Determination Of Communication Parameters

Determination Of Communication Parameters 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 - 20080019283 - Performance measurement in a packet transmission network
In a data packet transmission network, a stream of packets of data sent by a first terminal passes in transit through at least one network equipment with which there is associated a stream measurement unit, wherein said first terminal and said measurement unit are connected to a collection unit. The ...

01/03/08 - 20080002595 - Network monitoring system and method thereof
A packet processing engine is disclosed which comprises (a) packet processor for sniffing the packets and for analyzing traffic, and (b) core engine for packet processing. The core engine comprises means for extraction of protocols to build protocol analysis data and means for protocol-based analysis of the packets. ...

12/27/07 - 20070297342 - Information processor with digital broadcast receiver
According to one embodiment, an information processor comprises an error detection circuit having at least one of a synchronous byte interval detection circuit, a synchronous byte comparison circuit and an error indication comparison circuit which receives digital information, transmitted as packet data, by a digital tuner unit and detects packet ...

12/20/07 - 20070291662 - In-line content analysis of a tcp segment stream
A method for submitting a TCP segment stream to a in-line content analysis comprises: receiving from a TCP emitter a first TCP data segments stream corresponding to a given TCP connection between the TCP emitter and a TCP receiver; extracting and re-assembling a first byte stream from the TCP segment ...

12/20/07 - 20070291660 - Mesh network evaluation methods
Methods, software and apparatus for determining the quality of a wireless mesh network (ie a network comprising a plurality of access nodes supporting wireless communications both with user terminals and between themselves), comprises storing information relating to the access nodes, the information including whether or not each access node is ...

12/13/07 - 20070286092 - Method for use of preference list to manage network load and user experience in a multi-network environment
System, method and program storage device for use of preference list to manage network load in a multi-network environment are provided. In one aspect, a preference list is generated that includes one or more of networks for connecting a device in a multi-network environment. The preference list is adjusted to ...

12/06/07 - 20070280123 - Monitoring system for a mobile communication network for traffic analysis using a hierarchial approach
This invention relates to systems, methods and computer program code for testing, troubleshooting and evaluation of a mobile phone network. We describe a method of processing network data which includes a plurality of session related parameters. The method comprises inputting one or more queries, a query defining a statistic relating ...

11/29/07 - 20070274228 - Routing in a mesh network
An apparatus includes a processing system configured to establish a link with any one of a plurality of access points in a mesh network, each of the access points providing the apparatus with a different data path through the mesh network. The processing system is further configured to compute a ...

11/15/07 - 20070263550 - Identification of relevant metrics
A method and system for identifying relevant metrics among metrics that are measured to determine conformance with a service level agreement. The method includes selecting two sets of points, each set representing a given number of measurements for an individual metric and setting a separate threshold for each of the ...

11/15/07 - 20070263549 - Optimization for network utilization
A network optimization application receives as input information about a telecommunications network and the current use of that network. An optimization is performed in order to generate a preferred network use configuration which minimizes price for one or more customers of the telecommunications network. Information utilized as input into the ...

11/08/07 - 20070258384 - Method and system for enhanced basic service set transition for a high throughput wireless local area network
A wireless local area network (WLAN) includes at least one high throughput-enabled access point (AP) and at least one high throughput-enabled station (STA). A STA and a target AP communicate high throughput-related information and the STA performs a basic service set (BSS) transition to the target AP based on the ...

11/08/07 - 20070258383 - Packet loss measurement device and error rate measurement device using the same
It is an object of the present invention to provide a packet loss measurement device capable of preventing a packet from being erroneously judged as being lost when packets transmitted through the same transmission path are received in an order different from the transmission order. In a packet loss measurement ...

11/08/07 - 20070258381 - System and method for managing distribution frames in a telephone network
This disclosure provides a system and method for managing inventory of and space assignment in main distributing frames associated with a telephone network. The system includes a database that stores frame information and a server that uses the database and executes instructions contained in a computer program to maintain current ...

11/08/07 - 20070258380 - Fault detection, isolation and recovery for a switch system of a computer network
A method, system or switch device, the switch device being one of a ported and a non-ported switch device, either of which including a housing containing an ASIC providing a switching system within the switch device, the housing further including a plurality of extender ports communicating with the ASIC and ...

11/01/07 - 20070253341 - Method and apparatus for identifying network connectivity changes in dynamic networks
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for determining a network connectivity in a network having a plurality of nodes. In particular, one embodiment of the method includes generating a candidate link for each of a plurality of node pairs, predicting a performance of each candidate link by evaluating an ...

11/01/07 - 20070253340 - Method and apparatus for selective presence notification
A method and apparatus for reducing network resources from presence notification traffic. This invention assumes a standard presence architecture of presentities, watchers, and a presence server involved in pushing (notifying) watchers when a presentity's state changes. In addition, there exists a source of past communication data (or other data providing ...

11/01/07 - 20070253339 - Methods and systems for heterogeneous wireless network discovery and selection
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for a mobile client device to discover and obtain the parameters of a heterogeneous wireless network, within a plurality of heterogeneous wireless networks. ...

11/01/07 - 20070253338 - Method of collecting consistent flow statistics through multiple congestion points within a multi-service switch/router and multi-service switches/routers provisioned with same
A method of collecting consistent flow statistics through multiple congestion points within a multi-service switch/router is enabled by computing a payload length of each traffic unit received from a fabric of the switch/router. A PHY-level header containing the payload length, a class of service and a service ID is appended ...

10/25/07 - 20070248025 - Apparatus, method and computer program product providing selection of packet segmentation
A method, computer program, and apparatus adaptively select a segmentation option for service data units based on a bandwidth allocation. In general terms, one of a first segmentation option or a second segmentation option is selected based on a bandwidth allocation that is selected from among several possible bandwidth allocation ...

10/25/07 - 20070248023 - Method and apparatus for quality of service for packet communications
A packet communications system includes a method for maintaining quality of service by dynamically determining a maximum packet size for a communications system that transports at least one of real-time and time-sensitive data and other data in packets. Accordingly, a plurality of packets is received for transmission over a communications ...

10/25/07 - 20070248022 - Method and system for alert throttling in media quality monitoring
A method for alert throttling in media quality monitoring, includes monitoring a plurality of active communication sessions. Each active communication session is between at least two endpoints. The method also includes detecting at least one quality-impacted communication session out of the plurality of active communication sessions. The method also includes ...

10/18/07 - 20070242620 - Method, system and device for measuring performance parameters of multiprotocol label switching network
Embodiments of the present invention provides a method for measuring performance parameters of MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, including: sending a performance parameter measurement packet carrying first information for measuring a performance parameter of the MPLS network to a second party; measuring the performance parameter of the MPLS network according ...

10/18/07 - 20070242618 - Communication system, transmission device and method thereof, and reception device and method thereof
A communication system includes a transmission device and a reception device. The transmission device includes a first software processor that performs, if a first information portion has been updated, software processing on the first information portion, a first hardware processor that performs hardware processing on a second information portion, a ...

10/18/07 - 20070242616 - Estimating available bandwith and enhancing narrow link bandwith estimations in telecommunications networks using existing user traffic
Without using additional probing packets, estimates of the narrow link bandwidth and available bandwidth of a network path are computed based on existing traffic. The network can be of different types such as a wireless battlefield network context or a wired or wireless commercial network environment. “Fast packets”, i.e. those ...

10/11/07 - 20070237090 - Method for transforming contents in the dlna system
A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system and method transform multimedia contents in a manner adaptive to the available data processing capability of the digital media renderer (DMR) of the DLNA network. A digital media server (DMS) and a digital media renderer (DMR) are discovered. A list of contents provided ...

10/11/07 - 20070237089 - Self-stabilizing and fast-convergent structured peer-to-peer overlays
A self-stabilizing overlay maintenance protocol in structured peer-to-peer overlay system stabilizes any initially connected overlay topology to a correct topology. According to the protocol, a node in the overlay system periodically pings neighboring nodes in the leafset of its routing table, who respond with a pong message containing the recipient's ...

10/11/07 - 20070237088 - Apparatus and method for providing network security
Devices, systems and methods for network traffic monitoring for a network are disclosed. The exemplary device may include a connection to a physical media and a connection to a media access controller of the Ethernet network. The exemplary device may have a sensor for identifying a disconnect in the local ...

10/04/07 - 20070230363 - Methods and devices for computing paths to assure the inter-domain transport of qos sensitive information
Information can be transported over domains operated by different service providers at required Quality-of-Service (QoS) levels without disclosing inter- and/or intra-domain information to ensure that the topology of a given service provider's domain (e.g., network) is not disclosed. ...

10/04/07 - 20070230362 - Generating a path inventory for a communication network
Generating a path inventory for a communication network includes sending a path message through a sequence of nodes of the communication network. The sequence of nodes comprises an initiating node, a set of intermediate nodes, and a terminating node. The path message is sent from the initiating node, through the ...

09/27/07 - 20070223395 - Methods and apparatus for optimizing a tcp session for a wireless network
A plurality of network characteristics of a wireless network are determined and a plurality of TCP session parameters are updated. The network characteristics may be determined based at least in part on a comparison of the estimated bandwidth and estimated propagation delay of the wireless network and the typical bandwidths ...

09/27/07 - 20070223393 - Wireless communication apparatus and comunication quality estimating method
Based on a received signal of a wireless communication system currently used for communication, a communication quality in a case of switching to another wireless communication system for communication is efficiently and precisely estimated. A communication quality estimating part (201) subjects both a known signal received, by use of a ...

09/27/07 - 20070223391 - Packet transmission system
A packet transmission system by which the occurrence of an overflow or an underflow can be prevented and by which a packet interval at a sending end can be reproduced with great accuracy at a receiving end. A packet gap extraction section extracts a packet gap from a packet stream. ...

09/27/07 - 20070223389 - Methods and apparatus for improving security while transmitting a data packet
In a first aspect, a first method of transmitting a data packet is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) for each connection from which a data packet may be transmitted, storing header data corresponding to the connection; (2) employing a user application to form header and payload ...

09/27/07 - 20070223387 - Device and method for determining a voice transmission delay over a packet switched network
A direct way to measure network delay of a packet switched network uses a ping signal injected into the voice stream at a source telephone. The ping signal travels together with the voice stream to a destination telephone. The destination telephone detects the ping signal and returns it to the ...

09/20/07 - 20070217343 - Estimation of time-varying latency based on network trace information
Time-varying latency is estimated based on the round-trip time between the time of sending a message and the time of receiving an acknowledgement of receipt of the message. The round-trip time relative to a transmitter is modeled as a combination of known, or determinable, delays, plus an unknown latency, plus ...

09/20/07 - 20070217341 - Packet transmission apparatus
Wasteful use of radio resources is minimized in a packet transmission system which performs retransmission control at a higher layer. When transmission of a segment has failed at a lower layer and, for example, when the number of lower-layer retransmit requests from an error detection unit at the lower layer ...

09/20/07 - 20070217339 - Cross-layer qos mechanism for video transmission over wireless lan
A cross-layer QoS management method comprises monitoring a sequence of video frames (e.g., I, P and B frames of an MPEG video sequence) in a layer above the MAC layer; determining video frame sizes and a pattern of video frames per unit time; predicting a future data rate for a ...

09/20/07 - 20070217338 - Method and apparatus for out-of-band xdsl troubleshooting and testing
In one illustrative embodiment a system for maintaining a communication link over a network includes a processor adapted to be coupled to a first communication link, the first communication link connected to a customer premises equipment (CPE), wherein the processor transmits data over the first link and switches to transmit ...

09/13/07 - 20070211646 - Integrated self-optimizing multi-parameter and multi-variable point to multipoint communication system
The invention provides a method and system for adaptive point to multipoint wireless communication. The wireless physical layer and the wireless media-access-control (MAC) layer collectively include a set of parameters, which are adaptively modified by a base station controller for communication with a plurality of customer premises equipment. The base ...

09/13/07 - 20070211644 - Graphical representation of the flow of a packet through a network device
A method for graphically displaying a packet progression within a network device is described. Phases that correspond to operations performed on a packet within a network device are identified. The phases are visually displayed. The display indicates progression of the packet through the phases. ...

09/06/07 - 20070206511 - Capability-based testing and evaluation of network performance
A method for real-time monitoring of the performance of a network. From a set of predefined network capabilities, one or more of the network capabilities is attributed to an application of the network. Activity of the application running in the network is sampled to individually monitor each capability attributed to ...

09/06/07 - 20070206508 - Methods and apparatus for supporting fragmentation and defragmentation in a wlan
High throughput (HT) devices are required to support defragmentation for reassembling a medium access control (MAC) service data unit (MSDU) or a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) from its fragments, but may or may not fragment data to be transmitted. In one embodiment, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes a ...

09/06/07 - 20070206507 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing network visualization services
A method, system, and computer program product for monitoring performance of a network providing content to an Internet Protocol device are provided. The method includes assigning an Internet Protocol address to a network monitoring system to establish a communication between the network monitoring system and an Internet Protocol device associated ...

09/06/07 - 20070206506 - Supporting effectiveness of applications in a network environment
A method of managing resources in a network. For each application executing on a host device, data transfer requirements are determined based on a capability level currently acceptable for the application. Methods of data transfer currently available to the host device for applying toward the data transfer requirements of the ...

09/06/07 - 20070206505 - Adjusting codec parameters during emergency calls
The CODEC adjustment system is used when an incoming call is received for emergency services and the received audiovisual data does not reflect the information useful to the emergency services operator. The operator may want to hear background noise or increase the fidelity of the call in order to identify ...

08/30/07 - 20070201378 - Method, mobile terminal, system and computer program product for real time content attributing
A method of providing content attributing during an ongoing conversation includes receiving an assignment of an attribute to a selected portion of content from the ongoing conversation, and asynchronously delivering the selected portion to selected recipients based on the attribute. ...

08/30/07 - 20070201377 - Backoff control for access probe transmission in communication systems
Systems and methods for improving latency in a communication system are disclosed. A random backoff time can be determined and the transmission of an initial access probe can be delayed for the random backoff time. A backoff interval can be determined based on channel load, wherein the backoff interval defines ...

08/30/07 - 20070201376 - Apparatus and methods for group communications
The disclosed embodiments provide apparatus and methods for establishing a group communications session with selected ones of a plurality of communications devices that define a call group. The apparatus includes a dispatch module operable to receive event information and communication device information associated with each of the plurality of communications ...

08/30/07 - 20070201375 - Method and apparatus for provisioning a network
A method or corresponding apparatus provisions a network to support “open bandwidth” (openBW) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) that are define by a zero (0 Mbps) or substantially small bandwidth and enabled to burst up to a line rate of a communications path across which the LSP traverses. ...

08/23/07 - 20070195709 - Methods and systems for notifying and negotiating capabilities of monitoring the performance of label switching path
A method and system for notifying capabilities of monitoring performance of Label Switching Path (LSP), and the method includes: a source node sends to a destination node a request message for establishing an LSP, carrying the capabilities of monitoring performance of LSP provided by the source node; after receiving the ...

08/23/07 - 20070195708 - Framing mobile communication signals for analysis
Systems and methods for framing mobile communication signals for analysis are disclosed herein. In one example, a framing module of a mobile communication system comprises a channel extractor, a framing path, and a feedback path. The channel extractor enables a user to assign voice and data channels in a number ...

08/23/07 - 20070195707 - Sampling test of network performance
A method for testing a communication network includes transmitting a flow of test packets over a path through the network. The flow includes a series of bursts of the test packets separated by intervals having an interval duration, each burst comprising a sequence of the test packets and having a ...

08/16/07 - 20070189186 - Multiplexing of ds1 traffic across wired and wireless ethernet devices
Apparatuses and methods for multiplexing of DS1 traffic across wired and wireless Ethernet devices. A transmitter sends data packets to a receiver through an Ethernet system. The transmitter includes a modeling module that constructs a modeled jitter buffer corresponding to a receiver jitter buffer located at the receiver. The transmitter ...

08/16/07 - 20070189182 - Method for establishing power line communication link
A method for providing power line communications in a multi-unit building is provided. One embodiment includes determining the quality of a communication link associated with each of a plurality of communication nodes, selecting one of the plurality of communication nodes based, at least in part, on the quality of the ...

08/16/07 - 20070189181 - System for using cellular phones as traffic probes
A system and method for determining the flow of traffic in a monitored route segment using global positioning system, or assisted global positioning system, enabled cellular phones as traffic probes takes advantage of the existing cellular infrastructure to deploy traffic probes to determine the flow of traffic based on the ...

08/16/07 - 20070189180 - Method and node for controlling the forwarding quality in a data network
The present invention relates to a method and a node for controlling the forwarding quality in a data network. The data network comprising a measurement manager comprising means for performing measurements in said data network and a Network Resource Manager, NRM, comprising means for obtaining information of the network topology. ...

08/16/07 - 20070189179 - Response time prediction method for frames on a serial bus
A method for predicting the worst case response time for a frame in a frame queuing system, where frames are grouped together in transactions. In order to achieve an analysis that better models the transactions present in the serial bus network, the transaction concept has been redefined compared to prior ...

08/09/07 - 20070183342 - Peer-to-peer broadcast management system
A peer-to-peer broadcast management system is described. A system may include a peer detector to determine one or more peer computer systems associated with a predetermined locality; a peer list generator to generate a peer list of the determined peer computer systems; a communications module to receive a request for ...

08/09/07 - 20070183341 - Wusb burst acknowledgment management
A method is provided for processing data in accordance with protocol specifications. The method comprises the steps of determining a beginning transmit window, unwrapping the beginning transmit window, determining an end receive window, unwrapping the end receive window, and normalizing the unwrapped end receive window. Thereafter the unwrapped beginning transmit ...

08/09/07 - 20070183339 - System and method of producing statistical information about call durations
A method and system of evaluating network usage among signals experiencing varying enhancements or impairments collects data of network communications signals, which may describe parameters relating to the quality of the signal, such as noise level or echo level. Data, such as call durations data, is also collected describing the ...

08/02/07 - 20070177519 - Systems and methods for transcoding bit streams
A data processing system including a buffer for temporarily maintaining a portion of a plurality of compressed data streams and a switch. Each portion of the compressed stream comprises one or more units of an encoded media signal. The switch provides selective connectivity between the buffer and a plurality of ...

08/02/07 - 20070177518 - End-to-end service quality using source-routed probes
The need to monitor real time network services has prompted service providers to use new measurement technologies, such as service-specific probes. A service-specific probe is an active probe that closely mimics the service traffic so that it receives the same treatment from the network as the actual service traffic. Service-specific ...

07/26/07 - 20070171840 - Controlling data transmission rate on the reverse link for each mobile station in a dedicated manner
The data transmission rate on the reverse link in a mobile communications system is controlled by determining an interference level at a base station due to signals from all mobile stations served by the base station, and determining a transmission energy level required for each mobile station. The interference level ...

07/26/07 - 20070171839 - Network interface card for measuring device and method of manufactring same
A network interface card for a measuring device and a manufacturing method thereof. The network interface card comprises a control unit for controlling the operation of the network interface card, and a line connection connected to the control unit for connecting the network interface card to a telecommunication network to ...

07/26/07 - 20070171838 - Content aware apparatus and method
A network device for processing packets that includes means for applying specific fields from a packet to an associated memory device and comparing means for comparing input to the memory device with entries in the memory device. The network device also includes enabling means for enabling selection of bits, by ...

07/26/07 - 20070171837 - Ring-connected surveillance system with real-time backup monitoring
A real-time ring-loop surveillance network system is provided. By using digital communication network, multiple channels of media data and control data are transmitted in a ring-loop. The media data includes any forms of digital audio and video data, which is transmitted through 802.3/802.3u physical layer interface. The media data reaches ...

07/19/07 - 20070165535 - Method, device and system for monitoring network performance
A method for monitoring network performance includes: sending correspondences between a remote network element and a plurality of IP addresses thereof from a network management device to a local network element; according to the correspondences, calculating performance parameters between the local IP address and the plurality of remote IP addresses ...

07/19/07 - 20070165534 - Method of indicating a signal characteristic
There is described a method of indicating a signal characteristic in a communication system comprising a first communication apparatus (10) coupled in wireless communication with a second communication apparatus (80). The method is distinguished in that it includes steps of: (a) receiving one or more wireless transmissions (60) at the ...

07/05/07 - 20070153703 - Advertising in a peer-to-peer network
A computerized system for advertising in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network of user modules within a global communications network. An advertising database contains associated advertisements that each include either local advertisement content stored in the advertising database or links to remote advertisement content stored elsewhere on the global network. A service ...

07/05/07 - 20070153702 - Method for channel assignment and routing for multi-radio wireless mesh networks
A methodology for making joint channel and routing assignments in multi-radio wireless mesh networks that takes into account interference constraints, the number of channels in a network and the number of radio available at each mesh router, and maximizes bandwidth allocation subject to fairness constraints. In particular, the methodology provides ...

07/05/07 - 20070153701 - Search determination module for a secondary network and corresponding method
A search determination module for a secondary network, wireless communication device, and corresponding method is provided for triggering the detection of a secondary network. The search determination module includes an ambient condition detector, such as a light detector, a temperature detector and/or a microphone, which is adapted to detect one ...

06/28/07 - 20070147267 - Obtaining multiple port addresses by a fibre channel switch from a network fabric
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to Fibre Channel (FC) switch interoperability and provide a novel and non-obvious data processing system, method and computer program product for obtaining multiple port addresses by a FC switch directly from a SAN fabric. In one embodiment, the ...

06/28/07 - 20070147266 - Apparatus and method for determining receipt of a sent packet
A receiver and method thereof for determining if a sent packet was properly received. The method includes buffering more than one response message received in response to the sent packet and using the buffered response messages to determine if the packet was properly received. ...

06/28/07 - 20070147265 - Correcting time synchronization inaccuracy caused by internal asymmetric delays in a device
A method for time synchronization that avoids time synchronization inaccuracies caused by asymmetric delays internal to a device. Time synchronization according to the present teachings includes determining an asymmetry between an internal delay of an inbound timing packet in a device and an internal delay of an outbound timing packet ...

06/28/07 - 20070147264 - Network assessment and short-term planning procedure
A method for predicting node blockage in a telecommunications network includes determining an aggregated load on a network node and determining a current level of blockage on the node. A demand on the node is projected based on the determined aggregated load. A level of blockage of the node is ...

06/21/07 - 20070140140 - System and apparatus for distributing data over a network
A system and method for the distribution of digital media content makes use of a network control element to manage the fragmentation of the digital content and to distribute the fragments of the digital content to different endpoint elements in the network. The network control element responds to endpoint element ...

06/21/07 - 20070140139 - State negotiation method in pci-e architecture
In a state negotiation method of a PCI-E upstream device supporting multiple downstream configurations, a state of a second link asserted by a second state machine of the PCI-E upstream device is detected when a first link asserted by a first state machine of the PCI-E upstream device is ready ...

06/21/07 - 20070140138 - Method and apparatus for use in an internet protocol (ip)-based device for providing a user with indications of conditions that may affect use of internet services
A method and an apparatus for use in an IP-based device having at least one indicator that conveys information to a user as to conditions that may affect use of an IP service by a user of an IP-based device. Such information includes, for example, network component ports that are ...

06/21/07 - 20070140137 - System and method for diagnosis of misconfigurations in ethernet networks
System and method for diagnosing misconfigurations in a network are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises querying a network element for a current value of at least one parameter; determining an optimal value of the at least one parameter; comparing the current value of the at least one parameter ...

06/14/07 - 20070133431 - Media access control method in wireless local area network
A media access control method in a wireless local area network is provided. The media access control method includes assigning a QoS (quality of service) slot to each of mobile terminals which request a transmission of a voice frame by exchanging frames for ensuring QoS between the mobile terminals and ...

06/14/07 - 20070133430 - Periodic media reservation method for qos data having periodic transmission characteristic in wireless local area network
Provided is a method for reducing a transmission delay on the basis of non-contention without performing backoff and polling when transmitting an audio frame of a radio frequency (RF) link section in a voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP) system having a wireless local area network (WLAN) function. The method includes the ...

06/14/07 - 20070133429 - Parameter setting device and method
An embodiment of the invention provides a parameter setting device. The parameter setting device is disposed in a client connected to the Internet via a network device, and includes a status detecting module, a user interface, a parameter generating module, and a data module. The status detecting module detects a ...

06/14/07 - 20070133428 - System and method for providing dynamic qos based upon group profiles
A usage pattern is determined for at least one member (102 or 104) of a group. A Quality-of-Service (QoS) level (114) is determined for the group and is based upon the usage pattern of the at least one member (102 or 104) of the group. The QoS level (114) is ...

06/14/07 - 20070133427 - System and method for providing high speed content and services
A first communication is associated with a group. A backhaul path to a network (108) is determined for the first communication based upon a Quality-of-Service (QoS) level associated with the group. The first communication is backhauled to the network (108) via the backhaul path. ...

06/14/07 - 20070133426 - Data encoding and decoding method for transmitting multiple redundant copies of a data packet
A method for transmitting information from a transmitter to a receiver over a forward only communication channel includes generating and transmitting multiple data packets at each input data event. Each data packet includes a data field having a first data portion encoding an identification code identifying the input data event ...

06/07/07 - 20070127392 - Delay-based overflow routing in communication systems
A communication system determines a delay variation between at least a first link and a second link. The communication system routes user communications over the first link if the delay variation is within a maximum threshold. The communication system routes the user communications over the second link if the delay ...

06/07/07 - 20070127391 - Service level agreements based on objective voice quality testing for voice over ip (voip) networks
An objective, service-level specific voice call listening quality test scheme for a Voice Over IP (VOIP) network is presented. Test probes are deployed along the border of the VOIP network. Each test probe is capable of placing calls over the VOIP network to the other test probes at different levels ...

06/07/07 - 20070127390 - Method for providing quality-guaranteed service in converged network and apparatus using the same
A method of providing a quality-guaranteed service on a converged network and a network apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes: receiving a request of a quality-guaranteed service from a user terminal and providing information on the service quality of at least one adjacent network apparatus; receiving service ...

06/07/07 - 20070127389 - Method of monitoring the quality of a realtime communication
The invention concerns a method, a network element and a computer program product for monitoring the quality of a real-time communication (9) in a packet network (1) comprising at least two test points (3, 4). A packet stream pattern (22) is accessed and injected at a first test point (3). ...

06/07/07 - 20070127388 - Method and system for managing networks, network fragments and subnetworks
A method and system are provided for verifying connectivity between monitoring points (MPs) within a network. The method comprises assigning, to each monitoring point, a unique MP ID and a unique sender MP ID and a unique receiver MP ID. Each sender MP ID uniquely identifying a sender MP from ...

06/07/07 - 20070127387 - Partial-parallel implementation of ldpc (low density parity check) decoders
Partial-parallel implementation of LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) decoder. A novel approach is presented by which a selected number of cycles is performed during each of bit node processing and check node processing when performing error correction decoding of an LDPC coded signal. The number of cycles of each of ...

06/07/07 - 20070127386 - System and method to facilitate the use of multiple radios to increase the capacity of a wireless communication network
A system and method for increasing the capacity of a wireless network (100, 300) including a plurality of access points (APs) (106, 305) and a plurality of nodes (200), at least one of said nodes (200) and at least one of said APs (106, 305) including multiple radios (310), the ...

05/31/07 - 20070121526 - Method, ue and system for providing simulateneous multiple session poc multimedia service in poc system
Disclosed are a method, a User Equipment (UE) and a system for providing a simultaneous multiple session Push-to-talk over Cellular (PoC) multimedia service. A PoC client performing a PoC multimedia communication service participates in multiple sessions according to the setup of a user, and can simultaneously receive the same media ...

05/31/07 - 20070121525 - Method and sytem for increasing bandwidth usage in a network
A method and system for increasing the bandwidth usage in a network is provided. The method includes monitoring the bandwidth usage. The method and system further includes offering one or more incentives to a user of an electronic device for using one or more services when the bandwidth usage is ...

05/31/07 - 20070121524 - Method and apparatus providing prioritized recursion resolution of border gateway protocol forwarding information bases
A method, performed in a network packet routing element, comprising establishing a forwarding information base (FIB) lacking a hierarchical data structure but wherein one or more dependent FIB entries are associated with a parent FIB entry; establishing a plurality of strict priority queues, wherein each of the queues has an ...

05/31/07 - 20070121523 - Methods and apparatus for determining reverse path delay
According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided for determining components of a round trip time (RTT). A source node sends data to a destination node. The destination node inserts a timestamp into an acknowledgment and sends the acknowledgment back to the source node. The source node determines ...

05/31/07 - 20070121522 - Techniques for modeling and evaluating protocol interactions
Techniques for modeling and evaluating protocol interactions are provided. A service is monitored for its interactions with one or more protocols. The protocols are semantically defined and reference behaviors are derived therefrom in response to the interactions. The reference behaviors are then compared to runtime activities observed for the service ...

05/31/07 - 20070121521 - Method and apparatus for broadcast in an ad hoc network with dynamic selection of relay nodes
Techniques are provided for allowing a node (300) in an ad hoc network to deterministically decide whether to relay broadcast information to another node in the ad hoc network. The node (300) receives broadcast information and measures received signal strength (RSS) of the broadcast information. The node (300) may determine ...

05/31/07 - 20070121520 - System and method for automated double-ended field management of dsl service
A system and method to perform double-ended measurements of a network is provided. The system includes a test device that makes measurements at the customer end and a portable computing device that interfaces with the test device, a customer gateway and database at a network location to analyze the data ...

05/24/07 - 20070115854 - Method for automatically discovering a bus system in a multipoint transport network, multipoint transport network and network node
A method for automatically discovering a bus system in a multipoint transport network is described, wherein the individual nodes of this network at first discover those conditions, which are directly accessible to them and then exchange and acknowledge said conditions along said bus. Furthermore a multipoint transport network to be ...

05/24/07 - 20070115853 - Collision avoidance systems and methods
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of collision avoidance systems and methods. One method embodiment, among others, comprises a client sending an end of transmission (EOT) request to an access point (AP), and responsive to the EOT request, the AP responding with an EOT frame. ...

05/24/07 - 20070115852 - Automation device
The invention relates to an automation device, with which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is assigned at least one clock generator (120) and one memory unit (150), and which is ...

05/24/07 - 20070115851 - Automation device
The invention relates to an automation device, with which a multiplicity of physically distributed functional units communicate with each other by means of a common transmission protocol. The device has a microcontroller (110), which is assigned at least one clock generator (120) and one memory unit (150), and which is ...

05/24/07 - 20070115850 - Detection method for abnormal traffic and packet relay apparatus
The present invention provides a technology including, for example, a packet relay processing section to carry out packet relay, a packet sampling section to carry out packet sampling, a flow statistics counting section to take statistics of each flow, and a flow statistics generating section to generate a NetFlow export ...

05/24/07 - 20070115849 - Using filtering and active probing to evaluate a data transfer path
If a condition in a data transfer path is modeled appropriately, then a filter-based approach can be used to provide an estimate of the condition. This permits accurate, real-time estimates of the condition with modest requirements for data processing and memory resources. ...

05/24/07 - 20070115848 - Adaptive application sensitive rate control system for packetized networks
A method operates a limited-bandwidth network in a differential service (DiffServ) mode with DCCP congestion control to provide high throughput with good QoS. ...

05/24/07 - 20070115847 - Method and apparatus to estimate link performance in a packetized communication network
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to estimate link performance in a packetized communication network (100). The method includes identifying one or more system parameters (240) of the packetized communication network (100); obtaining one or more transaction feedback (235) of one or more packetized communications within a communication ...

05/24/07 - 20070115846 - Method for controlling data throughput in a storage area network
A method and system for controlling data throughput in a network connecting two sites in which mixed communication protocols are employed, and in which the inter-site communication protocol is different than the intra-site communication protocol. A series of PING source messages are sent from a source storage device to a ...

05/24/07 - 20070115845 - Network time out handling
An example method for time-out handling comprises establishing a session from a network-based application at a client to a web server. The method includes identifying a time-out parameter for the web server. A timestamp of the established session is saved at the client. The method also includes determining a first ...

05/24/07 - 20070115844 - Routing a service query in an overlay network
A query including a plurality of attributes and attribute values for a desired service is received. The query is routed to a destination in the overlay network using different attributes in the query. ...

05/24/07 - 20070115843 - Resource reservation in a packet switched telecommunications network
Resource reservation in a packed switched telecommunications network is provided. System and method are directed to make resource reservation especially in an Internet Protocol (IP) network for achieving Quality of Service (QoS) requirements controlling traffic preferable in a Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Network (UMTS). ...

05/24/07 - 20070115842 - Transmission time difference measurement method and system
The propagation time (1605) of signals between a terminal (1304) and a base station (1302) is calculated from the round-trip time (1601) of signals between the terminal (1304) and the base station (1302) and the turn-around time (1603) from the reception by terminal (1304) of a signal from base station ...

05/24/07 - 20070115841 - Method for transmitting data over lossy packet-based communication networks
The invention is concerned with the transmission of streaming scalable data, particularly video data, through lossy communication channels, for applications in which limited retransmission is possible, and the associated reception and decoding of transmitted data. The PET (Priority Encoding Transmission) framework is used and the invention exploits both unequal error ...

05/24/07 - 20070115840 - Method and apparatus for communicating data within measurement traffic
Methods and apparatuses for communicating data within measurement traffic are described. Embodiments that send, receive and both send and receive are described. Some embodiments are described that compute statistics based at least partly on measurement traffic. Some embodiments are described that communicate computed statistics within measurement traffic. Some embodiments are ...

05/17/07 - 20070109973 - Co-location interference avoidance in multiple protocol communication networks
A method includes an access point providing a request for co-location interference information to at least one multiple protocol device. The method continues with the at least one multiple protocol device obtaining co-location interference information in response to the request. The method continues with the at least one multiple protocol ...

05/17/07 - 20070109972 - Method for wireless network self-configuration
Method for wireless communications network self-configuration. A preferred embodiment comprises determining a state for communications links in the communications network, entering a normal operating mode, and periodically repeating. The determining of communications link state creates a set of shortest paths connecting each access point in the communications network to a ...

05/10/07 - 20070104114 - Providing a capability list of a predefined format in a communications network
In a communications network having plural nodes, a first node receives a capability list that has a predefined format and includes plural entries identifying corresponding data processing functions supported by one or more nodes along a communications path of a communications session involving the first node. The first node adds ...

05/10/07 - 20070104113 - Determining whether to compress data transmitted over a network
Provided are a method, system and program for determining whether to compress data transmitted over a network. A determination is made of compression performance for a compression algorithm to use to compress data to transmit to a target node over a network and of network performance of the network. The ...

05/10/07 - 20070104112 - Systems and techniques for establishing a connection over a network
Provided are systems and techniques for connecting first and second devices over a network by utilizing a small, portable third device to carry network connection information from one of the devices to the other. In one representative implementation, the portable device functions as a sort of virtual cable, in that ...

05/03/07 - 20070097877 - Distributing information over parallel network interfaces
The present invention provides a method for distributing information over parallel network interfaces. The method includes establishing a plurality of concurrent network connections using a plurality of network interfaces and determining a plurality of portions of information to be transmitted based on a plurality of data transfer rates associated with ...

05/03/07 - 20070097876 - Dynamic call characteristic control on a per call basis
Techniques for dynamically adjusting volume during a call are provided. A gateway is provided that allows a call between a first device and a second device. The call may be routed through a first network and a second network. The first network may be PSTN network and the second network ...

05/03/07 - 20070097875 - Efficient probabilistic duplicate packet detector in computer networks
In order to solve the problem of the detection of the arrival of duplicate data packets in an interconnected, multinode data processing system, each data packet is provided with a field of r bits that are randomly generated for each data packet. However, one of the packets is provided with ...

05/03/07 - 20070097874 - Network device continuity
A network device that ensures network continuity includes a processor and a communications interface. The processor determines whether the network device is functioning properly. The processor then generates a signal indicating whether the network device is functioning properly and transmits the signal to the communications interface. The communications interface is ...

05/03/07 - 20070097873 - Multiple model estimation in mobile ad-hoc networks
The present invention, in illustrative embodiments, includes methods and devices for operation of a MANET system. In an illustrative embodiment, a method includes steps of analyzing and predicting performance of a MANET node by the use of a multiple model estimation technique. Another illustrative embodiment optimizes operation of a MANET ...

04/26/07 - 20070091818 - Monitoring system
A monitoring system including a computer system; a data converter connected to the computer system through a cable; one or more panels each connected to the data converter through one or more data lines; the one or more panels obtaining data by measuring a measurable component of a near or ...

04/26/07 - 20070091817 - Method of reducing signalling overhead and power consumption in a wireless communication system
A method of transmitting channel quality information (CQI) to an access network (AN) in a system having at least one carrier is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes receiving at least one packet from the AN, each of which includes an indicator, wherein the indicator provides buffer level information and ...

04/26/07 - 20070091816 - Reverse link lower layer assisted video error control
The disclosure relates to reverse link lower layer assisted video error control. A method may encode video data, form a packet with the encoded video data, and transmit the packet across a wireless channel to an access network. A medium access control (MAC) layer may receive a negative acknowledgement (NAK) ...

04/26/07 - 20070091815 - Methods and systems for adaptive encoding of real-time information in packet-switched wireless communication systems
Embodiments described herein relate to providing adaptive encoding of real-time information in packet-switched wireless communication systems. In an embodiment, a rate-adaptation unit may be configured to receive local as well as end-to-end feedback information associated with data transmission (such as data delay, packet loss, transmit power headroom, channel condition, sector ...

04/26/07 - 20070091814 - Testing system and method for testing functions of wireless devices
A testing system is provided with a wireless device; and a testing device arranged to receive digital data representing an actual fading profile of a selected geographic region, and to perform testing of the wireless device using the actual fading profile of the specific geographic region. As a result, all ...

04/19/07 - 20070086356 - Method of processing information packets and telecommunication apparatus using the same
A method of processing information packets is disclosed which is adapted for a telecommunication apparatus comprising first processing means, second processing means and memory means. This method comprises the steps of: A) receiving an information packet from a telecommunication network by means of the first processing means; B) checking whether ...

04/19/07 - 20070086355 - Data transmission apparatus for traffic control to maintain quality of service
A data transmission apparatus, which transmits data from a first communication line to a second communication line and performs a traffic priority control on the data, includes: a monitoring unit that monitors a condition of the second communication line; a storage unit that stores a plurality of tables each of ...

04/19/07 - 20070086354 - Method and apparatus for performing a bit error rate test, and for configuring the receiving or transmitting end of a communication link
In one embodiment there is provided a method for performing a bit error rate test. In accord with the method, a bitstream generated in accord with a predetermined algorithm is sent via a transmitting end of a communication link. The bitstream is then received via a receiving end of the ...

04/19/07 - 20070086353 - Probabilistic estimation of achievable maximum throughput from wireless interface
A maximum achievable bit rate estimation for the expected bit rate between a wireless client and an access point is calculated in two phases. In the first phase, the maximum achievable bit rate is estimated using signal quality information and optionally congestion level information of the access point(s) of interest. ...

04/19/07 - 20070086352 - Method of monitoring multimedia stream exchange session initialization messages and a server and an installation for carrying out said method
The invention relates to a method of monitoring multimedia stream exchange session initialization messages transmitted in packet mode via a monitoring server over a network between a sender terminal and one or more receiver terminals. Said method comprises a step (50) of estimating a bit rate value for at least ...

04/12/07 - 20070081471 - Apparatus and method for analyzing packet data streams
An apparatus and method for analyzing data streams in a data transmission environment. In one embodiment, the method involves: capturing data from at least one data stream at two or more taps associated with a system under test (SUT); filtering the captured data to extract data packets belonging to one ...

04/12/07 - 20070081470 - Information management device, information management system, and computer usable medium
The same utilization data specifying information as utilization data specifying information for specifying one utilization data is extracted from a first storage unit (first extraction). Process specifying information correlated with the extracted utilization data specifying information is selectively extracted every type of a processing operation (second extraction). The same process ...

04/12/07 - 20070081469 - System and methods for wireless fidelity (wifi) venue utilization monitoring and management
The present invention provides a method of monitoring and managing utilization levels of a wireless fidelity (WIFI) network. An inventory is obtained relating to the WIFI venues, including information on IP (Internet Protocol) and SNMP (Simple Network Monitoring Protocol) addresses of WIFI venues, associated circuitry, network equipment, capacity bandwidth, etc. ...

04/12/07 - 20070081468 - System and method for reporting measurements in communication system
The present invention deals with a system, method and control unit for controlling the periodic reporting of measurements in a communication system from an access point (103) to a control unit (105) over a control interface (104). The measurements are used by algorithms in the control unit (105) for controlling ...

04/05/07 - 20070076627 - Efficient accumulation of performance statistics in a multi-port network
Computer networks are provided with a resource efficient ability to generate link performance statistics. To calculate the average link utilization per I/O operation, a first counter accumulates the number of I/O operations processed by a link and a second counter accumulates the time required by the link to complete each ...

04/05/07 - 20070076626 - Methods and apparatus for dynamically adjusting a data packet window size for data packet transmission in a wireless communication network
In one illustrative example, a method in a wireless router system for transmitting data packets to a mobile communication device through the wireless communication network based upon a round trip time associated with communication of each data packet is provided. The round trip time is a time period between the ...

04/05/07 - 20070076625 - Data communication apparatus
An object of the present invention is to provide a data communication apparatus for performing communication of an IP packet in accordance with a plurality of communication protocols, which can reduce generation of an unnecessary configuration and unnecessary processing. The data communication apparatus according to the present invention includes a ...

04/05/07 - 20070076624 - Method and circuit for processing data in communication networks
A method and circuitry for detecting a pattern in received data such as the A1A2 boundary in a SONET frame after deserialization. Two consecutive pluralities of bytes of incoming data are stored and compared with the A1 and A2 values (or bit shifted versions of the A1 and A2 values) ...

04/05/07 - 20070076623 - Method and system for transparent tcp offload
Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent transmission control protocol (TCP) offload are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include collecting TCP segments in a network interface card (NIC) processor without transferring state information to a host system. The collected TCP segments may be buffered in a coalescer. ...

04/05/07 - 20070076622 - Handling hot spots in interconnection networks
A network may include an interconnection system which allows packets to transit from various sources to various destinations under control of routers. The routers may determine a transit time of packet transit from various sources to a given destination. This information may be used to detect a hot spot within ...

04/05/07 - 20070076621 - Method for policing-based adjustments to transmission window size
The invention includes a method for determining a window size for a connection. One method according to the invention includes determining a peak information rate for the connection, determining a round trip time for the connection, and determining the window size using the peak information rate and the round trip ...

04/05/07 - 20070076620 - Apparatus and method for management information base table for storing and accessing medium sensing time histogram measurement results
A Medium Sensing Time Histogram Table structure is provided for inclusion in a Management Information Base (MIB) for storing and accessing Medium Sensing Time Histogram measurement results, such as Medium Sensing Time Histogram Measurement Reports. A predetermined number of entries may be provided in the Medium Sensing Time Histogram Report ...

04/05/07 - 20070076619 - Method and system for quantifying the performance of network component
where the virtual distance x is a representation of a metric that relates to intrinsic properties of the component. ...

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03/29/07 - 20070070916 - Real time monitoring of tcp flows
A method for real time monitoring of at least one TCP flow involves monitoring TCP packets flowing past a particular point in a TCP network. A flow trace including at least source and destination addresses for each TCP packet is determined and a packet record for each monitored TCP packet ...

03/29/07 - 20070070915 - Apparatus and method for correlating quality information on different layers of a network and a medium thereof
An apparatus, method and medium thereof to automatically correlate quality information of different layers of a network based on a layered stack model and to perform root cause analysis on the network in accordance with the correlated quality information. The correlated quality information is displayed on a graphical display. ...

03/29/07 - 20070070914 - Equalized network latency for multi-player gaming
A method is provided for equalizing latency among a group of connections that are being used by the same latency-sensitive application, such as for multi-player network gaming. Delay is added to the packet flow in each connection as necessary at the provider edge router connecting the application server to the ...

03/29/07 - 20070070913 - Data transmission method for wireless packet data based data transmission
The invention relates to data transmission method which includes transmitting information over a wireless transmission link in the form of data packets. The method includes utilising a first protocol layer that adapts data packets according to a second, higher protocol layer to a form suitable for wireless data transmission, transmitting ...

03/29/07 - 20070070912 - Method for notifying at least one application of changes of state in network resources, a computer program and a change-of-state notification system for implementing the method
This method for notifying changes of state in the resources of a network to at least one application adapted to execute on the network, comprises the following steps: extracting routing information, using change-of-state notification means with which the application has previously been register; and forwarding said routing information extracted by ...

03/22/07 - 20070064620 - Method for network analysis and network analyser module
A method for network analysis in an access network (1) in connection with a data transmission network, in particular an xDSL network, with a plurality of subscriber lines (4.1-4.3). The method comprising the step of collecting data on physical layer operational parameters ({φci}) of at least one subscriber line (4.1-4.3) ...

03/22/07 - 20070064619 - Video mail and content playback control with cellular handset
The playback of video content delivered over a wireless network can be controlled by the provision of various control functions that can be actuated by the user. The controlled playback can be implemented on a system level, in which the delivery of the video content is controlled in response to ...

03/22/07 - 20070064618 - Method of forming protocol data units, protocol data units and protocol data unit generation apparatus
A source host comprising a processing resource that supports a kernel space and a user space. A socket layer is supported by the kernel space and allows a measurement application residing in the user space to instruct a protocol layer to form a plurality of UDP test packets for transmission, ...

03/22/07 - 20070064617 - Traffic anomaly analysis for the detection of aberrant network code
A method for detecting nodes in an enterprise network infected with aberrant code is presented in which traffic conversation information representative of traffic conversation in the enterprise network over an analysis period is obtained. Analysis of the obtained traffic conversation information identifies suspected infected nodes in the enterprise network that ...

03/15/07 - 20070058565 - Method for indicating padding in a digital mobile radio system
A method for indicating padding in a digital mobile radio is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a packet comprising a header and a defined length blocks portion. The defined length blocks portion comprises payload and a padding portion. The padding portion comprises padding and a payload pad count field. The ...

03/15/07 - 20070058564 - Method and device for managing data flow in a synchronous network
A Cyclone Network Synchronization algorithm is presented that does not depend on highly stable and expensive clocks or hardware, yet it can synchronize nodes in a network with a very high degree of accuracy. It is very light-weight since no clock synchronization is performed, and subsequently does not incur any ...

03/15/07 - 20070058563 - Communication system, communication device and method, and program
A communication device for performing communication with another communication device via a communication medium includes an obtaining unit for obtaining first attribute information which is information relating to a function and a usage of the other communication device, a setting unit for performing setting of the communication based on the ...

03/15/07 - 20070058562 - Measurement system and method of measuring a transit metric
A measurement system comprises a pair of probes located at different points in a communications network. The probes generate transaction records related to messages observed, an exchange of the messages constituting a transaction. The transaction records are passed to a data store, the data store being mined by a correlator ...

03/15/07 - 20070058561 - Method and system for quality of service renegotiation
A method of renegotiating QoS levels of a communication link in one or more networks, the communication link having an initial QoS level prior to renegotiation, includes examining information flowing on the communication link between a first network endpoint and a second network endpoint. The method also includes determining, based ...

03/15/07 - 20070058560 - Network device, and data processing method
There is provided a device which comprises: a reception unit adapted to receive a specific request transmitted from an information processing device on a network; a judgment unit adapted to judge whether or not setting concerning the network in the device has been changed; and a control unit adapted to ...

03/15/07 - 20070058559 - Method and system of assigning priority to detection messages
The embodiments of the present invention provides for methods, devices, and systems for proximity detection, typically between transmitting devices and receiving devices. The various embodiments of proximity detection may be typically applied any priority-based networks. The round trip time control messages are typically set at a highest priority or at ...

03/15/07 - 20070058558 - Method and apparatus for compositional control of end-to-end media in ip networks
A method and apparatus for controlling end-to-end media on packet networks such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Service over Internet Protocol (SoIP) networks are disclosed. The present method provides an algorithm to be run by channel terminations such that the media channel is controlled by compositional actions. For ...

03/15/07 - 20070058557 - Method and apparatus for scheduling data transmissions based on a traffic data pattern model
A communication network includes at least two nodes which exchange data packets. The communication network further includes a processor and a data transmission scheduling unit. The processor monitors the data packets, collects and analyzes information contained in the data packets, and identifies a particular service based on the monitoring of ...

03/15/07 - 20070058556 - System and method for offloading a processor tasked with calendar processing
The invention comprises system and method for offloading a processor tasked with calendar processing of channel status information. The method comprises multiplexing channel status information received from a plurality of physical interfaces; grouping the channels based on bandwidth; comparing current and previous status information of a group of channels in ...

03/08/07 - 20070053307 - Methods, apparatus, and program products for applying a visibility function to networked information
The disclosed technology uses a visibility function within a network environment that includes a set of nodes. At least one of nodes can directly transmit to one or more of a subset of the set of nodes. The visibility function characterizes a non-uniform resolution profile within the network environment that ...

03/08/07 - 20070053306 - Location based rules architecture systems and methods
Systems, methods, and software for identifying location based rules related to a network connected device are described. A network connected device may transmit a set of data identifying the location of the device and an identifier unique to the device to a server. The server may also receive an action ...

03/01/07 - 20070047461 - Method and apparatus for measuring quality of wireless channels
A method and apparatus for measuring the quality of wireless channels based on a result obtained by measuring contentions between stations in a wireless network employing a carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) medium access control (MAC) method specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard are provided. The method includes determining ...

03/01/07 - 20070047460 - Generating test sets
This invention relates to a method of defining an optimised set of test sequences for use with a packet based perceptual quality evaluation processor associated with an edge-device that receives packets containing speech data and converts said packets to a speech signal, the method comprising the steps of: defining a ...

03/01/07 - 20070047459 - Method and system for gathering data
Embodiments of the present invention seek to provide a cost effective means for gathering data which associates an individual or business with an address for a given time frame. This is accomplished by utilizing resources already providing a service in a geographic area to collect the desired data. In some ...

03/01/07 - 20070047458 - Timestamp generator
A method of generating a timestamp includes measuring a time period between two events, automatically determining a precision for an indication of the time period, and storing the timestamp. The precision for the indication of the time period is decreased as the time period increases. The timestamp includes an indication ...

02/22/07 - 20070041333 - Sensor networks for monitoring pipelines and power lines
A sensor network for monitoring utility power lines comprises a sensor disposed for monitoring utility power lines, the sensor capable of acquiring data related to the utility power lines and communicating sensor data; a first remote sensor interface (RSI) comprising a data communications device capable of receiving the sensor data ...

02/22/07 - 20070041332 - Mirroring of a random subset of network traffic
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of mirroring network traffic. A data packet is received by a network device, and an algorithm including randomization is applied to determine whether the data packet is selected to be mirrored. The packet is sent to a destination port, and if the data ...

02/22/07 - 20070041331 - Approach for managing the consumption of resources using adaptive random sampling
An approach for managing the consumption of resources uses adaptive random sampling to decrease the collection of flow statistical data as the consumption of resources increases. When a packet is received from a network, a determination is made whether the packet belongs to an existing flow, for which flow statistical ...

02/22/07 - 20070041330 - Quality of service monitoring architecture, related method, network and computer program product
An architecture for monitoring quality of service in a telecommunication network having a set of terminals provides for the terminals of the set of terminals to house measuring agents able to be configured to interface with processes selected among processes for managing the application sessions of the network and processes ...

02/15/07 - 20070036088 - Wireless mac and link-layer simulation modeling
Simulation models of media access control and physical layer characteristics facilitate the simulation/emulation of a variety of phenomena that affect transmissions via a wireless media. Such phenomena include media access contention delays, packet drops, and retransmissions that are generally dependent upon changes in transmitter/receiver locations. Each wireless environment is characterized ...

02/15/07 - 20070036087 - Method and systems for optimization analysis in networks
Methods and systems for providing optimization information for networks. ...

02/15/07 - 20070036086 - System and method of providing communications based on a predetermined device status
A system and method are disclosed for a presence and availability management configuration. The system and method can include a system that pings multiple communication devices associated with a targeted party prior to sending a communication. The system can transmit a target device identifier with a status request (a ping) ...

02/08/07 - 20070030816 - Data compression and abnormal situation detection in a wireless sensor network
Wireless communication systems adapted for compressing data prior to certain communications. Data compression may be limited or skipped when it is determined that the data compression may cause an unacceptable amount of data to be lost. Abnormal situation detection as part of data compression is included. Methods associated with such ...

02/08/07 - 20070030815 - Method and system for analysing data quality measurements in wireless data communication networks
Measurement system and method for determining a quality indicator for end-to-end data transfer in a wireless data network (1). A data network analysis system (10) is connected to the wireless data network (1) for measuring at least one system performance indicator using a predefined data transfer specimen. The measurement system ...

02/01/07 - 20070025269 - Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission
In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link ...

02/01/07 - 20070025268 - Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission
In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link ...

02/01/07 - 20070025267 - Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission
In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link ...

02/01/07 - 20070025266 - Communicating schedule and network information in a powerline network
There is provided a powerline network that includes a number of stations including a central coordinator for coordinating transmissions of each of the stations. The central coordinator includes a system clock and a network timer and is configurable to transmit a number of network timer values. Each of the network ...

02/01/07 - 20070025265 - Method and apparatus for wireless network security
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for wireless network security. In one embodiment, a method for securing a wireless computing network includes receiving a communication from an unidentified transmitter, identifying the transmitter in accordance with a fingerprint generated from one or more radio frequency signal ...

02/01/07 - 20070025264 - Controlling service quality of voice over internet protocol on a downlink channel in high-speed wireless data networks
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling service quality of data communications in a wireless network in which quality of service control for voice over internet protocol packets is provided on a downlink shared channel. A method is provided for a wireless communications between at least ...

02/01/07 - 20070025263 - Bandwidth estimation algorithm using internet control message protocol (icmp) echo request
Methods and systems for estimating available bandwidth on an internet access network are presented. A method includes: (a) transmitting one or more Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets to a device residing on the network at a first bit rate; (b) receiving one or more ICMP echo reply ...

02/01/07 - 20070025262 - Method and apparatus for power line communication
The variation cycle L of the characteristics of a transmission line is divided into a plurality of sections (n sections), a procedure is repeated in which transmission line estimation is performed for only one section among n sections in one beacon period, and thus transmission line estimation is performed for ...

01/25/07 - 20070019567 - Method and apparatus for high rate packet data transmission
In a data communication system capable of variable rate transmission, high rate packet data transmission improves utilization of the forward link and decreases the transmission delay. Data transmission on the forward link is time multiplexed and the base station transmits at the highest data rate supported by the forward link ...

01/25/07 - 20070019566 - Receiver apparatus and data distribution method
A receiver apparatus which receives streaming data transmitted from a distribution server via a network, includes: a comparison section configured to compare a time when a re-transmission process of the received streaming data is estimated to be completed with a time when an error correction process of the received streaming ...

01/25/07 - 20070019565 - System and method for identifying an efficient communication path in a network
A routing system, method, and apparatus for determining the best path for a router to transmit traffic to a specific destination on a network. As desired, the routing determination can be based, at least in part, on an analysis of the network load and an analysis of the availability of ...

01/25/07 - 20070019564 - Method and apparatus for discriminating type of packet loss
A method and apparatus for discriminating the type of packet loss occurring in wireless transmission are provided. The method includes calculating an average arrival interval of packets received during a time period and discriminating the type of packet loss for a lost packet among the packets based on a difference ...

01/25/07 - 20070019563 - Methods and apparatus for controlling call admission to a network based on network resources
A session controller coupled to a database and configured to receive an indication associated with an ingress call is disclosed. The disclosed session controller is further configured to compare at least one of a network capacity, a call-peer bandwidth, or a number of active call-legs associated with the ingress call ...

01/25/07 - 20070019562 - Format for providing traffic information and a method and apparatus for using the format
A method for identifying traffic information includes receiving traffic data including a first identifier, an amount of time currently taken to traverse a particular link, and information corresponding to a location associated with the particular link. The first identifier enables a determination of a type of the information that is ...

01/25/07 - 20070019561 - Method and apparatus for monitoring and logging the operation of a distributed processing system
Method and apparatus for monitoring and logging the operation of a distributed processing system. A method for monitoring the operation of a distributed transaction system that is operable to process one or more transactions, each of which is comprised of a plurality of discrete processes, and which transaction as a ...

01/25/07 - 20070019560 - Interface module with power over ethernet function
An interface module for use in a process monitoring and control system has an Ethernet port, a controller, and at least one segment I/O module. The Ethernet port is adapted to send and receive signals in an Ethernet protocol over a cable comprising a plurality of wires and to receive ...

01/18/07 - 20070014246 - Method and system for transparent tcp offload with per flow estimation of a far end transmit window
Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent transmission control protocol (TCP) offload with per flow estimation of far end transmit window are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include storing at a network interface card (NIC) processor state information for a received TCP segment and state information for ...

01/18/07 - 20070014245 - Method and system for transparent tcp offload with best effort direct placement of incoming traffic
Certain aspects of a method and system for transparent transmission control protocol (TCP) offload with best effort direct placement of incoming traffic are disclosed. Aspects of a method may include collecting TCP segments in a network interface card (NIC) processor without transferring state information to a host processor every time ...

01/18/07 - 20070014244 - Alert mechanism for notifying multiple user devices sharing a connected-data-set
System and method for notifying a user status of communications between a server and the user having one or more user devices in a communication network are disclosed. The system includes a server for communicating with the user, where the server includes a connected-data-set and the one or more user ...

01/11/07 - 20070008904 - Controller area network performance parameters measurement
A method for measuring bus traffic on a controller area network (CAN) is described. Accordingly, in one embodiment, a digital oscilloscope acquires the CAN bus signal in form of a waveform in real-time. The waveform is converted into a bit stream and the bit steam analyzed to carry out various ...

01/11/07 - 20070008903 - Verifying liveness with fast roaming
In a re-association communications sequence between a mobile wireless device and an access point, a substantially unique may be derived and transmitted to the mobile wireless device in one of the re-association messages. The mobile wireless device may then transmit the value back to the e access point to verify ...

01/11/07 - 20070008902 - Managing negotiations of quality of service parameters in wireless networks
During an initial sending and receiving of QoS parameters between a QoS-based application and a data stack controller of a mobile terminal, the parameters are stored to a data stack of the mobile terminal. The parameters are used in an initial negotiation between the data stack controller and a base ...

01/11/07 - 20070008901 - Method for controlling memory consumption in router-based virtual private networks
A method to determine the maximum number of VPNs assignable to plurality of routers in a VPN network. The first step in the method can be specifying a tolerance which is a probability that consumed router memory will exceed available router memory for each router in a plurality of routers. ...

01/11/07 - 20070008900 - Method and apparatus for enabling mobility in mobile ip based wireless communication systems
A method is provided for providing secured mobile IP services to a mobile terminal which is currently associated with an access network different from its own home access network. The method is characterized by creating a virtual mobile node at an access network server of the current access network, which ...

01/11/07 - 20070008899 - System and method for monitoring voip call quality
The invention relates to a system and method for monitoring VoIP call quality. In one respect, embodiments of the invention take into account the effect of bursty packet loss on perceived call quality. In another respect, embodiments of the invention take into account the effect of the recency of packet ...

01/11/07 - 20070008898 - Point-to-point link negotiation method and apparatus
Point-to-point links between devices are brought up at a slowest available speed, and a faster link speed is negotiated after reaching an operational state. ...

01/04/07 - 20070002764 - Network arrangement and method for handling sessions in a telecommunications network
A novel network arrangement and method for handling sessions or calls in a communications network is provided. More particularly, a novel network arrangement and method for avoiding “ghost calls” in IP based communications networks for achieving higher session completion rates is provided. An inventive network arrangement comprises at least the ...

01/04/07 - 20070002763 - Apparatus and method for peer-to-peer link monitoring of a wireless network with centralized control
Centrally controlled wireless networks require reliable communications between the central controller and each of the stations within the wireless networks. The structure of a wireless network is often dynamic, or ad-hoc, as stations enter and exit the network, or are physically relocated. The selection of the central controller for the ...

01/04/07 - 20070002762 - Management policy evaluation system and recording medium storing management policy evaluation program
A management policy evaluation system for evaluating a management policy includes: a demand recording part for recording demand data representing a change in a value of a demand in a predetermined period; a supply recording part for recording supply data representing a change in a value of a supply in ...

01/04/07 - 20070002761 - Internet protocol (ip) address sharing and platform dynamic host configuration protocol (dhcp) mediator
Apparatus, system, and method having a first memory to receive a parameter associated with a second operating system protocol stack; and a first operating system protocol stack to be configured with said parameter. The system includes a communication medium and a manageability module. The method includes monitoring content of messages ...

01/04/07 - 20070002760 - Virtualization of pin functionality in a point-to-point interface
Architectures and techniques that allow legacy pin functionality to be replaced with a “virtual wire” that may communicate information that would otherwise be communicated by a wired interface. A message may be passed between a system controller and a processor that includes a virtual wire value and a virtual wire ...

01/04/07 - 20070002759 - Dynamic methods for improving a wireless network
In the method, system conditions may be monitored for at least a first time period within a periodic time interval, and network parameters for optimizing a wireless network may be determined. The determined network parameters may be implemented during a first time period within the at least one subsequent periodic ...

01/04/07 - 20070002758 - Methods and apparatus to determine digital subscriber line configuration parameters
Methods and apparatus to determine digital subscriber line (DSL) configuration parameters based on current and historical DSL performance characteristics are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises obtaining first data representative of a current maximum attainable DSL speed for a telephone line, collecting second data representative of historical maximum attainable DSL speeds ...

01/04/07 - 20070002757 - System and method for specifying measurement request start time
The present invention relates to specification of the start time for taking measurements in wireless local area networks (WLAN), in which the start time of measurements to be taken is included in a Measurement Start Time field of a Measurement Request Frame and the interpretation of the start time for ...

12/28/06 - 20060291403 - Expanded signalling capability for network element, user equipment and system
Several mobile station identifiers are allocated to one mobile station, one for each of a plurality of possible signalling channel structures, parameters, or both. When receiving the signalling channels, the mobile station searches for all identifiers allocated for it in the received signalling channels. When it finds one that matches, ...

12/28/06 - 20060291402 - Apparatus and method for providing enhanced wireless communications
An apparatus and method for providing enhanced wireless communications, in which predetermined parameters are obtained by using an experiment in a wireless network environment to decrease traffic backoffs in real-time or increase traffic throughputs in non real-time, and the obtained parameters are used for access points and each station. The ...

12/28/06 - 20060291401 - Co-channel congestion method and apparatus
A system and method for Access Point (AP) channel selection based upon a Channel Quality Index (CQI) is described. The Channel Quality Index (CQI) is a value which quantifies a transmission quality of a channel. The transmission quality is evaluated based on a combination of different types of measured interference ...

12/21/06 - 20060285501 - Performance monitoring of frame transmission in data network oam protocols
Performance measurements for a network, such as delay, delay variation, and loss, are performed over layer-2. A PM frame is sent from a source MEP (Maintenance End Point) to a destination MEP. The PM frame is timestamped immediately prior to transmission, and the local clock at the destination MEP is ...

12/14/06 - 20060280126 - Method and system for logging voice quality issues for communication connections
A method and system for logging voice quality issues for a communication connection includes receiving a signal for logging quality information for a voice connection at an endpoint of the voice connection. Voice samples are collected from the voice connection at the endpoint. The voice samples are stored in an ...

12/14/06 - 20060280125 - Dynamically assigning endpoint identifiers to network interfaces of communications networks
Endpoint identifiers are dynamically assigned to network interfaces, in response to a change in physical connection. When a physical connection associated with a network interface is changed, such as a cable coupling the network interface to an endpoint is moved from one location to another location, a new endpoint identifier ...

12/07/06 - 20060274668 - System and method for monitoring dsl service provisioning
A system for automatically monitoring provisioning in a DSL network is disclosed. The system is operable to query network elements in the DSL network for information related to the provisioning of DSL services. Thereafter, the system analyzes the information to identify points of delay and/or failure in the provisioning process. ...

12/07/06 - 20060274667 - Method and apparatus for testing a wireless link using configurable channels and rates
Techniques to test a wireless communication link using configurable channels and rates. A W-Markov test service may be invoked to test and/or verify the performance of the downlink and/or uplink using at least one transport channel for each link. Each transport channel may be individually configured. The W-Markov test service ...

12/07/06 - 20060274666 - Providing traffic information including composite links
A method for processing traffic information includes receiving traffic information including a composite identifier enabling a determination of whether the received traffic information includes composite link information, a composite traffic status indicator revealing traffic status information corresponding to a composite link that includes at least first and second links, and ...

12/07/06 - 20060274665 - Method and apparatus for connecting an information processor to multiple networks
A method and apparatus for connecting an information processor to any network to perform communications are disclosed. A setting information indicating network settings to be set for an information processor when performing communications via a network is stored. A route setting packet, which is sent by a network device connected ...

11/30/06 - 20060268737 - Providing traffic information including a prediction of travel time to traverse a link and using the same
A method for identifying traffic information includes receiving traffic data including a first identifier, information corresponding to a predicted amount of time to traverse a particular link, and information corresponding to a location associated with the particular link, where the first identifier enables a determination of a type of the ...

11/30/06 - 20060268736 - Providing traffic information relating to a prediction of speed on a link and using the same
A method for identifying traffic information includes receiving traffic data including a first identifier, information corresponding to a prediction of travel speed for a particular link, and information corresponding to a location associated with the particular link. The first identifier enables a determination of a type of the information that ...

11/30/06 - 20060268735 - Method and apparatus for supporting connection type partitioning in a communications network
A method and apparatus for communicating and utilizing link connection type characteristics in a communications network begins by determining the connection type characteristics for a link within the network. The connection type characteristics preferably include the partitioning of the available bandwidth of the link. The connection type characteristics for the ...

11/30/06 - 20060268734 - Asymmetric data rate system and method
Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling a network device to establish transmit and receive data rates independently from one another. According to one aspect of the invention, the transmit and receive data rates can be decoupled by designating the rate capability ...

11/30/06 - 20060268733 - Dsl system estimation and control
Methods, apparatus, computer program products and other embodiments model a system's channel and noise characteristics using one or more Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) by modeling the state dynamics for one or more lines and associated profiles and by learning from the line history. Besides channel and noise characteristics, user data ...

11/30/06 - 20060268732 - Data stream protocol analysis using general purpose processors and filtering techniques
Data stream protocol analysis using analysis processors. A network processor is connected with a distribution module that distributes network data to multiple memory buffers, each associated with an analysis processor, based at least on a status signal generated by the memory buffers. When the status signal is above a threshold ...

11/30/06 - 20060268731 - Method and apparatus for link performance measurements in a packet-switched network
Methods and apparatus are provided for measuring and evaluating access link performance in IP networks that reduce the amount of required test traffic. Performance values supported by access links in a packet network that interconnects regions of an enterprise network are evaluated by (i) obtaining a plurality of test measurements ...

11/30/06 - 20060268730 - Obtaining channel status in a network-based data transport architecture
A buffer circuit for use in a node in a network-based data transport system is configurable for providing channel status information of all channels associated with a given signal in the network-based data transport system. The buffer circuit includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller ...

11/30/06 - 20060268729 - Methods and apparatus for monitoring link integrity for signaling traffic over a path traversing hybrid atm/ethernet infrastructure in support of packet voice service provisioning
Methods and apparatus improving availability of voice services controlled via IP signaling links provisioned over converged ATM and Ethernet converged network infrastructure are provided. A media gateway network element implements a Layer-2 signaling link end-to-end monitoring via heartbeat messages formulated at the ATM end to traverse the converged network infrastructure ...

11/30/06 - 20060268728 - Rf utilization calculation and reporting method for 802.11 wireless local area networks
A radio frequency exchange utilization calculation method in wireless medium that comprises identifying a plurality of packet counters pertaining to each of a plurality of transmission speeds and to each of a plurality of components of the wireless medium, identifying a plurality of octet counters pertaining to each of a ...

11/23/06 - 20060262731 - Method and apparatus for determining path loss by combining geolocation with interference suppression
The instant disclosure generally relates to a method and apparatus for determining path loss by combining geolocation with interference suppression. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for determining a path loss value between a receiver at a first location and a wireless mobile device at a second ...

11/16/06 - 20060256732 - Method for determining whether to peform link adaptation in wcdma communications
An apparatus and corresponding method for deciding whether to perform link adaptation for communication transmitted from a first communication device to a second communication device, where the second communication device examines a signal received from the first communication device and provides a first indication of the quality of the signal. ...

11/16/06 - 20060256731 - Method and system using shared configuration information to manage network access for network users
In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention, a method using shared configuration information to manage network access for externally generated communications includes maintaining association information for a first end user of a private network and maintaining configuration information for a first endpoint associated with the first end ...

11/09/06 - 20060250978 - Personal communication interaction manager
A system and method for providing communications between a communication center and a user are disclosed. The exemplary method transmits identification information of the user from a communication device of the user to the communication center. The communication center identifies a transaction record associated with the user and transmits the ...

11/09/06 - 20060250977 - Method and apparatus for determining data center resource availablilty using multiple time domain segments
A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for determining data center resource availability using multiple time domain segments. A reservation class is provided that includes a start time, duration and the number of units required. A scheduled resource class is provided with an availability and an available method. ...

11/09/06 - 20060250976 - Method and apparatus for media device correspondence
A system and method provide for managing media device correspondence that may be used in conjunction with a media application for transferring mixed media to/from the devices in an independent, coordinated or synchronized manner. Embodiments provide for determining a correspondence availability, establishing a correspondence relating to the correspondence availability and/or ...

11/09/06 - 20060250975 - Method and apparatus for providing pint services with preferred delivery technology
A method is provided controlling communications between a first party in an internet domain and a second party in a telephony domain. The method comprises receiving a request from the first party to communicate with the second party. A preference for a type of communication used by the second party ...

11/09/06 - 20060250974 - Method and apparatus for enabling global telephony capabilities in communication networks
A method and apparatus for enabling a network service provider, e.g., a VoIP network provider, to create configuration files containing network based parameters that support global telephony capabilities (e.g., in country services) such as in country ring tones, dialing patterns, network announcements, and signaling tones that can be offered to ...

11/09/06 - 20060250973 - Wireless communicating
A wireless communication method for transmitting data from at least one master to one or more slaves positioned at various spatial locations and configured for generally simultaneous reception of the data. The method includes dividing the data into a number of portions, transmitting at least some of the portions using ...

11/02/06 - 20060245371 - Intrusion detection system and method
A system, method and computer program product are provided. Network traffic information is received from a plurality of controllers. The network traffic information is reported utilizing at least one network-based interface. Further, a map of a network is generated based on the network traffic information. Still yet, intrusion detection services ...

11/02/06 - 20060245370 - Method of quality of service reduction
A method of quality of service reduction between a mobile station (202) and a base station (206) in a wireless communication system (100) may include monitoring a reverse link (224) of a wireless communication session (120) for inactivity. If the inactivity is detected on the reverse link, identifying a user ...

11/02/06 - 20060245369 - Quality of service in it infrastructures
A method of determining quality of service (QoS) in an IT infrastructure on the basis of QoS-related data received from data sources for these QoS-related data, wherein the data from the data sources regularly arrive in real-time, but data from one or more of the data sources may occasionally be ...

10/26/06 - 20060239203 - Lightweight packet-drop detection for ad hoc networks
In packet-drop attacks in ad hoc networks, a malicious network node chooses to selectively drop packets that are supposed to be forwarded, which results in adverse impact on application good-put and network stability. A method and system for detection of packet-drop attacks in ad hoc networks requires network nodes to ...

10/26/06 - 20060239202 - Method and apparatus for determining the location of a node in a wireless system
A location technique is utilized where channel-model parameters are originally estimated prior to location taking place. Location then takes place using a first set of known-located nodes, and the channel-model parameters are updated based on the distances resulting from the location estimate. Once the channel-model parameters have been updated, location ...

10/26/06 - 20060239201 - Active probe target management
A technique manages targets to which probe packets are sent from a source of a computer network. The novel target management technique dynamically selects an optimal set of valid targets for a particular (monitored) prefix of the computer network. Specifically, one or more targets are selected from a pool of ...

10/26/06 - 20060239200 - Network presence status from network activity
A system for monitoring connectivity status includes network traffic transport entities and an aggregation server. The network traffic transport entities transport network traffic and are able to monitor a portion of the network traffic, access one or more network traffic alert rules, apply the network traffic alert rules to the ...

10/19/06 - 20060233116 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium
An information processing apparatus for performing communication with another information processing apparatus via a network includes an instruction section instructing a transmission of a first packet in order to obtain a response from the other information processing apparatus; a first generation section generating a first time stamp containing a time ...

10/19/06 - 20060233115 - Intelligent communications network tap port aggregator
Intelligent network tap port aggregators for use in monitoring a network and methods for use therein are presented including: a number of device interface terminals for receiving network feeds; a tap structure coupled with device interface terminals, the tap structure configured to monitor the second network feeds and to aggregate ...

10/19/06 - 20060233114 - Method and apparatus for performing wireless diagnsotics and troubleshooting
A wireless diagnostics framework that is non-intrusive and stays out of the way of a user is presented. In the case of a failure, prescriptive guidance is provided and/or the framework possibly automatically fixes the problem. The framework includes a wireless diagnostics module that interacts with the operating system's diagnostics ...

10/19/06 - 20060233113 - Method for analyzing a system in a network
A method for analyzing a system having a known function in a network includes issuing instructions from the outside the system to modify the configuration of the system, and then issuing a command to the modified system to perform the known system function. Data resulting from performing the known system ...

10/12/06 - 20060227720 - High-capacity scalable integrated wireless backhaul for broadband access networks
The invention provides a method and system for adaptive point-to-point communication between a wireless communication system and a non-wireless backhaul communication system. The wireless physical layer and the wireless media-access-control layer collectively include a set of parameters, which are adaptively modified by base station controllers in multiple cells of the ...

10/12/06 - 20060227719 - Third party recording of data transferred using the ip protocol
A method or apparatus for managing monitoring of packet data traffic of a packet switched telephony trunk connection, such as an IP trunk, wherein the data packets identify ports but monitoring is based on extension lines and the like. A mapping unit is used for obtaining mapping data that relates ...

10/12/06 - 20060227718 - Selective network switching in a wireless broadcast network
The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device that may receive wireless broadcast signals from a number of different base stations or transmitters. As the location of the device moves relative to the transmitters, one transmitter will likely be identified as the transmitter broadcast the strongest, or highest quality, ...

10/12/06 - 20060227717 - Real-time comparison of quality of interfaces
In some embodiments, a system and method for substantially real-time comparison of quality of interfaces by mobile devices over heterogeneous networks is disclosed. The method can be performed using a dynamic and rapid comparison by distributed hosts, using a minimal number of injected network packets, using minimal path quality metrics, ...

10/12/06 - 20060227716 - Determining traffic flow characteristics in a storage area network
Methods and apparatus are provided for determining traffic characteristics and statistics for storage area network flows. An intelligent line card associated with a fibre channel switch is used to snoop selected flows in a storage area network. Flows are characterized using information such as initiator target pairs and initiator target ...

10/12/06 - 20060227715 - Dynamic connectivity determination
A method and system for discovering interconnections between a plurality of network devices arranged in a stacked configuration is provided. A probe packet, including a tag indicating a transmit port from which the probe packet was transmitted and a receive port at which the probe packet was received, is sent ...

10/05/06 - 20060221853 - Error handling in a wireless communications system
A method for detecting an erroneous sequence number in a status report in a wireless communications system includes receiving a status report sent from a receiver of the wireless communications system, detecting whether a negatively acknowledged sequence number is within a range that is larger than or equal to the ...

10/05/06 - 20060221852 - System and method utilizing a single agent on a non-origin node for measuring the roundtrip response time over a public or private network with http/https network protocol
A computer-based system and method for measuring the roundtrip response time of a set of requests resulting from an original request on a public or private network, utilizing a single response time monitor located on a non-origin node. The method starts the response time monitor on the non-origin node to ...

10/05/06 - 20060221851 - System and method for measuring the roundtrip response time of network protocols utilizing a single agent on a non-origin node
A computer-based system and method for measuring the roundtrip response time of an original request on a network, utilizing a single response time monitor located on a non-origin node. The method starts the response time monitor on the non-origin node to detect a start time and end time of each ...

10/05/06 - 20060221850 - Field content based packet classification
An ordered classification procedure includes receiving a packet including a plurality of packet fields having corresponding field values. At least some of the packet fields are parsed to extract at least some of the field values of the packet. The extracted field values are examined using the ordered classification procedure ...

10/05/06 - 20060221849 - Method of selecting a profile of a broadband communication line
The application discloses a system and a method of selecting a profile of a digital subscriber line. In a particular embodiment, the method includes setting a threshold for voice quality and determining a number of acceptable code violations that can occur without compromising the voice quality of the digital subscriber ...

10/05/06 - 20060221848 - Method, system and program product for optimizing event monitoring filter settings and metric threshold
Under the present invention indications of an event are monitored based upon a comparison of a computer system metric to a corresponding metric threshold over time. It is then determined whether a predetermined probability is reached that the indications will persist at least as long as a minimum detection and ...

10/05/06 - 20060221847 - Method and apparatus for selecting transmission modulation rates in wireless devices for a/v streaming applications
A-priori performance measures of a wireless communication system, combined with channel signal to noise ratio and/or signal to interference and noise ratio (SNR/SINR) measurements, are used to determine transmission modulation rate to help optimize real-time streaming. The method and apparatus minimize packet error rates (PER) without actually measuring packet error ...

10/05/06 - 20060221846 - Dynamic media access control (mac) address assignment
According to the invention an embodiment, a network node for communicating using a MAC address is disclosed. The network node includes a point-to-point interface, a bridge and a MAC address register. The point-to-point interface uses a first protocol. The bridge is coupled to the point-to-point interface and provides a fixed ...

09/28/06 - 20060215576 - Switching between two communicaiton modes in a wlan
Method and system for switching a network application operating in a first communication mode to a second mode within a wireless local area network, comprising: judging whether mobile nodes are neighboring according to location information; when nodes are neighboring inquiring whether mobile nodes want to switch to second mode to ...

09/28/06 - 20060215575 - System and method for monitoring and reacting to peer-to-peer network metrics
The overall health of a peer-to-peer network may be inferred from statistics gathered and analyzed pertaining to individual node and node-to-node performance within the peer-to-peer network. When used with simulations for development or testing, the health statistic may be used instead of or to supplement standard regression testing to determine ...

09/28/06 - 20060215574 - Bandwidth estimation in broadband access networks
Measurement systems according to embodiments of the invention allow accurate bandwidth estimation even in non-FIFO scheduling and frame-level contention environments. In an embodiment of the invention, the approximate fraction of time that a link is idle is found by probing for idle periods (“gaps”). The fraction of idle time is ...

09/28/06 - 20060215573 - Systems and methods for identifying system links
In one embodiment, a method for identifying links in a system under evaluation includes assigning unique identifiers to drivers of the system, emitting the identifiers from the drivers on associated links, collecting data received by receivers of the system, and comparing the driver identifiers with the data received by the ...

09/28/06 - 20060215572 - Available bandwidth estimation
A new system and method of available bandwidth estimation applies even where the narrow link and tight link in a network path are in different locations. In embodiments of the invention, a unique packet probe series structure and processing is employed to estimate available bandwidth. In an embodiment of the ...

09/28/06 - 20060215571 - Querying for services using soap over udp
A sending computer system can identify one or more available network resources at one or more network computers by sending a request for services using SOAP over UDP. In particular, the sending computer system prepares a SOAP message that includes a request for available resources. The sending computer system then ...

09/21/06 - 20060209713 - Robustness improvement for bandwidth limited communication system
A method and apparatus for the transmission of multiple control characters of the same type to a receiver to improve the retention of transmitter to receiver synchronization in a noisy environment having receiver code that is less complex and does not require an increase in the bandwidth of the system ...

09/21/06 - 20060209712 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program
Disclosed is a wireless communication system with communication stations that make information transmission therebetween by selecting a proper transmission rate under a communication environment where plural transmission rates coexist. In order for a transmission station for transmitting a packet to determine a transmission rate for transmission of subsequent packets, the ...

09/21/06 - 20060209711 - Capacity management system for passive optical networks
The invention is a tool that accurately predicts the performance of each different priority or service level on a PON with multiple different service types and multiple users. Delays and bit rates are computed accounting for all packet, protocol, propagation, and scheduling overhead. The performance and delays of all services ...

09/21/06 - 20060209710 - Testing method, communication device, and testing system
A testing method of a communication device according to the present invention comprises: a step for transmitting and receiving a test signal generated based on a reference clock; a step for generating an anticipated value of the test signal based on the reference clock; a step for delaying the test ...

09/21/06 - 20060209709 - Method and system for generating transport stream packets
In accordance with a specific aspect of the present invention, a compressed video stream, such as an MPEG-2 video stream, is received by a transport demultiplexor, synchronized, parsed into separate packet types, and written to buffer locations external the demultiplexor. Adaptation field is handled by a separate parser. In addition, ...

09/21/06 - 20060209708 - Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, communication system, program and medium
In a communication apparatus capable of switching states in response to a request from an external device, the communication apparatus switches states between said second state where the communication apparatus replies a valid response under limited circumstance and the third state where the communication apparatus does not reply a valid ...

09/21/06 - 20060209707 - Storage system and information processing system
Prior to alteration of the communication route connecting the enterprise servers 51 to 53, ports a, b and c of the enterprise server 51 are each connected with port 1 of the storage system 7 through the communication route. When enterprise server 54 is connected with the storage system 7 ...

09/21/06 - 20060209706 - Intercepting mobile telephone communications
Monitoring mobile telephone signaling carried by an ATM network to determine channels of interest. ATM cells of the ATM network are intercepted to monitor a UMTS terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN). The intercepted ATM cells are automatically analyzed to obtain a correspondence between a static Node B channel and a ...

09/21/06 - 20060209705 - Method and system for removing authentication of a supplicant
According to one embodiment, a method for removing authentication of a supplicant includes monitoring communication between the supplicant and an authenticator. The method also includes determining, based on the monitored communication, the MAC address for the supplicant and an attachment port of the supplicant to the intermediate network device disposed ...

09/21/06 - 20060209704 - System and method for implementing pnrp locality
A method is provided for a host node in a computer network to determine its coordinates in a d-dimensional network space, comprising discovering an address of a peer node in the network, measuring network latency between the host node and the peer node, determining whether network latency has been measured ...

09/21/06 - 20060209703 - Communication system
In a communication system subject to variations in channel quality, transmit power control is used to reduce the variations in received signal quality. If the channel quality degrades to such an extent that a high transmit power would be required to ensure good received signal quality, the transmit power is ...

09/21/06 - 20060209702 - Method for evaluating the bandwith of a digital link
The invention relates to a method for evaluating the bandwidth between a first point and a second point liable to exchange digital data packets in a telecommunications network including a plurality of sub-networks. The method according to the invention includes the following steps: for each transmission direction through at least ...

09/14/06 - 20060203742 - Method and apparatus for performing diagnostic tests using an assisting transceiver
A method and system for performing diagnostic tests on a communications system. Diagnostic test signals are generated by a transceiver included within the communications system. Diagnostic data signals generated within the communications system in response to the diagnostic test signals are collected by the transceiver. The communications transceiver may operate ...

09/14/06 - 20060203741 - Method and apparatus for providing dual variable clocks for low-power wireless packet communication
Provided is a wireless packet communication method, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for enabling low-power communication by providing separate driving clocks optimized for a lower part for performing the function of a physical layer part and an upper part for performing the function of an upper layer above ...

09/14/06 - 20060203740 - Method and related apparatus for monitoring system bus
Method and related apparatus for monitoring access modules, like memory or input/output modules, linked with a system bus of a computer system. In the present invention, access modules to be monitored and their corresponding monitoring intervals are preset. When a given access module initiates information exchange via the system bus, ...

09/14/06 - 20060203739 - Profiling wide-area networks using peer cooperation
End hosts share network performance and reliability information with their peers over a peer-to-peer network. The aggregated information from multiple end hosts is shared in the peer-to-peer network in order for each end host to process the aggregated information so as to profile network performance. A set of attributes defines ...

09/14/06 - 20060203738 - Apparatus and methods for determining connection quality of a wireless device on a wireless communications network
Apparatus and methods for determining a connection quality of a wireless device with a wireless communications network comprise a user manager operable to receive a plurality of communications messages as recorded by the wireless device, where the plurality of communications messages comprise messages transmitted from and received by the wireless ...

09/14/06 - 20060203737 - Traffic delay processing
A traffic processing system comprising a processing system and a delay buffer. The processing system is configured to determine a first delay metric for first traffic on a first path from the TPS to a first node, and determine a first delay differential based on the first delay metric and ...

09/07/06 - 20060198319 - Network diagnostic systems and methods for aggregated links
A networking system is provided. The networking system may include a diagnostic module. The diagnostic module may perform any of a variety of network diagnostic functions. The diagnostic module may include an analysis module, which may receive messages and perform any of a variety of network diagnostic functions using the ...

09/07/06 - 20060198318 - Network diagnostic systems and methods for statistical triggering
A networking system is provided. The networking system may include a diagnostic module. The diagnostic module may perform any of a variety of network diagnostic functions. The diagnostic module may include an analysis module, which may receive messages and perform any of a variety of network diagnostic functions using the ...

09/07/06 - 20060198317 - Method for controlling a service to use a resource
A method for controlling a service to use a resource is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: starting the service; obtaining a license of using the resource; determining whether a report of running the service is received at regular intervals; and withdrawing the license if no such report is ...

09/07/06 - 20060198316 - System for remote configuration of qos parameters
The system for remote configuration of QoS parameters enables a service provider to remotely configure the Quality of Service parameters for each application or service offered by networked devices connected to a LAN. This is accomplished by a service provider creating and maintaining a reference repository of the Quality of ...

08/31/06 - 20060193264 - Method for extending business systems to a mobile workforce
Systems, software, and methods for reliable wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, a computer program control device, called a node, is configured to be transmitted from a first device for receipt and processing on a second, disparate device. The node comprises a collection of managed objects or managed object ...

08/24/06 - 20060187852 - Method of determining transmission rate of control response frame for acknowledging data receipt in wireless lan
A method is provided for determining a transmission rate of a control response frame for acknowledging data receipt in a wireless local area network. The method includes obtaining transmission parameters of a transmitting station from a data transmission frame received from the transmitting station, searching a receiving station for transmission ...

08/24/06 - 20060187851 - Method and apparatus for evaluating network usage
A method and system of evaluating network usage among signals experiencing varying enhancements or impairments collects data of network communications signals, which may describe parameters relating to the quality of the signal, such as noise level or echo level. Data is also collected describing the behavior of the callers using ...

08/24/06 - 20060187850 - Voice call coordinator
According to various embodiments of the present invention, systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, and/or displaying signaling information for a call through a network, including: receiving a request for signaling information, wherein the request identifies a particular call handled by at least one network element within a voice over internet ...

08/24/06 - 20060187849 - Interpreter engine
In one embodiment, an apparatus for permitting interpretation of a protocol in a network, includes: a network device including an interpreter engine configured to receive a script file and interpret a protocol based upon the script file; and a processor configured to execute the interpreter engine. In another embodiment, a ...

08/24/06 - 20060187848 - Systems and methods for testing a network
Devices, systems and methods that generate and test network traffic are disclosed. The exemplary method may include transmitting one or more requests to generate network testing traffic to one or more endpoints, generating network testing traffic from one or more endpoints, and collecting network testing traffic data. Additional aspects of ...

08/24/06 - 20060187847 - Techniques for determining communication state using accelerometer data
Techniques for communicating with a user on a network include receiving acceleration data that indicates acceleration of a mobile network node associated with a user of a network. The user is a living user of the network, such as a human user, or a vehicular user of the network, such ...

08/24/06 - 20060187846 - Method and apparatus for handling out-of-sequence packets in header decompression
Header compression repair techniques are accomplished, in various aspects, modes, embodiments, and implementations, by a remote terminal (40), by a header decompressor (46) for use at a remote terminal (40), and by methods of operating the remote terminal and/or decompressor, and (optionally) in some aspects, modes, embodiments, and implementations by ...

08/17/06 - 20060182040 - Device and method for diagnosis in multi-channel-can-applications
A CAN-network comprises several CAN-systems each having a CAN-bus and a CAN-interface which are connected to host-CPU by the CAN-bus. At least one CAN-interface is a selector interface which allows selective access to CAN-busses of other CAN-systems. Thereby it is possible to monitor data exchange on a bus by operating ...

08/17/06 - 20060182039 - High-accuracy packet pair for network bottleneck bandwidth measurement
A novel packet filtering and processing mechanism solves bandwidth estimation problems related to cross-traffic, host limitations, and fabric-specific issues in order to accurately estimate bottleneck bandwidth in fluctuating environments such as home networks. In particular, the process controls the number of packet train experiments, the size of trains and packets ...

08/17/06 - 20060182038 - Adaptive timing of update messages transmitted by routers employing the border gateway protocol
A method for border nodes using the Border Gateway Protocol to advertise path updates to peer nodes in other domains involves calculating the update interval for each advertisement of an update of the same path to the same peer and advertising the update when the interval has expired. The update ...

08/17/06 - 20060182037 - System and method to provision mpls/vpn network
The disclosed method and system provides a new service provision interface that allows operator use without requiring many of the specific technical network details, such as VRF, RT, SOO, route redistribution, etc. Further, the translation from a customer's requirements (including both VPN topology membership requirement and L2, L3 requirement from ...

08/10/06 - 20060176829 - Mobile ad-hoc network
where B is the raw channel bandwidth, the summation is the overall consumed bandwidth from node I's two-hop neighborhood nodes, JεN(I) and φ is a factor to account for protocol overhead, which may include handshaking, packet collision, re-transmission and/or back-off scheme traffic. An estimated transmission time for each of a ...

08/10/06 - 20060176828 - Trigger for packing path computation requests
A technique triggers packing of path computation requests (PCRs) for traffic engineering (TE) label switched paths (LSPs) that are sent from one or more label-switched routers (LSRs) to a path computation element (PCE) of a computer network. According to the novel technique, incoming PCRs are packed into sets in response ...

08/10/06 - 20060176827 - Network performance tuner
Described herein are techniques to facilitate the improvement of network throughput. An implementation described herein measures throughput over a data-communications network and between at least two endpoints on the network. This implementation also displays a graphical representation depicting the present throughput of the network as it is measured. The graphical ...

08/03/06 - 20060171328 - Frame synchronization circuit
Disclosed is a mobile communication system including a network constituted of at least one switching center and a plurality of base stations, and a mobile station which communicates with the base stations simultaneously. The system permits varying transmission delay between the switching center and the base stations according to the ...

08/03/06 - 20060171327 - Interference source recognition for wireless lans
In a wireless network having an access point and/or at least one wireless end device, the access point and/or end device is operable to differentiate between normal communications and interference from another device in order to capture a sample of the interference, determine whether the interference originates from a known ...

08/03/06 - 20060171326 - Remedial actions for interference in wireless lans
In a wireless network having an access point and at least one wireless end device, the access point is operable to differentiate between normal communications and interference from another device in order to capture a sample of the interference, determine whether the interference originates from a known type of device, ...

08/03/06 - 20060171325 - Interactive queued mapping method and system
Provided is a computer system and/or method according to an embodiment that includes but is not limited to receiving data concerning the location; processing the received data to determine a queue for the location; and transmitting one or more queue-related data objects to the at least two components, the at ...

08/03/06 - 20060171324 - Using signaling to provide interoperability of adpcm encoded voice communications
Providing interoperability on a voice communication network by detecting incompatible bit packing payload formats of ADPCM encoded voice data signals in an encoder/decoder. A mismatch of bit packing formats between little endian format and big endian format is determined through the use of a media gateway control protocol package called ...

08/03/06 - 20060171323 - Mpls cookie label
A method and system for preventing misforwarding of packets from an MPLS network to a virtual private network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a packet at an ingress edge node of the MPLS network, associating a cookie with a label bound to a route by an egress edge node ...

07/27/06 - 20060165011 - System and method of managing digital data transmission
A method of managing data transmission is provided and includes measuring a first number of payload bits communicated over a bearer during a first time period. The first number of measured payload bits is divided by a length of the first time period to yield a short term average bit ...

07/27/06 - 20060165010 - Method, system and program product for determining bandwidth consumption across a multi-tiered computer environment
Under the present invention, communication flows between applications in the multi-tiered environment are identified. For each communication flow identified, bandwidth consumption is determined. In general, the bandwidth consumption for a communication flow is determined based on a set of variables that includes one or more of the following: whether the ...

07/27/06 - 20060165009 - Systems and methods for traffic management between autonomous systems in the internet
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the traffic between autonomous systems in the Internet. Data on links on border routers between autonomous systems is collected and analyzed at certain traffic times. Once determined, traffic on various customer facing interfaces at that time is associated with an Internet Prefix. Then, ...

07/27/06 - 20060165008 - Techniques to manage channel prediction
A system, apparatus, method and article to manage channel prediction for a wireless communication system are described. The apparatus may include a media access control processor to perform channel prediction, and a transceiver to communicate information using the channel prediction. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ...

07/27/06 - 20060165007 - Presence system and method for computing media status
A presence server determines a presentity's media status and availability for engaging in real-time communication sessions in a presence system by receiving, from the presentity, a maximum number of real-time interactions per real-time media types supported by the presentity, and collecting presence information identifying real-time communication sessions currently engaged in ...

07/27/06 - 20060165006 - Method for adapting wap-based transmissions
The invention relates to a method which makes decisions, which can be applied an various WAP protocol, based on calculations which determine the future quality of a link. Short-term forecasting involving fundamental decisions such as the structure of a link or the transmission or reception of data occurs. Short-term forecasting ...

07/20/06 - 20060159031 - Integrity check in a communication system
A method of communication between a first node and a second node for a system where a plurality of different channels is provided between said first and second node. The method comprises the step of calculating an integrity output. The integrity output is calculated from a plurality of values, some ...

07/20/06 - 20060159030 - System and method for managing communication links between nodes in a wireless communication network
A system and method for management of communication links between nodes in a wireless communication network (100). The system and method perform the operations of estimating an expected rate of change in the characteristics pertaining to communication over a communication link in the network (100), and assigning a value associated ...

07/20/06 - 20060159029 - Automatic lan/wan port detection
A system is disclosed for which a network device with two or more ports determines which of its functions should be performed on which of its ports. A method is disclosed for monitoring the traffic on each port for characteristic traffic that indicates the function that said network device should ...

07/20/06 - 20060159028 - Monitoring system, method of sampling datagrams, and apparatus therefor
A monitoring system comprises a first network probe coupled to a first point in a communications link and a second network probe coupled to a second point in the communications link. Each of the first and second network probes is arranged to sample packets from a predetermined flow of packets ...

07/20/06 - 20060159027 - Method and system for updating real-time data between intervals
A method for updating real-time data between intervals in a communication processing center, having a data source and a data collector, includes receiving, at the data collector, real-time data at intervals from a data source. The real-time data includes information on the availability of aspects of a communication network. The ...

07/20/06 - 20060159026 - Method and apparatus for managing a quality of service for a communication link
A method and apparatus for managing the quality of a communication link is provided. A performance of a communication line (i.e. digital subscriber line), being affected by code violations, typically impulse noise, is estimated. An application characteristic for the communication line is then imputed from Layer 2 and Layer 3 ...

07/13/06 - 20060153096 - Telecommunications apparatus and method, storage medium, and program
The present invention relates to a telecommunications apparatus and a method, a storage medium, and a program for determining whether or not the other side communicating content data is located on a LAN or across a WAN. In step S13, the difference between a counter value in a received check ...

07/13/06 - 20060153095 - System and method for auto-configuration of a dsl modem
The method for the automatic configuration of a DSL modem, comprises connecting a DSL modem to an analog telephone line, automatically determining available communication resources on the analog telephone line, and thereafter automatically configuring the DSL modem based on the available communication resources. Automatic configuration of the DSL modem is ...

07/13/06 - 20060153094 - Integrated self-optimizing multi-parameter and multi-variable point to multipoint communication system
The invention provides a method and system for adaptive point to multipoint wireless communication. The wireless physical layer and the wireless media-access-control (MAC) layer collectively include a set of parameters, which are adaptively modified by a base station controller for communication with a plurality of customer premises equipment. The base ...

07/13/06 - 20060153093 - Method for completing registration of a bonded-flow cable modem
A flow bonder at a CMTS and another at a cable modem distribute packets of a service flow over multiple channels and collect them in the downstream direction respectively; vice versa in the upstream direction. The collector uses a service flow identifier and a sequence number identifier inserted by the ...

07/13/06 - 20060153092 - Active response communications network tap
An active response network tap for use in monitoring a network comprises a first device interface terminal, a second device interface terminal, a first monitor interface terminal, and a second monitor interface terminal. A tap structure is coupled to the first device interface terminal, second device interface terminal, first monitor ...

07/13/06 - 20060153091 - System and method for measuring end-to-end network delay and user-perspective delay
A system and method for measuring user-perceived delay in an IP network, comprising detecting request and corresponding response messages at a monitoring point in the network, calculating an uplink delay based upon the time elapsed between the request and corresponding response messages, detecting response and corresponding transport acknowledgement messages at ...

07/13/06 - 20060153090 - Method for supporting on-demand performance
A method is disclosed for managing the performance of shared computing resources in furtherance of delivering on-demand IT services to multiple customers. The inventive method comprises predicting the performance of resources allocated among the customers to minimize performance related problems; preventing performance related problems by evaluating the impact of changes ...

07/13/06 - 20060153089 - System and method for analysis of communications networks
A system and method is provided for using network asset management data including attributes such as device type, location, and link speed for modeling network performance and identifying performance issues. The invention provides measured and observed performance data for one or more segments of a network (e.g., one or more ...

07/13/06 - 20060153088 - Method and system of insuring that a user receives a multicast television signal when changing channels during a control mode switch over
In a communications network, an end user (set top box) can leave a first group, join a second group (change television channels), and receive data from the second group (new television channel) while a control module of the communications network is unavailable. The network detects when the control module is ...

07/06/06 - 20060146729 - Application service level mediation and method of using the same
A method and apparatus for using an application layer demarcation point are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring end-to-end performance of a network application at an application demarcation point in a network, and mediating between provider infrastructure and customer infrastructure based on results of monitoring. ...

07/06/06 - 20060146728 - Method and apparatus for distributed speech applications
A communication unit (105) includes a communication interface, for transmitting and receiving communications when operably connected to a first communication network; and a processor cooperatively operable with the communication interface. Responsive to receipt of an utterance, the communication unit (105) can perform a fetch (109) over the communication interface and ...

07/06/06 - 20060146727 - Tracking of process-related communication
The disclosure relates to tracking process-related communications between at least two members. To allow project planning, the invention provides a method in which communication events between the members are monitored. Communication information is determined from the monitored communication event, and from the communication information selected communication event information is extracted, ...

07/06/06 - 20060146726 - Multiple protocol decoder
A generic protocol decoder is described for deciphering multiple protocols without requiring unique decoders for each protocol. Object patterns are created for each protocol, each pattern containing state and algorithm objects. These state and algorithm objects perform a portion of the deciphering of each packet and may be reused in ...

07/06/06 - 20060146725 - Downlink transmit beamforming
A wireless network access point can operate as a closed loop MIMO device when communicating with a station that is operating as an open loop MIMO device. Transmit/receive chains in the access point are calibrated to support aggregate channel reciprocity. ...

07/06/06 - 20060146724 - Method and system for multi-function push-to-activate
A multifunction push-to-activate system (40) can include a push to activate (PTx) button (22) on a communication transceiver (20) for activating one among a plurality of communication functions and an indicator (24) for providing an indication among when a particular function is ready to be activated and which among the ...

06/29/06 - 20060140134 - Advertising business method and system for secure and high speed transmission of media files across an internet, intranet or cable network, and method to avoid digital file sharing or copying
The present invention provides a computer system and software that implements and supports a method to permit a digital media peer-to-peer or peer to server exchange while providing a secure and high speed transmission of media files across an internet, intranet or cable network in such a manner as to ...

06/29/06 - 20060140133 - Connection reservation in a communication interface
A method distributes transport bearer capacity in a communication system. The method comprises defining a total need for transport capacity for a set of transport bearers sharing a physical channel. The method also comprises reserving transport bearer capacity from the physical channel based on total need. The method also comprises ...

06/22/06 - 20060133296 - Qualifying means in method and system for managing service levels provided by service providers
A method and system for managing a service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer under a service level agreement. The measurement data is transformed into operational data. The operational data is evaluated through use of a formula represented as a tree, resulting in the ...

06/22/06 - 20060133295 - Communication apparatus and control method thereof
The claimed invention is directed to a communication apparatus connectable to a plurality of networks, which comprises a setting unit that adjusts and setting, in accordance with a communication condition of each of the plurality of networks, a communication hold period in which the communication apparatus does not communicate with ...

06/22/06 - 20060133294 - Apparatus and method for measuring capacity of server
An apparatus and a method for measuring a capacity of a server are provided. A plurality of virtual clients matched to a small number of threads are generated to minimize a context switching overhead and a traffic similar to an actual network traffic is generated and transmitted to the server. ...

06/22/06 - 20060133293 - Method and apparatus for evaluating performance of wireless lan system
A method for evaluating the performance of a wireless LAN (local area network) system having a single access point and a plurality of transmission terminals, which share the same radio channel, comprises the steps of dividing the plurality of transmission terminals into groups in accordance with radio conditions, calculating a ...

06/22/06 - 20060133292 - System and method for measuring performance of internet phone protocol
Provided are a system and a method for measuring the performance of an Internet phone protocol, which are easy to be realized and are highly efficient in terms of managing system resources because they measure the performance of an Internet phone protocol projected by removing unnecessary, complex paths and the ...

06/22/06 - 20060133291 - Method and system for determining a signal quality metric in event of a crc false positive
Certain aspects of determining a signal quality metric in event of a CRC false positive may comprise measuring an amplitude and/or phase of at least a portion of a phase shift keyed section of a frame. The measured amplitude and/or phase may be checked to determine if it lies within ...

06/22/06 - 20060133290 - Ack/nack detection in wireless communication
Improved ACK/NACK detection in a mobile terminal of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The ACK/NACK detection uses knowledge about the power of the acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment signal along with the probability that a DTX will occur to increase the probability that the ACK signal will be correctly detected. The probability ...

06/22/06 - 20060133289 - Method and apparatus for detecting and correcting malicious data in an ad-hoc network
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects malicious data in an ad-hoc network. During operation, the system receives data at a node in the ad-hoc network, wherein the data was sensed and redundantly communicated to the node by other nodes in the ad-hoc network. Note that ...

06/22/06 - 20060133288 - Ip address parameter setting method of remote network apparatus
The present invention is to provide an IP address parameter setting method to prevent from setting incorrect parameter and interrupting the operation of a remote network apparatus when setting up the IP address parameter of the remote network apparatus again, which comprises the steps of activating a timer for time ...

06/15/06 - 20060126531 - Communication apparatus and communication control method
The claimed invention is directed to a communication apparatus which comprises a monitor unit that monitors communication conditions with a plurality of networks; a setting unit that performs adjusting and setting a communication timing to communicate with each of the plurality of networks in accordance with the communication condition of ...

06/15/06 - 20060126530 - Indicating a configuring status
This invention relates to a method for indicating a status of a configuring of a network element, said method includes checking (300, 301) if all configurations of a pre-defined set of configurations for said network element (3, 3a) have been conducted. The pre-defined set of configurations is smaller than a ...

06/15/06 - 20060126529 - Determining the effects of new types of impairments on perceived quality of a voice service
Empirically derived models are used to relate user perception to objectively measurable characteristics, under a criterion of nearly perfect co-variance between predicted MOS values and the variations in the values of the objectively measurable characteristics. In the example context of evaluating packet switched telephony service, the present invention eliminates the ...

06/15/06 - 20060126528 - Method and apparatus for discovering the incoming media path for an internet protocol media session
A system and technique for analyzing incoming packets. The path taken by incoming packets can be analyzed from a near end without having access to the far end. This can be done even though packets sent to the far end from the near end, take a different path than that ...

06/15/06 - 20060126527 - Methods and systems for controlling the number of computations involved in computing the allocation of resources given resource constraints
Methods and systems for controlling the number of computations involved in computing the allocation of resources given resource constraints. According to one embodiment, a set of existing constraints for providing the resources is received. An adjustable parameter for reducing the number of computations is received. A complexity-scalable resource-allocator is executed ...

06/15/06 - 20060126526 - Apparatus and method for low cost, multi-port protocol analysis and monitoring
A concentrator multiplexes network data from different links in a network and carried on a plurality of lower speed lines into multiplexed network data carried on a higher speed line. A line interface module demultiplexes the multiplexed network data carried on the higher speed line, assembles the demultiplexed network data ...

06/15/06 - 20060126525 - Telecommunication system statistical counting method
The present invention relates to a telecommunication system automatic statistical counting method, in which the host sends out the invitation letter, applying to the telecommunication company for reserved number paid by the host as so to allow the guest end to make a dial or use computer network for free. ...

06/15/06 - 20060126524 - Ad hoc communications system
A number of data collection devices (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80), are free to move relative to each other through their environment, collecting data from their environment. They form an ad hoc wireless network (19, 29, 39, 49), etc in which data collected by a device (20) ...

06/08/06 - 20060120300 - System and method for determining segment and link bandwidth capacities
A method for determining bandwidth capacity of a test segment by sending one or more short packet bursts or streams from unique source smart nodes (SNs) over a link, which has the test segment, to one or more destination SNs. Selected source SNs send packet bursts or streams to other ...

06/08/06 - 20060120299 - Method for time-stamping a message based on a recipient location
A method time-stamps an electronic message in accordance with information about the time zone in which the intended recipient resides where the message is originally received by a message center in a time zone different from the intended recipient. ...

06/08/06 - 20060120298 - Variable reliability wireless communication transmission method and apparatus
A mobile station (150) senses (300) at least one boundary of a wireless communication packet (200) which includes a plurality of frames. The mobile station (150) then determines (310) at least a first group (210) and a second group (230) of frames at least in part in relation to the ...

06/08/06 - 20060120297 - Network management assisted discovery
In one embodiment of the invention, a method for network management assisted discovery, includes performing a discovery of network devices in a network; and sending gathered information associated with a first device that supports a first discovery protocol to a second device that supports a second discovery protocol. The method ...

06/08/06 - 20060120296 - Auto mode detection for a switch
There is provided a method and apparatus for determining whether the mode of operation of a physical layer device (PHY) in an Ethernet switch is TBI, MII or GMII and for setting the Ethernet switch to that mode. The method comprises the steps of detecting the clock frequency of a ...

06/01/06 - 20060114837 - Method and apparatus for processing requests for statistics in a communication network
A method and apparatus of initiating a plurality of requests for statistics to be sent to an associated plurality of nodes in a segment of a communication network is provided. One or more requests are associated with an individual node. Each node has one or more node attributes. The method ...

06/01/06 - 20060114836 - Method for operating a combined multimedia -telecom system
Presented is a method of managing the operation of a system including a processing subsystem configured to run a multimedia application and a telecommunication subsystem. The method includes determining telecom environment conditions, and selecting a working point from a plurality of predetermined working points. The selecting is based at least ...

06/01/06 - 20060114835 - Device, system, and method for automatically determining an appropriate lan ip address range in a multi-router network environment
A device, system and method which provides for automatic selection of an alternative private address space by a gateway-router device which is given a private address on its WAN port is disclosed. The present invention provides for a device, system, and method wherein, in a given network topology, if a ...

06/01/06 - 20060114834 - Method and apparatus of estimating available bandwidth on a packet network
By approximating a packet network, such as the Internet, by an M/M/1 queuing model, the available bandwidth of the network can determined from the variance of the distribution of the sojourn times of packets transmitted through the network. In order to determine the variance of the distribution of sojourn times, ...

05/25/06 - 20060109798 - Application monitor apparatus
An application monitor apparatus is provided that enables feedback to be sent to a transmitting terminal without relay processing of application data in the application layer. A packet transmission decision unit outputs to an application monitor unit and a packet transmitting unit only packets for which transmission is authorized by ...

05/25/06 - 20060109797 - Integrated management system and method for network connection means in networks having different telecommunication protocols
In accordance with the present invention, a plurality of routers in more than one network based on different protocols can be integrally managed. The management system of the present invention is capable of integrally managing a plurality of routers in a network based on IPv6 from another network based on ...

05/25/06 - 20060109796 - System and method for providing differentiated quality of service
Described is a system and method for providing differentiated service levels. The method comprising receiving a packet stream including a plurality of packets. A level of service to be provided to the packet stream is determined. An impairment to the packet stream is determined as a function of the level ...

05/25/06 - 20060109795 - Multicast accounting control system and broadband access server
A listening-or-viewing charge is differentiated with bit rates depending on distributed programs. A broadband access server for holding user channels by PPP and replicating and transferring multicast packets have a counter for counting the number of distributed multicast packets and the number of distributed bytes at each multicast group address. ...

05/18/06 - 20060104218 - System for analyzing quality of communication sections
A system for analyzing quality of communication sections includes a transmission device transmitting a test measurement signal, a reception device receiving the test measurement signal, relay devices each located on a transmission path of the test measurement signal between the transmission device and the reception device, setting a relay time ...

05/18/06 - 20060104217 - Apparatus and method for routing packets in a network
In a packet switched network, network data can be recorded for measurement by transmitting a measurement packet across the network to store path records as it travels from an originating measurement device to a destination device. Some of the network devices located along the path traversed by the measurement packet ...

05/18/06 - 20060104216 - Packet metering in high-speed network units
For each metered flow in a network unit there is a memory entry which defines a time stamp and a rate parameter. When a packet in the respective flow arrives, the time of arrival is compared with the time stamp. If the time of arrival is before the time stamp ...

05/18/06 - 20060104215 - Apparatus and method to set the signaling rate of a network disposed within an information storage and retrieval system
A method is disclosed to set the speed of a network. The method supplies a network interconnected with a system controller and a plurality of switch domains, where each of those plurality of switch domains comprises one or more information storage devices and a switch domain controller, and sets by ...

05/18/06 - 20060104214 - System and method for automated provisioning of wireless access gateways
Provisioning of network wireless access gateways is provided through standard heartbeat communications between device management systems and the controlled devices. Security associations for use by the devices such as PDSNs in communication with other devices such as PCFs associated with the network is downloaded from the management system to the ...

05/18/06 - 20060104213 - Discrete choice method of reporting and predicting multiple transaction types
The method for and system or apparatus for forecasting future communication transaction traffic from a customer include the steps of or structure for: collecting communication channel data on at least first and second communication channels; performing a numeric transformation to the data; calculating a discrete choice probability for each communication ...

05/18/06 - 20060104212 - Method of dynamically determining optimum size of buffer
A method of dynamically determining an optimum size of buffer suitable for media access controller (MAC) to access network is provided. First, a test packet is provided. Next, the test packet is transferred between the MAC and the buffer to obtain a transfer rate. Finally, an optimum size of the ...

05/18/06 - 20060104211 - Method and apparatus for packet data service discovery
A method and apparatus for packet data service discovery are described. A current blacklist comprising entries for wireless networks not providing packet data services (i.e. either not supporting the services or not having a packet data services roaming agreement) is kept in memory of the mobile device based on previous ...

05/11/06 - 20060098585 - Detecting malicious attacks using network behavior and header analysis
A method and apparatus for detecting malicious attacks is described. The method may comprise obtaining routing information from a packet communicated via a network and maintaining a count of packets associated with a device associated with the routing information. For example, the routing information may a source or destination IP ...

05/11/06 - 20060098584 - Transmission device and method, recording medium, program, and control device
A transmission device includes a determining unit operable to determine whether a number of packets stored in a buffer is equal to or smaller than a second threshold value smaller than a first threshold value when transmission of a selected packet is requested by a requesting unit; a storing controller ...

05/11/06 - 20060098583 - Integrated customer web station for web based call management
A Web-based call routing management workstation application which allows authorized customers to control toll free routing and monitor call center status. An architecture including one or more web servers located in a firewalled demilitarized zone (DMZ) as communications medium between the customer workstations at the customer sites and the enterprise ...

05/11/06 - 20060098582 - Dynamic wireless link adaptation
A system that adapts wireless link parameters for a wireless communication link. A measure is determined of errors occurring in communication over a wireless link. In a case that the measure of errors corresponds to more errors than a first predetermined threshold, communication changes from a first set of wireless ...

05/11/06 - 20060098581 - Method and apparatus for conveying link state information in a network
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for conveying link state information between ports of a network switch. A switch may be configured to detect whether a link associated with a port of the switch has changed state. If the link has been found to have changed state, such as when the ...

05/04/06 - 20060092854 - Apparatus and method for calculating a discrete value of a component in a loudspeaker signal
For reducing Doppler artifacts in the wave-field synthesis due to delay changes from one time to a second time, first, the delay for the first time and the delay for the second time are determined. Then, a value of an audio signal delayed by the first delay for the current ...

05/04/06 - 20060092853 - Stack manager protocol with automatic set up mechanism
A stack switch for performing pass-through forwarding operations, assigning stack switch identifiers to a plurality of stack switches, temporarily disabling supervision messages exchanged by stack switches, and electing a primary master stack switch is disclosed. In the pass-through mode, the stack switch automatically forwards packets between stack ports independent of ...

05/04/06 - 20060092852 - System and method for enabling balanced resource utilization
A system and method to enable balanced resource utilization during testing of a wireless communications network. The system and method determines the properties, including the status, for resources, and stores the properties for later comparison. Utilization information is calculated from the properties and provided to the user based on criteria ...

05/04/06 - 20060092851 - Method and apparatus for communicating predicted future network requirements of a data center to a number of adaptive network interfaces
In one embodiment, machine-readable media has stored thereon sequences of instructions that, when executed by a number of machines, cause the machine(s) to monitor behavior of a data center; acquire network utilization data; correlate the network utilization data with the data center behavior; store results of the correlations as trend ...

05/04/06 - 20060092850 - Remote estimation of round-trip delays in a data network
Disclosed is a technique for data network congestion diagnosis using remote estimation of round-trip delays. A monitoring node transmits test messages between network nodes and measures the transit times between when the test messages are transmitted from, and when they return to, the monitoring node. A path delay between network ...

04/27/06 - 20060087984 - Method for informing the availability of reception of traffics and a method for determination of active or inactive state in wireless communication networks using contention based distributed mac
A method for informing an availability of traffics of a wireless device configuring a wireless network. The method includes: broadcasting one of a first reception mode and a reception mode over the network. In the first reception mode, the wireless device is available or unavailable to receive the traffic depending ...

04/27/06 - 20060087983 - Device for locally controlling one or more parameters of a connection to be set up, for an element of an ethernet communications network with a gmpls control plan
A control device (D) for a node (LCR3) in an Ethernet communications network having a GMPLS control plan and through which node a connection for setting up is to pass, comprises control means (MC) arranged, in the event of said node (LCR3) receiving a connection setup message containing at least ...

04/27/06 - 20060087982 - Service provision in a communication system
A method enables obtaining parameters relating to a service provided in a communication system. The method comprises storing a first set of parameters relating to a service, the first set of parameters being valid when the service is controlled by a first network. The method further comprises determining whether a ...

04/27/06 - 20060087981 - Methods and apparatus for operating a wireless electronic device based on usage pattern
Embodiments of methods and apparatus to operate a wireless electronic device based on usage pattern are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

04/27/06 - 20060087980 - Method and apparatus for transmitting downstream propagation path quality information in compressed mode
A compressed mode outbound propagation path quality information transmitting method and an outbound propagation path quality information transmitting apparatus are disclosed that enable a mobile station to maintain reception performance virtually equal to that of a conventional compressed mode outbound propagation path quality information transmitting method, and enable operation control ...

04/20/06 - 20060083180 - Packet analysis system
A packet analysis system captures packets propagating through a network, and analyzes the captured packets. The packet analysis has a plurality of terminal node type sensors and a server. Each of the terminal node type sensors captures packets propagating through the network, and classifies the captured packets. A server acquires ...

04/20/06 - 20060083179 - Probe apparatus and metod therefor
A probe for a communications network is arranged to implement an aggregate test constituted from a plurality of individual tests, and to optimise modifications to the aggregate test with respect to an optimisation goal. ...

04/20/06 - 20060083178 - System and method for processing performance management data using single table
The invention relates to a system and method for processing performance management (PM) data using a single table, by which the PM data created from a number of base stations in a high capacity network system can be stored as a database. In the PM data processing system, a data ...

04/20/06 - 20060083177 - Listener mechanism in a distributed network system
A method of controlling a packet flow in a distributed network system comprising a plurality of network nodes having the same destination address is disclosed. Network nodes each having an application running that waits for connections on a given destination port are registered in a flow table. This registration information ...

04/20/06 - 20060083176 - Deterministic communications system
The invention relates to a deterministic communications system comprising data sources, which can be connected to a data sink by means of at least one coupling node. Said system comprises a means of controlling the data sources to achieve a planned, deterministic communication between said data sources and the data ...

04/13/06 - 20060077905 - Measure and recording of traffic parameters in data transmission networks
A method and apparatus for measuring and recording traffic at nodes in a data transmission network is described. In particular, a method of accurately counting individual activities of traffic at individual nodes. The invention uses a counter or number of counters which count individual activities of traffic on a preset ...

04/13/06 - 20060077904 - Method for allocating transmission bandwidth in a packet-oriented communications facility
The packet-oriented communications facility comprises at least one token-bucket unit, which comprises a time-bucket unit and of a byte-credit unit. Data volume tokens, which each represent a predetermined data volume, are stored in the byte-credit unit. A token generation time interval and a token generation time are assigned to the ...

04/13/06 - 20060077903 - Electronic personal device
The present invention relates to an electronic personal device comprising: a central processing unit (10), interface means for providing access to a memory area (11) for storing personal information data of the owner of the electronic device, a user interface (13) having at least input means (14) for inputting operating ...

04/06/06 - 20060072476 - Delivery of streaming media
A method for evaluating an end-user's subjective assessment of streaming media quality includes obtaining reference data characterizing the media stream, and obtaining altered data characterizing the media stream after the media stream has traversed a channel that includes a network. An objective measure of the QOS of the media stream ...

04/06/06 - 20060072475 - Communication terminal device and communication method
A communication terminal device performs communication based on a communication protocol defined so that first identification information assigned to the device is transmitted to and received from a communication party. The device includes an identification information generating section for detecting, based on information unique to the device, second identification information ...

04/06/06 - 20060072474 - Monitoring traffic in a packet switched network
In an MPLS network one or more monitoring probes are arranged to monitor data traffic on a particular path formed of several links in the network. The monitoring information from the probes is then sent to a Network Management module via links in a path through the network that avoids, ...

04/06/06 - 20060072473 - High speed fibre channel switch element
A high-speed Fibre Channel switch element in a Fibre Channel network is provided. The Fibre Channel switch element includes, a rate select module that allows a port in the Fibre Channel switch element to operate at a rate equal to and/or higher than 10 gigabits per second (“G”). The port ...

04/06/06 - 20060072472 - Method and apparatus for configuring an automatic cross connect system at a remote wiring hub
A method and apparatus for configuring connectivity at a hub having a plurality of subscriber lines from a plurality of subscriber premises and a plurality of feeder lines from a central office. The hub provides connectivity between the plurality of subscriber premises and the central office. The method and apparatus ...

03/30/06 - 20060067246 - Method and apparatus assigning network addresses for network devices
An apparatus and method effectively using communication resources supporting seamless automatic roaming over a wire/wireless multi-network. In the method, network addresses can be assigned to network devices which communicate to external devices via different communications routes, the method including updating state information of the network devices, and collecting the network ...

03/30/06 - 20060067245 - Adaptive duty cycle management method and system for radio transmitters
A duty cycle management system and method for use in a wireless device having a transmitter which transmits packets in the form of individual packets and/or packet bursts. A controller in combination with an instruction set limits the number of packets transmitted during each time period defined by one time ...

03/30/06 - 20060067244 - Registration identifier reuse
A facility for generating and using a unique identifier as a key to identify a unique user agent instance among multiple user agents of the same user is provided. The facility generates an identifier for a first user agent instance, which is an instance of a user in an application ...

03/30/06 - 20060067243 - Method and system for shared backup allocation in networks based on partial information
A method comprises allocating a respective restoration path to protect each of a plurality of primary paths in a network. Each primary path has a plurality of nodes and at least two subpaths connecting the nodes of the primary path. Each restoration path includes at least one link. Each link ...

03/30/06 - 20060067242 - Packet error rate estimation in a communication system
Data communication includes an estimate of packet error rate that is useful, for example, when there is insufficient data transmission to provide a direct measurement of packet error rate. At least one pilot channel output provides a basis to determine an estimated packet error rate. One example includes using a ...

03/30/06 - 20060067241 - Reliable file transfers using protocol scripting
System and method for providing reliable file transfers in a computing environment with a network with multiple communications protocols. A preferred embodiment comprises creating a script file containing a file to be transferred from a first device to a second device and the script file is then transferred to a ...

03/23/06 - 20060062156 - Adaptive bandwidth utilization for telemetered data
A method (400) for optimizing bandwidth utilization in a communications network (100). The communications network can include a data source (105) and a data client (110). Responsive to a measurement of at least one communication parameter (120) of a commutated bitstream (115) which is transmitted to the client, the data ...

03/16/06 - 20060056312 - Communication apparatus and control method thereof
A communication apparatus includes a discrimination unit which discriminates the current communication mode and a changing unit which changes a time out value for communication in accordance with the communication mode. ...

03/16/06 - 20060056311 - Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
A control method for a mobile terminal which connects to a router linked to an external network through at least one interface, including receiving a router advertisement message from the router through a first interface, determining whether prefix information of the received router advertisement message is identical with prefix information ...

03/16/06 - 20060056310 - Bisect de-embedding for network analyzer measurement
Techniques for bisecting a symmetric, substantially transmissive two-port network (a THRU structure) through an optimization solution of the relevant equations defined by transmission matrix mathematics are described. Bisect de-embedding may be performed using a single substantially symmetric THRU structure, a first half of a first substantially symmetric THRU structure and ...

03/16/06 - 20060056309 - Selecting a data transfer method
The invention relates to a method for selecting a data transfer method in a telecommunication system wherein several data transfer methods exist for selection. The method comprises determining a message to be transmitted on the basis of inputs received from a user. At least one piece of property information concerning ...

03/16/06 - 20060056308 - Method of switching fabric for counteracting a saturation tree occurring in a network with nodes
Method and Switching fabric for ccounteracting a saturation tree occurring in a network with nodes An example of a method comprises the steps of generating at a local node where a congestion emerges a first congestion information; sending the first congestion information to at least one upstream node; responsive to ...

03/16/06 - 20060056307 - Method and entity for monitoring traffic
This invention relates to a method of monitoring traffic comprising the steps of creating a traffic flow on receipt of data; determining if further data is received within a predetermined time; and terminating said traffic flow when no further data is received in said predetermined time. ...

03/16/06 - 20060056306 - Communication device suitable for setting ip address of server connected to network, network parameter setting method and network parameter setting program product
In order to easily set IP addresses required for communicating with apparatuses connected to a network, an MHP includes a port scan unit for acquiring, by port scanning, an IP address of a server having a predetermined port open from one of the servers connected to the network, and a ...

03/16/06 - 20060056305 - Adaptive communication systems and methods
Methods and communication systems are presented, in which impulse noise is monitored on a communication channel, and impulse noise protection parameters are adjusted according to the monitored impulse noise without interrupting communication service. ...

03/16/06 - 20060056304 - Methods, systems, modems, and computer program products for connection speed selection
Methods, systems, modems, and computer program products provide a selection of different connection speeds and a service over a network at the selected connection speed. The service is billed according to the selected connection speed. For example, a user can select a connection speed for Internet access that is more ...

03/09/06 - 20060050649 - Analysis of network performance
A method for testing of a communication network, using a plurality of traffic agents coupled to communicate via the network. The method includes transmitting a sequence of data packets via the network from a first one of the traffic agents to a second one of the traffic agents and recording ...

03/09/06 - 20060050648 - Reducing storage requirement for route information
A communication system of a proxy node receives a request sent from a source endpoint to a destination endpoint during a dialog. The request includes route information that identifies a path of nodes through which a request from the destination endpoint to the source endpoint is to travel after arriving ...

03/09/06 - 20060050647 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying selected applications utilizing a single existing available bit in frame headers
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are disclosed for collecting data about the transmission of network packets that are associated with specified applications. The packets are transmitted through a communications network fabric that is used to couple data processing systems together. A particular existing single bit in a frame ...

03/09/06 - 20060050646 - System and method for automatically performing a channel selection procedure in a wireless network
A system and method for automatically performing a channel selection procedure in a wireless network includes a forward transmitter that embeds an identifier into forward data that is transmitted over a forward link. A forward receiver then receives the forward data on the forward link, and removes the identifier from ...

03/09/06 - 20060050645 - Packet validity checking in switched fabric networks
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for receiving a node configuration packet that includes a request for access to a memory space of an Advanced Switching device, performing a set of checks on a header of the received node configuration packet to determine whether the packet is ...

03/02/06 - 20060045023 - Method for estimating available bandwidth of network
Disclosed is a method for estimating an available bandwidth of a network. A plurality of periodic time-stamp packets are transmitted to a receiving-party communication apparatus, which is connected to the network, through the network at a currently-set test transmission rate, and then a changing tendency of transmission delay time differences ...

03/02/06 - 20060045022 - Apparatus, and associated method, for generating packet acknowledgment replies during operation of a packet communication system
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication of a packet acknowledgment in a packet communication system. Detectors detect the data rate at which data packets are communicated to a receiving station and whether the data packets are successfully delivered to the receiving station. A packet acknowledgment frame generator generates ...

02/23/06 - 20060039298 - Logical and physical mesh network separation
A method for creating sub-networks in a wireless mesh network begins by determining whether a trigger condition for creating a sub-network exists. Nodes in the mesh network are selected to create the sub-network if the trigger condition exists. The sub-network is then created with the selected nodes. A node for ...

02/23/06 - 20060039297 - Data network traffic filter and method
A traffic filter for a decentralised peer-to peer data network is described. The data network comprises a number of interconnected ultrapeer nodes, each ultrapeer node being arranged to accept connections from a number of leaf nodes; maintain a database identifying material available from each connected leaf node, receive search queries ...

02/23/06 - 20060039296 - Transmitting data in a wireless communications network
This invention relates to a communications system comprising a plurality of radio network controllers, at least one of said radio network controllers providing a controlling radio network controller function, wherein said controlling radio network controller is prohibited from causing reconfiguration of a communication parameter between user equipment and said radio ...

02/23/06 - 20060039295 - Transmitting data
Transmitting data over a network takes place and parameters indicating network conditions vary during the transmission. A first station identifies at least one of these parameters. The first station then adjusts the nature of the transmitted data in response to the parameter(s). Examples of network condition parameters are the rate ...

02/23/06 - 20060039294 - Transmitting packets of data
Data packet transmission involves transmitting a first data packet from a first station over a network to create a first transmission with the intention of the first transmission being received at a second station. Said first data packet is retransmitted from the first station to the second station to create ...

02/23/06 - 20060039293 - Method and system to evaluate utilization of resources
A method to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments may include tracking a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or a set of requests and representing a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking resources in the sequence. The ...

02/16/06 - 20060034187 - Method for measuring network performance parity
A method for measuring network performance parity includes the steps of computing a call completion ratio for at least one network provider, and determining whether the call completion ratio passes a first test. These steps may further include computing a first call completion ratio for a first network provider, a ...

02/16/06 - 20060034186 - Frame transmission method in wireless environment and system thereof
A frame transmission method performed by a transmitting end in a video reproduction system having the transmitting end for wirelessly transmitting frames and a receiving end for receiving the frames transmitted from the transmitting end and reproducing a video signal. The transmitting end receives information about a state of a ...

02/16/06 - 20060034185 - Systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating a connectivity device
The end-to-end services provided to an end-user by a service provider in a communications network can be tested by a system including a testing agent embedded within a connectivity device and a receiving server for receiving and analyzing test data from the connectivity device. The testing agent performs one or ...

02/16/06 - 20060034184 - Multiple independent pathway communications
A system and method for utilizing multiple independent communication pathways for communication. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a first signal directly from a first communication network, where the first signal communicates a unit of information. A second signal may be received from a second communication network, ...

02/16/06 - 20060034183 - Method for minimizing collision during data broadcasts in ad hoc networks
A method determines a delay for rebroadcasting a packet received in a node via a channel of a wireless network. After the packet is received, the node measures a quality of the channel of the network. A broadcast degree of the receiving node is determined, and a delay for rebroadcasting ...

02/16/06 - 20060034182 - Module to module signaling utilizing amplitude modulation
A method and apparatus configured to incorporate system data for transmission as part of or concurrently with network data. The system data may comprise communication system data for use in controlling or monitoring a communication system. The system data may be is utilized to control or adjust the amplitude or ...

02/09/06 - 20060028999 - Flows based visualization of packet networks with network performance analysis, troubleshooting, optimization and network history backlog
The present invention is a computer system and a method for gathering, processing and analysis of network information resulting in presentation and visualization of packet networks in the form of individual virtual flows, sometimes also called connections or sessions, containing their statistical characteristics in a time-sampled dynamics. The system, deployed ...

02/09/06 - 20060028998 - Wireless network supporting failover between network protocols
The disclosure is directed to techniques for supporting failover between different network protocol addressing families in a wireless communication network. The techniques may be implemented in a mobile wireless communication device. A logical interface selects a physical interface for access to the network in response to a request from an ...

02/09/06 - 20060028997 - Wireless building control architecture
On a first level of the wireless building automation architecture, sensors and associated actuators communicate directly. The sensor performs control processes appropriate for the sensor and regardless of the type of actuator being used. The actuator performs control processes specific to the actuator regardless of the type of sensor being ...

02/09/06 - 20060028996 - Arrangement for tracking ip address usage based on authenticated link identifier
Link layer authentication information is supplied by a link layer authentication device to an access router for tracking IP address usage by a client device. The authentication information supplied to the access router includes an authenticated client identifier and a corresponding authenticated link identifier for the client device that attached ...

02/09/06 - 20060028995 - Method and apparatus for receiving broadcast in a wireless multiple-access communications system
An access terminal an a wireless multiple-access network monitors multiple broadcast soft handoff groups simultaneously in order to select the best logical broadcast channels to decode based upon broadcast contents selected by a user of the access terminal. When in a traffic state the access terminal is able to decode ...

02/09/06 - 20060028994 - Hub-based messaging system
A messaging system may include a sender backend system, a receiver backend system, and one or more intermediate hubs. The backend systems and message hubs may have messaging software with different protocol versions. The messaging system is downward compatible such that messages routed from the sender backend system through intermediate ...

02/02/06 - 20060023638 - Proactive network analysis system
A proactive network analysis system is a single unit for diagnosing network problems, measuring network performance, and monitoring network status in a comprehensive manner. The system is a compilation of individual tools including a distributed network packet capture data stream collector; a traffic analyzer; a performance graphing unit; a syslog ...

02/02/06 - 20060023637 - Methods of, and apparatus for, monitoring traffic emanating from a source in a network
One embodiment of an apparatus for monitoring from a first location in a computer network traffic emanating from a source at a second location in the network, the apparatus comprising means at the first location for detecting traffic emanating from the source and means for monitoring the number, per unit ...

02/02/06 - 20060023636 - Detector and method for estimating data probability in a multi-channel receiver
A detector and method for estimating channel data probability in a multi-user or multiple-input multiple-output communication system includes summing conditional bit probabilities conditioned on hypothetical channel data patterns over stochastically selected hypothetical channel data patterns. Various detailed hardware structures and circuits are also described. ...

02/02/06 - 20060023635 - Method for coupling a device to a management server via a network
Methods for coupling devices (10,20) to management servers (30,40) via networks (50) offer more options by supplying (1) source information defining the device (10,20) to the management server (30,40), by letting (2) the management server (30,40) configure the network (50) through supplying non-default destination information defining the management server (30,40) ...

02/02/06 - 20060023634 - Transmission control protocol (tcp)
According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to improve the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) for data such as delay sensitive or bursty data. A maximum send window and a minimum send window are set to correspond to maximum and minimum bandwidth parameters associated with a network. Round ...

02/02/06 - 20060023633 - Method and apparatus for managing power consumption relating to a differential serial communication link
Briefly, a method, apparatus and system for managing power corresponding to a differential serial communication link that has a link width defined for example by one or more lanes wherein the lanes are adapted to communicate clock recovery information in a data stream, determines, during normal operating conditions, such as ...

01/26/06 - 20060018266 - Roundtrip delay time measurement apparatus and method for variable bit rate multimedia data
An apparatus for measuring a roundtrip delay time associated with communication of multimedia data is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a video encoder for encoding multimedia data to produce encoded multimedia data; a transmission rate controller for controlling transmission rate of the encoded multimedia data according to an ...

01/19/06 - 20060013148 - Method and apparatus for executing a communication session between two terminals
A method and apparatus for determining session parameters for a communication session between a first terminal (A) and a second terminal (B). At least the first terminal has stored at least one default set of session parameters. An identifier (404) corresponding to a proposed default set of session parameters is ...

01/19/06 - 20060013147 - Registration redirect server
Systems and methods for dynamically registering a communication device are disclosed. As one example, a communication network architecture is disclosed that includes multiple feature servers, multiple registration redirect servers (RRSs), and multiple communication devices. The feature servers provide services to the communication devices. The RRSs each service a shared virtual ...

01/19/06 - 20060013146 - Distributed base station test bus architecture in a wireless network
A distributed test architecture of transmitting boundary scan Test Access Port (TAP_signals over a serial channel is disclosed. The architecture facilitates the system testing and remote field update of distributed base stations in a wireless network. The distributed test architecture enables system testing as if the distributed units are on ...

01/12/06 - 20060007871 - Systems, processes and integrated circuits for improved packet scheduling of media over packet
A method of processing first and second record packets of real-time information includes computing for each packet a deadline interval and ordering processing of the packets according to the respective deadline intervals. A single-chip integrated circuit has a processor circuit and embedded electronic instructions forming an egress packet control establishing ...

01/12/06 - 20060007870 - Collection of data at target wireless devices using data collection profiles
Systems and methods for defining and using a data collection profile in connection with a telecommunications network that includes multiple devices. Initially, a query is defined that concerns one or more aspects of the communications network. The query is then used as a basis for building a data collection profile. ...

01/05/06 - 20060002308 - Apparatus and method for managing information in multimedia service providing system
An apparatus and method for managing information in an integrated service providing system are provided. An exemplary integrated service providing system performing the steps to manage information by receiving a service request message from the terminal, transmitting a domain name server (DNS) inquiry message including the ID information of the ...

12/29/05 - 20050286439 - Method of testing a router, and a test system
This method of testing a router in a test environment that is isolated from an operational telecommunications network comprises initially collecting data from a node of said operational network by copying data packets being conveyed thereby, and then: a step of modifying collected data packets, this step comprising at least ...

12/29/05 - 20050286438 - Method and system for providing cross-layer quality-of-service functionality in a wireless network
A method for providing cross-layer quality-of-service (QoS) functionality in a wireless network is provided. The method includes obtaining QoS data from each layer of an application stack for a particular application. A QoS matrix is generated based on the obtained QoS data. Packet distribution for the particular application may then ...

12/29/05 - 20050286437 - Information-processing device, information-processing method, and information-processing program product
An information-processing device for communicating with a communication device includes a RTT measurement unit configured to measure a round trip time between the information-processing device and the communication device, a RTT judgment unit configured to determine whether the round trip time exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, a unit-type information ...

12/29/05 - 20050286436 - Signal level measurement and data connection quality analysis apparatus and methods
An apparatus that includes a coupling, a signal level measurement circuit, a communication circuit and a processing circuit. The coupling is configured to connect to and received broadband RF signals from a coaxial cable termination of a communication network. The signal level measurement circuit is operably coupled to the coupling, ...

12/29/05 - 20050286435 - Remote management system
A remote management system includes a managed device and a management device connected via a network, where events occurring in the managed device are managed via an event system scheme which can be adapted to a number of managed devices. A management module in the managed device detects an event ...

12/29/05 - 20050286434 - Methods and computer programs for generating data traffic matrices
A method of monitoring traffic flow within a network of nodes, and a recordable medium containing a computer program with instructions that, when executed, performs such method, is provided. The method comprises assigning sampling points to a node or unique pair of nodes. In one method, the sampling points contained ...

12/22/05 - 20050281206 - Communications robot
A method for providing communications includes defining a communications parameter under control of a communications offering entity; implementing the communications parameter in a communications offering element; assigning the communications offering element to a target entity; providing at least a part of the communications offering element to the target entity; and ...

12/15/05 - 20050276230 - Communication statistic information collection apparatus
A communication statistic information collection apparatus comprises a unit for searching a flow table for a flow entry corresponding to a searching key, a unit for collecting statistics information for each of flows, a unit for generating a packet for notifying a collector apparatus of stored statistics information, a unit ...

12/15/05 - 20050276229 - Service discovery method in a network
A centralized service discovery process performed in a data or telecommunications network collects a list of services available to user terminal equipment connected to a network based on user-specific data (e.g., the user's identification and preferences, the location and capabilities of the user terminal equipment). The list of services is ...

12/08/05 - 20050270987 - Selectable training signals based on stored previous connection information for dmt-based system
Training signals can be chosen based on stored prior connection information to reduce the use of extra tones in transmitted training signals and thereby improve receiver performance. By choosing training signals based on the stored prior connection information, it is possible to make the training signals indirectly a function of ...

12/08/05 - 20050270986 - Apparatus and method for topology discovery among network devices
Connections included in the topology of a lower-order layer of a plurality of layers are grouped according to device setting information of a plurality of devices composing a communication network with a communication function having a hierarchical structure composed of the plurality of layers, and an information reach range in ...

12/08/05 - 20050270985 - Accelerated per-flow traffic estimation
A method of estimating per-flow traffic in a network of nodes interconnected by links splits the incoming traffic stream to a node into a number of parallel sub-streams by flow assignment using a hash function. Since each flow in the incoming traffic stream constitutes a larger fraction of the traffic ...

12/08/05 - 20050270984 - Per-flow traffic estimation
A method of estimating per-flow traffic in a network of nodes interconnected by links samples an incoming traffic stream to a node. A sampling interval is derived based on a desired level of accuracy. The number of two-run occurrences for each flow is tracked in the sample stream. The number ...

12/08/05 - 20050270983 - Method and apparatus to manage exceptions in network processors
A method and apparatus to process exception packets is described. A signature table, secondary table and a plurality of queues are used to store exception packets which match packets that are currently being handled, such that multiple requests for exception packet handling of the same or similar packets do not ...

12/08/05 - 20050270982 - Method and apparatus for monitoring latency, jitter, packet throughput and packet loss ratio between two points on a network
A system for testing a segment of a data-packet-network has a first probe connected substantially at one end of the segment; a second probe connected substantially at the opposite end of the segment from the location of the first probe; and a process application distributed to each probe. The first ...

12/01/05 - 20050265255 - Efficient and robust routing of potentially-variable traffic in ip-over-optical networks with resiliency against router failures
A method for supporting recovery from failure of a node in a network of nodes interconnected by links, wherein the failed node is in a path providing a service level between an ingress point and an egress point of the network, comprises: (a) selecting a set of one or more ...

12/01/05 - 20050265254 - Decoder device
A decoder device is provided which is able to output audio and video in sync without a counter synchronized with a clock reference value. The decoder device retrieves PES and PCR from TS, and decides the timing of an audio output section and a video output section, referring to PTS ...

12/01/05 - 20050265253 - System and method for automatically determining a recommended committed information rate
A system and method are disclosed for using tolerances obtained from a user together with historical information about a communication network to analyze the network's performance and to calculate and recommend a specific change to the committed information rate (CIR) over a given permanent virtual circuit (PVC). The historical information, ...

12/01/05 - 20050265252 - Enhancing ephemeral port allocation
Methods, systems, and media to sub-divide an ephemeral port range and allocate ports from the sub-divided ephemeral port ranges to facilitate communication with another destination, or target, application are contemplated. Embodiments involve a client computer system having one or more source applications. Embodiments also include hardware and/or software for categorizing ...

12/01/05 - 20050265251 - Link delay determination using virtual concatenation
Link delay is determined in a network comprising a plurality of nodes by identifying pairs of nodes associated with a given link, and, for each of the identified pairs, setting up a virtually-concatenated group (VCG) between the nodes of that pair. The VCGs are utilized to make delay measurements, and ...

12/01/05 - 20050265250 - Methods of wireless communication
In a method of wireless communication, signaling information in a received signal may be detected using a detection parameter. The detection parameter may be determined based on at least one of a probability of false alarm and a target probability of false alarm. Another method may detect signaling information using ...

12/01/05 - 20050265249 - Methods of detecting signaling information in a wireless communication system
In a method of detecting signaling information in a signal received in a wireless communication system, signaling information for a signal received in a subsequent time instant may be detected using an estimated value for the subsequent time instant. The estimated value for the subsequent time instant may be determined ...

11/24/05 - 20050259593 - Network cabling method and device
An apparatus is used for network cabling in a communication system. The communication system comprises a first endpoint and a second endpoint communicating with the first endpoint over a network medium. The apparatus is in the first endpoint and comprises: a connection interface, connecting to the network medium, having a ...

11/24/05 - 20050259592 - Method and apparatus for measurement of processor-utilization
A method of managing a processing system that has at least one processor, uses the steps of: measuring MCPS (million cycles per second) utilization in said at least one processor; estimating a cycle count requirement for an algorithm on least one processor based on measured MCPS utilization; and, estimating an ...

11/24/05 - 20050259591 - Providing status information in a communications system
A method and an apparatus for providing status information on a substantially real-time basis in a communications system. The method comprises determining usage as a function of capacity of one or more connections of a base station. The one or more connections are capable of carrying data to and from ...

11/17/05 - 20050254436 - Synchronous circuit synthesis using an asynchronous specification
A method for specifying and synthesizing a synchronous digital circuit by first accepting a specification of an asynchronous system in which stored values are updated according to a set of state transition rules. For instance, the state transition rules are specified as a Term Rewriting System (TRS) in which each ...

11/17/05 - 20050254435 - Method and system for selecting network connections in a multi-network environment
A method and system for selecting network connections in a multi-network environment is described. The method includes determining one or more network connections coupled to a computing device, determining connection parameters associated with each network connection, and selecting the network connection with connection parameters that best match the connection requirements ...

11/10/05 - 20050249129 - Selecting an access point according to a measure of received signal quality
An apparatus for inclusion and a method for operation in a station (STA) of a wireless network. The method includes received data from at least one remote station and determining a measure of the signal quality, e.g., a measure of the EVM from samples of the data received from the ...

11/10/05 - 20050249128 - Method and system for bandwidth allocation tracking in a packet data network
In a metropolitan area network, a method and system for maintaining an accurate total of the amount of allocated bandwidth on the network. A plurality of incoming packets are assigned to a respective plurality of queues of a metropolitan area network switch. Using a fair arbitration scheme, the respective queues ...

11/10/05 - 20050249127 - Method for subcarrier allocation
A method is provided for controlling transmissions between a base station and a plurality of mobile station over a plurality of subcarriers. Each mobile station is free to transmit over its own unique set of subcarriers, depending upon the quality of the various subcarriers. That is, the quality of at ...

11/10/05 - 20050249126 - Automatic data rate detection
Various systems and methods for automatic data rate detection are provided. In one embodiment, a system is provided that includes a clock and data recovery circuit embodied in a first integrated circuit, the clock and data recovery circuit being configured to re-clock a data stream. The system also includes an ...

11/10/05 - 20050249125 - Traffic measurement system and traffic analysis method thereof
A traffic measurement system and a traffic analysis method are provided. The traffic measurement system includes a plurality of measurement devices that collect all of packets flowing through Internet links, extract traffic data required to analyze traffic from the collected packets, and process the extracted data into predetermined flow types, ...

11/03/05 - 20050243734 - Multi-threaded packet processing engine for stateful packet processing
A processing engine to accomplish a multiplicity of tasks has a multiplicity of processing tribes, each tribe comprising a multiplicity of context register sets and a multiplicity of processing resources for concurrent processing of a multiplicity of threads to accomplish the tasks, a memory structure having a multiplicity of memory ...

11/03/05 - 20050243733 - Method and apparatus for providing trace route and timing information for media streams
An apparatus and method that use RTP packets with a specially define profile to determine the traceroute and round-trip-time information. ...

10/20/05 - 20050232162 - Method and system of managing event information with an electronic form system
A method of managing event information includes receiving event information, identifying the priority of the event information when receiving the event information, setting a timing for transmitting the event information based on the priority of the event information, and transmitting the event information at a time indicated by the timing. ...

10/20/05 - 20050232161 - Method and apparatus for reducing tcp frame transmit latency
An alternate checksum option for transmitting TCP frame data is used that does not require computing a TCP checksum. Instead, an integrity check value is computed and placed in the ESP authentication portion near the end of the frame. Transmission of a portion of the TCP frame data may begin ...

10/13/05 - 20050226166 - Managing differences in user devices when sharing content on mobile devices
Sharing content among users of mobile devices is facilitated and controlled by a system and method that employs a content sharing application to receive and process requests to share content amongst users of devices such as mobile devices and personal computers. Recipients receive share content messages from the content sharing ...

10/06/05 - 20050220037 - Ingress processing optimization via traffic classification and grouping
An arrangement is provided for ingress processing optimization via traffic classification and grouping. A plurality of packets are classified according to a classification criterion. The classified packets are used to generate a packet bundle containing packets that are uniform with respect to the classification criterion. The packet bundle and its ...

10/06/05 - 20050220036 - Layer 2 loop detection system
A layer 2 loop detection apparatus includes a unit recognizing a topology of an L2 network at normal time by collecting MIB information including information concerning ports of a plurality of L2 switches from the plurality of L2 switches through SNMP communication; a unit discriminating, based on a topology recognition ...

10/06/05 - 20050220035 - Estimator for end-to-end throughput of wireless networks
The present invention presents an architecture to dynamically measure and estimate the throughput perceived by a user during a connection in real-time in a wireless network system. The architecture system design of the present invention allows for information gathering independent of the mathematical models used and takes into account security ...

10/06/05 - 20050220034 - Traffic control in an internet protocol network
A method and system based in part on a current network traffic determination and a predetermined acceptable Quality of Service parameter, the system sets a current state of available system services. In order to set the available system services, the apparatus refers to a database containing a listing of services ...

09/29/05 - 20050213512 - Network device provided with ethernet interface
A network device provided with an Ethernet interface for interconnecting with another network device by auto negotiation, the network device comprising a link establishing function unit compulsorily establishing a link with the other network device and an on/off setting function unit setting the function of the link establishing function unit ...

09/29/05 - 20050213511 - System and method to track wireless device and communications usage
A system and method for gathering and reporting user and device activity data from wireless communication devices through a log file. The log file stores entries related to user events including the use of communications and applications, as well as access to local and remote media resource files. The log ...

09/29/05 - 20050213510 - Directed cost protocol
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of cost determination for paths between switches in a mesh. A set of paths between each pair of the mesh switches is defined, and start-up costs for the paths are calculated. The costs for the previously defined paths are subsequently recalculated using a ...

09/29/05 - 20050213509 - Process for monitoring the quality of service in a telecommunication network and apparatus for the same
A Process for monitoring the quality of service of the communication over an Internet or intranet network, said process being executed in a end-user terminal and comprising the steps of: establishing a session between a first end-user terminal and a service or a second end-user terminal via a signaling plane; ...

09/22/05 - 20050207351 - Receiver and receiving method, and communication system and communication device
Disclosed is a receiver which receives a signal composed of a plurality of symbols and performs despreading in time domain. The plurality of symbols are obtained by spreading one symbol in time domain on a transmitting side, and are sequentially sent out on a transmission channel by switching carrier frequencies ...

09/22/05 - 20050207350 - Selectivce error correction for ad hoc networks having multiple communication modes
Error control is provided in an ad hoc network having an asynchronous communication mode and a synchronous communication mode. A packet including a header and a payload is received. The header includes a header error check (HEC) computed based on the header. An error indicator is calculated based on the ...

09/08/05 - 20050195750 - Method and system for transmitting and receiving packets
The invention is a system and method for synchronizing the transmission of compressed headers in data packets between a transmitter and a receiver having a preferred wireless application which is an improvement of RFC2508. In a system having a transmitter transmitting a plurality of packets each containing a header to ...

09/08/05 - 20050195749 - Method and system for capacity analysis for on the move adhoc wireless packet-switched networks
A system and method for capacity analysis in communication networks, particularly for on the move ad hoc wireless packet-switched networks, as well as wide variety of other multimedia networks. The invention seeks to use the same two attributes per link (link capacity and link utilization) as known circuit-switched based analysis ...

09/08/05 - 20050195748 - Network device applying kalman filter
Systems, methods, and device are provided for network and network device management. One method embodiment includes receiving information associated with a network device. The method further includes analyzing the network information using a Kalman filter. ...

09/01/05 - 20050190703 - Data communications system, data communications method, and data communications program
A data communications system for a computer system conducting network communications, wherein a communications method is selected and set for conducting the communications (transfer) using an NIC (hardware) 2 or a host processor (CPU 4) based on communications data length, and furthermore, at this time, the free space status of ...

09/01/05 - 20050190702 - Delay time verifying method with less processing load
In a method of verifying a delay time of a target circuit section, a first determination of a shortest of short delay times of each of components of the target circuit section in two or more temperature conditions is carried out. A second determination of a longest one of long ...

09/01/05 - 20050190701 - Methods and devices for coordinating the transmissions of access points in wlans
The coordination of transmissions by access points (APs) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is carried out by allowing APs to transmit during slots of a Contention Free Period (CFP). Prior to transmission, slots are assigned to APs using a 4-approximation technique. This technique allows an AP to transmit ...

08/25/05 - 20050185596 - Load balancing in set top cable box environment
A scalable messaging system for data transmission between the network devices, such as set top boxes, and a central system server, such as a server which maintains a database of event logs for the network. Individual routers at the data center broadcast an announcement packet indicating that they are available ...

08/25/05 - 20050185595 - Method of assigning addresses to a plurality of devices on a network and a network system therefor
In the present invention, if it is determined that address assignment request messages are received from a plurality of devices, a home server on the network commands each of the plurality of devices to generate a temporary address. Receiving temporary addresses generated by the plurality of devices according to the ...

08/25/05 - 20050185594 - Method of selecting transport channel parameters, radio system, controller, user equipment and base station
There is provided a method of selecting transport channel parameters and a radio system comprising user equipment communicating with at least one base station and a controller for controlling the communication between the user equipment and the base station. The base station comprises means for providing information on the type ...

08/18/05 - 20050180338 - Swapping voice and video calls
A mobile station and method thereof are provided to communicate with one or more communication networks or stand-alone devices and establishing and monitoring a quality performance level of a video call. A controller in the mobile station establishes the video call between the mobile station and a receiver, monitors the ...

08/18/05 - 20050180337 - Monitoring and reporting system and method of operating the same
A monitoring and reporting system for use with an embedded computer of a hosted system and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the monitoring and reporting system includes a device driver configured to monitor a status of a user subsystem of the embedded computer and generate a status ...

08/18/05 - 20050180336 - Method of establishing communication link in adsl system
In a method of establishing a communication link in an ADSL system, a bearer channel and latency mode are used and message and backup tones are used in order to transmit/receive initialization messages. The method of establishing the communication link includes: (a) performing a bit masking operation on errors occurring ...

08/18/05 - 20050180335 - Path based network management method and apparatus for data communication networks
Network analysis in a network management system for a data network is improved by mapping the communication paths established in the network. Queries are sent by the network management system to each network element in the network. Queries are triggered by events within the network, for example, after notification by ...

08/04/05 - 20050169192 - Systems and methods for network channel allocation
Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for network connection setup and bandwidth allocation comprising negotiable and non-negotiable modulation allocation procedures. ...

08/04/05 - 20050169191 - Accounting system and method based on network service quality in a mobile communication system
Disclosed is an accounting system and method based on network service quality in a mobile communication system. The system and method for controlling accounting according to quality of service (QoS) information of a packet data service system, comprises allocating by a packet data service node QoS based on QoS profiles ...

08/04/05 - 20050169190 - Method of monitoring a network
The present invention relates to a method of monitoring a communication network (100) between an ingress node (102) and an egress node (104), comprising: a first step of assigning first time stamps to data packet samples of a data stream, by the ingress node, a second step of assigning of ...

08/04/05 - 20050169189 - Method and device for testing a monitoring function of a bus system and a corresponding bus system
A method and device for checking a monitoring function of a bus system and a bus system having at least one user are described, first time slots being provided in which messages are transmitted and a communication cycle being formed from a number of first time slots in such a ...

07/28/05 - 20050163059 - System and method for dynamic bandwidth estimation of network links
Disclosed is a system, apparatus, and method for dynamically estimating the bandwidth of a network link in a wireless network. The system includes at least one client device capable of receiving data over the wireless network and a server capable of transceiving data over a link of a wireless channel ...

07/28/05 - 20050163058 - Radio communication apparatus, method and program
A radio communication apparatus for transmitting and receiving a plurality of frames to and from another radio communication apparatus, comprises a first transmitting unit configured to sequentially transmit a plurality of frames at a plurality of transmission rates to the another radio communication apparatus, a second transmitting unit configured to ...

07/28/05 - 20050163057 - Digital subscriber line user capacity estimation
In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a data communications system. The data communication system includes a plurality of digital subscriber lines, a digital subscriber line multiplexer coupled to each of the plurality of digital subscriber lines, and a data switch coupled to the digital subscriber line ...

07/28/05 - 20050163056 - Method and apparatus for fast data rate ramp up in node b scheduling of ue uplink
A method and corresponding equipment for communicating from a Node B (10) to a UE device (11) a data rate pointer (11a) value indicating a new maximum allowed data rate in case of a current low value for the data rate pointer (11a), based on predetermined rules governing signaling to ...

07/21/05 - 20050157658 - Radio communications system, radio network controller and base station
The present invention relates to a radio communications system which transmits same downlink information to a plurality of cells by using downlink common channels. The radio communications system includes a radio network controller and a base station. The radio communications system is configured to measure delays between the time when ...

07/14/05 - 20050152282 - Bi-directional detector for enabling a host and a client to detect each other in a collection terminal
A bi-directional detector which enables a host and a client in a collection terminal is disclosed. The bi-directional detector includes a client detection unit in the host part, for detecting the clients connected to the host part; a client identification unit for identifying types of the clients detected by the ...

07/14/05 - 20050152281 - Secured method for setting up a call connection or a transaction between a terminal and an element of a network infrastructure
To prevent piracy against mobile communications due to the weakening of the A5/2 algorithm, the GMS infrastructure is provided with means to measure the time taken by a telephone to respond to a request (121) for the use of the A5/1 algorithm. If this time is greater (115) than the ...

07/14/05 - 20050152280 - Method for operating a telecom system
Disclosed is a method for managing the operation of a telecom system, and minimizing the energy to be drained from a power supply. According to the method, a rate constraint and telecom environment conditions are determined. Then, a working point is selected a plurality of predetermined working points based on ...

07/14/05 - 20050152279 - Downlink power control in wireless communications networks and methods
A method in a wireless communications device, for example, 3GPP W-CDMA wireless mobile user equipment, including receiving a slot-structured signal having a dedicated control channel and a dedicated data channel, estimating a first SIR (410) on the dedicated control channel, estimating a second SIR (420) on the dedicated data channel ...

07/14/05 - 20050152278 - Traffic balancing for network messages
A method in a multi-CPU receiving node of a network for routing a SCCP (Signaling Connection Control Part) message to a specific CPU in the multi-CPU receiving node. The method includes applying a mathematical function to information received in the SCCP message to obtain a result. The information includes a ...

07/14/05 - 20050152277 - Saturated datagram aging mechanism
Methods for aging datagrams in the memory portion of a datagram distribution device or other network device are provided. According to some of these methods, an attribute of each datagram entering the device may be used to assign an initial aging counter value to each datagram. Then, the attribute-specific aging ...

07/07/05 - 20050147053 - Communication node and packet transfer method
A communication node which can reliably transfer a packet with a payload including data having error resistance in radio environments is disclosed. A packet to be transmitted is divided into segments to form a plurality of packet segments. From among a plurality of error correction schemes that have been prepared ...

07/07/05 - 20050147052 - Method and apparatus for tracking call processing failure data in a radiotelephone system
A system (102) for monitoring call processing failures in a radiotelephone network (100) includes a server (140) coupled with the radiotelephone network and configured to receive call processing failure data. The system further includes a plurality (142) of clients configured to be coupled to the server on a network (144) ...

06/30/05 - 20050141436 - Access and backoff mechanism
A base station transmits access control signals on a periodic basis having a first transmission rate. The base station transmits access control modification signals at a second transmission rate higher than the first transmission rate. The user equipment transmits an access attempt signal. The access attempt signal requests the base ...

06/30/05 - 20050141435 - Apparatus and method for distributing layer-2 vpn information
An apparatus and a method for distributing layer-2 VPN information are disclosed. The apparatus is incorporated in a network, and the network includes a first carrier network. The first carrier network is employed by a layer-1 VPN service provider. Layer-1 VPN information is created within the first carrier network. The ...

06/30/05 - 20050141434 - Method, system, and program for managing buffers
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing buffers. In one embodiment, a device such as a network adapter, receives data such as a packet from a network and selects a receive buffer from an input queue of different types of input descriptors. Included in the input queue are ...

06/30/05 - 20050141433 - Procedure for sorting flows in a transport network carrying circuit data flows
A procedure for sorting a plurality of circuit data flows (7, 8, . . . ) located, according to an initial configuration, in a plurality of sets of slots (space, time, frequency or wavelength) in a transport sub-network, comprising the following steps:—calculating a theoretical configuration in which flows are optimised ...

06/23/05 - 20050135267 - Method of load testing a system
A method for measuring frustration experienced by a user of a system, which method comprises: (a) requiring the user to initiate the method; (b) after a delay time, requesting the user to provide a frustration number representative of the frustration caused by the delay time; and (c) recording the frustration ...

06/23/05 - 20050135266 - Method of detecting distributed denial of service based on grey theory
A method of malicious network activity detection. An intrusion detection system provides defense against distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks through an efficient modeling process based on grey theory. ...

06/23/05 - 20050135265 - Method and system for enabling applications to optimize communications in a network environment
A method and system for enabling applications to optimize communications in a network environment is described. The method includes determining a set of application parameters for an application on a user device, determining one or more communications pathways coupled to the user device, determining a plurality of pathway parameters associated ...

06/23/05 - 20050135264 - Method for implementing an intelligent content rating middleware platform and gateway system
The method for implementing an Intelligent Content Rating middleware platform and gateway system disclosed herewith provides telecommunications carriers and network operators with the ability to define routing and actions based on HTTP/SIP based content and subscriber context through a powerful, extensible Layer 4-7 switching fabric technology. The invention mediates communications ...

06/16/05 - 20050128956 - Packet data services using version and capability information
A method and apparatus of providing packet data services that includes establishing an over-the-air communication connection between a mobile station and a wireless network infrastructure. The mobile station communicates a version and capability indication of a wireless packet data standard supported in the mobile station to the wireless network infrastructure. ...

06/16/05 - 20050128955 - Transmission system for network with communication quality indicating capability and the method of the same
A transmission system for network with communication quality indicating capability and the method of the same, which is capable of providing real-time communication quality and display thereof at a station of the system. ...

06/16/05 - 20050128954 - Method for transmission rate adapatation
A method for transmission rate adaptation used in a wireless network. A current transmission rate is selected from a set of predetermined transmission rates. Each of the predetermined transmission rates, R, is associated with a PER (packet error rate) range, which includes a predetermined threshold pair of a high PER ...

06/09/05 - 20050122912 - Link adaptation method using feedback information for wireless communication system
Disclosed is a link margin adaptation method using feedback information of a wireless communication system. For transmission and reception of data between two nodes of the wireless communication system, a transmission node requests a receiving node to transmit a link margin. The transmission node receives the link margin, and selects ...

06/09/05 - 20050122911 - Facilitating the configuring of communications environments, and a mapping tool therefor
Configuring of a communications environment is facilitated. A mapping tool is provided that aids in the configuring of various components of a communications environment, such as an input/output (I/O) subsystem of the environment. Data generated from an order process and a logical configuration definition are used as input to the ...

06/02/05 - 20050117523 - Method for determining and providing network connectivity information
A method and system for providing system event notifications to clients such as applications. Clients register for notification of one or more types of events with a registration mechanism, and a System Event Notification Service, (SENS), receives system event information and fires event notifications in response thereto. A distribution mechanism ...

06/02/05 - 20050117522 - Apparatus and method for performing fast fibre channel write operations over relatively high latency networks
A method and apparatus to improve the performance of a SCSI write over a high latency network. The apparatus includes a first Switch close to the initiator in a first SAN and a second Switch close to the target in a second SAN. In various embodiments, the two Switches are ...

06/02/05 - 20050117521 - Radio link protocol enhancements to reduce setup time for data calls
An improved method and system for determining round-trip time (RTT) during a radio link protocol (RLP) wireless communication link. The RTT estimate is negotiated by both sides of the RLP communication link without the need for the 3-way handshake generally required for RLP synchronization. The method includes techniques used by ...

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