Switching A Message Which Includes An Address Header

Switching A Message Which Includes An Address Header patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

01/31/08 - 20080025301 - Method and system for scheduling utilization of resources, related communication network and computer program product
A system for scheduling utilization of a service resource by a plurality of flows of information packets, wherein the flows include rate-guaranteed synchronous flows and best-effort asynchronous flows, the asynchronous flows exploiting the service capacity of the resource left unexploited by the synchronous flows. A server visits the flows, in ...

01/24/08 - 20080019361 - Detection of forwarding problems for external prefixes
Methods and apparatus for enabling a provider to perform a tracing procedure to determine the existence forwarding problems within its network are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for detecting a forwarding problem within an autonomous system includes initiating a message from a source node. ...

01/17/08 - 20080013536 - Method and apparatus for injecting information assets into a content stream
A method and apparatus for transport encoded asset data and content data, multiplexing the transport encoded content data with a plurality of NULL transport packets to provide “place holder” for the asset data transport packets, and replacing the NULL transport packets with asset data transport packets prior to transmitting the ...

01/17/08 - 20080013535 - Data switch and switch fabric
Variable length switch fabric for switching variable length data packets between input and output transmission paths in a communication network. In one embodiment of the invention, apparatus is provided for switching variable length data packets between input and output transmission paths in a communication network. The apparatus includes a plurality ...

01/10/08 - 20080008173 - Methods and apparatus for transmitting data in a packet network
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for transmitting data, such as biometric data or Internet telephone data, in a packet network. Packets we split and interchanged prior to transmission across a packet network, such that packets that reach their destination may be processed, even in the presence of lost or delayed ...

01/10/08 - 20080008172 - Dynamic resource re-allocation in a packet based video display interface
A packet based display interface arranged to couple a multimedia source device to a multimedia sink device is disclosed that includes a transmitter unit coupled to the source device arranged to receive a source packet data stream in accordance with a native stream rate, a receiver unit coupled to the ...

01/10/08 - 20080008171 - System and method for detecting and interception of ip sharer
Disclosed is an IP sharer detecting and intercepting system and method. According to the IP sharer detecting and intercepting method, all the IP packets transmitted through the network are detected, an ID value of the IP header is extracted from the detected IP packets, and an IP sharer user is ...

01/10/08 - 20080008170 - Communication system, communication method, and program
An object of the present application is to provide a technology that can achieve packet communication between terminals connected to the Internet by way of a relay server in a faster and safer manner. The system of present application is a communication system characterized in that, on receipt of a ...

01/10/08 - 20080008169 - Redundant packet switching system and system switching method of redundant packet switching system
From a time point of last confirmation of operation of the working device 51 until a time point of next confirmation, the standby device 52 receives the same packet as that whose transfer processing is executed by the working device from the interface units 521-1˜521-n, processes the packet by the ...

01/03/08 - 20080002689 - System and method for providing location independent voice communications continuity through disasters
A method and system, employing IP telephony, for providing continuous, uninterrupted voice communications during disaster conditions wherein the disaster site telephone infrastructure has been rendered inoperable or inaccessible. The system uses Voice over IP (VoIP) and emerging IP telephony standards to enable users to receive telephone calls, normally destined for ...

01/03/08 - 20080002688 - Method and apparatus for performing harq of packet in a mobile communication system
A method and an apparatus for performing Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) of a packet in a mobile communication system. A User Equipment (UE) receives transmission resource allocation information indicating a transmission resource for uplink packet transmission and indicating a valid duration of the transmission resource, from a Node B ...

01/03/08 - 20080002687 - Hardware-enforced loop-level hard zoning for fibre channel switch fabric
Hardware-enforced zoning is provided in Fibre Channel switches to protect against breaching of assigned zones in a switch network which can occur with software-based zoning techniques. The invention provides logic for performing a hardware-based validation of the Source ID S_ID of frames both at the point where the frame enters ...

01/03/08 - 20080002684 - Moving router, home agent, router position registration method, and moving network system
When first mobile router, which has a MNP, generates a key which corresponds to that MNP and transmits a registration request packet including the key to home agent, home agent stores the MNP and key of the first mobile router, and sends main mobile router registration approval. When first mobile ...

12/27/07 - 20070297405 - Method of operating a network
A method of operating a data network 100, of the type in which a number of inter-connected router devices (115-117, 123-124, 131-133, 141-145) forward received packets of data towards a destination node in accordance with a routing table associated with each router. The method comprises: assigning a trust value to ...

12/27/07 - 20070297403 - System and method for fast packet data connection setup
The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for a setting up a packet data connection in a wireless network. In one example, a method may include receiving a packet data channel request and an invitation message at a first node over an air interface from a mobile device. ...

12/20/07 - 20070291754 - Packet communications system and transfer device
A packet communications system and a transfer device which allow a network control function to be changed at low cost flexibly. The network manager includes an instructor for transmitting instruction information to the plurality of transfer devices, the instruction information indicating a packet ID (terminal ID) and a control function ...

12/20/07 - 20070291753 - Method for implementing voice over ip through an electronic device connected to a packed switched network
A method for implementing Voice over IP through an electronic device including the phase of sampling a voice communication in a corresponding sampled communication; encoding the sampled communication into corresponding encoded data; decoding the corresponding encoded data into decoded data; and connecting the electronic device to a packed switched network ...

12/20/07 - 20070291750 - Packet radio transmission over an unlicensed-radio access network
An unlicensed-radio access network is connected to a packet service node in a core network portion of a licensed mobile network. The unlicensed-radio access network includes an access controller connected to the core network portion and having a packet controller, a fixed broadband network connected to the access controller and ...

12/13/07 - 20070286191 - Implementing read-only zones in a switching fabric
The Switch includes a port configured to receive a command frame when installed in a switching Fabric. The frame identifies a source device and a destination device in the Switching Fabric, a command, and a read/write flag which indicates if the identified source intends to exercise read-only or write access ...

12/13/07 - 20070286190 - Transmitter-receiver crossbar for a packet switch
A transmitter-receiver crossbar for a packet switch comprising a transmitter having an array of transmitting ports, each having one or more transmitting antennas to transmit a radio signal and a receiver having an array of receiving ports, each having one or more receiving antennas to receive the radio signal. ...

12/13/07 - 20070286189 - Edge side assembler
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for an edge side assembler. Data is identified that is associated with a common user of a personal digital gateway and of a communications device selected from a plurality of communications devices. Remote data is located that is stored on the selected communications device. ...

12/13/07 - 20070286187 - Apparatus and method for simultaneous multiple telephone type services on a single telephone line
Apparatuses for simultaneous multiple telephone type services on a single telephone line are disclosed. One apparatus is connectable to a subscriber line and comprises address logic, a plain old telephone system (POTS) interface, a transceiver, and a host interface. The address logic is configured to determine an address assigned to ...

12/13/07 - 20070286185 - Control of mobile packet streams
The invention relates to a method, device and system for control of mobile packet flows forwarded between IP based networks. Individual packet flows on an IP user plane (6) traverse middleboxes (13, 14, 23, 24) that are controlled from a midcom agent (15, 21). Each user flow registers its presence ...

12/06/07 - 20070280229 - Localization of clients and servers
A data transfer method includes receiving terminal server identification data at a host system from a terminal server, querying a database to obtain localized information service data associated with the terminal server identification data, and sending the localized information service data from the host system to the terminal server. A ...

12/06/07 - 20070280226 - Servlet model for media rich applications
A media rich SIP servlet is enabled using a media control layer and a conventional SIP Servlet container. The media rich SIP servlet provides a media control API that can be used by SIP-based application developers to incorporate media rich functions into SIP-based applications. The media rich SIP servlet includes ...

11/29/07 - 20070274309 - Personal area network with automatic attachment and detachment
A network (100) includes a hub device (110) and at least one unattached peripheral device (120). The unattached peripheral device (120) transmits an attach request to the hub device (110) with a selected address, receives a new address from the hub device to identify the unattached peripheral device (120), and ...

11/29/07 - 20070274307 - Cluster system, cluster member, and program
Each of cluster members (1-1) constituting a cluster system which functions as a router includes a session processor (15) and session state synchronization unit (16). If the session state of a session to which a packet input via a spare processing packet filter (13) belongs is not held in a ...

11/29/07 - 20070274306 - Method for establishing a call in a telecommunications network; telecommunications network; and controlling device for packet networks
The present inventions relates to a method for establishing a call in a telecommunications network (100), the telecommunications network (100) comprising first and packet network sections (110, 120), a wide area packet network (130), and a TDM transit network section (140). Subscribers' terminal equipment (112, 122) is addressable by directory ...

11/22/07 - 20070268898 - Advanced routing
Included are embodiments for advanced routing. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving a message from a first device at a first backbone controller. The message may be configured to indicate a second device as a desired recipient and sending the message to a network controller. The message ...

11/22/07 - 20070268897 - Communication apparatus, transmission control method, and transmission control program
A communication apparatus includes a storage unit having a plurality of storage areas corresponding to a plurality of candidates of a destination of data to be transmitted, a detecting unit for detecting the amount of data stored in each of the storage areas, a destination selecting unit for selecting one ...

11/22/07 - 20070268894 - Packet communication system and packet communication method
User communication apparatus 110 in packet communication system 100 has internal network 111, base station apparatus 112, internal server 113, radio network control apparatus 114 and mobile communication terminal apparatus 151. Radio network control apparatus 114 receives an IP packet from mobile communication terminal apparatus 115 via base station apparatus ...

11/15/07 - 20070263624 - Methods for specialized data transfer in a wireless communication system
A wireless communication system and method is provided for the transfer and processing of data in accordance with specialized data transfer protocols while utilizing conventional base station equipment. For example, the wireless communication system may include a subscriber station that provides for the modification of data packets in accordance with ...

11/15/07 - 20070263623 - Method for receiving mpe-fec data dvb-h receiver using the same
Disclosed are a method for receiving MPE-FEC data and a DVB-H receiver using the same. While receiving packet data for digital broadcasting from a DVB-H network, a digital broadcasting reception unit PID-demultiplexes and outputs the packet data to the controller. The controller receives and stores the PID-demultiplexed packet data in ...

11/15/07 - 20070263622 - Communication system, distribution element and network device
There is disclosed a communication system comprising a distribution element, which is coupled to a power supply unit and to which a plurality of network devices can be connected. Each network device that is connected to the distribution element comprises at least one network element and each network device is ...

11/15/07 - 20070263621 - Network plug-and-play compliant network relay control
A network relay device compliant with network plug-and-play protocols is presented. The relay device relays messages between a network and a device unit having N service devices that provide a service in response to a request from a client on the network. In one embodiment the relay device has a ...

11/15/07 - 20070263620 - Method and network device for fast look-up in a connection-oriented communication
A method for fast look-up in a connection-oriented communication includes generating a connection associated information according to peer information of a first peer and a second peer, storing the connection associated information into the first peer and the second peer, and building a connection between the first peer and the ...

11/15/07 - 20070263619 - Methods and apparatus for performing network operations in network devices
A network device comprises a plurality of lookup tables and a processor. Each of the plurality of lookup tables comprises a plurality of table inputs that are associated with a plurality of processor instructions. The processor is operative to perform a network operation on a packet of data comprising a ...

11/08/07 - 20070258453 - Packet based video display interface enumeration method
An enumeration method providing the link rate and a pixel/audio clock rate is described. ...

11/08/07 - 20070258451 - Message-based processing
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a method in a text-based message-based communication system of sending messages from a first network element to a destination network element for processing thereby. The method comprises at the first element obtaining a message to be sent to the ...

11/08/07 - 20070258450 - Packet routing and vectoring based on payload comparison with spatially related templates
An Internet infrastructure with network devices and end point devices containing service module manager and service modules, that supports packet routing and vectoring based on payload comparison with spatially related templates. The network device that supports packet content analysis on arriving packet, consists of a plurality of packet switched interface ...

11/08/07 - 20070258449 - Packet routing with payload analysis, encapsulation and service module vectoring
An Internet infrastructure with network devices and end point devices containing service module manager and service modules, that supports packet analysis, encapsulation and vectoring, and interleaving applications. The network device that supports packet content analysis on arriving packet, consists of a plurality of packet switched interface circuitries, user interface circuitry, ...

11/08/07 - 20070258448 - System and method for restricting network access using forwarding databases
This specification describes a system that can offer, among other advantages, dynamically allowing or rejecting non-DHCP packets entering a switch. In addition, a FDB is commonly used by a bridge or switch to store an incoming packet's source MAC address and its port number, then later on if the destination ...

11/08/07 - 20070258447 - Inter-area summarization of edge-device addresses using rfc3107
A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing inter-area summarization for edge-device addressing are presented. A network is established, the network including a first ABR, an ingress Provider Edge (PE) device in communication with the first ABR, a second ABR in communication with the first ABR, and an egress ...

11/08/07 - 20070258446 - Support of a large number of vlans in a bridged network
Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, data structures, computer-readable media, mechanisms, and means for supporting a large number of virtual local area networks (VLANS) in a bridged network. Packets are received that include 802.1Q Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifiers (VIDs). However, rather than accessing the VLAN forwarding information directly ...

11/08/07 - 20070258445 - Systems and methods for protocol filtering for quality of service
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide for a method for data communication including determining protocol information for a block of data, prioritizing the block of data, and communicating the block of data. The protocol information may include information used by a protocol to communicate the block of data. The ...

11/08/07 - 20070258444 - Integrated cross exchange unit and a method of the service dispatching
An integrated cross-switching unit and a service scheduling method thereof are provided. The integrated cross-switching unit includes: a bus identification module, a cross-connecting module, a mapping/de-mapping module, an encapsulation/de-encapsulation module, and a packet scheduling module; the bus identification module identifies service source, transmits service from a line unit to the ...

11/01/07 - 20070253415 - Frame relay switched data service
A new type of data transport service which uses a frame relay layer 2 data link connection identifier (DLCI) to select among various service types, feature sets, and/or closed user groups (CUGs). A layer 3 address may be extracted from a layer 2 frame, and the layer 3 address information ...

11/01/07 - 20070253414 - Method for preventing data packet losses when updating an address table
In one aspect, a method for preventing data packet losses when updating of an address table that is stored in a computer of a local area network and comprises allocations of computer addresses valid in the local area network to computer addresses valid in the Internet to mail data packets ...

11/01/07 - 20070253413 - Method and system for detecting a change in device attachment
A method and system are disclosed to detect a change in location of a device attached to a communications network including identifying a first address of a device attached to a communications network, identifying the removal of the device from the communications network, identifying when the device is reconnected to ...

11/01/07 - 20070253412 - Method and apparatus for sip message prioritization
The invention includes a method and apparatus for providing SIP message prioritization between network elements along at least a portion of an end-to-end path between a SIP client and a SIP server. The method includes determining a SIP message prioritization policy and distributing the SIP message prioritization policy toward a ...

11/01/07 - 20070253411 - Efficient management of queueing resources for diffserv-aware switches
Resources allocated to a group of ports include a plurality of storage regions. Each storage region includes a committed area and a shared area. A destination storage region is identified for a packet. A packet queuing engine stores the packet in the committed area of the determined destination storage region ...

11/01/07 - 20070253410 - Integrated circuit and method for packet switching control
An integrated circuit having a plurality of processing modules (M, S) and an interconnect means (N) for coupling said plurality of processing modules (M, S) and for enabling a packet based communication based on transactions between said plurality of processing modules (M, S) is provided. Each packet comprises a first ...

11/01/07 - 20070253409 - Method for realizing the multicast service
The present invention discloses a method for implementing multicast services, which includes: preset a mapping relation between a multicast user address and a multicast group address; acquire a request packet sent by the multicast user who requests to join in the multicast group; determine whether the multicast group address in ...

10/25/07 - 20070248087 - System and method for signal processing
A plurality of systems for routing signals are described. The system includes a cross point switch that can couple any one of a plurality of input terminals to a plurality of output processor terminals. Signals received at the input terminals are coupled to corresponding output terminals and are processed by ...

10/25/07 - 20070248085 - Method and apparatus for managing hardware address resolution
Disclosed herein is a network device, such as a host computer, that simultaneously has two IP identities: a local IP identity on a local network (e.g., a non-virtual private network) to which the host computer is connected; and a remote IP identity on a second network (e.g., virtual private network) ...

10/25/07 - 20070248084 - Symmetric connection detection
Symmetric Connection Detection (SCD) is a method of detecting when a connection has been fully established in a resource-constrained environment, and works in high-speed routers, at line speed. Many network monitoring applications are only interested in connections that become fully established, so other connection attempts, such as port scanning attempts, ...

10/25/07 - 20070248083 - Access router apparatus, communication handover system using the same, and communication handover method using the same
The present invention provides a technique to reduce time delay caused by message exchange or the like and to carry out fast handover. According to this technique, FBack is promptly returned by a mobile node (MN) without performing the processing (the processing to cause delay) that previous access router pAR ...

10/18/07 - 20070242667 - System and method for choosing an outgoing path for a media flow in a next generation network
A system and a method for choosing an outgoing path for a media flow in a Next Generation Network (NGN) are disclosed. First, an application layer signalling resolving module in a Service Control Function (SCF) resolves an application layer signalling to determine requirement of a media flow on forwarding and ...

10/18/07 - 20070242666 - Apparatus for managing requests for data in a communication network
An apparatus for managing requests for media data such as video data for effecting rapid channel change in IPTV services comprises an interface for receiving data requests addressed for processing by a particular data request service device, and an agent operatively coupled to the interface and configured for selecting which ...

10/18/07 - 20070242665 - Method for derect communication between a first station and a second station of a wireless network
In an Access Point controlled wireless network, wherein one channel communication is ruled by an identifier associated with the Access Point, method for direct communication between a first station and a second station, comprises the steps of: generating a second identifier by said first station, different from the identifier associated ...

10/11/07 - 20070237140 - Packet communication system
A packet communication system includes a communication control apparatus 8 for searching for an IP address corresponding to a destination telephone number when receiving a connection request including the destination telephone number from a VoIP terminal, and a multiplexing control apparatus 9 for identifying both a multiplexing transmission apparatus 11 ...

10/11/07 - 20070237138 - Selective voice switching of multiparty communications
A method for processing speech data packets passed between a plurality of devices in a conversation is disclosed. The method associates priorities with each of the devices in the conversation and processes speech data packets received from the devices according to the priorities. Devices in the conversation are identified, a ...

10/11/07 - 20070237137 - Apparatus, system, and method for integration of wireless devices with a distributed control system
A wireless marshalling panel includes a field device protocol communication link. The wireless marshalling panel is capable of receiving a message from a wireless device and transmitting a corresponding message to a process controller via the communication link. The panel is also capable of receiving a message from the process ...

10/04/07 - 20070230461 - Method and system for video data packetization for transmission over wireless channels
A method and system for transmitting video information from a sender to a receiver over wireless channels, by inputting a frame of video information at the sender, packetizing the video information and transmitting the video packet from the sender to the receiver over a wireless channel. Packetizing the video information ...

10/04/07 - 20070230460 - Method of and apparatus for transmitting digital broadcasting signal in advanced-vsb (a-vsb) system in which transport packet without adaptation field is provided at fixed location in data field slices
A method of processing a digital broadcasting signal includes generating a transport stream including a plurality of transport packets; selecting one of the transport packets as a starting packet to be mapped into a first data segment of an encoded data frame; and constructing deterministic data frames in the transport ...

10/04/07 - 20070230459 - Routing method, system, corresponding network and computer program product
A system for controlling the routing of the traffic relating to a mobile node associated with a provider's network, the mobile node being capable of communicating with at least one correspondent node associated with an additional network. For the mobile node and the correspondent node, there is the possibility of ...

10/04/07 - 20070230458 - Communication network, communication apparatus, communication control method and communication control program
[MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A temporary bundled link forming device (13) associates data links having the same port attributes within own communication apparatus with the identical temporary bundle link ID. A data link neighbor discovery device (11) obtains the neighboring node IDs of the data links. A bundled link forming ...

10/04/07 - 20070230456 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method thereof
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method thereof are provided. An apparatus for generating a transport stream includes a packet generator for generating a plurality of packets by compressing video and audio signals; a counter for counting the number of the generated packets and outputting the count result; ...

10/04/07 - 20070230454 - Method for aggregation of a number of media access control (mac) frames into a single phyical layer frame in a distributed mac layer
Embodiments of methods and apparatus for aggregating a plurality of media access control-layer frames into a single physical layer frame are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

10/04/07 - 20070230453 - Method and system for the secure and transparent provision of mobile ip services in an aaa environment
A system for negotiating the provision of a mobile IP service, such as, MIPv4 or MIPv6, between a mobile node and a server in a network includes the steps of providing an authentication protocol establishing a pass-through transport between the mobile node and the server and negotiating the provision of ...

09/27/07 - 20070223474 - Method and apparatus for filtering packet data in a network device
A process of filtering packet data in a network device is disclosed. At least one mask is applied to a portion of an incoming packet and a field is extracted from the portion of the incoming packet. A rules table is searched for a matching value for the extracted field ...

09/27/07 - 20070223470 - System and method for enhancing network quality of service
A data transfer network infrastructure device having a plurality of ingress ports for accepting data from a domain of a data network; and, a user interface for enabling a user to limit a rate at which data is accepted from the data network on at least one of the ingress ...

09/27/07 - 20070223469 - Method and apparatus for supporting voice over ip services over a cellular wireless communication network
A method and system for supporting voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services over a wireless communication network are disclosed. Data is encoded at a coding rate specified by a controller for generating a VoIP packet. Among the encoded data, bits sensitive to errors and bits not sensitive to errors are ...

09/20/07 - 20070217413 - Method for assigning an ip address to a network connectable device, and a device configured thereby
A method of assigning a predetermined IP address to a device for installation on a private network. This IP address can be assigned before installation into any private network without having to be reassigned and without creating addressing conflicts, thereby simplifying the installation process. A registered global IP address is ...

09/20/07 - 20070217411 - Method and system for mobile network nodes in heterogeneous networks
The invention relates to a method and a system for creating an optimized communications link (SC/DC) between at least two mobile network nodes (10, 11), whereby corresponding interface management modules (40, 41) create lookup tables (401, 411) of available network interfaces (30, 31), whereby configuration data are transmitted between the ...

09/20/07 - 20070217410 - Method and apparatus for controlling route in network
A route controlling apparatus is provided on a center side in a network having a carrier-redundant configuration in which the center side and a base side are connected using a plurality of different carriers, and includes a load distribution table that stores information for load distribution; and a controlling unit ...

09/20/07 - 20070217409 - Tagging network i/o transactions in a virtual machine run-time environment
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to tag network transactions. A virtual queue stores packets received from and transmitted to a network interface card (NIC). A global session manager manages packet communication with a capability operating system (COS). A global virtual machine (VM) database stores global session ...

09/20/07 - 20070217408 - Address resolution device, address resolution method, and communication system including the same
An address resolution device includes a gate keeper having an address table with which global addresses, private addresses, and grouping IDs can be registered. During address registration, the gate keeper registers the address of a communication packet into the global addresses, the address assigned to the terminal into the private ...

09/20/07 - 20070217407 - Method and system for implementing traversal through network address translation
The present invention discloses a method for implementing traversal through network address translation. The method adopts a FULL PROXY mode for implementing traversal through Network Address Translation (NAT) server or Firewall (FW) by simultaneously relaying call signalings and media streams from a user terminal in a private network. Meanwhile, a ...

09/20/07 - 20070217406 - Bidirectional qos reservation within an in-band signaling mechanism
A mechanism for a bidirectional reservation procedure within an in-band signaling mechanism gives symmetric real-time services running on mobile devices, which are used to support different access technologies in dynamic, mobile, wireless IP networks where the quality of the node connectivity can sometimes be unpredictably time-varying, the possibility to mutually ...

09/13/07 - 20070211719 - Dynamic payload header suppression in a wireless communication system
In a wireless communication system, dynamic payload header suppression (DPHS) is applied to a data stream to reduce header overhead. DPHS allows the suppression of static fields as well as fields that change in a predictable manner (i.e., predictably dynamic fields). To suppress predictably dynamic fields, delta encoding is utilized ...

09/13/07 - 20070211717 - System and method for forming an internet protocol to x.25 protocol gateway
A system and method for converting an inbound Internet protocol (IP) connection to a X.25 protocol connection such that unmodified legacy X.25 applications can process IP communications. ...

09/13/07 - 20070211716 - Managing traffic within and between virtual private networks when using a session border controller
Methods and devices for managing traffic are described. Traffic from a source in a virtual private network (VPN) is received. The traffic is directed to a virtual interface that is designated to receive traffic from the VPN. The virtual interface is configured to associate the traffic with an identifier that ...

09/13/07 - 20070211715 - Managing traffic within and between virtual private networks when using a session border controller
Methods and devices for managing traffic at a session border controller (SBC) are described. A signal portion of traffic en route from a source in a virtual private network (VPN) to a destination is received. The signal portion has embedded therein an identifier that uniquely identifies the VPN. The identifier ...

09/13/07 - 20070211714 - Method and apparatus for redirection of domain name service (dns) packets
Techniques are provided which can allow a host to determine whether to send a DNS request via a distributed Domain Name Service (DNS) protocol or a regular DNS protocol. ...

09/13/07 - 20070211713 - Content relay server, content replay system, content relay method, and program using the same
A content relay server including: an information memory (201) that stores identification information, content information, and the like; a content receiving unit (202) that receives a content; a transfer judgment unit (203) that extracts, from the information memory (201), content information associated with received identification information and judges, based on ...

09/06/07 - 20070206594 - Dynamic payload header suppression in a wireless communication system
In a wireless communication system, dynamic payload header suppression (DPHS) is applied to a data stream to reduce header overhead. DPHS allows the suppression of static fields as well as fields that change in a predictable manner (i.e., predictably dynamic fields). To suppress predictably dynamic fields, delta encoding is utilized ...

09/06/07 - 20070206593 - Atm cell/packet switch and communication control method using the same
In order to provide an ATM cell□packet switch which can easily maintain the band for the normality confirmation packet of the user data transfer path without influencing the user band at a state of in□band, and a communication control method using the switch, at least provided in the switch are: ...

09/06/07 - 20070206592 - Data communication system, data transmission apparatus, data receiving apparatus, data communication method, data transmission method, received-data processing method, and computer program
A system allows data transfer in which the most appropriate packet processing is executed according to the performance of a terminal. A data transmission side stores scalable-encoded data in a packet as a payload, assigns priority-level information corresponding to a layer level of the encoded data stored in the packet ...

09/06/07 - 20070206591 - Apparatus and method for intelligent routing of data between a remote device and a host system
An apparatus and method is provided for transparent communication between a remote or mobile device and a fixed communication host network. The apparatus and method may include a remote network controller that logically resides between the host network and the existing infrastructure(s) that are used to provide communications network contact ...

09/06/07 - 20070206590 - Apparatus and method for transmitting broadcast data in digital broadcasting service system
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting broadcast data in a digital broadcasting service system. The apparatus includes a server terminal for receiving a digital broadcast transport stream from a digital broadcast service provider, removing a header used for the digital broadcast reception from the received broadcast stream, and ...

09/06/07 - 20070206589 - Method for transmitting/receiving data in a digital multimedia broadcasting system, and system thereof
Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting an Internet Protocol (IP) packet in a terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting system. An IP encapsulator receives an IP packet from an upper layer, and converts the IP packet into Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) data and ULE-Forward Error Correction (FEC) data if there is a ...

09/06/07 - 20070206587 - Faster routing protocol convergence using efficient message markup
Devices executing routing protocols can mark routing protocol messages as urgent so that peer devices are signaled to consume the messages on an expedited basis. Performance of routing protocols improves as a result; for example, Border Gateway Protocol convergence time is reduced. An example router comprises a network interface, a ...

08/30/07 - 20070201466 - Network switch having port blocking capability
A switch is configured to block packets from being transmitted through designated ports. The switch has port bitmap generator configured to obtain a port bitmap and a table is configured to store a block mask indicating which port the packet should not be transmitted. A block mask lookup is configured ...

08/30/07 - 20070201465 - Prefix and ip address management scheme for router and host in network system
In a network system formed by one or a plurality of hosts having a function for accessing Internet, and a router for connecting each host and the Internet through an accessing communication path of a provider, two types of IP address including first type IP addresses and second type IP ...

08/30/07 - 20070201464 - Method and network element for forwarding data
In a method for forwarding data, when at least one logical port is created at a network element connected directly with a peer network element and the logical port is bound with at least two physical ports of the network element which are connected with the peer network element, determine ...

08/30/07 - 20070201463 - Data analysis apparatus and data analysis method
A unique pattern detection unit conducts a search for a unique pattern in a forward direction of a program stream, and detects a pseudo unique pattern PUP included in encoded data. A header information extraction unit sets extraction starting position information indicating a head of pseudo header information following the ...

08/30/07 - 20070201462 - Processing of forwarded in communication networks
Method and device are provided for processing a packet conveyed in a packet switched communication network. By the invention, a processing indication is associated with the packet, where the indication is adapted to provide instruction(s) for the processing of the packet, and the indication is determined in accordance with the ...

08/30/07 - 20070201460 - Data transmitting and receiving apparatus, data transmitting and receiving method, and computer product
In a data transmitting and receiving apparatus, payloads of packets received from the first device are accumulated in a storage unit, a designated payload volume DSPS is calculated based on DSPS=TP×(1−RR/TR), where TP is a total payload volume of a packet received at a certain time point from the first ...

08/30/07 - 20070201459 - System and method for providing status notification for conventional telephony devices in a session initiation protocol environment
The present invention comprises a system and method for status notification. The method comprises receiving a subscription message from a first endpoint requesting status data for a second endpoint; detecting a change in status data of the second endpoint; and notifying the first endpoint of the change in status. The ...

08/30/07 - 20070201458 - System and method for implementing acls using multiple hash-trie-key tables
A method, data processing system, and computer program product are provided for searching for access rules included in access control lists (ACLs), such as those rules used to accept or deny packets received at a router. An incoming packet that includes several fields is received. An original key is formed ...

08/23/07 - 20070195766 - Virtualized services system and method
A virtualized service system and method are provided herein. ...

08/23/07 - 20070195765 - Method and system for a communication node with a plurality of network interfaces
The invention relates to a method for a communication node with a plurality of network interfaces. Configured on the communication node is a virtual interface, which is accessible from the applications able to be executed on the communication node. A configuration module generates an identifier assigned to the communication node. ...

08/23/07 - 20070195764 - Service flow with robust header compression (rohc) in a wimax wireless network
A robust header compression (ROHC) controller provides for service flow processing of a ROHC channel in a WiMAX wireless communication system. The ROHC controller controls the negotiations of the MS ROHC capabilities during its registration and the negotiations of the ROHC channel parameters during ROHC enabled service flow setup; the ...

08/23/07 - 20070195763 - Mount structure, electrooptic device, and electronic device
A mount structure includes a first electronic component and a second electronic component mounted to the first electronic component. The first and second electronic components include first and second terminals arrayed in strips and extending along a plurality of lines passing through first and second common points. The second terminals ...

08/23/07 - 20070195761 - Pipelined packet switching and queuing architecture
An architecture for a line card in a network routing device is provided. The line card architecture provides a bi-directional interface between the routing device and a network, both receiving packets from the network and transmitting the packets to the network through one or more connecting ports. In both the ...

08/23/07 - 20070195759 - Identification of the location of nodes distributed in ad hoc networks
A location of node i in a network having a plurality of nodes is identified by intersecting regions that are guaranteed to contain the node i with respect the other nodes that are neighbors of the node i and iteratively minimizing the size of the intersection region containing the node ...

08/23/07 - 20070195758 - Packet data serving node and communication method using the same
A communication system using PPP in which a plurality of layer 3 protocols are defined has a problem. PDSN cannot judge which of layer 3 protocols is equipped in a terminal, and NCP phase processes corresponding to all layer 3 protocols of the system are executed. This increases the number ...

08/16/07 - 20070189284 - System and method for routing table computation and analysis
Described is a system and method for determining routing information for a network link, the network link including a plurality of subnets, each subnet having the same routing information as the network link, storing the routing information as an entry in a routing table, determining subnet information for each of ...

08/09/07 - 20070183421 - Router and methods using network addresses for virtualization
A router for use in a network includes a scalable architecture and performs methods for implementing quality of service on a logical unit behind a network port; and for implementing storage virtualization. The architecture includes a managing processor, a supervising processor; and a plurality of routing processors coupled to a ...

08/09/07 - 20070183418 - Method and apparatus for multicast packet reception
Roughly described, incoming data packets are delivered by the NIC directly to at least two user level endpoints. In an aspect, only filters that cannot be ambiguous are created in the NIC. In another aspect, the NIC maintains a filter table supporting direct delivery of incoming unicast and multicast data ...

08/09/07 - 20070183417 - Data traffic router
Systems and methods are disclosed for routing data traffic along a specific route. The method is implemented by a data traffic router configured within a networked environment to appear as a standard network router that caused data to be transmitted through a prescribed data path. The disclosed systems and methods ...

08/09/07 - 20070183416 - Per-port penalty queue system for re-prioritization of network traffic sent to a processor
In an embodiment of the invention, a method and system for a per-port penalty queue system in a network device includes: selecting a state for a port in the network device; wherein the selected state comprises either a normal state or a restricted state; wherein the normal state permits a ...

08/09/07 - 20070183415 - Method and system for internal data loop back in a high data rate switch
A method and system for internal data loop back in a packet switch is provided. In some instances, the switch may be required to process multiple layers of a header within the data packet, such as when data is transferred over the network encapsulated with a TCP header at the ...

08/02/07 - 20070177591 - Apparatuses and systems to suppress and expand packet header information in a wireless communication system
Data packets transmitted over a wireless network are suppressed by hardware at the transmitting end and expanded on the receiving end. This conserves bandwidth as well as reduces the processing resource requirements in both the subscriber station and the base station. An extended header element is added to a data ...

08/02/07 - 20070177588 - Method for transmitting a burst in optical burst switching system
Provided is a method for transmitting a burst in an optical burst switching system, in which when a burst is generated at an originating node, a burst control packet is transmitted to a destination node by way of a plurality of nodes and then a data burst is transmitted after ...

08/02/07 - 20070177587 - Systems and methods for distributing data
Disclosed are system and methods for distributing data. ...

07/26/07 - 20070171908 - Method and system for improving traffic distribution across a communication network
A system and method for distributing data across a network including a plurality of trunked port lines, including modifying an existing field within one layer of a data packet on the basis of information found within another layer of the data packet and restricting the process of trunking distribution to ...

07/26/07 - 20070171907 - Message-based communications
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of communicating information between an intermediate element and a source element in a message-based communications system in which a request message is sent from the source element to a destination element and in response to which a ...

07/26/07 - 20070171906 - Apparatus and method for extending functions from a high end device to other devices in a switching network
A network device for implementing a high speed transmission protocol. The network device includes a plurality of high speed modules which are connected by a plurality of high speed links, each of the plurality of high speed modules implementing the high speed transmission protocol. The network device also includes a ...

07/26/07 - 20070171905 - High speed transmission protocol
A high speed transmission protocol that is implemented in a network device that includes a plurality of modules which are connected by a plurality of high speed links. The protocol includes a transmission link aspect for providing at least one of variable-sized packet based transmission with fixed sized messaging capability ...

07/26/07 - 20070171904 - Traffic separation in a multi-stack computing platform using vlans
Embodiments of networking traffic separation mechanisms in a multi-stack computing platform using VLANs are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

07/26/07 - 20070171903 - System and method for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node
A scheme for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node. A message is provided to the network node by a client application executing on a digital multimedia device, wherein the message includes a multidimensional pointer to a depository of digital multimedia content associated with the network node as well ...

07/26/07 - 20070171902 - Method device for transmitting data packets belong to different users in a common transmittal protocol packet
The present invention relates to a method, device and system for handling short data packets, such as speech packets, in a communications network, and in particular a wireless local area network. The present invention is based on collecting several data packets from several users active on the network in one ...

07/26/07 - 20070171901 - Transmission protocol automatic detection method for a portable object such as a chip card or a chip key
A processing method for data exchanged between a portable object and an interface device, the portable object being of a chip card or chip key type, wherein the method involves receiving an initial signal from the interface device, wherein the initial signal is received after transmission of a response upon ...

07/19/07 - 20070165631 - Methods to suppress and expand packet header information in a wireless communication system
Data packets transmitted over a wireless network are suppressed by hardware at the transmitting end and expanded on the receiving end. This conserves bandwidth as well as reduces the processing resource requirements in both the subscriber station and the base station. An extended header element is added to a data ...

07/19/07 - 20070165629 - System and method for dynamic stability in a peer-to-peer hybrid communications network
An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method provides for dynamic stability. ...

07/19/07 - 20070165625 - System and method for exchanging information among exchange applications
In a system and method for processing messages in a gateway, a gateway message is received at the gateway, the gateway message including a gateway message header and a payload, the gateway message header including a unique message identifier block, a target block identifying where the gateway message is going, ...

07/19/07 - 20070165623 - Methods and apparatus for providing communications from a plurality of network devices to a user
In a first aspect, a first method of providing communication to a user via one of a plurality of network devices is provided. The first method includes the steps of (1) receiving a plurality of communications for the user from one or more of the network devices in a message ...

07/19/07 - 20070165622 - Techniques for load balancing over a cluster of subscriber-aware application servers
Techniques for distributing control plane traffic, from an end node in a packet switched network to a cluster of service gateway nodes that host subscriber-aware application servers, include receiving a control plane message for supporting data plane traffic from a particular subscriber. A particular service gateway node is determined among ...

07/19/07 - 20070165621 - System and method for transport pid broadcast scheme
A system and method for processing information may include broadcasting information, which indicates program content for each of a plurality of channels communicated via a plurality of transport streams, to a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors identify which of the program content is associated with a particular one ...

07/12/07 - 20070160044 - Method and apparatus for managing transmission and reception of data over a network
In a network which includes at least a transmission-side apparatus having a plurality of logical plugs and a reception-side apparatus having a plurality of logical plugs, correspondence between transmission-side logical plugs (e.g., P2 to P4) and reception-side logical plugs (e.g., P4 to P6) is established. The reception-side apparatus stores therein ...

07/12/07 - 20070160043 - Method, medium, and system encoding and/or decoding audio data
An audio data encoding method, medium, and system encoding a header that includes signaling information of audio data and selectively includes signaling information of an extension payload, and encoding the audio data and two or more extension payloads, so that backward compatibility is supported, and a decoder that may recognize ...

07/12/07 - 20070160042 - Switching apparatus having universal transport of data packet frames
Apparatus (A) is dedicated to switching data packet frames of different types coming from at least two transport networks (N1, N2) that use different transport protocol layers. Said apparatus (A) comprises a switching module (SM) and at least two access cards (AC1, AC2), each of which is connected to a ...

07/12/07 - 20070160039 - Method for identifying node reachability, method for identifying whether a link is an external link, method for calculating a routing, and method for disseminating node address information
The present invention discloses a method for identifying node reachability, a method for identifying a link, a method for calculating a routing, and a method for disseminating node address information. In the method of the node address information dissemination, when the network is initiated, each node in the automatically switched ...

07/12/07 - 20070160038 - Fast channel change apparatus and method for iptv
The present disclosure provides a system that can receive a group of channels (at least one of which includes an I-frame) from a DSL network, a memory that can store the I-frames, and a channel change detector that can detect a user's selection of a particular channel. If the memory ...

07/05/07 - 20070153788 - Method for transmitting packet data in communication system
A method and apparatus for a transmitter having a radio protocol with an upper layer and a lower layer therein used for management of full header packet transmission when transmitting data packets to a receiver are provided. If the upper layer receives from the lower layer, information of a successful ...

07/05/07 - 20070153787 - Home agent apparatus and method of implementing load allocation in communication network
The present invention is directed to the problem of data traffic allocation in a home agent (HA) of a mobile network. The present invention provides a method and apparatus of allocating data traffic by using a router and a route protocol, in which load allocation is implemented by using a ...

07/05/07 - 20070153786 - Method and apparatus for communicating data using tx/rx fifo structure in a wideband stereo codec interface
A method and interface are provided for using a memory that distinguishes transmission data from reception data and performs a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) operation on the transmission and reception data in a communication system. In the method, a controller receives from a register a last transmission address provided for dividing one ...

07/05/07 - 20070153785 - Method and system for decoding control channels using repetition redundancy
Methods and systems for decoding control channels using repetition redundancy may include generating enhanced soft bits by combining soft bits generated from the two GSM SACCH blocks. Combining may comprise averaging soft bits in one GSM SACCH block and corresponding soft bits from the other GSM SACCH block. Information in ...

07/05/07 - 20070153784 - Method and apparatus for enabling transport of ethernet data over a serial digital interface transport service
A method and apparatus is provided that allows for the transport of Ethernet data over a serial digital interface network. An Embedder/DeEmbedder allows selective use of the active video region of the SDI frame and the unused HANC space for transporting Ethernet media independent interface data. ...

07/05/07 - 20070153783 - Methods, systems, and products for condensing messages
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for condensing a message. The message is processed, and a portion of a header is removed. The removed portion is stored in memory. A reference is inserted into the header, and the reference references the stored portion. Because the reference replaces the removed portion, ...

07/05/07 - 20070153782 - Reliable, high-throughput, high-performance transport and routing mechanism for arbitrary data flows
The present invention leverages an existing content delivery network infrastructure to provide a system that enhances performance for any application that uses the Internet Protocol (IP) as its underlying transport mechanism. An overlay network comprises a set of edge nodes, intermediate nodes, and gateway nodes. This network provides optimized routing ...

06/28/07 - 20070147369 - Telephone system having multiple sources and accessories therefor
In conjunction with a data communication network carrying multiple telephony signals and allowing for connection of telephone sets, a system and method in which two external feeders connect to the data network at two distinct points via two distinct devices. The data network can be based on dedicated wiring or ...

06/28/07 - 20070147368 - Network packet steering via configurable association of processing resources and netmods or line interface ports
Methods and systems are provided for steering network packets. According to one embodiment, a mapping associates a processing resource with a network interface module (netmod) and/or a number of line interface ports included within the netmod. In one embodiment, the mapping is configurable within the processing resource and pushed to ...

06/28/07 - 20070147366 - System and method for optimizing robust header compression (rohc) in high delay variance environment
A system and method for optimizing robust header compression between a compressor (residing at AN/AT) and a decompressor (residing at AT/AN), the method comprising initializing the compressor with an estimated jitter value before the compressor; notifying the decompressor of the estimated jitter value before the compressor; estimating various threshold limits ...

06/28/07 - 20070147365 - Communication method, communication system, relaying device and communication device
A communication device transmits to a relaying device a transmission right grant request for requesting a grant of a transmission right to a transmitting device, and the relaying device determines whether the received transmission right grant request is a command associated with the transmission right of the communication device or ...

06/28/07 - 20070147364 - Local and remote switching in a communications network
A method, system or switch device, the switch device including an ASIC creating a switching system within the switch device, the ASIC including an ingress packet processor, an egress packet assembly device, a transmit control device and a routing device; whereby the ingress packet processor is disposed to receive a ...

06/28/07 - 20070147363 - Network edge device configured for adding protocol service header identifying service encoding of ip packet payload
A service header is generated by an edge device (e.g., a gateway or a router) configured for providing a prescribed service operation for a prescribed network service for a received IP packet. The received IP packet includes an IP payload and an IP header having a protocol field specifying an ...

06/21/07 - 20070140240 - Internet switch router
An internet router is implemented as a network fabric of fabric routers and links. The internet router receives data packets from trunk lines or other internet links and analyzes header information in the data packets to route the data packets to output internet links. The line interface also analyzes the ...

06/21/07 - 20070140239 - Distributed services for mesh networks
Nodes in a mesh network are configured to access centralized Internet Protocol (IP) services whenever the Internet infrastructure is accessible and then dynamically switch to providing the IP services locally in the mesh network when the Internet infrastructure is not accessible and operate through collaborative cooperation. In one embodiment, a ...

06/21/07 - 20070140238 - Power management device with communications capability and method of use
A power management device can include a power management device housing, a power input associated with the power management device housing, and a plurality of power outputs associated with the power management device housing. At least certain power outputs can be connectable to one or more electrical loads external to ...

06/21/07 - 20070140237 - Apparatus and method for traffic filtering in a communication system
A method includes receiving traffic through a first interface in a first group of interfaces at a switch. The first group of interfaces is associated with a first virtual network. The method also includes determining that the traffic is destined for a destination associated with a second virtual network and ...

06/21/07 - 20070140236 - Fibre channel traffic redirect scheme using fc nat acls
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for redirecting fibre channel data that is transmitted between a first and a second node, such as a host and target, in a storage area network (SAN) to an intelligent node that facilitates implementation of a service on such redirected data. Such redirection is provided ...

06/21/07 - 20070140235 - Network visible inter-logical router links
A scheme for allowing logical routers to achieve data path efficiency and still maintain network visible virtual links is provided by allowing logical routers in the same physical router to share routing information using standard protocols in place of proprietary route leaking, and by analyzing received data packets to determine ...

06/21/07 - 20070140234 - Signal transmission housing assembly
A signal transmission housing assembly is formed of a plurality of longitudinally interconnected signal transmission housings, wherein the casing of each individual signal transmission housing has a closed bottom plate and four closed surrounding wall plates, and an detachable top plate so as to form a chamber therein. An insertion ...

06/21/07 - 20070140233 - Resource sharing among network
A method for communication includes defining a resource-sharing group including two or more communication paths that traverse at least two different routes through a communication network, the routes traversing at least one common network element. A notification of an affiliation of the two or more communication paths with the resource-sharing ...

06/14/07 - 20070133529 - Method of providing multicast services in virtual private lan
A method of providing multicast services in a virtual private local area network (LAN) is provided. The method of providing multicast services, which is used by a provider edge in a virtual private LAN in which the provider edge, a customer edge, and a management system are connected to each ...

06/14/07 - 20070133528 - Apparatus and method for traffic performance improvement and traffic security in interactive satellite communication system
There are provided an apparatus and method for traffic performance improvement and traffic security in an interactive satellite communication system. The method for traffic performance improvement of an interactive satellite communication system includes the steps of: a) storing an Internet protocol (IP) packet that is received from a user terminal ...

06/14/07 - 20070133527 - Communication of data to communication devices
An application server for controlling communication of packet data with a plurality of communication devices in a multicasting session is disclosed. The application server is configured for receiving information regarding a packetization parameter that is desired by at least one of the communication devices for reception of packet data, for ...

06/07/07 - 20070127470 - Interface link layer device to build a distributed network
An interface link layer device (1) of an interface which allows the interconnection of different networks to build a distributed network according to the present invention routes complete data packets directly to another interface link layer device (1) that serves the destination via uplink means (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, ...

06/07/07 - 20070127469 - Cross-bar switch having bandwidth allocation
A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports for receiving data packets and a set of sink ports for transmitting the received packets to identified targets. A set of data rings couples the input ports to the sink ports. Each sink port utilizes the set of data rings to ...

06/07/07 - 20070127468 - Method and apparatus for ip data transmission using legacy transmission system and broadband downstream transmission system in hfc network
Provided is an IP data transmission apparatus using a legacy transmission system and a broadband downstream transmission system in a HFC network. The IP data transmission apparatus includes: an headend unit for receiving data from an application server system that is a service providing apparatus, splitting the received data into ...

06/07/07 - 20070127467 - Segmentation and reassembly receiver operation
A method for eliminating useless waiting for lost data units in a segmentation and reassembly (SAR) receiver operation is disclosed. The SAR receiver checks for any missing data units upon receiving a transmission of a plurality of data units in a predetermined sequence, storing all received data units following a ...

06/07/07 - 20070127466 - Apparatus and method for processing packet in voice and data integration system
An apparatus and method for processing a packet in a voice and data integration system are provided. The voice and data integration apparatus includes: a digital signal processing (DSP) for decoding a packet into PCM (pulse code modulation) data; and a host driver for receiving one or more packets from ...

06/07/07 - 20070127465 - Method for providing services from a server to a terminal over a mobile/wireless communication network, corresponding access node and terminal
The present invention relates to a method for providing services from a server to a terminal over a mobile/wireless communication network. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: sending messages from said server to an access node of said mobile/wireless communication network; extracting at said access ...

06/07/07 - 20070127464 - Managing the distribution of control protocol information in a network node
A technique for managing control protocol information in a network node involves identifying messages as control protocol messages and checking the messages to see if the messages carry any updated control protocol information. If a control protocol message carries updated control protocol information, then the message is forwarded to a ...

06/07/07 - 20070127463 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for gatekeeper streaming
A conferencing Gatekeeper configured to be adjusted so as to forward a conferencing media stream to be recorded to an appropriate streaming/archiving server, or alternatively to have streaming and archiving modules incorporated. Further, a method and computer program product for archiving or streaming media data between a plurality of endpoints ...

06/07/07 - 20070127462 - Method of operating communication terminal managing channel conversion error of program of digital multimedia broadcasting contents and communication terminal enabling the method
A method of operating a communication terminal managing a channel conversion error of a program with respect to a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) content and a communication terminal employing the method. More particularly, a method of operating a communication terminal managing a channel conversion error of a program with respect ...

06/07/07 - 20070127461 - Router and communication system
When points are connected by a L2VPN, it is necessary to unify the address system (network). When the user sets the address manually, address duplication may occur or the network may not be unified due to a setting mistake. In addition, when points are connected by a L2VPN, the VPN ...

06/07/07 - 20070127460 - Scalable on-board open data network architecture
An embodiment of an open data network system facilitates communication between applications related to operation of a vehicle, such as an aircraft, and re-use of components in different systems and implementations. A switch/router communicates data between on-board systems. A server communicates with the switch/router and provides at least one of ...

06/07/07 - 20070127459 - Network apparatus and method for forwarding multicast packets for the same
A network apparatus for forwarding multicast packets to a plurality of multicast receivers includes a switch and a main module. The switch includes a plurality of ports for connecting the plurality of multicast receivers. The main module includes an Internet group management protocol (IGMP) snooping module and a forwarding module. ...

06/07/07 - 20070127458 - Data communication method for detecting slipped bit errors in received data packets
A data communication method for transmitting a data packet from a transmitter to a receiver includes providing a key to the transmitter and the receiver where the key includes a K-bit data pattern sensitive to the location of each data bit in the data pattern; appending the key to the ...

06/07/07 - 20070127457 - Method and apparatus to minimize database exchange in ospf by using a sha-1 digest value
The present invention provides a method of determining whether database located on a first router is synchronized with the database located on a second router by performing a hash function on the values contained in a link state database to derive a SHA-1 digest value. In an embodiment, the digest ...

06/07/07 - 20070127456 - Communications apparatus and method
A communications apparatus includes a router 10, a network address translator 12 and a connection controller 11. The connection controller 11 governs the connection from LAN 1 to other networks such as the Internet. The LAN serves a number of terminals 2 to 7. In the event that the connection ...

05/31/07 - 20070121626 - User and activity based end-to-end utilization measurement system
A method and a computer program product embodying software for measuring the utilization of all components in an end-to-end application and automatically associating them with the end-user and end-user activity. One aspect of the invention deals with the measurement and automatic association of server application utilization by the client and ...

05/31/07 - 20070121625 - Method and device for creating/reproducing multimedia file, and information recording medium storing multimedia file
A method and device for creating/reproducing a multimedia file, and an information recording medium recording the multimedia file are provided. According to the method for creating the multimedia file, multimedia raw data is coded in accordance with characteristics of a device reproducing the multimedia raw data. After that, header information ...

05/31/07 - 20070121624 - Method and system of network clock generation with multiple phase locked loops
A method and system generates a network quality clock signal in a communications system by synthesizing a first clock signal based on arrival rate of packets transmitted via a network link at a rate according to a network clock. The system then synthesizes a second clock signal is then synthesized ...

05/31/07 - 20070121623 - Method and system for establishing narrowband communications connections using virtual local area network identification
A method and system detects a network connection in a communications system, such as a narrowband communications system, using Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identification. In one embodiment, a first node transmits a message to a specific second node among a group of second nodes. The message from the first ...

05/31/07 - 20070121622 - Method, system and equipment for processing sip requests in ims network
A method for processing SIP requests in an IMS network includes: an AS in the IMS network receiving a first SIP request forwarded by a S-CSCF entity, generating a second SIP request and deciding whether it is needed to associate the second SIP request with the first SIP request in ...

05/31/07 - 20070121621 - Integrated active-active fibre channel capability in sata and sas devices
Integrated active-active fibre channel capability in SAS and SATA is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a data processing system to communicate a fibre channel frame through a network and a conversion module in a storage device coupled to the network to translate between the fibre channel frame and ...

05/31/07 - 20070121620 - Method and system for audio and video transport
Aspects of a method and system for processing audio and video transport may comprise synchronizing streams with associated program content based on 24-bit presentation time stamps (PTSs) and 32-bit system clock samples (SCSs) field without using decoding time stamps (DTSs). A PTS field may be provided as part of a ...

05/31/07 - 20070121619 - Communications distribution system
A communications system, such as a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), or corresponding method increases available bandwidth for transmission of data, video, and audio to a customer premise, or curb node for further distribution to customer premises, within a network. In one embodiment, a system comprises a host digital ...

05/31/07 - 20070121618 - Method and system for priority based routing
A method and system for routing a data packet, intended for a destination node, from a source node to a first intermediate node in a network is useful for improving network efficiency and participation. The method includes determining a priority level of the source node and a priority level of ...

05/31/07 - 20070121617 - Extending sso for dhcp snooping to two box redundancy
Disclosed are mechanisms for facilitating the use of DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) binding data. In general, certain applications include mechanisms for intercepting data being sent from a node and then determining whether the data corresponds to a valid IP address and MAC address binding. Embodiments of the present invention ...

05/31/07 - 20070121616 - Methods and systems for routing packets with a hardware forwarding engine and a software forwarding engine
A system is provided that includes a hardware forwarding engine that routes data packets. The system also comprises a processor coupled to the hardware forwarding engine, the processor having a software forwarding engine that routes data packets. If data packets are forwarded from the hardware forwarding engine to the software ...

05/31/07 - 20070121615 - Method and apparatus for self-learning of vpns from combination of unidirectional tunnels in mpls/vpn networks
A technique is provided for implementing deep-packet inspection (DPI) services in a MPLS/VPN configured computer network. The technique employs a novel self-learning algorithm that analyzes data packets belonging to different unidirectional tunnels in the MPLS/VPN network and determines whether the analyzed data packets transport data in the same VPN. If ...

05/31/07 - 20070121614 - Method and device for communication channel selection
A communication terminal and a method for initiating a communication link from a communication terminal to a remote party, where the method includes sensing input of an address number for the remote party. Upon sensing the input of an address number a plurality of selectable items, representing different communication channels ...

05/31/07 - 20070121613 - Automatic allocation of prefixes to equipments of an ipv6 communication network
A communication equipment for an Internet Protocol communication network including a set of interfaces each connected to one or more other communication equipments and having means for receiving an address prefix from a first other communication equipment. It further includes allocation means for allocating to at least a portion of ...

05/24/07 - 20070115974 - High speed data classification system
An optical network packet classification architecture is disclosed that addresses the packet classification requirements for OC-768 optical routers and beyond. The herein disclosed system is used for ultra-high speed packet classification of optical data at either the serial data stream level for maximum performance, or after it has been converted ...

05/24/07 - 20070115973 - Power line communication apparatus, power line communication method and communication apparatus
PLC modems and a PLC communication system that includes the PLC modems receive a multicast packet from a video server of a multicast group. When a MAC address table is set therein, the PLC modems and the PLC communication system convert the multicast packet into a unicast packet and transmit ...

05/24/07 - 20070115972 - Apparatus for allocating transmission period in a wireless communication system
An apparatus is provided for allocating a transmission period in a wireless network system. An access point (AP) transmits a PSMP frame indicating a downlink period and an uplink period allocated to each station (STA), and at least one sub PSMP frame indicating an allocated downlink period for at least ...

05/24/07 - 20070115971 - Method for allocating transmission period in a wireless communication system
A method is provided for efficiently allocating a transmission period in a wireless network system. An access point (AP) transmits a PSMP frame indicating a downlink period provided to each station (STA) and a minimum amount of an uplink period allocated to each STA, and at least one sub PSMP ...

05/24/07 - 20070115970 - Apparatus for allocating transmission period in a wireless communication system
An apparatus is provided for efficiently allocating a transmission period in a wireless network system. An access point (AP) transmits a PSMP frame indicating a downlink period provided to each station (STA) and a minimum amount of an uplink period allocated to each STA, and at least one sub PSMP ...

05/24/07 - 20070115969 - Systems and methods for digital stream denting
A method of forming a digital packet stream, the stream including transport packets. The method can include receiving a packet ID in a transport stream, determining if the packet ID includes a video ID, determining if a coded video frame starts a transport packet, and if a coded video frame ...

05/24/07 - 20070115968 - Default route coding
A multi-level lookup table includes a plurality of search levels with each search level including a plurality of subtrees, each subtree representing a plurality of nodes. A search of the multi-level lookup table for an entry corresponding to a search key results in a value stored in an entry associated ...

05/24/07 - 20070115967 - Dynamic discovery of iso layer-2 topology
A method is provided of determining a layer-2 topology of an IT infrastructure which includes layer-2 interconnect devices having ports. A list of layer-2 interconnect devices available in the IT infrastructure is obtained. Uplink and non-uplink ports of layer-2 interconnect devices are determined. All the, or a subset of