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Multiplex Communications > Data Flow Congestion Prevention Or Control > Flow Control Of Data Transmission Through A Network > Least Cost Or Minimum Delay Routing Least Cost Or Minimum Delay RoutingLeast Cost Or Minimum Delay Routing 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.01/24/08 - 20080019278 - Network congestion analysis Application messages are segregated into message paths, and the delays of the transmitted packets associated with each message path are independently analyzed to distinguish propagation, bandwidth, congestion, and protocol delays. To further distinguish the congestion delays, all of the paths of the application messages are assessed to identify delays induced ... 11/29/07 - 20070274221 - Resource reservation system and method in wireless network A resource reservation system and a method for managing resources under consideration of the mobility of an MN are provided where an old refresh interval for an old resource reservation state is changed in response to handoff. The changed refresh interval propagates through at least one of a path supporting ... 11/29/07 - 20070274220 - Method and apparatus for optimizing a queue based cross layer in a wireless ad-hoc network A method and apparatus for optimizing a cross layer in an ad-hoc wireless network are provided. A link price is set using the number of packets of a queue. A flow rate is set using the link price. A channel access rank is set by comparing the link price with ... 11/15/07 - 20070263543 - Information entry for network optimization A telecommunications network model receives data regarding a telecommunications network and a customer's use of that network. The data includes information about nodes, link between nodes, tariffs, and customer usage. The received data is utilized to create a model of the telecommunications network. The model may then be utilized to ... 11/01/07 - 20070253335 - Computer system with black hole management A computer system with black hole management. The black hole management system shares black hole status information among connections that employ the same path. The black hole status information may indicate either that a black hole exists on the path or that communications have been performed successfully on the path, ... 10/25/07 - 20070248016 - Method and apparatus for simplifying the computation of alternate network paths An alternate path calculation process may be terminated after considering some of a source node's neighbors and without considering each of its neighbors, to reduce the amount of processing required to perform the alternate path calculations. The neighbors may be ranked according to the number of alternate paths that the ... 10/18/07 - 20070242608 - System and method for providing topology and reliability constrained low cost routing in a network Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to generate node-disjoint routing paths from a root node to each node in a network node set, identify potential intermediate office node (IO) candidate pairs from the generated node-disjoint routing paths, generate a per central office node (CO) serving ... 10/18/07 - 20070242607 - Method and system for controlling distribution of network topology information In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a network topology management system is provided for managing distribution of network topology information between nodes within a network that performs a distributed source routing protocol. The system includes, nodes distributed throughout a network, that are interconnected by node-to-node links, each ... 10/04/07 - 20070230354 - Communication apparatus, communication method and memory medium The invention provides a communication apparatus with plural communication functions, which, in case of importing plural address information, judges whether the communication function corresponding to each address information is effective or not and selectively importing only the address information of which the corresponding communication function is effective. ... 10/04/07 - 20070230353 - Method and apparatus for cost-effective design of large-scale sensor networks Arrangements and methods for developing a software toolkit that can be used to design or obtain parameters for a sensor network. High-level guidelines on the basic relations between sensor network parameters like number of sensors, degree of quantization at each sensor, and the distortion requirements, based on a deep analysis ... 09/13/07 - 20070211638 - System and method for reserving resources in a mobile network environment using multiple interfaces A system and method for reserving resources for a Mobile Node (MN) having a plurality of wireless network interfaces in a mobile network under a multi-homed environment are provided, wherein the MN transmits query messages requesting a path be setup to a plurality of Access Routers (ARs) accessible through the ... 09/13/07 - 20070211636 - Effective bandwidth path metric and path computation method for wireless mesh networks with wired links Enhanced mesh network performance is provided by computation of a path metric with respect to multi-hop paths between nodes in a mesh network and determination of a path through the mesh network that is optimal according to the path metric. Information is communicated in the mesh network according to the ... 09/06/07 - 20070206503 - Cross-layer design techniques for interference-aware routing configuration in wireless mesh networks Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to facilitating increased throughput in wireless mesh networks. Generally, according to one implementation of the present invention, routing nodes in a wireless mesh network combine metrics corresponding to the link and network layers to select a route to a root node in the wireless mesh ... 08/23/07 - 20070195702 - Link duration based routing protocol for multihop ad hoc networks A method is provided for selecting a route for transmitting data packets amongst nodes in an ad hoc network. The method includes determining a metric which is indicative of link stability between the nodes in the network; initiating a route discovery procedure that generates a plurality of candidate transmission paths ... 08/23/07 - 20070195701 - Simple and resource-efficient resilient network systems The invention is related to a method for resilient multi-paths connections between edge devices of a communication network. First are determined connection-specific traffic distribution functions for the multi-paths depending on a plausible failure pattern of active and inactive paths of the multi-path of this connection. Further is selected the traffic ... 08/09/07 - 20070183334 - Techniques for decreasing queries to discover routes in an interior gateway protocol Techniques for recovering lost routes include receiving reported costs for transmitting data to a destination from neighboring nodes; and determining total costs as a sum of costs for transmitting data packets to the neighboring nodes and a corresponding reported cost. A selected neighboring node with a minimum total cost is ... 08/02/07 - 20070177511 - Ad-hoc network and method employing globally optimized routes for packets An ad-hoc network includes an ad-hoc network coordinator (NC) having a first processor, a first memory, and a first communication interface; and a plurality of ad-hoc network devices (NDs). Each of the NDs includes a second processor, a second memory, and a second communication interface structured to communicate with the ... 08/02/07 - 20070177510 - Method and apparatus for handoff control in mobile communications systems A mobile communications system includes a first base station to service a first set of connections from a first set of mobile communications devices to a communications network. A set of neighboring base stations is in communication with the first base station. In an embodiment of the invention, the first ... 08/02/07 - 20070177509 - Method and apparatus for evaluating network operation costs A method and apparatus for calculating a cost index in a communication network are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of cost factors associated with a first network operation mode is obtained. A plurality of second cost factors associated with a second network operation mode is subsequently obtained. A first ... 08/02/07 - 20070177508 - Method and apparatus for evaluating component costs in a communication network A method and apparatus for calculating a cost index in a communication network. In one embodiment, a plurality of first cost factors associated with a first set of network elements is obtained. Subsequently, a plurality of second cost factors associated with a second set of network elements is obtained. A ... 07/26/07 - 20070171832 - Route selection with bandwidth sharing optimization over rings A method for establishing a connection through a communication network that includes multiple segments includes providing a sharing definition defining a sharing of bandwidth among connections in the network. Two or more candidate routes for a new connection to be established through the network are identified. For each of the ... 07/12/07 - 20070159977 - Selecting paths in multi-homed transport-layer network associations A multi-homed network node comprises an interface that is addressable using a primary network address and a secondary network address. Network packets identifying the primary network address traverse a first network path and packets identifying the second network address traverse a second network path that is routed physically separately from ... 07/05/07 - 20070153700 - Interface link layer device for long delay connections An interface link layer device (1) to be connected in-between a first sub net-work (5) and a long delay link (3) to which at least one second sub network (4) is connected via another interface link layer device (2) is able to simulate or replace time critical messages of the ... 06/28/07 - 20070147257 - In-line packet processing A method and apparatus for in-line processing a data packet while routing the packet through a router in a system transmitting data packets between a source and a destination over a network including the router. The method includes receiving the data packet and pre-processing layer header data for the data ... 06/28/07 - 20070147256 - Transport network node, for addition of timing data to traffic engineering data Node (N1), of a transport network (R) incorporating a control plane using a routing protocol, including a traffic engineering database (BD1) and means of processing (MT) charged i) with exchanging with other nodes (N2-N6) of the network (R) routing messages incorporating traffic engineering data, so as to deed the database ... 06/28/07 - 20070147255 - Routing in wireless mesh networks A method, apparatus and system for communicating in a wireless mesh network may entail using a Viterbi routing algorithm to determine a multi-hop path between a source node and a destination node having a lowest cost metric. In one example, the cost metric may be inversely proportional to the achievable ... 06/28/07 - 20070147254 - Cost determination in a multihop network In a multihop communications network a cost determination method includes determining a plurality of simultaneously potential or favorable next hop nodes for at least one of the nodes between a source and a destination node pair, whereby a mesh-like path comprising a plurality of simultaneously potential routes or paths is ... 06/21/07 - 20070140129 - Ad-hoc network routing metric optimization A network processing device calculates variable link metrics and then prioritizes selection of network links for sending packets according to the calculated variable link metrics. The variable link metrics can include a link capacity index that represents a combination of platform and interface capabilities for nodes on opposite ends of ... 06/21/07 - 20070140128 - System and method to provide routing control of information over networks A system and method for controlling routing of data. It is determined whether at least one data flow is active, the at least one data flow having an ingress portion of a current ingress path to a first point from a second point and an egress portion of a current ... 06/21/07 - 20070140127 - Method and apparatus for efficient transfer of data over a network A method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of a network. A source node determines the propagation delay for data to reach a destination node. This enables the source node to transmit data more efficiently by ensuring a greater portion of a specific time slot is used for receiving data ... 06/14/07 - 20070133420 - Multipath routing optimization for unicast and multicast communication network traffic Multiple paths in a communication network are provided between at least one source node and at least one destination node. The network arrangement may thus support either unicast transmission of data or multicast transmission. Measurements are made at nodes of the network to determine a partial network cost for data ... 05/24/07 - 20070115829 - System and method for performing topology control in a wireless network A system and method for performing topology control in a wireless network (100). The system and method operate to enable a node (102-1) to determine the link cost of a link between itself and another node (102-2), based on the number of nodes (102, 106, 107) that would be affected ... 05/10/07 - 20070104107 - System and method for routing packets in a wireless multihopping communication network A system and method for routing packets in a multihopping wireless communication network (100). The system and method selects a node (106-1) of the wireless network (100) to operate as an aggregation point, at which two or more possible routes for transmitting packets or packet fragments from a source mobile ... 05/10/07 - 20070104106 - Method and apparatus for improving convergence in networks A method of improving convergence in networks that use path vector protocols. In one embodiment using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) for inter-domain route and reachability communication, nodes that need to remove routes using EBGP NLRI announcements send BGP WITHDRAW messages containing a new route originator attribute that identifies an originator ... 04/26/07 - 20070091811 - Forwarding packets to a directed acyclic graph destination using link selection based on received link metrics Each network node having at least one destination-oriented link toward a directed acyclic graph (DAG) destination can receive a corresponding set of path performance metrics via the destination-oriented link. The set of path performance metrics, initiated by the DAG destination outputting initial link metrics on each of its source-connecting links, ... 04/05/07 - 20070076615 - Non-blocking destination-based routing networks A route computation algorithm, a load-balancing scheme inside a router for making a hop-by-hop routing network (such as the Internet) nonblocking are described in this patent. The output of the route computation algorithm includes a set of link weights that determine the paths of the hop-by-hop routing network. The route ... 04/05/07 - 20070076614 - Method for changing channels in wireless communication terminal and content service system A method for changing channels in a wireless communication terminal includes requesting real-time content of a first channel from a content service system; receiving and playing the requested real-time content of the first channel after establishing a session with the content service system; requesting channel change from the content service ... 03/29/07 - 20070070909 - Resilient network A network resilient to at least two points of failure comprises a plurality of nodes. A first path between a source node and a destination node is determined and a second path between a source node and a destination node is determined. The first and second paths are node-disjoint. ... 03/22/07 - 20070064613 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for load balanced and symmetric path computations for voip traffic engineering The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for load balanced and symmetric SPF path computations for VoIP traffic engineering. One method includes advertising an output interface cost in a first direction over a first network segment between a source IP device and a destination IP ... 03/22/07 - 20070064612 - Method and apparatus for selecting an optimal path from a path-starting node of a network to a path-ending node of the network In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method provides a circuit from a first customer location to a second customer location. The method includes selecting a path-starting node from a network of nodes, and selecting a path-ending node from the network of nodes. The path-starting node is ... 03/08/07 - 20070053300 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for multi-path shortest-path-first computations and distance-based interface selection for voip traffic Methods, systems, and computer program products for multipath Shortest-Path-First (SPF) computations and distance-based interface selection for VoIP traffic are disclosed. According to one method, a multi-path router instance associated with a plurality of network interfaces in a source IP device is provided. A cost is assigned to each of a ... 03/08/07 - 20070053299 - Wireless communication terminal and qos information collection method In a wireless communication terminal, the other terminal existence confirmation section broadcasts a confirmation message at fixed intervals and receives a response message. The topology information management section computes the topology of the whole network to which the wireless communication terminal itself belongs, on the basis of the topology information ... 03/01/07 - 20070047447 - Ospf unidirectional link support for unidirectional return paths A method of supporting a unidirectional link from a first router to a second router, the first and second routers existing in an area of a communication network, the method comprising: the second router receiving a hello packet from the first router; the second router determining that its topology information ... 02/08/07 - 20070030811 - Method and apparatus for maximizing data transmission capacity of a mesh network A mesh network routing protocol for optimizing network data transmission capacity using a cost analysis based upon a links proximity to the gateway or other bandwidth constrained node. Specifically, the protocol computes a plurality of routing costs associated with each data path, compares the routing costs, and then selects the ... 02/08/07 - 20070030810 - Monitoring a network path The present invention relates to the monitoring of paths along which signals are carried in a telecommunications network, in particular to determine if a path has been altered. Each path has a transit time associated therewith for data transport along that path. The method comprises the steps of: monitoring the ... 01/25/07 - 20070019555 - Dynamic system and method of establishing communication with objects According to an embodiment of the invention, a method of dynamically creating a network of a plurality of nodes operable to communicate with objects in operating sectors comprises establishing a first communication link between a first node and a second node of the plurality of nodes. The first communication link ... 01/25/07 - 20070019554 - Method and network nodes for path searching in a packet-oriented communication network In a network node of a packet-based communication network, comprising several network nodes, at least two path searches to a target network node are carried out in at least one network node, in series or parallel and the result of at least one of the path search methods is stored ... 01/18/07 - 20070014241 - Resolver caching of a shortest path to a multihomed server as determined by a router A resolver queries a DNS server for any network addresses associated with the particular domain name. If the resolver detects a response for the DNS server with multiple network addresses for a particular domain name, then the resolver creates and sends a shortest path query to at least one router ... 01/11/07 - 20070008891 - Communications network having transport diversity A system includes nodes and a path selection mechanism. The nodes are interconnected with one another as a mesh network. At least one of the nodes is connected to at least another of the nodes by different transport technologies. The path selection mechanism, in at least one of the nodes, ... 01/11/07 - 20070008890 - Method and apparatus for non-stop multi-node system synchronization A communication system (50) can include a source node (31) coupled to a peer node (41), a source database (38) and a target database (48) at the peer node, and a logical unit (32 or 42). The logical unit can be programmed to forward data changes from source to peer ... 01/04/07 - 20070002750 - Generic real time scheduler for wireless packet data systems A real-time scheduler is disclosed for packet data services in a wireless communication network. A hierarchical scheduler is also disclosed which has the flexibility to handle mixed real-time and non-real-time users. ... 01/04/07 - 20070002749 - Multicarrier receiver and method for time-delay compensation in a multi-user uplink Embodiments of System and Method for compensating for time-of-arrival differences between uplink packets in a Wireless Network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... 01/04/07 - 20070002748 - Load distributing method When path status information is updated, the time at which the update is effective is recorded. A packet arrival time in each path is predicted based on new status information and data transmission history after the effective time. The packet is transmitted to the path that provides a fastest packet ... 12/28/06 - 20060291396 - Optimizing driving directions A method to render optimized driving direction to users that specify destinations of interest. The method utilizes a direction engine to generate a route to the destinations specified by the users. The directions engine receives requests including a plurality of options from the users. The options allow the user to ... 12/07/06 - 20060274658 - Prereservation of resources for connecting paths in a packet-address-switched or label-switched communication network A node for a packet-address-switched or label-switched communication network comprises i) signaling means responsible for exchanging signaling messages with other nodes of the network in order to reserve resources of connecting paths each associated with a connection identifier and beginning at the node, and ii) control means responsible for, on ... 11/30/06 - 20060268722 - System and method for routing messages within a messaging system Systems and methods are described which provide enhanced stability, increased predictability, reduced transmission costs, and which conserve bandwidth in routing messages over computer networks. The systems and methods further include providing improved transmission of messages wherein the messages are transmitted to nodes closest to a target delivery node. If delivery ... 11/16/06 - 20060256724 - Method of determining transit costs across autonomous systems A method for determining a cumulative network layer reachability cost of traversing one or more autonomous network routing systems comprises receiving first network route information from an originating customer edge router, wherein the first network route information identifies a route in a customer network; determining a transit cost from the ... 11/09/06 - 20060250965 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing the communication of data packets in a data network Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for optimizing the communication of data packets in a data network. Network devices, such as routers, in the data network may be optimized to automatically calculate current latency values for a network path in real-time or near real-time and intelligently forward data packets ... 11/09/06 - 20060250964 - Traffic flow determination in communications networks A method of determining traffic paths between one or more source-destination node pairs in a communications network, comprising starting from a first set of paths between said source-destination node pairs, determining a second set of paths between said source-destination node pairs while taking into account a set of constraints, such ... 11/02/06 - 20060245363 - Qos-based routing for ce-based vpn CE devices of the present invention are enabled to make more judicious routing decisions in CE-based VPNs. In determining a next-hop in a path from a source CE to a destination subnet, CE-to-CE costs are associated with each next-hop CE in a plurality of next-hop CEs. Each CE-to-CE cost is ... 11/02/06 - 20060245362 - Method and apparatus for providing route-optimized secure session continuity between mobile nodes In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, IP application traffic can be provided confidentiality to and from one or more mobile nodes (MNs) belonging to the same domain even when such MNs are remotely located. It is possible to provide, preferably at all times, a similar ... 11/02/06 - 20060245361 - Load balancing technique implemented in a storage area network A technique is disclosed for managing load balancing operations in a storage area network. A frame is received at a switch in the fibre channel fabric. According to a specific implementation, the frame includes header information including a source device identity and a destination device identity. Zone and/or flow information ... 11/02/06 - 20060245360 - System and method for wireless mesh networking According to an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a method of operating a wireless mesh network. The method comprises: seeding the network from a first node; allocating a network address to each member node of the network to form a tree-like structure of the nodes, such that the ... 10/26/06 - 20060239197 - Flower-petal resolutions for pnrp The claimed process and system provides a resolution process for a multi-level cache resolution protocol that involves a lookup procedure whereby the initiating node contacts each intermediate node directly using a communication link separate from any previous intermediate node. The resolution process may involve caching information from each contacted intermediate ... 10/05/06 - 20060221834 - Method and network node for determining multi-path transmission paths in a packet- switched communication network The invention relates to method wherein data packets are respectively transmitted between an input network node and a destination network node via various transmission paths which link network nodes in a packet-switching communication network consisting of various network nodes. Multipath transmission paths are determined by initially determining at least two ... 09/21/06 - 20060209697 - Mobile communication control method, mobile communication system, router, and program When transmitting or receiving packets of mobile terminals for which movement information is managed by control devices, path costs that result from data-related factors for transmitting and receiving packets are calculated for each of paths that pass by way of the control devices and paths that do not pass by ... 09/07/06 - 20060198308 - Technique for selecting a path computation element based on response time delay A technique efficiently selects a path computation element (PCE) to compute a path between nodes of a computer network. The PCE selection technique is illustratively based on dynamic advertisements of the PCE's available path computation resources, namely a predictive response time (PRT). To that end, the novel technique enables one ... 08/24/06 - 20060187842 - Best path routing A method used to determine the most optimal network path to a specific remote network and direct traffic over the optimal path to that remote network when two or more diverse network paths are available. ... 08/17/06 - 20060182035 - Technique for efficient load balancing of te-lsps A technique efficiently load balances traffic engineering (TE) label switched paths (LSPs) from a head-end node to a tail-end node of a computer network. The novel load balancing technique identifies (e.g., at the head-end node or a path computation element, PCE) a set of paths with equal costs from the ... 08/17/06 - 20060182034 - Topology aware route control The present invention uses proxy points for measuring different routes to a destination address space. Multiple paths to the desired destination address space are identified. Each path begins at a source and terminates at the destination address space. Proxy points are identified for each path and are associated with a ... 08/10/06 - 20060176819 - Method for operating a network node of a communication network and network node of a communication network A method for operating a network node of a communication network is provided, the network node having a routing method. Before any configuration of the network node by a control device, a minimum waiting time of the network node for the calculation of routing paths is increased after a configuration ... 08/03/06 - 20060171320 - Inter-domain path computation technique A technique computes a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) that spans multiple domains of a computer network from a head-end node of a local domain to a tail-end node of a remote domain. The novel inter-domain TE-LSP computation technique comprises a computation algorithm executed by the head-end node, ... 07/27/06 - 20060164995 - Method and apparatus for context-based prefix updates in border gateway protocol A method is disclosed for providing context-based routing table updates in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hosts. One or more contexts representing distinct routing tables are defined in a BGP host. As part of establishing a BGP session, a particular context of the one or more contexts is advertised to the ... 07/20/06 - 20060159022 - Routing method d) routing at least part of said traffic on said path (S11-S14). ... 07/13/06 - 20060153082 - Method of downloading data in peer-to-peer service of wired and wireless integrated network and node therefor A method of downloading data in a peer-to-peer service on a wired and wireless integrated network and a node therefore includes downloading the data to a requester node only through wired nodes among a plurality of nodes located in a download path between the requester node which requests the data ... 07/13/06 - 20060153081 - Interference-based routing in a wireless mesh network Route selection through a wireless mesh network between a source node and a destination node is based on minimizing generated interference in order to increase the capacity of the network. An interference energy associated with transmitting a packet over each hop in multiple routes from the source node to the ... 07/06/06 - 20060146721 - Distributed forward link schedulers for multi-carrier communication systems Embodiments disclosed here relate to scheduling packet transmission in a multi-carrier communication system. In an embodiment, a master scheduler having at least one processor and at least one memory operably connected to the at least one processor is adapted to execute instructions stored in the at least one memory, the ... 07/06/06 - 20060146720 - Apparatus and method for routing on a mobile ad-hoc network An apparatus and method for routing on a mobile ad-hoc network are provided. The apparatus and method allow each node in a network to: measure a packet transmission rate to a neighboring node using a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR); measure variation in the number of nodes due to their insertion or ... 07/06/06 - 20060146719 - Web-based navigational system for the disabled community The present invention relates to systems and methods for using a Web-based navigational tool, to assist people of varying physical ability levels in identifying shortest feasible routes through urban environments. One embodiment of the present invention is comprised of an application, which is constructed using Scalar Vector Graphics (created by ... 07/06/06 - 20060146718 - Multichannel, mesh router and methods for path selection in a multichannel mesh network A wireless mesh network router comprises at least one transceiver to receive a packet over a wireless communication channel and path selection circuitry. The packet identifies a source node and a destination node in a multichannel mesh network. The path selection circuitry combines a channel-metric matrix associated with the packet's ... 07/06/06 - 20060146717 - Methods and apparatus for identifying a distance-vector route associated with a wireless mesh network Embodiments of methods and apparatus for identifying a distance-vector route associated with a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... 07/06/06 - 20060146716 - Minimum-cost routing with network coding A method and computer program product for performing minimum cost routing with network coding is presented. The method and system model a network as a directed graph. A cost per unit flow is associated with each link of the directed graph. A link capacity is associated with each link of ... 07/06/06 - 20060146715 - Method, system and apparatus for multifabric pragmatically truncated progess execution A process, system and device to generate an ordered list based on latency for an operation having many different fabric types. To execute the operation for a first fabric having least latency of other fabrics while progress is made executing the operation for the first fabric and to execute the ... 06/29/06 - 20060140124 - Method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network Method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network wherein the network comprises a multitude of nodes to which routable network addresses are assigned, and wherein the services, resources and/or functionalities which are to be searched, are specified by a source node (Q) that is characterized in that a ... 06/29/06 - 20060140123 - Methods and apparatus for distributing link-state information associated with a wireless mesh network Embodiments of methods and apparatus for distributing link-state information associated with a wireless mesh network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... 06/22/06 - 20060133282 - Systems and methods for multipath routing A method and system for directing data packets from an origin node to a destination node in a multipath communication network having a plurality of nodes, where each node is connected to at least one other node by links. The apparatus includes a processor for obtaining cost information relating to ... 06/22/06 - 20060133281 - System for managing round trip time of a transmission control protocol and supporting method and apparatus In the present technique of round trip time management, an acknowledgment packet received (204) on a wireless network is first buffered (210) to a memory buffer. A time delay is then added (214) to an assigned departure time of the acknowledgment packet, which at least substantially stabilizes the round trip ... 06/15/06 - 20060126514 - Method for managing neighbor nodes and setting a routing path in a mobile ad-hoc network environment and network apparatus using the same A method and network apparatus for setting a routing path and managing a neighbor node in mobile ad hoc, network environment are provided. The method for setting a routing path in mobile ad hoc network environment includes receiving a packet periodically broadcast from a neighbor node, measuring the quality of ... 06/01/06 - 20060114829 - System and method for reducing switching overhead in a communication network A system and method for reducing switching overhead in a communication network and a web-based server incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an optimization engine configured to receive input data describing trunks, switches and traffic demands in at least a portion of the ... 05/25/06 - 20060109790 - System and method for using a hop limited cast for internet egress point selection A system and method for using a hop limited cast for Internet egress point selection. One aspect of the present invention includes a computer-implemented method. The computer-implement method includes casting an Internet egress announcement to a network. The announcement has a range associated therewith. A list is then created with ... 05/25/06 - 20060109789 - System and method for buffer management in a packet-based network A communication system for use with a packet-based network is di sclosed. A first node is configured to transmit circuit data in data packets across the network. A second node is configured to receive the data packets from the network and serialize the synchronous data The second node comprises a ... 05/18/06 - 20060104205 - System and method to scout for routes in a wireless network The present invention provides a system and method for evaluating the performance of a potential route before it is actually established. In a wireless network, when a trigger is received by a source node that suggests the existence of a better route, the source node sends a scouting packet along ... 05/11/06 - 20060098577 - System and method for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks A system for assisting in controlling real-time transport protocol flow through multiple networks is disclosed The system utilizes at least a first computer and a second computer that is connected to the first computer, wherein the second computer comprises a second transceiver, a second memory having logic stored therein defining ... 05/11/06 - 20060098576 - Wireless network system and method for providing same A wireless network, which includes a wireless router client operable to broadcast data packets to at least one wireless server and one additional wireless client. Each client and server includes programs for determining optimum routes between them. The client also includes a program for determining if a received data packet ... 04/20/06 - 20060083171 - Media communication apparatus and media communication program product There is provided a media communication apparatus including an automatic selection unit which automatically selects a telecommunications carrier by preset criteria on the address of a speech terminal serving as a communication destination input at the time of call origination and a communication system which identifies the communication conventions of ... 04/20/06 - 20060083170 - Method and apparatus for automatically determining the manner in which to allocate available capital to achieve a desired level of network quality performance A method and apparatus for simulating a modification to or expansion of a communications network and for determining whether the simulated modified or expanded network meets cost criteria. First logic forecasts an increase in network traffic. Second logic simulates a modification to or expansion of the network based on the ... 04/20/06 - 20060083169 - Method and/or system for transferring/receiving audio and/or video signals and minimizing delay time over internet networks and relating apparatuses A method and system for transferring/receiving audio and/or video signals and minimizing delay time over Internet networks including, in transmission, converting, analog audio and/or video input signal to digital form by means of an A/D converter, processing the digital audio and/or video signal in order to manipulate, control, adapt or ... 04/13/06 - 20060077900 - Method for determining the minimum cost installation for apparatuses of a fixed telecommunication network The present invention relates to a method (10) for determining the optimal configuration of apparatuses of a fixed telecommunication network organised on two hierarchical layers, i.e. of a network comprising access nodes and transit 10 nodes. 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For a given traffic demand to be routed from a source node to a destination node in the network, an initial candidate path set satisfying a differential delay constraint is determined by arranging a plurality of paths ... 03/30/06 - 20060067234 - Method and device for designing a data network A method of designing a transport network having a plurality of network elements and a plurality of connections between the network elements by (a) defining a first network configuration and at least one alternative network configuration for the same transport network; (b) calculating for each network configuration, a probability function ... 03/16/06 - 20060056302 - Apparatus for implementation of adaptive routing in packet switched networks An apparatus is invented for implementing adaptive routing in packet switched networks. The hardware structure of the apparatus is based on the AntNet, which is an adaptive routing algorithm for selecting an optimized network route using a mobile agent that simulates an ant. The AntNet-based hardware structure can be applied ... 02/23/06 - 20060039287 - Communication apparatus and data communication method A communication apparatus includes an arrival time estimation unit, connection selection unit, and network processing unit. 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Two illustrative embodiments of the invention deform the network topology dynamically in response ... 01/26/06 - 20060018261 - Optimal communication path routing in a system employing interconnected integrated circuit technology An electronic system is described in which integrated circuits employing cornered I/O are arranged in a framework including an optional path manager and at least one updateable routing table. Packet routing options are described with solutions being provided to minimize transmission latency and pathway alternatives. ... 01/12/06 - 20060007865 - Arrangement for preventing count-to-infinity in flooding distance vector routing protocols Each router in a network is configured for generating router advertisement messages according to a flooding distance vector routing protocol. Each router advertisement message output according to the flooding distance vector routing protocol includes reachability information for at least one destination, and an originating router identifier indicating a router having ... 01/12/06 - 20060007864 - Method and system of teleservice interworking of broadband heterogeneous networks The invention discloses a method and system of teleservice interworking of broadband heterogeneous networks. Said heterogeneous networks are connected by call control equipment and media interworking equipment, said call control equipment is used for signaling interworking and controlling the call that spans networks, said media interworking equipment is used for ... 01/12/06 - 20060007863 - Signal propagation delay routing A method of routing a message from a source node to a destination node in an adhoc wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes, comprising the steps of; transmitting a first message from the source node to the destination node, receiving said first message at said destination node, transmitting a ... 01/05/06 - 20060002304 - Method and apparatus for implementing link-based source routing in generic framing protocol Link-based source routing may be implemented using generic framing protocol (GFP) to enable GFP frames to contain a switching context that will allow them to be forwarded on a network without requiring state information to be distributed to interior network elements on the network. Source routes may be computed from ... 01/05/06 - 20060002303 - Methods and devices for routing traffic using a configurable access wireless network A configurable access network (CAN) architecture is used to identify primary routing paths that allows each wireless station within a static, multi-hop wireless CAN to route packetized data in a way that simplifies the operation of each station and makes more efficient use of the limited energy available to each ... 01/05/06 - 20060002302 - Methods and devices for configuring simplified, static, multi-hop wireless networks Wireless stations (and their associated operation) making up a static, multi-hop wireless network are simplified because topological modeling and routing/scheduling decisions are shifted from the stations to a controller external to the network. 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For a given traffic demand to be routed from a source node ... 12/22/05 - 20050281199 - Method and system for communications routing A method and system for communications routing provides an improved range of service quality and cost options. The method includes receiving at a host computer system an indication that a user has placed a telephone call. Next the host computer system receives from a routing database operatively connected to the ... 12/08/05 - 20050270980 - Automated selection of an optimal path between a core switch and teamed network resources of a computer system A NIC teaming intermediate driver running on a computer system binds NIC resources into teams to provide a physical interface for the computer system to the network. When configuring a team, the teaming driver assigns one of the team members to be the primary resource and the others to be ... 12/08/05 - 20050270979 - Method for establishing a substitute path in a network The invention relates to a method for establishing a substitute path in a network with corresponding network nodes for path-switching between connection runs, whereby for the switching of path between two terminal nodes, a first network resource is used for the transmission and the signal transmission is interrupted in a ... 12/01/05 - 20050265239 - Method and apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications network A method is disclosed of forwarding data in a data communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and links therebetween, each link having an associated usage cost and a load capacity. A forwarding node identifies a lowest cost route, comprising one or more links, to a destination node. If a ... 12/01/05 - 20050265238 - Flow control method and apparatus for single packet arrival on a bidirectional ring interconnect Embodiments of the present invention are related in general to data flow control in a network and in particular to packet flow control in a bidirectional ring interconnect. An embodiment of a method includes sending packets on the bidirectional ring interconnect in a first direction or on the bidirectional ring ... 11/24/05 - 20050259584 - Methods and apparatus for hybrid multicast and unicast transmissions in a data network Methods and apparatus for hybrid multicast and unicast transmissions in a data network. A method is provided for operating a server on a data network. The method includes computing a multicast cost indicator and a unicast cost indicator that are associated with multicast and unicast transmission of data. The method ... 11/17/05 - 20050254429 - Management node deice, node device, network configuration management system, network configuration management method, node device control method, management node device control method There is installed a special management node to efficiently perform network configuration management. When a node starts communication with another node, the node sends a request for node position information about the communication counterpart node to a management node. Upon receiving the node position information request, the management node references ... 11/10/05 - 20050249121 - Optimization of packet transmission path A method is disclosed for optimizing packet transmission paths in a mobile communication network (400) in which packets are transmitted and received between mobile stations (10-14) or between a mobile station and a fixed network (120) by way of a plurality of packet transmission device (60-64, 70-72, 80, and 81) ... 11/03/05 - 20050243726 - System and method for real-time buying and selling of internet protocol (ip) transit An apparatus and method for real-time buying and selling of Internet Protocol (IP) transit is described. Embodiments include a platform for routing IP traffic in real time from at least one network user to a plurality of backbone providers. Embodiments further include sellers specifying a quality, a quantity, and a ... 11/03/05 - 20050243725 - System for selecting routes for retransmission in a network A system and method for selecting a route, from within the set of network routes between the source and destination end-points, for retransmission of information initially sent via a suspected failed route such that the selected route has a minimum number of network components in common with the suspected failed ... 11/03/05 - 20050243724 - Method and apparatus for selecting a preferred lsp path from a set of equal cost paths A telecommunications system includes an MPLS network. The system includes a source node in communication with the network. The system includes a destination node in communication with the network and with the source node through a plurality of different paths. Each path of which has a residual bandwidth at a ... 09/15/05 - 20050201290 - Method and system for finding a friend in a social network A process for reducing the resources employed in real time to communicate a message between related nodes that are separated by multiple degrees of separation in a social network. At least a portion of the shortest path for the multiple degrees of separation between at least two related nodes in ... 08/25/05 - 20050185588 - Cost-based routing using backoff scheme A routing method comprising receiving a first packet, the first packet being broadcast for discovery of a route. A first backoff of the first packet is calculated based on a route cost of the first packet. The first packet is rebroadcast if a second packet is not received within the ... 08/18/05 - 20050180329 - Method for determining placement of internet taps in wireless neighborhood networks Disclosed is a method for determining the placement of ITAPs in wireless neighborhood networks. The method disclosed provides for efficient integration of multi-hop wireless networks with the Internet by placing ITAPs at strategic locations. Initially the method provides for the formulation of the ITAP placement problem under three wireless models. ... 08/04/05 - 20050169183 - Method and network node for selecting a combining point The present invention relates to a method and network device for selecting a combining point at which at least two redundant transmission paths are combined to a single transmission path in a transmission network comprising at least two selectable combining points (B-J). The combining point is selected by a method ... 07/21/05 - 20050157652 - Hub modem system, method and apparatus A communication system, method, computer program product, and apparatus include common equipment shared between multiple independently administered networks. The common equipment is reconfigurable and expandable and provides changed communication capacity and functions when additional elements are added or reconfigured. Configurable features include, for example, communication bandwidth, Quality of Service, and ... 06/23/05 - 20050135256 - System and method for distributing route selection in an implementation of a routing protocol A partial best path technique distributes route selection in a routing protocol implementation on a router. The technique also ensures that announced paths received from peers of the router (i.e., a “load”) are compared in a correct order to select best paths that are then used by the router to ... 06/02/05 - 20050117520 - Radio transmission device and radio transmission method Data streams stored in buffers (101) are modulated by modulation sections (102). Multipliers (103) multiply the signals output from the modulation sections (102) by weights output from a weight control section (112). The signals output from the multipliers (103) are added up by addition sections (104), subjected to radio transmission ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |