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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) > Multiprotocol Network > Emulated Lan (lane/elan/vlan, E.g., Ethernet Or Token Ring Legacy Lan Over A Single Atm Network/lan) Emulated Lan (lane/elan/vlan, E.g., Ethernet Or Token Ring Legacy Lan Over A Single Atm Network/lan)Emulated Lan (lane/elan/vlan, E.g., Ethernet Or Token Ring Legacy Lan Over A Single Atm Network/lan) 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.11/08/07 - 20070258465 - System and method for server farm resource allocation Techniques and systems for server farm load balancing and resource allocation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of load balancing can include: arranging servers into service groups; receiving an access request with information related to a differentiation between the service groups; selecting one of the service groups based on ... 11/01/07 - 20070253432 - Network device providing access to both layer 2 and layer 3 services on a single physical interface A network node includes a first port and a second port, the second port being operable to carry a first type of data traffic over a main physical interface, the first type of data traffic including Layer 2 services. The second port is operable to simultaneously carry a second type ... 10/11/07 - 20070237158 - Method and apparatus for providing a logical separation of a customer device and a service device connected to a data storage system A data storage system includes storage array and a switch that is configurable to create numerous network topologies within the system and to maintain separate communications paths between different computerized devices or networks and the storage array. For example, a user device and a service device, such as a system ... 10/04/07 - 20070230481 - Passive optical network system for supporting virtual ethernet service and method for the same A passive optical network (PON) system includes at least one optical line terminal (OLT), a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) connected to each OLT, and an OLT management server used to manage the OLT. The OLT management server creates a VLAN access control table in response to a user's ... 09/20/07 - 20070217431 - Data security achieved by use of gigabit ethernet and standard ethernet filtering A system and method for transporting data are provided. A first domain includes a first plurality of filters in a first communications channel including a common portion. A second domain includes a second plurality of filters in a second communications channel including the common portion. The first and second plurality ... 09/13/07 - 20070211730 - Message handling in a local area network having redundant paths Message handling in a local area network including switches and clients is provided. At least one of the switches is a peer switch that is capable of monitoring a status of another switch, and at least one switch connects the clients redundantly. A station announcement message is sent by the ... 08/23/07 - 20070195794 - Virtual lan system and node device A node A21 sets a communication tunnel for encapsulating a data link packet with other nodes joining in a virtual LAN to a peer-to-peer type, and comprises a packet forward table A2141 for forwarding the data link layer packet received from a communication tunnel to another communication tunnel. In addition, ... 08/23/07 - 20070195793 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for selective layer 2 port blocking using layer 2 source addresses Methods, systems, and computer program products for selective layer 2 port blocking using layer 2 source addresses are disclosed. According to one method, a layer 2 frame is received. An I/O port block list is identified based on a layer 2 source address in the layer 2 frame. A set ... 07/26/07 - 20070171917 - Apparatus and method for implementing multiple high speed switching fabrics in an ethernet ring topology 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 implements the high speed transmission protocol and each of the plurality of ... 07/05/07 - 20070153809 - Method of multicasting multimedia information over wireless local area network A method for multicasting multimedia information from a transmitting device to multiple receiving devices on a wireless local area network is provided herein. According to the method, the transmitting device, based on the periodical polling of all receiving devices, specifies one of the receiving devices as a master receiving device, ... 07/05/07 - 20070153808 - Method of providing virtual router functionality A method of presenting different virtual routers to different end users, classes of service, or packets is provided. An incoming packet is received having a VLAN field and at least one additional field. A key is formed from the VLAN field and at least one other packet field, and mapped ... 06/28/07 - 20070147393 - Method for improving subscriber access capacity, broadband access device and network A method for improving subscriber access capacity of a broadband access device is disclosed, including: establishing a Virtual Local Area Network Path Identifier (VlanPI) and corresponding VlanPI Tag, establishing a VLAN Circuit identifier (VlanCI) and corresponding VlanCI Tag for each access port of the broadband access device, dividing the access ... 06/21/07 - 20070140263 - Virtual machine system and method of network communication between virtual machines A plurality of machine systems constituted by different VLAN constitution methods are integrated on one machine system by using virtual machines. An operation can be switched for virtual network interface cards to VLAN communication corresponding to VLAN ID set to a virtual network interface card or to VLAN communication corresponding ... 06/07/07 - 20070127501 - Gigabit ethernet line driver and hybrid architecture A gigabit ethernet line driver includes a transmitter having both transmitter and active hybrid outputs. The transmitter consists of a plurality of transmitter clusters each connected to both the transmitter and active hybrid outputs. Each transmitter cluster includes a plurality of transmitter cells consisting of a driver cell and digital ... 05/24/07 - 20070116014 - Enhanced multicast vlan registration A method and apparatus utilized in layer 2 access switches of an Ethernet ring-based network to bridge multicast packets between a multicast VLAN and a selected VLAN coupled to a VLAN trunk port of the layer 2 access switch. The duplication of multicast streams over the ring technology is avoided ... 05/24/07 - 20070116013 - Workflow decision management with workflow modification in dependence upon user reactions Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for workflow decision management. Embodiments include maintaining a device state history; identifying a device usage pattern in dependence upon the device state history; identifying a workflow scenario in dependence upon the device usage pattern; identifying a workflow in dependence upon the workflow ... 05/17/07 - 20070110078 - Multi-tiered virtual local area network (vlan) domain mapping mechanism In one embodiment, a first port of a device provides connectivity to a customer network and a second port of the device provides connectivity to a provider network. Frame mapping logic associated with the first port processes a network message received at the first port and accesses a Virtual Local ... 05/17/07 - 20070110077 - Virtual network management method, virtual network management program, virtual network management system, and virtual network means The invention relates to a network management method wherein: a service management equipment holds the mapping of services and virtual networks as management information; a managed server sends an advice to a VLAN management equipment when its status changes; and the VLAN management equipment receives the advice and refers to ... 05/03/07 - 20070097991 - Method and system for discovering and providing near real-time updates of vpn topologies Each provider edge router in a provider network connected to one or more VPNs is identified. Each identified provider edge router is then queried to obtain VPN configuration and VPN policy information for each VPN configured on that edge router. Routing protocol messages, such as, for example, Border Gateway Protocol/Multiprotocol ... 03/29/07 - 20070071012 - Home network connection management system using upnp and vlan multicast Provided is a home network connection management system using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and VLAN (Virtual LAN) multicast. The home network connection management system includes a UPnP-VLAN interfacing section for receiving requests of registration of VLAN and multicast addresses from a UPnP device in response to connection establishment commands ... 03/29/07 - 20070071011 - Load balancing network using ethernet bridges Ethernet hardware is configured to realize a load balancing network by using Ethernet bridging hardware that is VLAN-aware. ... 03/29/07 - 20070071010 - Vlan pooling According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for forming groups of network device within a network comprises (i) obtaining a source media access control (MAC) address for a network device and (ii) assigning the network device to a virtual local area network based on the source MAC address ... 03/08/07 - 20070053364 - Encapsulation of e1-type frames under ethernet An apparatus (D) is dedicated to processing E1 data frames in communications network equipment (ETPL) including at least one E1 line interface unit (LIU1). The apparatus (D) includes processor means adapted, on receiving from at least one E1 interface unit (LIU1) at least one E1-type frame addressed to a given ... 03/01/07 - 20070047557 - Methods and apparatus for implementing vpn services Implementation of a VPN service such as a VPLS (Virtual Private Local area network Service) is performed utilizing a two-stage process. A first stage of the two-stage process involves providing notification of whether a PE (Provider Edge) router in a label-switching network has VPLS capability. Notification can include broadcasting a ... 03/01/07 - 20070047556 - Resiliency in minimum cost tree-based vpls architecture A system for providing resilient multimedia broadcasting services over a VPLS network is described. A network Management System (NMS) calculates disjoint minimum cost trees using the Steiner algorithm executed with extra steps to result in the disjoint trees. Destination PE routers in the VPLS network are connected to the disjoint ... 12/14/06 - 20060280188 - Method and system for processing frames in a switching system A method for processing frames in a switching system is provided. The method includes performing a data striping technique on an incoming high data rate (HDR) data stream having a high data rate to generate a plurality of lower data rate (LDR) stripes having a lower data rate than the ... 11/02/06 - 20060245436 - Comprehensive model for vpls A VPLS model is implemented in a network-facing provider edge (n-PE) device configured to receive a packet from an access network; the packet having a first Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag of a first predetermined bit length. The n-PE device mapping the service instance identifier of the first VLAN ... 11/02/06 - 20060245435 - Scalable system and method for dsl subscriber traffic over an ethernet network A system and method for identifying and forwarding traffic to/from Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) devices and feature servers without ambiguity includes a user-facing provider edge (u-PE) device that receives a customer frame from a DSLAM device, the customer frame being of a first format that includes a first ... 09/14/06 - 20060203826 - Method for ensuring qos for isochronous data in residential ethernet system including legacy ethernet device Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer product for ensuring QoS (Quality of Service) of isochronous data in a Residential Ethernet system including a legacy Ethernet device and a first Residential Ethernet switch, in which the first Residential Ethernet switch transmits data packets to the legacy Ethernet device, the method ... 08/31/06 - 20060193330 - Communication apparatus, router apparatus, communication method and computer program product A communication apparatus includes a Virtual Private Network protocol dependent processing unit that processes a protocol related to a Virtual Private Network and acquires an identification information message related to determination of Virtual Private Network identification information being network identification information for use in communication by the Virtual Private Network ... 08/31/06 - 20060193329 - Method and apparatus for limiting vpnv4 prefixes per vpn in an inter-autonomous system environment A method, apparatus and computer program product for limiting Virtual Private Network (VPNv4) prefixes per VPN in an inter-autonomous system environment are presented. A limit on the number of VPNv4 routes per VPN for a Route Distributor (RD) or a group of RDs associated with a VPN is defined, at ... 08/24/06 - 20060187937 - Techniques for oversubscribing edge nodes for virtual private networks Techniques for operating a network interface include automatically determining whether communications are terminated over a particular attachment circuit on a network interface on an intermediate network node at an edge of a provider network, whereby a sign of death (SOD) on the particular attachment circuit is indicated. The attachment circuit ... 08/17/06 - 20060182123 - Method for aggregating data traffic over an access domain and nodes therefor The present invention relates to a method and nodes for aggregating data traffic over an access domain carrying data traffic between a plurality of service providers and user domains. For doing so, an access edge node is introduced in the access domain between the plurality of service providers, and the ... 08/17/06 - 20060182122 - Inter-autonomous-system virtual private network with autodiscovery and connection signaling A layer-2 virtual-private-network (L2-VPN) service with automatic discovery and connection establishment is provided within a wide-area, multiple-autonomous-system (AS) network according to one of two approaches. In the first approach, inter-AS tunnels are used to connect pairs of provider edge (PE) routers of different ASes, and the PE routers then establish ... 08/17/06 - 20060182121 - System and method for regulating data traffic in a network A method and system for regulating the flow of data packets in a data switching network environment is provided. The network comprises at least one virtual local area network (VLAN), at least one provider edge (PE), and a data switching system. The method comprises the steps of configuring flow policy ... 08/17/06 - 20060182120 - Ip to vpls interworking Systems and methods for using VPLS to provide communications between IP devices connected to a provider service network (PSN) by a non-Ethernet access link and IP devices connected to a PSN by an Ethernet access link are described. In accordance with the systems and methods standard IP devices connected to ... 08/03/06 - 20060171399 - Detection for high powered devices A powering source unit comprising: a first powering source; a second powering source; the first powering source being operable to: apply a plurality of voltages towards a powered device via a first path so as to detect a signature impedance, and in the event the signature impedance is detected, to ... 07/27/06 - 20060165097 - Ethernet-to-analog controller Systems and methods allow communication between an Ethernet network and non-Ethernet devices. An Ethernet-to-analog adapter allows translation of analog signals for Ethernet communication, and further allows translation of Ethernet signals for analog communication with analog devices. Ethernet-to-analog adapters allow for power management and monitoring of attached analog devices and employ ... 07/27/06 - 20060165096 - Power sourcing equipment having auto-zero circuit for determining and controlling output current A novel system and methodology for controlling an output of Power Sourcing Equipment in a Power over Ethernet system based on a current limit threshold. The PSE has an auto-zero circuit for comparing a monitored output current of the PSE with the current limit threshold to control the output of ... 07/27/06 - 20060165095 - Method and apparatus for tracking layer-2 (l2) resource of a switch A method and apparatus for tracking at least one Layer-2 (L2) resource of a network device is provided. The method includes monitoring software operations on the L2 resource. The method further includes monitoring the state of the L2 resource in a corresponding hardware device (e.g., the network device). The L2 ... 07/27/06 - 20060165094 - Encapsulation of large native operating system functions as enhancements of the instruction set in an emulated central processor system This invention relates to the art of computer system emulation and, more particularly, to a computer system emulator in which the functions normally performed by the hardware in a legacy central processor unit are emulated by a software program. The invention is to enhance the emulated instruction set beyond that ... 07/06/06 - 20060146835 - Platform independent implementation of private vlans A PVLAN having a primary and secondary VLAN's where the primary and secondary VLAN's have ports and the users connected to those ports. The MAC addresses of those users are learned in the primary or the secondary VLAN's and together with the port designation are stored preferably in tables associated ... 07/06/06 - 20060146834 - Method and apparatus for performing neighbor tracking in a wireless local area network In the present invention, the subscriber unit (200) obtains a set of access point identifiers and measurement opportunity information for each access point identifier. A first measurement is performed on a first access point identified from the set of access point identifiers. A current timer value is determined after completing ... 06/15/06 - 20060126644 - Vpn router and vpn identification method by using logical channel identifiers The present invention provides a VPN edge router with the ability of identifying VPNs by using the identifiers of logical channels multiplexed on a single input line. ... 06/15/06 - 20060126643 - Subscriber loop remote control apparatus, subscriber loop remote control method, and subscriber loop remote control program A subscriber loop remote control apparatus that allows communication terminals to transmit VLAN packets without imposing a load on a router. A subscriber loop remote control apparatus is provided with a virtual interface table for associating a subscriber premises terminal identifier individually assigned to a subscriber premises terminal connected through ... 06/01/06 - 20060114915 - Vlan translation in a network device A network device for implementing VLAN translation on a packet. The network device includes a user network interface port for receiving and transmitting packets to customers of a network. The network device also includes a network to network interface port for communicating with a second network device in the network. ... 06/01/06 - 20060114914 - Pipeline architecture of a network device A network device for processing packets. The network device includes an ingress module for performing switching functions on an incoming packet. The network device also includes a memory management unit for storing packets and performing resource checks on each packet and an egress module for performing packet modification and transmitting ... 04/27/06 - 20060088036 - Method for bandwidth profile management at the user network interface in a metro ethernet network There is provided a method of traffic management in a communication network, such as a Metro Ethernet network, in which communication resources are shared among different virtual connections each carrying data flows relevant to one or more virtual networks and made up of data units comprising a tag with an ... 04/06/06 - 20060072584 - Communication device, communication system, and communication method A communication device configured to receive a first packet from a first network including a virtual network, and to transmit a second packet to a second network, the communication device including: a receiver section configured to receive the first packet from the first network; a converter section configured to convert ... 04/06/06 - 20060072583 - Systems and methods for monitoring and displaying performance metrics Systems and methods for monitoring and displaying performance metrics are described. One aspect of one described embodiment includes receiving performance metrics associated with a plurality of network connections to a plurality of networks, each of the plurality of network connections associated with a client device; determining a status of one ... 02/16/06 - 20060034297 - Methods and apparatus for efficient vpn server interface, address allocation, and signaling with a local addressing domain The present invention relates to communications systems and, more particularly, to methods and apparatus for efficient address delegation and/or assignment and/or signaling in a virtual communications network, e.g., a network supporting virtual private networks (VPNs) and one or more addressing domains. The methods are well suited for systems such as ... 02/02/06 - 20060023724 - Forwarding database in a network switch device A layer-2 network switch device forwarding database implementation and method to access the forwarding database. A forwarding database (FDB) is implemented as a tree. A separate VLAN database is also structured as a tree. Each node in the tree represents a separate VLAN. For each VLAN, all associated ports are ... 01/19/06 - 20060013231 - Consolidated ethernet optical network and apparatus A consolidated optical Ethernet network and apparatus are disclosed. In one form a network device includes an aggregation layer access interface operable to access an aggregation layer and a core layer access interface provided in combination with the aggregation layer access interface and operable to access a core layer. The ... 01/12/06 - 20060007939 - Scaling vlans in a data network A technique for scaling virtual local area networks (VLANs) in a manner that allows existing standards to be used to process VLAN traffic and provide loop-free topologies for the VLANs. A data network is divided into customer, domain and core networks. VLANs are apportioned between the core network and domain ... 12/29/05 - 20050286537 - Frame transfer processing method and device In a frame transfer processing method and device, information indicating a flooding destination is preset for every physical transmission line and every VLAN when a plurality of VLANs are accommodated in a single logical transmission line where physical links are aggregated, a single transmission line is set to be used ... 12/01/05 - 20050265356 - Method and apparatus for keeping track of virtual lan topology in network of nodes An arbitrary node that belongs to a virtual LAN sends a request packet including a count value indicating the number of communication hops across nodes to each of its adjacent nodes that belong to the virtual LAN and are adjacent. Upon receiving the request packet, each of the adjacent nodes ... 12/01/05 - 20050265355 - Application of an ethernet/mpls half bridge to provide emulated ethernet lan functions in sonet networks A system and method for providing emulated Ethernet LAN functions in a SONET network are provided. In one embodiment, a virtual private network includes a core network. The core network includes a shared label switching over SONET network. A plurality of Virtual Local Access Networks (VLANs) are each coupled to ... 11/03/05 - 20050243838 - Ethernet media access control adaptation apparatus for real-time services and data transmission method using the same An Ethernet protocol hierarchical structure for simultaneously providing real-time and non-real-time services is disclosed. The Ethernet media access control adaptation apparatus for real-time services performs operations between MAC layers and a MAC client for adapting synchronous Ethernet, in which real-time and non real-time services can be simultaneously provided based on ... 10/06/05 - 20050220120 - Method and access multiplexer for quick access to data networks DSL methods, e.g. ADSL/SDSL, are increasingly used for quick access to the Internet. A data terminal of the subscriber is connected via a conventional copper twin wire to an access multiplexer by means of a modem. The access multiplexer is placed in an access node of the network provider, which ... 09/29/05 - 20050213588 - System, method and program product for programming a computer on a network to perform a service System, method and program product for programming an application computer accessible to a user via a first network to perform a service for the user. The application computer, a program code server, a management computer and the first network are connected to a multiport switch. The management computer directs the ... 09/15/05 - 20050201388 - Method and apparatus for providing a vpn service according to a packet data protocol in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for providing a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service to a user equipment (UE) according to the Packet Data Protocol (PDP) type of call are provided. In the VPN service providing method, a Gateway GPRS Support Nodes (GGSN) receives a create PDP connection request message from a ... 09/01/05 - 20050190773 - Sub-rate transmission method for user data services in transmission devices of a metropolitan area network The present invention discloses a sub-rate transmission method for user data services in transmission devices of a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN). The method comprises the steps of: pre-configuring each transmission device to form forwarding table items representing corresponding relationship between self-defined tags and transmission lines; after receiving a user data ... 07/28/05 - 20050163132 - L2 switch In an L2 switch having a VLAN function for configuring a layer 2 network in a star topology, a mesh topology, a ring topology, or the like, a VLAN functional portion maps a frame to a predetermined VLAN, a frame classifying portion assigns to the frame a first tag indicating ... 07/28/05 - 20050163131 - Arrangements and methods in an access system An access system (ACC1) for relating service providers (SP1-SPn) to users (U11-Um1) includes an edge access server (EAS) connecting the service providers and penults (P1-Pk) connecting the users. User devices (UD11-UD14) are connected via VLAN:s to a user ports (UP11) on the penult. The edge access server has service agents ... 07/21/05 - 20050157729 - Method and system for ethernet and atm network interworking A method and system for interworking between an Ethernet communication network and an ATM network, in which a first network interface is operable to communicate with the Ethernet communication network using an Ethernet communication protocol. A second network interface is operable to communicate with the ATM communication network using an ... 06/16/05 - 20050129030 - Multiple shared lan emulation method in epon based on group id A multiple shared LAN emulation method in an EPON based on a group ID is provided. A group ID (GID) is defined, and rules for processing an Ethernet frame are defined in each OLT and each ONU using a mode value, an LLID value, and a GID value so that ... 06/09/05 - 20050122983 - Method, system and computer program product for calculating a vlan latency measure A method for calculating a multi-point VLAN latency measure. The method includes receiving a plurality of links for a VLAN. Each link has a first side and a second side and includes a latency value, a count of access switches on the first side of the link and a count ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |