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Multiplex Communications > Network Configuration Determination > Using A Particular Learning Algorithm Or Technique Using A Particular Learning Algorithm Or TechniqueUsing A Particular Learning Algorithm Or Technique 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.12/27/07 - 20070297350 - Componentized automatic provisioning and management of computing environments for computing utilities The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for automatically provisioning and managing resources in a computing utility. Its automation procedures are based on a resource model which allows resource-specific provisioning and management tasks to be encapsulated into components for reuse. These components are assembled into more complex structures and ... 12/27/07 - 20070297349 - Method and system for collecting information relating to a communication network The present invention provides a method and a system for collecting information relating to a communication network. Data conveyed by nodes operating in the communication network is detected in a manner that is transparent to the nodes. The detected data is analyzed for identifying information relating to the communication network ... 12/13/07 - 20070286097 - Network architecture A system and method for self-organizing, reliable, multiple path data flow transmission of messages data on a network uses queues to transmit messages between end-user modules (EUMs) on nodes on the network. The EUMs include the end user applications with which queues are associated. A network communications manager (NCM) resident ... 10/25/07 - 20070248029 - Method and apparatus for network packet capture distributed storage system This is invention comprises a method an apparatus for Infinite Network Packet Capture System (INPCS). The INPCS is a high performance data capture recorder capable of capturing and archiving all network traffic present on a single network or multiple networks. This device can be attached to Ethernet networks via copper ... 10/11/07 - 20070237097 - Method and apparatus for generating a degree-constrained minimum spanning tree A method and apparatus for generating a degree-constrained minimum spanning tree (MST) may include a plurality of point-to-point (P2P) packet switching nodes for receiving and sending data packets; a plurality of point-to-multi-point (P2MP) packet switching nodes for sending and receiving the data packets; and a plurality of transmission links coupling ... 09/20/07 - 20070217346 - Tree-guided distributed link state routing method A routing method of a wireless communication system is provided implementing advantageous features of both the tree routing and the link state routing. In the routing method, the system generates an adaptive tree table which defines a network in a tree structure of at least one branch with at least ... 09/06/07 - 20070206516 - Automated installation of network service in a telecommunications network A communication line is installed in a network by automating a design phase and a configuration phase for the service and by automating failure recovery in either of the phases. In the design phase, an optimal route for the communication line is found, and the network components are provisioned and ... 06/21/07 - 20070140149 - Method and apparatus for optimizing convergecast operations in a wireless sensor network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that optimizes packet transmissions during a convergecast operation in a convergecast network. During operation, the system receives a request to perform the convergecast operation in the convergecast network. This convergecast network includes a base-station and a plurality of nodes, wherein during ... 06/21/07 - 20070140148 - Fast simulated annealing for traffic matrix estimation The FastSATME method and system estimate source-to-destination traffic matrices using a simulated annealing algorithm, the traffic matrix estimation being represented as a probability distribution over the set of all possible matrices that satisfy a set of given constraints. The constraints explicitly encode information that the user knows about the network ... 06/21/07 - 20070140147 - System and method for implementing multiple spanning tree protocol automatic 802.1q trunking System and method for performing automatic trunk formation in a multiple spanning tree protocol (“MSTP”)-enabled bridge comprising a plurality of ports are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises determining which ones of the ports comprise MSTP trunk ports; forming an MSTP trunk group for each multiple spanning tree instance ... 05/17/07 - 20070109976 - Dynamic peer application discovery Dynamic discovery of active peer applications and information related thereof in a network is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, the discovery and information related to peer applications is maintained by a plurality of network device peers. This information is supplemented by device or peer application failure information, ... 04/26/07 - 20070091827 - Dynamic multipoint tree rearrangement A mechanism to dynamically map a multicast session to a transport tree to reduce flooding of egress routers on the transport tree is provided. A mechanism to reduce the length of time in which transient flooding can occur while the transport tree is being chosen or configured is also provided. ... 04/26/07 - 20070091826 - Tracing spvc point-to-multipoint (p2mp) paths A method and system for determining the connections of a communication path are provided. Starting from a one connection point, the identity of the connection point that precedes the one connection point in the direction in which the path was established is requested from the network element on which the ... 04/26/07 - 20070091825 - Wireless transmitter initiated communication methods Wireless communication systems using transmitter initiated communications methods. Several devices in the system listen by following a common frequency hopping sequence. When communication is desired, a transmitting device sends a request to send signal to an addressee; if available, the addressee sends a clear to send signal, and the transmitting ... 04/26/07 - 20070091824 - Wireless transmitter initiated communication systems Wireless communication systems using transmitter initiated communications methods. Several devices in the system listen by following a common frequency hopping sequence. When communication is desired, a transmitting device sends a request to send signal to an addressee; if available, the addressee sends a clear to send signal, and the transmitting ... 04/19/07 - 20070086363 - Switch meshing using multiple directional spanning trees In a packet-based switch, a method for managing data flow between the switch and other switches that are interconnected in a mesh network. The method includes receiving at the switch a topology inform packet sent from a first switch of the other switches. The topology inform packet includes at least ... 04/12/07 - 20070081475 - Multiple modulation rate 10gbase-t transmission A device and method of high-speed transmission is disclosed. The method includes computing a signal quality of a received signal, the received signal being transmitted with a modulation order required by a default transmission modulation format. The signal quality is compared with a signal quality threshold required of the default ... 04/05/07 - 20070076635 - Mechanism to implement a layer 2 gateway A system in an operating system of a first network device for using Spanning Tree Protocol to determine a port of a device in a first administrative domain to transmit data between the first network device and a second administrative domain. The system determines each port in a device of ... 03/22/07 - 20070064627 - Fast vector quantization with topology learning A new process called a vector approximation graph (VA-graph) leverages a tree based vector quantizer to quickly learn the topological structure of the data. It then uses the learned topology to enhance the performance of the vector quantizer. A method for analyzing data comprises receiving data, partitioning the data and ... 03/01/07 - 20070047470 - Algorithm for searching graphs and device for searching graphs using it In order to provided algorithm for searching graphs and a device for searching graph into which a new concept for solving a disadvantage arisen by using proof numbers or disproof numbers in an AND/OR graph construction is taken, algorithm according to the present invention which searches directed graphs in which ... 03/01/07 - 20070047469 - Efficient constrained shortest path first optimization technique A technique performs an efficient constrained shortest path first (CSPF) optimization of Traffic Engineering (TE) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) in a computer network. The novel CSPF technique is triggered upon the detection of an event in the computer network that could create a more optimal path, such as, e.g., a ... 02/01/07 - 20070025275 - System and method for assuring the operation of network devices in bridged networks A system and method assures the proper and continued operation of intermediate network devices, such as bridges, in a computer network. The bridge includes a spanning tree protocol (STP) engine, which is configured to have a bridge assurance (BA) sub-engine. The STP engine assigns the bridge's ports to one of ... 01/04/07 - 20070002769 - Active packet content analyzer for communications network An active packet inspection device for a communications network, comprises a first terminal and a second terminal each adapted to couple the appliance in-line in the network and communicate data packets with network devices. A packet processor is coupled to the first terminal and second terminal and configured to normalize ... 01/04/07 - 20070002768 - Method and system for learning network information A method and system for learning network information through a plurality of network devices is provided. The plurality of network devices are configured for IPsec. The method enables negotiation between the network devices to set up a security association and provide network information between the configured network devices. This network ... 01/04/07 - 20070002767 - Method and apparatus for device class discovery in a network A system and method for discovering a specific set, or class of, network devices based on predetermined criteria or attributes without performing a full network scan. The present invention uses network device classification information stored in the MAC address of Layer 3 and/or hybrid Layer 2/3 network devices to discover ... 12/14/06 - 20060280130 - Communication control method and communication system to which the same is applied In a communication system, transmission/reception of data can be performed between end hosts connected to a relay switch in a subnet even in an improper connection at a L2 level in the relay switch in a communication. Communication failure due to a packet loop generated by the improper connection of ... 12/07/06 - 20060274676 - Method and apparatus for determining the location of a node in a wireless system A method and apparatus for determining the path loss model of an object within a wireless communication system is provided herein. During operation, a path loss model for a node is generated based on path loss values and corresponding numbers of neighbors of the said node. The path loss model ... 11/09/06 - 20060250984 - Method and apparatus for detecting topology of network A method and apparatus for detecting a topology of nodes and bridges that comprise a network. The method of detecting a topology of nodes and bridges that constitute the network includes the steps of transmitting a message requesting mode switching to the nodes which constitute the network; transmitting check messages ... 10/19/06 - 20060233118 - Apparatus and method for dynamic packet training A packet control mechanism for a computer data system that dynamically adjusts packet training depending on the utilization load on the processor. The dynamic adjustment of packet training can be to enable and disable packet training, or adjust the number of packets in the packet train. In preferred embodiments, the ... 10/05/06 - 20060221867 - Building multipoint-to-multipoint label switch paths Creating, maintaining, and using multipoint-to-multipoint label switch paths (LSP) in a provider network using a protocol such as multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) are presented. A multipoint-to-multipoint LSP, allowing bi-directional multicast-type transmission between routers in a core provider network, is provided, in part, by configuring routers within the core network to ... 10/05/06 - 20060221866 - Data driven route advertisement Various methods and systems for performing data-driven route advertisement are disclosed. One method involves inhibiting advertisement of a route that is associated with a data source. Advertisement of the route is then allowed in response to detecting data sent by the data source. For example, advertisement of the route can ... 10/05/06 - 20060221865 - Method and system for autonomous link discovery and network management connectivity of remote access devices Autonomous link discovery specifies a method and associated procedures that automatically discover various levels of transmission links and paths between transport network elements residing in the transport plane of communications networks. Unlike more traditional centralized polling techniques rooted in a management plane, autonomous link discovery procedures are rooted in and ... 10/05/06 - 20060221864 - Method and apparatus for determining a best technique to use when locating a node A method and apparatus for determining a best technique (algorithm and/or parameters) to use when locating a node (104) is provided herein. In particular, reference nodes (105) are provided that not only know their own locations, but also test various algorithms and parameters by estimating their locations as if they ... 09/21/06 - 20060209725 - Information retrieval architecture for packet classification An information retrieval architecture is herein disclosed which can handle multi-dimensional search problems such as packet classification. ... 09/21/06 - 20060209724 - Method and system for fully trusted adapter validation of addresses referenced in a virtual host transfer request A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system that allows a single physical I/O adapter, such as a PCI, PCI-X, or PCI-E adapter, to validate that a direct memory access address referenced by an incoming I/O transaction that was initiated through a memory mapped I/O operation are associated ... 08/03/06 - 20060171335 - Backup channel selection in wireless lans Potential alternate channels in a wireless network are periodically analyzed and ranked in terms of interference. The best ranked alternate channel is selected as the new operating channel if a decision is made to move from the current operating channel to an alternate channel. Because the potential alternate channels are ... 07/27/06 - 20060165016 - Method and system for determining the topology of a modular analysis system The invention relates to the field of modular analytical systems. The invention enables the topology of a modular analytical system to be determined without requiring additional complicated measures such as a system reset. The method/system is also adapted to industry standards such that CAN-busses can be used. ... 07/06/06 - 20060146733 - Method and apparatus for provisioning a hop limited protection pathway in a network Method and apparatus for provisioning a protection pathway of a link joining a first point in a network and a second point in the network. The method includes the step of determining a shortest path between the first point and the second point in a protection graph, computing a length ... 06/29/06 - 20060140136 - Automatic route tagging of bgp next-hop routes in igp A technique configures an intermediate network node to automatically determine whether a route advertised by a routing protocol is important for fast convergence in a computer network. As used herein, an important route needed for fast convergence is a route advertised by the routing protocol, such as an exterior gateway ... 06/15/06 - 20060126537 - System and method to connect devices to a network via a network learning and programming remote control A method and system for connecting devices to a network via a network learning and programming remote control have been described. The method includes requesting network information via a remote control from an access point for a network, where the network information is required for a device to access the ... 06/01/06 - 20060114842 - System for dynamic provisioning of secure, scalable, and extensible networked computer environments A system and method for provisioning a virtual network is provided. Virtual networks can be automatically formed including switches in networks, such as local and private networks. Once the virtual networks are formed, virtual computing devices can be provisioned in place of physical computing devices that are connected to the ... 05/11/06 - 20060098588 - Peer-to-peer network and user information discovery and sharing for mobile users and devices Systems and methods for mobile peer-to-peer information sharing are disclosed. With the preferred systems and methods, mobile users and devices collect information about networks that they visit, and carry that information as they move to new networks. Mobile users and/or devices then share such information directly with each other. ... 05/04/06 - 20060092860 - Mac address learning apparatus In a network providing a wide-area LAN service which allows communications to be performed between user networks (12, 13) via a carrier network (11), edge switches (14, 15) each comprise: a tentative learning registration means (16) which, when a packet whose source MAC address and receiving port are not yet ... 04/27/06 - 20060087986 - Method for efficient construction of network overlays through interconnection topology embedding Methods and arrangements for constructing a network overlay via embedding an interconnection network in a network overlay graph. Presented herein is one example of an approximation algorithm for efficient mapping of hypercube topology on a network overlay of N nodes such that the average network delay distance measured on the ... 04/13/06 - 20060077910 - Identification of the configuration topology, existing switches, and miswires in a switched network An exemplary method of identifying configuration topology, existing switches, and miswires in a given network is provided. Given a number of switches, which may be less than the maximum possible for the actual configuration and some ports of which may be miswired, generate a hypothesis for the supported topology of ... 03/23/06 - 20060062159 - Determining the presence of ip multicast routers A method for determining the presence of the multicast routers using existing protocols is disclosed. The method includes setting a time interval between a first set of query messages to each of a plurality of routers to a number greater than a querier timeout period used by the routers. The ... 03/23/06 - 20060062158 - Broadcast discovery in a network having one or more 1394 buses A method and apparatus for providing broadcast discovery in a network having one or more 1394 buses is disclosed. Devices connected to a bus generate advertised discovery information upon either a reset of the bus or a receipt of a solicit packet sent to all devices in the network by ... 03/09/06 - 20060050656 - Method for determining a parent portal in a wireless network and corresponding portal device A method for parent election in a transparent wireless bridge, said bridge comprising at least two bridge portals. The method comprises the steps of determining for each bridge portal the number of ports to which other wireless devices may be connected, such ports being called ‘virtual’ ports, electing a bridge ... 03/02/06 - 20060045027 - Automatic discovery of logical network elements from existing links in a network A method and system for automated discovery of logical network elements in a communications network speeds up and reduces the cost of discovering network elements and mapping network topology of network inter-connections. The method comprises the steps of building a cache of protection mechanisms in the communications network, building a ... 02/16/06 - 20060034194 - Identifying connected components of a graph in parallel A method and system for finding connected components of a graph using a parallel algorithm is provided. The connected nodes system performs a search algorithm in parallel to identify subgraphs of the graph in which the nodes of the subgraph are connected. The connected nodes system also identifies which subgraphs ... 02/16/06 - 20060034193 - Method and apparatus for operating an ad-hoc communication system An ad-hoc communication system is established where each node within the system may have multiple children nodes and parent nodes. An address scheme is proposed where each node may comprise more than one address, each address being based upon one of the parent's address. Because each node may have more ... 01/05/06 - 20060002313 - Method and system for compressing a tree A method and system for compressing a tree involving setting a current node identifier as a root node of the tree. If the current node identifier references a node to be deleted, the node referenced by the current node identifier is deleted from the tree, the current node identifier is ... 12/01/05 - 20050265261 - Neighbor discovery in cable networks A network device has a communications link to allow the device to communicate with customer devices and a processor. The processor is to receive neighbor discovery messages from requesting customer devices, examine the neighbor discovery messages to determine if the neighbor discovery message should be forwarded to other of the ... 12/01/05 - 20050265260 - Optimizing flooding of information in link-state routing protocol A router executes a flooding algorithm. The router maintains a list of neighbors within an area data structure. When a new neighbor arises on an interface belonging to an area served by the router, the router updates the neighbor data structure describing that adjacency by linking it to a corresponding ... 12/01/05 - 20050265259 - Arrangement for providing network prefix information from attached mobile routers to a clusterhead in a tree-based ad hoc mobile network Mobile routers establish a tree-based network topology in an ad hoc mobile network, the tree-based network topology having a single clusterhead and attached mobile routers. Each attached mobile router has a default egress interface configured for sending messages toward the clusterhead, and ingress interfaces configured for receiving messages from attached ... 11/24/05 - 20050259598 - Dynamically forming wireless local area networks A method of automatically forming a wireless local area network (WLAN) within a group of rail cars in a train, where each rail car in the group has an access point/router. The method comprises the steps of discovering nodes associated with each rail car for inclusion in the WLAN by ... 10/27/05 - 20050237950 - System, method and apparatus for dynamic path protection in networks The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for dynamic path protection in networks by finding two paths between a source node and a destination node in a network having multiple nodes and multiple links. A first path is found between the source node and the destination node using ... 10/27/05 - 20050237949 - Dynamic connection structure for file transfer A means for and a method of transferring a data file to multiple computers on a network is disclosed. The file is transferred by a root client in packets to a number of other clients. Each of these clients sends the received packets on to a number of other clients ... 10/20/05 - 20050232165 - System and method of aggregating discontiguous address ranges into addresses and masks using a plurality of repeating address blocks A method of creating a discontiguous address plan for an enterprise is provided which includes determining a hierarchy of routing optimization for an enterprise, determining a number of route advertisement aggregation points at each level of the hierarchy, determining a number of network security policy areas for the enterprise, and ... 10/20/05 - 20050232164 - Method for recognizing location move of voip phones A method is provided for tracking the physical location of IP phones and IP devices in a network. According to the invention, the IP phone or IP device detects its own current location and then informs the PBX controller or the location database to which it is connected. The capability ... 09/22/05 - 20050207353 - Distribution of identifiers in serverless networks A method for assigning identifiers in a distributed system involves establishing a circle as a locus of all identifiers, with the value of any point on the circle being the portion of one complete revolution in a first direction around the circle to the point, measured from a first zero ... 09/08/05 - 20050195755 - Data distributing method, system transmitting method, and program When each of a plurality of peers mutually connected through a network receives connection of a new peer, each peer forms group information in which the new peer has been grouped on the basis of comparison of distances on the network among three peers of the own peer, a representative ... 09/08/05 - 20050195754 - Methods and devices for high network availability Methods and devices are provided for simulating a direct failure between a network device and an end device. In some implementations, the network device is a gateway of a first network and the end device is a host or a storage device on the first network. In some implementations, the ... 08/04/05 - 20050169196 - Method and system for design and routing in transparent optical networks The present invention relates to a method and system for design and routing in telecommunications networks having transparent elements such as photonic switches. Transparent optical networks transmit signals optically, performing both switching and amplification photonically. As a result, transparent networks may be more economical than conventional “opaque” optical networks that ... 07/28/05 - 20050163061 - Zero configuration peer discovery in a grid computing environment A peer to peer discovery mechanism based on the ubiquitous TCP/IP and UDP/IP standards requires no global network configuration to allow the addition and removal of peers from the network. The resulting network architecture is scalable to a large number of processors and together with an automated Peer Voting mechanism ... 07/21/05 - 20050157663 - Systems and methods for providing voice/data communication systems and voice/data communications Web/portal-based systems and methods for selling, configuring, installing, reconfiguring and servicing such integrated voice/data communications systems are disclosed. An Internet/web or personal digital assistant (“PDA”) or personal computer (“PC”) based portal is provided to enable a relatively high level of data to be more easily collected. The portal preferably is ... 07/14/05 - 20050152287 - Ip device, management server, and network system An IP device (for example, network cameras 3a, 3b, and 3c) connectable to a router (for example, a router 2) makes a request to the router for assignment of a port number when a predetermined operation is performed, and notifies a management server 6 connected to a wide area network ... 07/14/05 - 20050152286 - Implicit routing in content based networks In a method of managing a content-based network, which is typically XML-based, and optionally may be overlaid on an underlying network having a plurality of network elements interconnected by links, a link state protocol maintains each network element's topological view of the overlay network from the underlying network. A subscription ... 06/23/05 - 20050135274 - Centralized link-scope configuration of an internet protocol (ip) network A method of configuring link-scope-type managed objects in IP-based networks from a centralized management node. An IP-based network includes at least one management station, a set of network nodes, and communication links between the network nodes and between the management station and the network nodes. Preferably, an Open Shortest Path ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |