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Multiplex Communications > Pathfinding Or Routing > Switching A Message Which Includes An Address Header > Message Transmitted Using Fixed Length Packets (e.g., Atm Cells) > Connection Set-up/disconnect (e.g., Connection Admission Control) > Based On Traffic Contract (including Using Setup Messages, Qos, Delay/bandwidth Requirement) Based On Traffic Contract (including Using Setup Messages, Qos, Delay/bandwidth Requirement)Based On Traffic Contract (including Using Setup Messages, Qos, Delay/bandwidth Requirement) 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.11/22/07 - 20070268909 - Method, device and system for realizing qos guarantee in a mpls network A method for realizing QoS guarantee in a MPLS network, a method for establishing a QoS data path, a method for terminating QoS data transmission, an edge router for a MPLS network and a MPLS network for realizing QoS guarantee are provided. The method for realizing QoS guarantee in a ... 11/08/07 - 20070258461 - System and method for controlling bandwidth at a wireless endpoint Described is a system and method for controlling bandwidth at a wireless endpoint. The method comprises receiving a bandwidth request from a device and placing the device in a bundle which includes a plurality of radios to communicate with the device. A packet addressed to the device is received and ... 11/01/07 - 20070253428 - Techniques for bulk refresh of sessions in ip networks Techniques for providing a bulk refresh of sessions in a network are provided. A plurality of session identifiers for sessions that were created are determined. These session identifiers may be included in a bulk refresh message. The bulk refresh message is sent to a device configured to determine if sessions ... 11/01/07 - 20070253427 - System, method and computer program product for providing quality of service during remote access to a plug-and-play network A network entity for providing QoS during remote access to a PnP network includes a QoS manager for receiving in-band device capabilities of a PnP-enabled in-band correspondent and a PnP-enabled out-of-band remote node, the remote node being in communication with the PnP network over a secure tunnel. As presented, the ... 10/18/07 - 20070242677 - Utilizing session initiation protocol for identifying user equipment resource reservation setup protocol capabilities In a communication between a mobile unit (UE) and a gateway general packet radio system (GGRS) support node (GGSN) wherein resource reservations setup protocol (RSVP) capabilities are shared by a session setup mechanism, preferably session initiation protocol (SIP) in which RSVP capabilities of the originating UE and GGSN are defined ... 09/27/07 - 20070223491 - Apparatus and method for providing quality of service in wireless communication system Provided are an apparatus and a method for providing a quality of service (QoS) in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting an enable media message that includes QoS information of the application layers from an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) server to a policy server, transforming and ... 08/30/07 - 20070201485 - Method and communication network components for managing media signal quality A media signal quality manager for controlling one or more parameters of a network node through which passes a media signal. The audio signal quality manager has an input for receiving information conveying a characteristic of the media signal and a processor that generates performance control information in response to ... 08/23/07 - 20070195790 - Method of managing buffer in radio network control equipment and radio network control equipment Radio network control equipment is stably operated regardless of occurrence of burst of control signals by counting total number of control signals input to a buffer receiving control signals in each multiplexer in the radio network control equipment and the number of control signals transmitted from each cell in each ... 08/23/07 - 20070195789 - Managing packets for transmission in a communication system Methods (400, 500) and corresponding systems (100, 200, 300) for managing a packet (318) for transmission include obtaining a quality of service (QoS) parameter value for a data stream (404), and determining one or more QoS statistics for previously transmitted data (406). Thereafter, a packet is selected from the data ... 08/23/07 - 20070195788 - Policy based procedure to modify or change granted qos in real time for cdma wireless networks A policy based look up procedure enables a code division multiple access (CDMA) wireless network to modify a quality of service (QoS) level granted for an application packet flow in real time, e.g. in response to a customer service request, upon determination of a need to change network operations, periodically, ... 08/16/07 - 20070189304 - Mac-driven transport block size selection at a physical layer A network component for performing packet scheduling functions, the network component includes a medium access component and a physical component. The medium access component pre-calculates a set of transport blocks sizes based on predefined parameters and measurements for logical channel identifiers associated with a radio link identifier and signals the ... 07/26/07 - 20070171915 - Cost-aware networking over heterogeneous data channels Disclosed herein are scheduling techniques for transmitting time-critical data in a cost-aware manner over a network comprising a plurality of heterogeneous transmission interfaces. The scheduling problem is formulated as a linear programming problem with the deliver-by deadlines of the various data blocks as hard constraints and minimizing cost set as ... 06/28/07 - 20070147389 - Signalling exchange method for guaranteeing internet protocol quality of service The present invention discloses a signalling exchange method for guaranteeing Internet Protocol (IP) Quality of Service (QoS), including: after a Call Agent (CA) receives a request from a source User Agent (UA) for transferring a user service stream, sending a QoS resource request from the CA to the bearer control ... 06/28/07 - 20070147388 - Terminal and method for setting quality of service therein The present invention provides a method for setting a quality of service (QoS) in a terminal. The method includes receiving from a base station and displaying information regarding radio resource usage condition in a communication network; receiving and setting a QoS demanded by a user; receiving a data service by ... 06/21/07 - 20070140258 - Method for dynamic bandwidth allocation in passive optical network A method for dynamic bandwidth allocation in Passive Optical Network (PON), said PON includes a OLT and a plurality of ONUs accessing to the OLT, comprising: classifying traffic which is to be communicated between the OLT and the ONUs into a plurality of service types, and granting a different priority ... 06/14/07 - 20070133559 - Apparatus and method for providing qos for mpls traffic An apparatus and a method for providing a QoS for a multi protocol label switching (MPLS) traffic are provided. According to the apparatus and the method, a label and an experimental (EXP) are extracted from an MPLS packet input to an MPLS network system, and then applied to a predetermined ... 06/07/07 - 20070127494 - Method for providing quality of service to a sip-based device over a communication network A SIP proxy server embedded in a cable modem or other SIP user device coupled to a cable modem or similar network interface device processes SIP messages associated with SIP communication sessions. The SIP proxy server instructs a QoS manager client, typically also embedded in the cable modem, to communicate ... 05/24/07 - 20070116010 - System and method for allocating resource and user terminal A system for allocating resources, including at least one user terminal operable to determine at least one resource needed by the user terminal and further operable to request a first allocation of the resource. A relaying apparatus is provided which is operable to determine the resource to be allocated and ... 05/24/07 - 20070116009 - Method and systems for optimization analysis in networks Methods and systems for providing optimization information for networks. ... 05/24/07 - 20070116008 - Second-order hubbing-and-grooming constrained by demand categories An end-to-end demand between a pair of nodes of a telecommunication network is determined is categorized into a category based on hub assignments for the nodes. A route for the end-to-end demand in the telecommunication network is determined using a hubbing-and-grooming algorithm. The hubbing-and-grooming algorithm constrains which one or more ... 05/03/07 - 20070097985 - Method of improving wireless communication qos by means of automatic packet sizing and forward error correcting based on the dynamic error rate forecast A method to meet the adequate QoS of wireless network by automatically sizing the packet length and/or by adding appropriate FEC (Forward Error Correction) based on the error rate forecast that is derived from the past behavior of the wireless communication channel. ... 05/03/07 - 20070097984 - Method for allocating transmission period in a wireless communication system A method 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 ... 04/26/07 - 20070091898 - Method for ip multimedia services session setup A method in a communication of establishing the existence of quality of service preconditions in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of sending (206) an SIP registration request message; and receiving (208) a registration acknowledgement message having a QOS precondition preference indication. Then sending (406) an invite that ... 03/08/07 - 20070053363 - Method of providing reliable transmission quality of service in a communication network A method is disclosed for providing reliable transmission Quality of Service (QoS) in communication network, in which a QoS connection is established between bearer network resource managers in bearer network control layer, and maintenance management mechanism is well established in terms of the QoS connection. Various QoS resource control messages ... 02/22/07 - 20070041385 - Prioritization techniques for quality of service packet transmission over ev-do network This disclosure is directed to packet scheduling techniques for prioritizing packets in the first generation (1X) evolution data optimized (EV-DO) network or similar networks that do not provide quality of service (QoS) support at the media access control (MAC) level. The techniques make use of a plurality of prioritized queues ... 02/08/07 - 20070030853 - Sampling techniques Embodiments of sampling techniques for server farms are described herein. In an implementation, the sampling techniques may be performed to find a range of values, in which, a quality of service measurement belongs. Each range is thought of as a “bucket” and may include a corresponding counter that is incremented ... 02/01/07 - 20070025359 - Dynamically providing a quality of service for a mobile node Providing a quality of service for a mobile node includes facilitating a communication session for the mobile node. A quality of service decision factor of a context of the communication session is established. A quality of service associated with the quality of service decision factor is identified. Whether to provide ... 02/01/07 - 20070025358 - Method for the establishment of a communication link, and communication system The disclosure relates to a method for establishing a communication link between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal. According to the inventive method, the communication link is achieved by means of interconnected network elements, selected network elements being authorized to trigger releasing of the communication link. ... 01/25/07 - 20070019652 - Method and apparatus for updating label-switched paths A method of updating a label-switched path for forwarding data in a data communications network in response to a change in a network comprises the step, performed at an updating node of receiving notification of a network change, of constructing a post-change label-switched path in the changed network. The method ... 01/04/07 - 20070002868 - Location based quality of service (qos) control A location based Quality of Service (QoS) is negotiated for each mobile terminal entering a mobile network. Each mobile terminal receives a routing area identification that identifies the mobile terminal's location. The routing area identification and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) are transmitted to a QoS selection block within a ... 12/14/06 - 20060280184 - System to enforce service level agreements for voice-over internet protocol A communications system is described for enforcing a service level agreement for a specified customer on a network. The communications system includes a router to receive at least one packet containing data. A management system is in communication with the router, where the management system provides access control commands to ... 12/07/06 - 20060274758 - Adaptive skills-based routing A method and system of processing communications within a communication center is described. The exemplary method receives a communication and determines attributes of the communication necessary for processing the communication. The exemplary method determines a service level of a first queue. When the service level is within range, the method ... 11/30/06 - 20060268893 - Method for improved packet 1‘protection The invention includes a method for monitoring packet protection quality. A first method according to the present invention includes initializing a current sliding window having a current sliding window length, measuring a current delay window length of a current delay window by monitoring a difference between a leading path counter ... 11/02/06 - 20060245432 - Method and apparatus for depicting quality of service by base station in mobile networks A method of displaying quality of service information based on data collected from a system under test. At least one base station related to the collected data is identified and for each time interval a quality of service value is calculated for each of the at least one base station. ... 10/26/06 - 20060239272 - Defragmentation of communication channel allocations Approaches scheduling and allocation of communication bandwidth across a communication channel provide the opportunity for improved network utilization. According to one embodiment, a method of allocating communication bandwidth among a plurality of network devices scheduling and conducting communication activities within the communication network in a communication network is provided. The ... 10/26/06 - 20060239271 - Methods and systems for maintaining quality of service (qos) levels for data transmissions A system is provided for maintaining Quality of Service (“QoS”) parameters of data transmissions. A packet-switched network framework is provided. The network framework includes at least one router for routing the data transmissions over the network framework. The network framework also includes multiple links, including a first link and a ... 10/19/06 - 20060233178 - Method and system for power efficient transmission of scalable video over wireless networks A method and system for reducing power consumption in a wireless network by adjusting the transmit energy for each bit at the physical layer and the retry limit at the MAC layer. The method includes creating a look-up table containing optimal pairs of Nlim,Et for a plurality of different sets ... 10/12/06 - 20060227789 - Method for transmitting control data Apparatuses and methods for transmitting control data on a physical channel between a mobile radio device and a base station in a cellular network. In particular, in a mobile radio network according to the UMTS standard (UMTS=Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) a packet-oriented data transmission between the mobile radio device and ... 09/28/06 - 20060215663 - Zone based quality of service in a fibre channel fabric Methods and apparatus are provided for improving the configuration, management, and distribution of quality of service information in a fibre channel fabric using zoning mechanisms. Configuration of Quality of Service (QoS) information is made easy by using zones as a classifier for flows. QoS information is included in zone objects, ... 09/21/06 - 20060209842 - Using mobile traffic history to minimize transmission time A method of reducing the time needed for sending data over a communication network. The method can include analyzing bandwidth usage of a user over a communication network and receiving data associated with the user to be sent over the communication network. The method further can include determining, from the ... 09/21/06 - 20060209841 - Network usage optimization A network usage optimization method for minimizing the total network usage fee. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a network and a data processing apparatus, wherein the data processing apparatus communicates via a PVC of the network; (b) obtaining past network traffic data for traffic over the PVC; ... 08/31/06 - 20060193327 - System and method for providing quality of service in a virtual adapter A method, computer program product, and distributed data processing system for associating a quality of service level to one or more virtual I/O adapters or virtual resources that reside within a physical adapter and are associated with a virtual host is provided. Specifically, a mechanism by which a single physical ... 07/27/06 - 20060165092 - Out-of-band signaling system, method and computer program product A system, method and computer program product for providing a user a way to change communications presence information is disclosed. A point of presence (PPD) device may produce presentity (a source of presence information about a user) which may be transmitted out-of-band to a watcher or watchers of an intelligent ... 07/27/06 - 20060165091 - Base station device and adaptive modulation method A UE/queue selected by a scheduler is input to an offset table (111) and a corresponding offset value is output to a CQI conversion section (112). Using this offset value, the CQI conversion section (112) converts a CQI output from a demodulation/decoding section and outputs the converted CQI to an ... 07/27/06 - 20060165090 - Method and apparatus for implementing qos in data transmissions A method and apparatus for implementing QoS levels in data transmissions in a communication network. The apparatus is a terminal, e.g. a WAP phone, or a server apparatus comprising a HTTP server and a WAP gateway, for example. The method is based on certain modifications in a communication protocol stack. ... 07/20/06 - 20060159106 - System and method for managing broadband services A system and method are described for selecting a service state using a configurable abstraction layer. A comparison is made between network parameters of a Network Performance Layer and network services of a Service Layer. Once network parameters are within a threshold for providing a given service, a state change ... 07/20/06 - 20060159105 - Method for improving the qos mechanisms in the bandwidth allocation in cdma mobile communication systems The invention relates to a method for improving QoS mechanisms during bandwidth allocation in CDMA mobile communication systems, characterized in that the user terminal signals the minimal bandwidth (bit rate) which is required to the mobile communication system and a bandwith within said range is allocated to the radio interface ... 06/15/06 - 20060126639 - Quality of service enforcement A method in a network of interconnected computer systems includes generating a Quality of Service (QoS) requirements document between a client and a first server for execution of a service in the first server, initiating execution of the service in the first server in response to a client request, and ... 04/27/06 - 20060088034 - Network service classes The present invention describes a standard way of defining network service classes, which provide default quality of service levels required for corresponding communication applications. The network service classes provide end-to-end quality of service policies that extend across multiple, disparate communication networks, and the network elements therein. In effect, the network ... 04/13/06 - 20060077981 - Network connection device A network connection device bridges a first network that uses a negotiated packet delivery scheduling scheme and a second network that uses an empirically determined packet delivery scheduling scheme. The network connection device translates a request to communicate over the first network into a request to communicate over the second ... 04/06/06 - 20060072581 - Method and apparatus for providing quality of service guarantees using stateful monitoring of network load An approach is provided for supporting monitoring of network load. An allocation state is determined based on a bandwidth allocation value, a group load, and a guaranteed portion of capacity of a communication channel. The bandwidth allocation value specifies an actual amount of capacity of the communication channel allocated to ... 03/30/06 - 20060067329 - Method and apparatus for measuring quality of service in voice-over-ip network applications based on speech characteristics A method and apparatus for measuring Quality-of-Service (QoS) in packet-based communications networks for Voice-over-IP applications is advantageously based not only on packet loss information but also on particular characteristics of the speech data itself. Measurement of failures of the “quasi-stationary” (QS) property of speech—that is, the assumption that both the ... 03/09/06 - 20060050715 - Quality of service (qos) class reordering A network is described herein which includes a node and a downstream node where the node is capable of altering a Quality of Service (QoS) class of one client (packet) which is associated with a plurality of clients (packets) in a manner such that when the downstream node receives and ... 02/23/06 - 20060039381 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for modifying bandwidth and/or quality of service in a core network Bandwidth and/or Quality of Service (QoS) may be modified in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that includes a core network, the RAN facilitating differentiated end-to-end data transport between an enterprise, a Network Service Provider (NSP), and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP) and a customer Premises Network (CPN). Application Programming Interface (API) ... 01/26/06 - 20060018323 - Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting qos parameters A method for dynamically adjusting QoS parameters associated with a virtual circuit is disclosed. The virtual circuit includes a first end connected to a first router and a second end connected to a second router. The method includes receiving an offer message at the second router, and sending a request ... 01/12/06 - 20060007937 - System and method for provisioning a quality of service within a switch fabric To address the resources of the switch fabric, one embodiment of the invention provides a system and method for measuring the bandwidth of a switch fabric in addition to measuring the bandwidth in the line cards. The measured bandwidth is compared to the requirements of a routing request received in ... 01/12/06 - 20060007936 - Controlling quality of service and access in a packet network based on levels of trust for consumer equipment A level of trust is determined for a consumer equipment. Based on the determined level of trust, a level of QoS is controlled for information packets that are associated with the consumer equipment and communicated through a packet switched network and/or access by the consumer equipment to communicate through the ... 12/29/05 - 20050286535 - Verification of consumer equipment connected to packet networks based on hashing values Consumer equipment that is connected to a packet switched network is verified, and a Quality of Service for communications therewith are controlled based on the verification. Information is hashed to generate a first hash value. The information in a memory of the consumer equipment is hashed to generate a second ... 12/15/05 - 20050276271 - Wlan service system and method for charging based on user data flow The invention discloses a WLAN service system for charging based on the user data flow, and the system includes: a WLAN user equipment, a WLAN access network, a Packet Data Gateway and a charging service unit that generates charging information and is connected with the Packet Data Gateway; the invention ... 10/13/05 - 20050226250 - Gateway apparatus, and method for processsing signals in the gateway apparatus The present invention provides various services for a mobile communication network (100) or an IP network (200), by processing necessary information suitably in accordance with a service type so as to exchange the information to a service control device (20) and transmitting the results of the service process by the ... 10/13/05 - 20050226249 - Method and arrangement for dinamic allocation of network resources Dynamic allocation of network resource through the use of a measurement-based estimator is described. Measurements of bandwidth utilization allow a measurement-based estimator to compute the bandwidth requirements of the measured traffic. The use of such an estimator allows provision of differentiated services by adjusting the service-weighting of a queue scheduler ... 09/29/05 - 20050213584 - Method and system of providing differentiated services A method for combining Internet protocols in a Differentiated Services model environment is described. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Common Open Policy Service (COPS) are combined together to provide methods of setting up a session and tearing down a session, while maintaining Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) policies. The ... 09/15/05 - 20050201382 - Methods and apparatus for the communication of network capability information over a traffic channel Methods and apparatus for the communication of network capability information are described. When a mobile station is engaged in a call, an in-traffic channel message is transmitted from a base station of a wireless communication network to the mobile station. The message includes information indicative of whether the network supports ... 09/15/05 - 20050201381 - Method and apparatus to manage network addresses for private voice communications A method and apparatus to manage network address for private voice communication are described. ... 09/08/05 - 20050195830 - User directed background transfer and data storage One embodiment of the present invention, file transfers are performed in a wireless communication network between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a location external to the WTRU for purposes of utilizing the data under predetermined conditions. In another embodiment, file transfer is performed by determining conditions for file transfer ... 09/01/05 - 20050190771 - Methods for performing medium dedication in order to ensure the quality of service for delivering real-time data across wireless network The presented invention provides methods and apparatus to generate a efficient medium dedication schedule which give wireless medium the ability to serve real-time and non real-time application concurrently and still be able to maintain the QoS as requested by real-time application. Furthermore, it also presents methods for implementing buffer in ... 08/25/05 - 20050185654 - Method of providing network services A method of providing network services is described. The network includes a number of nodes, each one of which is coupled to at least one other of the nodes by at least one of a number of optical links. The network is preferably capable of supporting a number of virtual ... 08/25/05 - 20050185653 - Communication apparatus To provide a communication apparatus that is capable of selecting an appropriate network according to communication quality of a network and conditions required by an application using the network. When communication with a correspondent node is performed via plural networks, communication quality information is acquired for each of the plural ... 08/18/05 - 20050180429 - Multi-service network switch with independent protocol stack architecture A multi-service network switch capable of providing multiple network services from a single platform. The switch incorporates a distributed packet forwarding architecture where each of the various cards is capable of making independent forwarding decisions. The switch further allows for dynamic resource management for dynamically assigning modem and ISDN resources ... 07/28/05 - 20050163129 - Transmitter, communication system, and communication method A transmitter, a communication system, and a communication method capable of realizing communication of more than a set bandwidth with respect to a packet communication with a bandwidth guarantee set therefore by using a set bandwidth as the minimum guaranteed bandwidth, wherein when a transmitter transmits packet data, it decides ... 07/28/05 - 20050163128 - Digital subscriber line user capacity estimation In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a data communications system. The data communication system includes a plurality of digital subscriber lines, a digital subscriber line multiplexer coupled to each of the plurality of digital subscriber lines; and a data switch coupled to the digital subscriber line ... 07/21/05 - 20050157728 - Packet relay device A packet relay device which realizes a QoS service with higher quality by improving an intra-device policy concerning packet discard. An input-side policing unit measures a first data rate of packets before being switched, and discards at least one of the packets before being switched, when the first data rate ... 07/21/05 - 20050157727 - Server, software, and system for data delivery A data delivery system. Fragmentation in a communication path is suppressed to prevent increase of load imposed on network appliance due to the fragmentation occurring in the state where traffic is increased, while preventing increasing of load imposed on a receiver terminal due to necessity of reconstructing fragmented packet. When ... 06/23/05 - 20050135378 - Service aware policer with efficient handling of in-profile traffic A service aware policer considers conformance to committed parameters before considering conformance to excess parameters. Such a flexible policer, which may be considered to be concerned with two rates and three colors, may find application in IP DiffServ, Metro Ethernet, etc. In particular, the policer, given a service associated with ... 06/16/05 - 20050129028 - Transmission of data packets of different priority levels using pre-emption A method for transmitting data packets of at least two different priority levels via one or more bearer channels is described. The method comprises the steps of fragmenting a data packet into a plurality of corresponding code words, each code word comprising a sync code, with the sync code being ... 06/16/05 - 20050129027 - Traffic contract parameter estimation in an atm network A method and storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon estimate traffic contract parameters in an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. The method and the computer-executable instructions include: generating data for ATM cell packet arrival times of a number of cells received for a predetermined period of time; determining a ... 06/02/05 - 20050117587 - Distributed computing system for resource reservation and user verification In a distributed computing system, an end terminal transmits a job execution request to a job scheduler, which in response determines a resource and a job execution period necessary for executing a job on the resource based on contents of the job indicated in the message. A reservation request message ... 06/02/05 - 20050117586 - Session qos control apparatus A session QoS control apparatus includes a session management database in which session management information per user terminal is stored, a user preference database in which user preference information representing the user state and QoS requirement associated with the identifier of a user communication terminal is stored, and a user ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |