03/16/06 - 20060056295 - Distribution compartments for an efficient and failsafe traffic distribution in a packet-switched network
The invention relates to a method for establishing a distribution compartment in a packet-switched network. A classification of the network nodes is carried out according to output nodes of the network during which the class of a node is determined according to the minimum number of hops between the network ...

03/09/06 - 20060050637 - Admission control method, packet radio system and controller
An admission control method, packet radio system and controller. The packet radio system comprises at least one HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) capable user terminal and at least one controller configured to control admission of user terminals to given channels. The controller comprises a processing unit configured to determine ...

03/09/06 - 20060050636 - Traffic restriction in packet-oriented networks by means of link-dependent limiting values for traffic passing the network boundaries
The invention relates to a method for controlling the access to a packet-oriented network. An authorization check is carried out for a group of packets by means of a limited value affecting a partial section of the network, the limiting value representing a boundary for all traffic which circulates over ...

03/02/06 - 20060045012 - Method and apparatus for controlling the admission of data into a network element
A method and apparatus for controlling the admission of data packets into a network element is described. In an embodiment, a method for controlling admittance of a data packet into a memory buffer includes performing, prior to queuing the data packet for routing by a processor, the following: (1) receiving ...

03/02/06 - 20060045011 - Methods and apparatus for use in packet-switched data communication networks
A method of reducing packet congestion at a network node in a packet-switched data communication network, which method comprises the steps of marking one or more packets in said queue, wherein a probability of marking a packet in the queue is higher for a first proportion of the packets than ...

03/02/06 - 20060045010 - Arq system with status and packet acknowledgement
A communication system comprises a downlink indicator channel (DL1) for the transmission of a indicator signal (302) indicating that a data packet (202) is scheduled to be transmitted on a downlink data channel (DL2) from a primary station to a secondary station. In operation, on detection of the indicator signal, ...

02/23/06 - 20060039281 - Random medium access methods with backoff adaptation to traffic
Using low PF values in conjunction with traffic-adapted contention windows leads to substantial decreases in delay and jitter. In general, adaptation to traffic reduces contention or delay: opening up the contention window in congestion and closing it on relief. Residual backoff adaptation provides for the reduction of the already decremented ...

02/09/06 - 20060028986 - Packet processing apparatus and method in a portable internet system
Packet processing method and apparatus are provided in a portable Internet system, in which a base station of the portable Internet system is designed to have a number of connection processors and connection controllers. The number of mobile subscriber stations to which a single base station can provide service can ...

02/09/06 - 20060028985 - Topology handler
For the purpose of linking several management applications OLM, ETM, NML, EM of an operations system OS, a central topology handler TPG, which knows about at least some of the assignments of resources TP, CC, CON, PATH, VLAN of a communications network KN to the applications, is introduced. Through the ...

02/09/06 - 20060028984 - Energy efficient medium access control protocol for ieee 802.11 wlans
IEEE 802.11 power management scheme for an ad hoc network is based on the Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) access procedure to transmit/receive their data frames. CSMA/CA may waste the scarce energy and bandwidth due to frame collisions and lengthen the frame delay due to waiting backoff ...

02/09/06 - 20060028983 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing admission control in a regional/access network using defined link constraints for an application
Traffic is admitted to a Regional/Access Network (RAN) where the RAN facilitates differentiated end-to-end data transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP) and a customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) by defining maximum numbers of flows/sessions that may be active ...

02/09/06 - 20060028982 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing admission control in a regional/access network based on implicit protocol detection
Traffic may be admitted to a network that facilitates differentiated end-to-end data transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP) and a customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) by establishing a flow between the ASP and/or NSP and the CPE. A ...

01/19/06 - 20060013134 - System and method for performing capacity planning for enterprise applications
A system and method for capacity planning for enterprise networks, such as identifying bottlenecks and removing or replacing the bottleneck device are provided. The device utilization for one or more network devices are measured or read from measured data. A relative load is calculated from the device utilization data and ...

01/19/06 - 20060013133 - Packet-aware time division multiplexing switch with dynamically configurable switching fabric connections
A packet-aware time division multiplexing (TDM) switch includes one or more ingress ports, one or more egress ports, a TDM switching fabric, and a bandwidth manager. Ingress ports are capable of distinguishing packets. The TDM switching fabric has persistent connections which provide connectivity between each ingress port and each egress ...

01/12/06 - 20060007860 - Packet filtering methods and systems
Small, optimized sequences of binary 5-tuples, representing filter rules, which achieve space efficient packet filtering. A post-match procedure table allows dynamic and extensible packet processing. Packet filtering is accomplished by processing filter rule statements and procedure statements, entered by a user in a rules file, to generate 5-tuple filtering rules ...

12/29/05 - 20050286420 - System and method of avoiding cell disposal in buffer
A cell disposal avoidance system is provided that can avoid disposal of the cells resided in the QoS buffer when a traffic of a specific QoS class in an ATM switch increases. The ATM switch includes a storage cell number monitor, a software data section 813, and a software controller ...

12/29/05 - 20050286419 - System and method to improve the performance of an on demand routing protocol in a wireless network
A system and method for improving the performance of an on-demand routing protocol in a wireless network is provided. The invention provides improved system performance of a wireless network by enabling nodes following an on-demand routing protocol to process (and possibly reply to) route request messages multiple times based on ...

12/29/05 - 20050286418 - Data compression negotiation in a telecommunication system
The invention relates to a method for setting up s data link, wherein an end-to-end link comprises at least two separate legs with error correction protocols. The legs may have different physical layer connections or their error correction protocols (V.120, RLP) may be different. An interworking function IWF according to ...

12/15/05 - 20050276220 - Network devices and traffic shaping methods
In a network device of a broadband access device, granularity of queue rates is improved by introducing intermediate rates in addition to those conventionally provided. When an intermediate rate between a first 10 Mbps queue rate and a second 5 Mbps queue rate, for instance, is desired for a traffic ...

12/01/05 - 20050265234 - Diffserv path object for network management
A telecommunications system includes a network. The system includes an NMS in communication with the network having ServiceOn-Data with the QOS path object attached to a route object. The system includes a plurality of nodes in communication with the network which receives the QOS path object attached to the route ...

11/24/05 - 20050259579 - Bounding data transmission latency based upon link loading and arrangement
A method, apparatus, system, and machine-readable medium to bound data transmission latency by transmitting error verification data at a point during a data transmission based upon loading of a channel for the data transmission is provided. Embodiments may comprise determining the loading of a communication channel and transmitting error verification ...

11/24/05 - 20050259578 - Shaping apparatus, communication node and flow control method for controlling bandwidth of variable length frames
A shaping apparatus comprising a plurality of buffer memories allocated for different flows, bandwidth control units associated with the buffer memories, and a read control unit, wherein each of the bandwidth control units issues a first frame output request based on a maximum allowed bandwidth and a second frame output ...

11/17/05 - 20050254422 - Tiered web site with web-tier admission control based on utilization data generated on application tier
An e-commerce web site has an application tier and a web tier, each with multiple servers. The application tier runs the resource-intensive functions germane to the site's purpose; while the web tier provides the primary interface for clients. The web tier implements admission control so that some requests can be ...

11/17/05 - 20050254421 - Connection management system and method for large-scale optical networks
A network management system program and graphical user interface for large-scale optical networks is described. The network management system includes a connection management system that allows a user to manually configure connections among network elements within the network. The user defines general connection attributes within the network and adds network ...

11/17/05 - 20050254420 - Method for calculating a transmission window size
The invention relates to a method for selecting a window size for a packet switched connection between a first and a second party. The associated window is used by a sending party for a window based congestion control mechanism for avoiding or handling congestion on a communication path. The invented ...

11/10/05 - 20050249117 - Apparatus, system and method for the transmission of data with different qos attributes
A novel apparatus, system and method for transmitting data flows having different quality of service (QoS) attributes over a network link structured in two or more channels is provided. The method classifies arriving packets to determine their required/assigned QOS attributes and places the classified packets into one of several logical ...

11/03/05 - 20050243721 - Method and apparatus for controlling access to a multimedia broadcast/multicast service
A Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) application server in a packet data communication system produces multiple access control parameters that at least partially identify a storage location of MBMS data and that define when a user equipment may access the stored MBMS data. The multiple access control parameters are then distributed ...

11/03/05 - 20050243720 - Method of operating and configuring a telecommunication system; dispatcher software for identifying a client therein and telecommunication apparatus containing same
A telecommunications system has a plurality of mutually independent clients each having a plurality of terminal devices connecting to the telecommunication system and provided in groups. A client specific identification KID and a group specific identification ZID are assigned. A dispatcher number storage can serve to assign the KID and ...

11/03/05 - 20050243719 - Method of preventing or limiting the number of simultaneous sessions in wireless local area network (wlan)
A method, program product and system of preventing or limiting the number of simultaneous sessions in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method includes: determining whether subscriber terminal information has been changed between an old session and a new session, maintaining a connection with the old session if the ...

10/27/05 - 20050237933 - Delivering services in a wireless communications system
A method of delivering services in a wireless communications system comprising a radio access network and a core network, the method comprising the steps of: establishing a radio access bearer for delivering one of a set of services to an end user via a signalling channel, each service having certain ...

10/27/05 - 20050237932 - Method and system for rate-controlled mode wireless communications
A method and system is described that flexibly and efficiently adjusts uplink data transmission rates in a wireless communication system. In particular, a transport format limit indicator (TFLI) indicating the allowed changes to available transport formats, including, for example, the maximum allowed uplink data transmission rate, is sent by a ...

10/20/05 - 20050232150 - Flow control method and apparatus thereof
In a flow control method for conducting a flow control in a network in that a variable-length frame is transmitted and a minimum inter frame gap being a fixed length is regulated among frames, by setting each variable-length frame to be a subject of the flow control by adding a ...

10/20/05 - 20050232149 - Base station, communication apparatus, and communication system
The present invention provides a base station including a resource request-receiving unit operable to receive a resource request from a communication apparatus, and a resource-reserving unit operable to make a resource reservation in response to the resource request, in which the resource reservation is required by communication between the base ...

10/20/05 - 20050232148 - Method in a communication system, a communication system and a communication device
The present invention relates to a method in a communication system, a communication system and a communication device. In the method, media streams are transmitted from a sending communication device to a receiving communication device at least partly via a wireless communication network. At least one media stream is selected ...

10/13/05 - 20050226152 - Method and system for determining locality using network signatures
Content is distributed from a source to a sink only if the sink is within a predetermined geographic locality. In one embodiment, a signature request is sent to the sink. The sink obtains an actual signature compares it to the requested signature, and if the requested signature and the actual ...

10/13/05 - 20050226151 - System and method for control of communications connections
A method and system for selectively prohibiting a communications connection between an origin and destination in a communications network based on one or mediations rules and one or more lists of prohibited and exempted destination identifiers either in real-time using a control unit or with a pre-check using an analysis ...

10/13/05 - 20050226150 - Congestion control system
According to the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling congestion in a communications network, the method including receiving congestion feedback data relating to said network, adjusting at least one of a window limit and a rate limit based on said congestion feedback data and injecting data packets ...

10/06/05 - 20050220016 - Method and apparatus for controlling network traffic, and computer product
For controlling a traffic on a network including a plurality of links, the apparatus includes a collecting unit that collects information on the traffic for each of the links periodically; an acquiring unit that acquires basic data collected from a link for a predetermined period; and a predicting unit that ...

10/06/05 - 20050220015 - Method of exchanging information under ip protocol with data substitution in the tos field
A method of exchanging information by the Internet protocol in the form of datagrams each including a TOS field normally dedicated to receiving routing parameters, the method comprising the steps of: configuring network equipment to define an identification zone in the TOS field; associating equipment of a first type with ...

10/06/05 - 20050220014 - System and method for controlling communication flow rates
A system and method are provided for providing access communications between customer locations and a core network service edge. Access flows are handled as carrier-tagged flows through a packet switched network comprising network elements that interpret and manipulate carrier tag values associated with traffic-bearing data frames. In accordance with a ...

10/06/05 - 20050220013 - Adaptable traffic control for variable port speed connectivity device
According to embodiments of the present invention, an adaptable traffic control system, method, article of manufacture, and apparatus receive a user-programmed value representing an amount of target traffic allowed through a connectivity device port and a user-programmed value representing a time interval during which to receive the allowed amount of ...

09/29/05 - 20050213503 - Bandwidth allocation
In accordance with certain described implementation(s), a coordinating device performs bandwidth allocation procedures based on information from previously-unfulfilled bandwidth allocation requests and responsive to current bandwidth allocation requests. The current bandwidth allocation requests stipulate current requested bandwidth amounts for multiple streams, and the current bandwidth allocation requests may be received ...

09/22/05 - 20050207340 - Methods and apparatus for controlling ip applications during resources shortages
This invention describes how combined session and resource tracking in a mobile node (MN) and/or basestation in a dynamic network resource environment can be used to control reactions to resource shortages. The session that is to experience a resource shortage is detected either by the MN, or communicated to the ...

09/22/05 - 20050207339 - Burst switching in a high capacity network
At a master controller of a space switch in a node in a data network, a request is received from a source node that requests a connection to be established through the space switch. This request is compared to other such requests so that a schedule may be established for ...

09/15/05 - 20050201281 - Method and apparatus for channel sensitive scheduling in a communication system
Method and apparatus for a channel sensitive scheduler for scheduling transmissions in a communication system. The scheduler is defined by a priority function of the channel condition as determined by amount of transmission power needed by a mobile station. In one embodiment the channel condition is determined based on the ...

09/08/05 - 20050195741 - Network quality of service management
An architecture for quality-of-service (QoS) management creates a logical circuit-switched network within a packet network to support QoS-sensitive demands levied on the network. This QoS-managed network can serve to interwork, e.g., a PSTN with VoIP networks. The architecture can include a connection resource manager (CRM), which oversees bandwidth availability and ...

08/25/05 - 20050185582 - Apparatus and method for managing traffic and quality of service in a high-speed router
A router for interconnecting external devices coupled to the router. The router comprises a switch fabric and a plurality of routing nodes coupled to the switch fabric. Each of the routing nodes transmits data packets to, and receives data packets from, the external devices and other routing nodes via the ...

08/25/05 - 20050185581 - Active flow management with hysteresis
The present invention provides for a computer network method and system that applies “hysteresis” to an active queue management algorithm. If a queue is at a level below a certain low threshold and a burst of packets arrives at a network node, then the probability of dropping the initial packets ...

08/18/05 - 20050180325 - Method of controlling data transmission, radio system, packet control unit, and remote network element
There is provided a radio system comprising a remote network element, a packet control unit and a mobile station, the radio system being configured to communicate control blocks and data blocks between the mobile station, the packet control unit and the remote network element, the control blocks controlling data transmission ...

08/18/05 - 20050180324 - Method of controlling data transmission, radio system, packet control unit, and base station
There is provided a radio system comprising a base station, a packet control unit and a mobile station, the radio system being configured to communicate control and data blocks between the mobile station, the packet control unit and the base station, the control blocks controlling data transmission in the packet ...

08/18/05 - 20050180323 - System for transmitting high quality speech signals on a voice over internet protocol network
The VoIP quality speech process is activated when a subscriber accesses a speech quality sensitive resource or in response to an activation of the feature by the subscriber, or when it is determined that the originating subscriber terminal device requires the transmission of high quality speech signals. A transmit buffer, ...

08/11/05 - 20050174937 - Surveillance implementation in managed vop networks
A procedure for accomplishing surveillance within a managed VoP network when end-user encryption/decryption and NAT are in place. The procedure comprises first analyzing the network from call signaling and message standpoints, leading to the identification of suitable surveillance access points (SAPs) for packet interception. A Delivery Function (DF) facilitated by ...

08/11/05 - 20050174936 - Method and system for preventing deadlock in fibre channel fabrics using frame priorities
A method and system for transmitting frames using a fibre channel switch is provided. The method includes, determining a frame's priority based on a hop count for the frame; placing a frame in a priority queue, where the priority queue is dedicated to frames having similar priorities; selecting a frame ...

08/04/05 - 20050169178 - Resource allocation in a circuit switched network
Allocating resources in a circuit switched data network, comprising receiving a request for a resource from a device coupled to the circuit switched data network and granting the resource to the requesting device if the resource is available. If the resource is not available, then examining the instantaneous quantity of ...

08/04/05 - 20050169177 - Systems and methods for dynamic network channel modification
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for establishment and modification of network allocation parameters. ...

08/04/05 - 20050169176 - Transmitter, communication system, and communication method
A transmitter, a communication system, and a communication method capable of realizing communication of more than a set bandwidth with respect to a packet communication with a bandwidth guarantee set therefore by using a set bandwidth as the minimum guaranteed bandwidth, wherein when a transmitter transmits packet data, it decides ...

08/04/05 - 20050169175 - Methods and systems that use information about encrypted data packets to determine an order for sending the data packets
Methods and systems thereof for streaming media data are described. Media data comprising a plurality of data packets is accessed. The media data includes encrypted data. Information that quantifies a characteristic of each data packet in the plurality of data packets is also accessed. That information is used to determine ...

08/04/05 - 20050169174 - Methods and systems that use information about data packets to determine an order for sending the data packets
Methods and systems thereof for streaming media data are described. Media data comprising a plurality of data packets is accessed. Information that quantifies a characteristic of each data packet in the plurality of data packets is also accessed. That information is used to determine an order for sending the data ...

08/04/05 - 20050169173 - Methods and systems for managing network traffic by multiple constraints
Methods and systems for managing network traffic by multiple constraints are provided. A received network packet is assigned to multiple queues where each queue is associated with a different constraint. A network packet traverses the queues once it satisfies the constraint associated with that queue. Once the network packet has ...

07/28/05 - 20050163049 - Packet shaper
When a packet arrives at a shaping unit 500, a discard control unit 510 judges whether to “store” or “discard” the arrived packet. Packets judged to be “stored” are stored into a packet storage FIFO buffer 520 and sent out within a transmission bandwidth greater than the total sum of ...

07/28/05 - 20050163048 - Method and system for providing committed information rate (cir) based fair access policy
An approach is provided for supporting a fair access policy to exchange traffic in a radio communication system. A committed information rate (CIR) level is assigned to a terminal according to one of a plurality of throttling states that specify respective different throughput levels according to loading of the communication ...

07/21/05 - 20050157645 - Ethernet differentiated services
An network includes an edge node configured to define per hop behaviors using a set of bits in an Ethernet header of a frame and a core node configured to receive the frame and to forward the frame according to the per-hop-behaviors. The network can also include a defined set ...

07/14/05 - 20050152271 - Methods and arrangements in an access system
An access system (ACC1) for relating service providers (SP1-SPn) to users (U11-Um1) includes an edge access server (EAS) connecting the service providers and penults (P1-Pk) connecting the users. User devices (UD11-UD14) are connected via VLAN:s to a user port (UP11) on the penult. The edge access server has service agents ...

07/07/05 - 20050147037 - Scan detection
A method for detecting a scan in network connections, each connection to a respective destination determined by a destination key and a destination parameter. For each of the connections, an active-connection entry is logged in a first table. The active-connection entry includes the destination key and the destination parameter. For ...

07/07/05 - 20050147036 - Method and apparatus for enabling an adaptive replay loop in a processor
A method and apparatus for enabling an adaptive replay loop in a processor. More particularly, the present invention relates to allowing instructions in the replay loop to change its relative position, thereby decreasing the latency for execution of instructions, resolving dynamic resource conflicts, and also increasing the overall efficiency of ...

07/07/05 - 20050147035 - Multiple services with policy enforcement over a common network
The present invention allows different types of services to be implemented over a common local access network, wherein each service can be ensured the resources necessary to provide the service, and unauthorized use can be prevented. Accordingly, various types of media services may be provided to various types of customer ...

06/30/05 - 20050141421 - Packet transmission control apparatus and packet transmission control method
A packet transmission control apparatus which performs transmission control of packets to a plurality of mobile stations includes an acquirer configured to acquire an average transmission rate of packets to each of the mobile stations and a guaranteed transmission rate of the packets; and a scheduler configured to perform scheduling ...

06/30/05 - 20050141420 - Transmission coordination for sdma downlink communication
According to some embodiments, a technique is provided that coordinates transmission of frames to reduce collisions. Frames are coordinated according to, for example, operation type, frame length, and solicited response. A base station gains access to a wireless medium and transmits multiple coordinated frames to multiple communication units. The transmissions ...

06/30/05 - 20050141419 - Methods and devices for the coordination of flow control between a tcp/ip network and other networks
Methods and devices are provided for implementing flow control coordination in a gateway between a TCP/IP network and a second network. The second network may be any type of network, including another TCP/IP network. In some implementations, the throughput of the TCP/IP network is controlled by modifying the round trip ...

06/23/05 - 20050135246 - System and method for delivering the streaming of audio-video using external resources
The invention relates to a system and method for dynamically externalizing service delivery with a streaming system in a data transmission system. The method comprises the steps of forwarding at least one user context to an external service infrastructure partner (SIP) device when the streaming system is triggered by an ...

06/16/05 - 20050128946 - Network statistics information service system and internet access server
A network statistics information service system comprised of a service provider system having a database for storing statistics data and statistics information collection conditions for each user and an access server for receiving, upon the authentication of a user terminal, a response packet indicative of the result of authentication, a ...

06/16/05 - 20050128945 - Preventing a packet associated with a blocked port from being placed in a transmit buffer
According to some embodiments, a packet associated with a blocked port is prevented from being placed in a transmit buffer. ...

06/09/05 - 20050122905 - Method of providing packet data service
A method of providing a packet data service includes assigning a unique identifier to each access terminal (AT) in an access network. In accordance with one embodiment, this is accomplished by assigning a terminal identifier to a mobile terminal, receiving a request message for a session connection from the mobile ...

06/09/05 - 20050122904 - Preventative congestion control for application support
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides: in response, at least in part, to a request for a service from a system, determining a quality of service to assign to an application to be executed by the system to provide the service, the quality ...

06/09/05 - 20050122903 - Method and system for relayed mobile ip services in a telecommunication system
The present invention relates to an arrangement for relayed services in a mobile telecommunication system comprising a plurality of mobile communication terminals, from which an established point-to-point connection either originates or terminates. The arrangement includes mobile communication terminals (1-5) operating in a mobile packet switched communication network, such as a ...

06/02/05 - 20050117514 - Communication system and communication terminal, communication-medium selection method used for the system and terminal, and program for the method
In a communication terminal capable of selecting a communication medium best suited for the service settings and communicating via the selected medium, service executors include necessary applications and act as a trigger for the start of service provision. A communication controller has functions of detecting communication media, establishing connection therewith, ...

06/02/05 - 20050117513 - Flow generation method for internet traffic measurement
Provided is a flow generation method for Internet traffic measurement. In the flow generation method, dependency between packet collecting time and flow generating time is removed using a virtual timer and a flow generation completion processing interval is controlled to skip by a unit time in response to a user's ...

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