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Assignment Of Variable Bandwidth Or Time Period For Transmission Or Reception

Assignment Of Variable Bandwidth Or Time Period For Transmission Or Reception 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 - 20070258485 - Satellite based positioning of a wireless terminal
At least one set of values of parameters is determined, each set of values defining a respective troposphere model. The at least one determined set of parameter values is then assembled for transmission via a wireless communication network to a wireless terminal as assistance data for an assisted satellite based ...

11/01/07 - 20070253445 - Method for the bandwidth detection
The present invention provides a method for detecting the bandwidth and other useful parameters of the network status. With these detected result, especially the upstream bandwidth and the downstream bandwidth, the setting of the on-line service or application, which is usually sensitive to the network status, could be appropriately determined. ...

10/25/07 - 20070248117 - Method and signaling procedure for transmission opportunity usage in a wireless mesh network
In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a method for using the remaining TxOP time by the peer node to forward traffic to a different destination, a method for using the remaining TxOP time by the original node to send traffic to a different destination, a method ...

10/18/07 - 20070242695 - Multiple broadcast channels for wireless networks
An access point of a wireless network broadcasts directory information including a schedule on a first broadcast channel about media programs being broadcast on other channels by the access point. The broadcast on the first channel provides for sleep-mode clients to receive the broadcast. A client receives the schedule, and ...

10/11/07 - 20070237178 - Band control system for a digital subscriber network and band control method transfer
A band control system for a digital subscriber line network in which a first apparatus and a second apparatus situated at a subscriber station and a center, respectively, are interconnected by a cable for interchanging at least a digital data signal with each other. The system may cause one of ...

10/11/07 - 20070237176 - System and method for enhancing data speed over communication lines
The present disclosure provides a system and method for compressing data in a communications network. The downstream data is compressed at a network element and sent to a customer premises over a data communication link, and is decompressed by a device at the customer end. The upstream data is compressed ...

10/04/07 - 20070230501 - System and method for supporting synchronous system communications and operations
Apparatus and methods are provided for controlling synchronous and asynchronous communications in an avionic network. The method includes receiving one or more asynchronous messages and one or more synchronous messages, allocating each of the synchronous messages to a corresponding predetermined time slot while producing an unoccupied portion in at least ...

09/27/07 - 20070223529 - Methods and apparatus for estimating bandwidth of a data network
An inter-departure time of a pair of TCP segments, or a mean inter-departure time of a block of TCP segments, is determined and an inter-arrival time of a pair of non-duplicate acknowledgments is determined. The bandwidth of a data network may be estimated based at least in part on the ...

09/27/07 - 20070223528 - System and method for persistence vector based rate assignment
In a system including a resource which is shared among a number of users, it is difficult to distribute the available capacity of the resources fairly among the users and still maximize resource utilization. Additionally, it is desirable to allow at least some of the control over usage rates to ...

09/20/07 - 20070217449 - Shared medium ca/csma robustness
A method includes providing transmission opportunity synchronization information from a transmitting network device to other network devices attempting to follow the same transmission opportunities schedule as the transmitting network device. A network device includes a transceiver to transmit and receive transmission opportunity synchronization information, and a unit to utilize transmission ...

09/20/07 - 20070217448 - Estimating available bandwidth with multiple overloading streams
Systems and methods for estimating available bandwidth with multiple overloading streams are described. In one aspect, a set of packets are communicated by a probing sender to a receiver. The packets are sent at multiple sending rates. At least two of the sending rates result in multiple overloading streams of ...

09/13/07 - 20070211757 - Ofdma resource allocation in multi-hop wireless mesh networks
A method, apparatus and system for communicating in a multi-hop wireless mesh network may entail allocating orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) resources based, at least in part, on throughput characteristics associated with a multi-hop path. OFDMA allocation may be centralized by a macro base station for assigning resources between ...

08/30/07 - 20070201514 - Time slot position coding
Spatial information associated with an audio signal is encoded into a bitstream, which can be transmitted to a decoder or recorded to a storage media. The bitstream can include different syntax related to time, frequency and spatial domains. In some embodiments, the bitstream includes one or more data structures (e.g., ...

08/30/07 - 20070201513 - Method and apparatus for real-time application-driven resource management in next generation networks
The present invention specifies the mechanism for supporting end-to-end quality of service (QoS) reservations for an implicit reservations model using a Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF) apparatus. The invention teaches how to implement implicit resource reservations using the open-standard Resource and Admission Control Function (RACF), which is being standardized ...

08/23/07 - 20070195818 - Expedited bandwidth request for emergency services for wireless clients
Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to reliably providing emergency services to wireless clients. In one embodiment, a wireless client determines if an attempt to transmit an emergency message exists. If so, the wireless client determines if one or more wireless access points support expedited bandwidth capabilities. If so, the wireless ...

08/23/07 - 20070195817 - Upstream channel bonding using legacy maps in a cable communications system
A method for increasing upstream bandwidth per cable modem user in a cable communications system that includes a cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a plurality of cable modems is provided. The method permits a cable modem to transmit data to the CMTS on multiple upstream channels simultaneously using a ...

08/16/07 - 20070189330 - Access control method and system
An access control method applicable to a network including a plurality of communication terminals for achieving simplification in processing, improvement in response, and efficient use of bands is provided. In a terminal station 21, a transmission information generating section 213 generates predetermined transmission information based on the amount of data ...

07/12/07 - 20070160080 - Computer resource allocation system and method thereof
To effectively allocate a computer resource in an environment where the number of computer resources is smaller than the number of users. It is provided with a section for monitoring the utilization state of the computer resources and a section for registering the condition of the possibility of release depending ...

07/05/07 - 20070153828 - System and method to negotiate the addition or deletion of a ppp link without data loss
A method and apparatus for managing point-to-point protocol (PPP) links between a first endpoint and a second endpoint. The method may, when opening a link, receive an acknowledgement at the first endpoint from the second endpoint, open the receive portion of the link at the first endpoint, send a response ...

06/28/07 - 20070147423 - More power save multi-poll indication
Various embodiments of systems and methods that provide more power save multi-poll (MPSMP) indication solutions to improve both the channel access efficiency and power saving capability. In one embodiment, for each address destination, a PSMP frame (the multi-poll frame) provides a time interval during which the client station is to ...

06/28/07 - 20070147422 - Bandwidth management apparatus
In a bandwidth management apparatus that outputs packets by observing the bandwidth set value predetermined for each destination, provisions are made to prevent a situation where the contracted bandwidth cannot be provided due to influences from packets destined for other destinations. When performing bandwidth management using token buckets provided one ...

06/21/07 - 20070140295 - Packet data analysis program, packet data analyzer, and packet data analysis method
There is provided a packet data analysis program and a packet data analyzer that analyze packet data captured at a plurality of locations on a network and correct the time at which the packet data is captured. A packet data analysis program allows a computer to execute analysis of packet ...

06/14/07 - 20070133603 - Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conserving bandwidth. A user's bandwidth consumption is monitored and compared to a threshold value. When the user's bandwidth consumption equals or exceeds the threshold value, then behavior is incentivized that reduces the user's bandwidth consumption. ...

06/07/07 - 20070127524 - Communication system and communication method
In the communication system which performs the data communication by the discrete multi-tone modem scheme between a plurality of data communication units using the time-division half-duplex communication function, the ratio between the data transmission time suitable for data communication and the quasi-data transmission time dynamically changes within one period. Further, ...

06/07/07 - 20070127523 - Enhanced display systems with dvc connectivity
A display connectivity controller that is coupled externally to a display system is disclosed. The display connectivity controller includes a device detector for detecting the connectivity status of a digital video cassette (DVC) content source and the acquiring capabilities data of the DVC content source, a play control device for ...

06/07/07 - 20070127522 - Flow control for low bitrate users on high-speed downlink
A radio access network node (28) which provides High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) comprises one or more priority queues (50i) and a flow controller (60). The priority queue (50) stores data which is to be sent on a High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) over an air interface (32) ...

05/31/07 - 20070121674 - Systems and methods for correlation of burst events among data streams
Systems and methods for the identification of correlated burst events among two or more data streams, given one or more specific query time spans are disclosed. Also broadly contemplated is the act of finding, from one or more data streams, those streams that have correlated burst events with another given ...

05/31/07 - 20070121673 - Tailored relief for congestion on application servers for real time communications
Techniques for managing computational load in real-time communications include receiving usage data on a particular node of a packet-switched network. The usage data indicates an amount of computational resources consumed on that particular node by application layer processes for a first type of data packet. It is determined whether this ...

05/24/07 - 20070116050 - Connection mode setting apparatus, connection mode setting method, connection mode control apparatus, connection mode control method and so on
Providing a connection mode setting apparatus, a connection mode setting method, a connection mode control apparatus, a connection mode control method, and the like realizing shorter time of fining an optimum connection destination at the time of connection for participation/withdrawal to/from the system since network topology itself constructing the system ...

05/24/07 - 20070116049 - Dynamic power management for i/o resource pools
Methods and apparatus for managing a pool of I/O interfaces associated with one or more I/O devices are disclosed. The I/O bandwidth utilization of the I/O devices is ascertained and compared with an upper threshold and a lower threshold. When the I/O bandwidth utilization is greater than the upper threshold, ...

05/24/07 - 20070116048 - Systems and methods for next generation cable network dynamic multiplexing
An intelligent multiplexer is disclosed for multiplexing various types of traffic on a cable network. The multiplexer receives information regarding the traffic currently provided, or anticipated to be provided, including the associated bandwidth and dynamically allocates bandwidth for the various traffics types as required. A rules database may be consulted ...

05/17/07 - 20070110100 - Method for sending channel quality information in a multi-carrier radio communication system, corresponding user terminal and base station
The present invention relates to a method for gaining channel quality information at a base station of a multi-carrier radio communication system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency sub-carriers. According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of: measuring a Channel Frequency Response at a user terminal of ...

05/17/07 - 20070110099 - Equipment and method for band allocation
A bandwidth allocation equipment in an optical line terminal, which allocates bandwidth for data to be transmitted from optical network units through an optical splitter, includes a transmit/receive unit and bandwidth allocation units. The transmit/receive unit receives an output request for requesting bandwidth allocation, and sends back a signal sending ...

05/10/07 - 20070104222 - Bandwidth allocation for video-on-demand networks
Methods for the optimal allocation of bandwidth among a plurality of video-on-demand (VOD) programs available on each link of a VOD tree network, where a server at the root node of the tree network broadcasts the multiple VOD programs. Each node in the network has demands for a subset of ...

05/10/07 - 20070104221 - Base station and method for allocating bandwidth in a broadband wireless network with reduced latency
Embodiments of systems and methods for allocated bandwidth in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, bandwidth is allocated to a mobile station during an established communication session through the use of a poll-me indicator in a MAC header received ...

05/03/07 - 20070098015 - Method and system for obtaining information by a bandwidth broker for admission control purposes
It is disclosed that a configuring entity that is used in a network for the configuration of network resources can be used by a bandwidth broker for obtaining information regarding the availability of network resources in the network. The configuring entity may for instance be a DHCP server or Radius ...

05/03/07 - 20070098014 - Method and apparatus for automatically evaluating and allocating resources in a cell based system
Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for automatically evaluating and allocating resources in a cell based system. In one method embodiment, the present invention receives a request to generate a cell based system of resources. A list of allocatable resources having corresponding evaluation data is then accessed. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091923 - Method and apparatus for adaptive bandwidth control with user settings
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to receive a user input defining settings at an application layer to form a set of received settings. An adaptive bandwidth control process is executed using the received settings to identify a transmission rate for transmitting data packets across a ...

04/26/07 - 20070091922 - Method and apparatus for adaptive bandwidth control with a bandwidth guarantee
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to monitor transmission of data to target. A determination is made as to whether the transmission of the data exceeds a threshold. The bandwidth used to transmit the data to the target is controlled using an adaptive bandwidth control process ...

04/26/07 - 20070091921 - Method and apparatus for adaptive bandwidth control with defined priorities for different networks
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code to receive data from a source at a plurality of gateways for distribution using a selected priority. The data is transmitted from the plurality of gateways to a plurality of receivers using the selected priority. Every gateway in the plurality ...

04/26/07 - 20070091920 - System and method for improving the capacity of a network
At lease one operating condition associated with an end user (120) of a network is obtained. Based upon the operating condition, a high bit-rate media feed being made to the end user (120) is halted. Thereafter, a lower bit rate media feed may be supplied to the end user in ...

04/19/07 - 20070086485 - Method and system for providing adaptive bandwith control for real-time communication
A method and system for dynamically altering the transmission settings of one or more computing devices engaged in a real-time communication session is presented. The devices exchange meaningful and dummy control packets according to a standard control protocol. The approximate bandwidth available on the network is then calculated based on ...

04/19/07 - 20070086484 - Data packet fragmentation in a wireless communication system
A number of features for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication system, in which data is transmitted between a central node and a plurality of subscriber nodes located remotely with respect to the central node, are presented. The power transmission level, slot timing, and equalization of the subscriber nodes ...

04/19/07 - 20070086483 - Method and system for policing binary flows in a switching device
A technique for policing an N-th granularity level binary flow in a network switching device also handling an (N+1)-th granularity level binary flow which is supposed to incorporate the N-th granularity level binary flow, the technique comprises dynamic bandwidth allocation for the N-th granularity level binary flow, based on dynamically ...

04/12/07 - 20070081555 - Packet loss prevention during handoff through managed buffer nodes architecture
In preferred embodiments, a wireless network system features buffering of data packets transmitted to mobile nodes. The system is transparent to the mobile node, so that the mobile node is not required to request service from the network, or negotiate service parameters with the network. An EAPOL-Start and binding update ...

04/12/07 - 20070081554 - Bandwidth allocation
Access to a communications resource is controlled by limiting the maximum capacity made available to each of a plurality of users, by ranking the users according to their usage of the resource over a previous period, and restricting the availability of resource to each user by a restriction factor allocated ...

04/05/07 - 20070076756 - System and method for transferring multiple data channels
A system and a method transfer multiple data channels between a server and a terminal via a stream session over a network. The system and the method utilize a bitstream switching, a fast buffer filling and/or a fast playback start to facilitate a switch from a first data channel and ...

04/05/07 - 20070076755 - Method of reserving network bandwidth resources, and communications system and network device using the same
A communications system whose bandwidth resources can be used more efficiently by reserving them on an individual path basis. Upon receipt of a bandwidth reservation message, a path setup initiator examines the message and thereby recognizes that the local station device is the egress node of a specified logical network ...

04/05/07 - 20070076754 - Bandwidth adaptation in a wireless network
An arrangement is provided for adapting the output bit rate of a multimedia source to the bandwidth available in a wireless network. Depending on the value of the available network idle time, at least a portion of the available network idle time may be used by the source to increase ...

03/29/07 - 20070071032 - Adaptive-allocation of i/o bandwidth using a configurable interconnect topology
Apparatus and methods allocate I/O bandwidth of an electrical component, such as an IC, by configuring an I/O interface into various types of interfaces. In an embodiment of the present invention, an I/O interface is configured into either a bidirectional contact, unidirectional contact (including either a dedicated transmit or dedicated ...

03/29/07 - 20070071031 - Bandwidth allocation device for guaranteeing qos in ethernet passive optical access network
An apparatus and method for allocating a bandwidth for up-stream data transmission to a plurality of Optical Network Units (ONUs) in an Ethernet Passive Optical Access Network (EPON) in which the ONUs are connected to a single Optical Line Terminal (OLT) are disclosed. The bandwidth allocation method for guaranteeing a ...

03/29/07 - 20070071030 - Video packet shaping for video telephony
The disclosure relates to techniques for video packet shaping for video telephony (VT). The techniques can be used to prioritize audio packets to reduce audio delay. Channel conditions, excessive video content, or both can cause delays in audio transmission. When reverse link (RL) throughput is reduced, video packet size can ...

03/22/07 - 20070064735 - Robust high-throughput frame for low-quality wireless channel conditions
A transceiver device for processing a frame in a wireless local area network, where the frame is one of several frame formats, which include a high throughput frame format. The transceiver device receives a frame having a training sequence, a signal field and a data payload, and processes the training ...

03/22/07 - 20070064734 - Cable broadcast receiving apparatus and composing method of channel map thereof
A cable broadcast receiving apparatus and composing method thereof are provided where a cable broadcast receiver receives a cable broadcast signal, a POD cable card processes out-of-band data received from the cable broadcast receiver, an INB processor processes in-band data received from the cable broadcast receiver, and a controller composes ...

03/22/07 - 20070064733 - Receiving device, electronic apparatus, communication method, communication program and recording medium
A receiving device receives, using wireless communication, (i) a connect packet for establishing a communication connection (9,600 bps) and (ii) a data packet which contains transfer data and whose communication speed (for example, 4 Mbps) is higher than that of the connect packet. The receiving device includes: an error status ...

03/22/07 - 20070064732 - Methods for allocating transmission bandwidths of a network
Methods for allocating transmission bandwidths of a network are provided. The allocation ratio of anticipation bandwidths is adjusted according to the loading of the network to calculate the requested bandwidths, thereby effectively reducing an average delay and enhancing the utility rate of the network. Further, remaining bandwidth of the network ...

03/22/07 - 20070064731 - Transmission apparatus with function of multi-step bandwidth assignment to other communication apparatuses
A transmission apparatus for use in fixed bandwidth communications and variable bandwidth communications. The transmission apparatus has a memory unit, which stores information contained in a frame and indicating the amount of data to be transmitted from a terminal device, a computing unit, which calculates a bandwidth amount to be ...

03/22/07 - 20070064730 - Tone hopping methods and apparatus
Methods and apparatus for allocating and hopping tones for uplink communications purposes in adjacent sectors and neighboring cells of an OFDM system are described. Physical tones used in each sector and cell are allocated to tone hopping sequences according to a tone to tone hopping sequence allocation function which uses ...

03/22/07 - 20070064729 - Method for transmission of data packets through a network
A method for transmission of data packets through a network is provided. The data packets with a maximum allowable delay are aggregated in a node of the network according to an aggregation strategy with timeout to a burst, wherein on arrival and buffering of a first packet a timer is ...

03/15/07 - 20070058677 - Service providing method based on service subscriber level on cable network
Provided is a method for providing a service based on a subscriber level. The method includes the steps of: a) initializing a Data Back-off Start (DBS) value and a Data Back-off End (DBE) value; b) acquiring subscriber information from an external management system; c) acquiring service flow identifier (SFID) and ...

03/15/07 - 20070058676 - System and method for transmitting/receiving a signal in a communication system
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a signal in a signal transmission system, which includes demultiplexing a bit stream to be transmitted into a first bit stream and a second bit stream; generating a first coded bit stream by coding the first bit stream according to a first coding rate ...

03/15/07 - 20070058675 - Channel interface for conveying digital data having a lower data rate
Digital data is conveyed over a channel having a frame rate greater than the data rate of the digital data. The digital data is produced at the data rate. From frame to frame, determining whether a digital data sample is available. When the sample of the digital data is available, ...

03/15/07 - 20070058674 - Guided discovery of media content
Guided discovery of content in a device. A device such as a satellite radio can received multiple data streams at least over networks including a satellite network or other wireless networks. The device includes filters that are based on the history of the device, the advertising history of the device, ...

03/08/07 - 20070053381 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for sharing resources
In a computer system including a set of resources for allocation to, and access by, a plurality of consumers, a method for allocating a resource to a requesting consumer comprising: calculating a suitability rating for each resource in the set of resources as a value in a range from least ...

03/01/07 - 20070047578 - Bandwidth control method and transmission equipment
The present invention is comprised for pre-setting bandwidth control information of each user for each of the number of normal physical links which are integrated as a Link Aggregation, recognizing the number of currently normal physical links if a failure, or recovery therefrom, of a physical link which is integrated ...

02/22/07 - 20070041401 - Priority control system and priority control method
A priority control system 10 is comprised of a priority control server 12, a base station 14, and a terminal 16. The priority control server 12 is provided with a priority issue history storage 18, a priority control determiner 20, a scheduler 22, and a priority transmitter 24. The priority ...

02/15/07 - 20070036176 - Methods to compensate for noise in a wireless communication system
A number of features for enhancing the performance of a communication system, in which data is transmitted between a base station and a plurality of subscriber stations located different distances from the base station, are presented. The power transmission level, slot timing, and equalization of the subscriber stations are set ...

02/08/07 - 20070030860 - Methods and systems for providing switched broadband
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing switched broadband. The disclosed systems and methods may include creating a traffic signature corresponding to a network element connected to a network, the network element having a network element ID and being addressable on the network by the network element ID. Furthermore, the ...

01/25/07 - 20070019676 - Transport networks supporting virtual private networks, and configuring such networks
A layer 2 transport network, and components thereof, supporting virtual network functionality among customer edge devices. Virtual private network configuration can be accomplished with merely local intervention by preprovisioning extra channel (or circuit) identifiers at each customer edge device and by advertising label base and range information corresponding to a ...

01/25/07 - 20070019675 - System for rapid channel acquisition of broadcast digital media streams
The present channel acquisition system rapidly acquires and decodes digital media streams that are broadcast to customers, such as the digital media streams delivered by streaming media and traditional broadcast media services like cable, satellite, and broadcast television. When the decoding unit makes a channel change or initiates reception of ...

01/04/07 - 20070002898 - Flexible bandwidth communication system and method using a common physical layer technology platform
A method includes selecting one of a plurality of transmitter systems used to transmit data. Each transmitter system corresponds to one of a plurality of subbands. Each subband has a bandwidth and at least two of the subbands have different bandwidths. A physical layer technology is common to and used ...

01/04/07 - 20070002897 - Means and methods for dynamically allocating bandwidth
The present invention discloses a policy managing device embedded in a network communication, adapted to dynamically regulate bandwidth in the segment between a user and a service provider for temporary providing of content. The invention also discloses a method for managing bandwidth allocation comprising receiving a request from the user ...

01/04/07 - 20070002896 - Method and apparatus for reshaping cell-based traffic
A communication network (100) has a plurality of cell-based routers (104), a plurality of frame-based routers (108), and a bidirectional cell and frame based switch (110) coupled to the cell-based routers, and frame-based routers. Each of the cell-based routers is programmed to reshape (204) traffic bandwidth to avoid packet losses ...

12/21/06 - 20060285553 - Dynamic lane, voltage and frequency adjustment for serial interconnect
A method is described which comprises propagating electronic signals within circuitry comprising a transmitter to select a number of the transmitter's lanes, set a speed for each of the lanes, and set at least a driver supply voltage for each of the lanes. The number and speed determine the transmitter's ...

12/07/06 - 20060274786 - Gigabit switch on chip architecture
A data switch for network communications includes a first data port interface which supports at least one data port which transmits and receives data. A second data port interface is also provided supporting at least one data port transmitting and receiving data. A CPU interface is provided, with the CPU ...

11/30/06 - 20060268932 - Processing communication flows in asymmetrically routed networks
A network system includes a first device and a second device separated by a network having asymmetric routes in which traffic forwarded in a first direction from the first device to the second device may travel a different route than traffic forwarded in a second direction from the second device ...

11/30/06 - 20060268931 - Method, device and computer readable medium for exchanging information in a hybrid environment
A device, method and a computer readable medium having code embodied therein for causing an electronic device to perform multiple stages. The method includes: (i) utilizing a distributed media access control scheme for allocating at least one time slot for exchanging information between a hybrid ultra wide band device and ...

11/09/06 - 20060251119 - Methods and apparatus to setup end-to-end flows in wireless mesh networks
Methods and apparatus to setup end-to-end flows in wireless mesh networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method of performing a distributed flow setup for a wireless mesh network comprises receiving a broadcast setup request for a wireless data stream at a first wireless mesh point of the wireless mesh network; ...

11/09/06 - 20060251118 - Method and apparatus for determining transport parameters for physical layer to provide uplink packet data service in a mobile communication system
A method and apparatus for determining a spreading factor (SF) of a physical layer and number of bits for a physical channel in order to support a transport format combination (TFC) of an uplink dedicated channel in data transmission on the uplink dedicated channel in a mobile communication system are ...

11/09/06 - 20060251117 - Method for balancing the ratio eb/i in a service multiplexing cdma system and telecommunication systems using same
A method for configuring a telecommunications system including a plurality of entities communicating data via a plurality of transport channels. The entities include at least one sending entity and receiving entity. The communication includes a plurality of processing procedures specific to the plurality of transport channels. Each processing procedure includes ...

11/09/06 - 20060251116 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing bandwidth management services
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing bandwidth management services are provided. The method includes associating a service session of a connection with at least one of a device and a user of the device for an account. The method also includes evaluating the service session for an event. ...

11/02/06 - 20060245451 - Method and system of sending an audio stream and a data stream
A method and system of sending an audio stream and a data stream over a data network. Some of the illustrative embodiments may be a method comprising sending an audio stream using a data network of a wireless telephone system; and sending a data stream across the data network. ...

10/26/06 - 20060239296 - Data communications system
A transmitting side relay device comprises additional information generation means for generating additional information about the characteristics of a data stream, packet generation means for generating a packet by attaching additional information to each transfer unit and transmitting means for transmitting the packet to the third network according to prescribed ...

10/19/06 - 20060233197 - Method and grant scheduler for cyclically allocating time slots to optical network units
A grant scheduler and method for cyclically allocating time slots to traffic container (T-CONTs) included in one or more optical network units (ONUs) for transmitting respective data based on known respective service level agreements for each T-CONT. A first processing unit allocates fixed time slots in a current cycle to ...

10/05/06 - 20060222008 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing bandwidth control services
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing bandwidth control services are provided. The method includes assigning a quality of service preference to a device. The method also includes associating a service session with the device. The method further includes executing a control action for at least one other simultaneously ...

10/05/06 - 20060222007 - Rpr ring network system
Provided is an RPR ring network system including: a plurality of RPR station devices; and a ring for interconnecting the plurality of RPR station devices, in which a section between adjacent RPR station devices is defined as a section of the ring, a bandwidth different from bandwidths of other sections ...

09/28/06 - 20060215694 - Contention-free burst method for media access control over networks
A contention-free burst method for a media access controller to transmit data over a network. The first step is to create descriptors identifying multiple frames to be transmitted by a contention-free burst. Each descriptor comprises a semaphore field indicating whether the frame associated therewith is the last within the contention-free ...

09/28/06 - 20060215693 - Method for transmitting data packages
After transmitting a data burst containing several data packages, the transmission channel of the same end node remains open for the transmission of other data packages “on the fly”. The connection is interrupted when another end node requires capacity for transmitting its data burst. ...

09/21/06 - 20060209894 - Adaptive allocation for variable bandwidth multicarrier communication
Data is distributed among the channels of an asynchronous data subscriber loop (ADSL) communications system in accordance with an adaptive algorithm which from time to time measures the signal to noise ratio of the various channels and finds a margin for each channel dependent on achievement (where possible) of a ...

09/21/06 - 20060209893 - Communication relay apparatus, information management system, and control method and program therefor
A communication relay apparatus, information management system, and control method and program therefor. The communication relay apparatus includes several communication ports, and that includes a communication relay section, a buffer, a control signal transmitting section, a bandwidth information acquiring section, and a transmission interval control section. ...

09/21/06 - 20060209892 - System, method and apparatus for wirelessly providing a display data channel between a generalized content source and a generalized content sink
A system, method and apparatus for implementing a wireless point-to-point interface that securely and robustly delivers media content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink. The system, method and apparatus performs in a manner that is sufficiently secure and robust to serve as a replacement for the ...

09/21/06 - 20060209891 - Network qos control system and method
When receiving a streaming service from a service provision server, a user terminal wants QoS assurance and issues a QoS request to a QoS control server together with a communicate request to a network. In this case, by including information about a plurality of access networks that the user terminal ...

09/21/06 - 20060209890 - System, method and apparatus for placing training information within a digital media frame for wireless transmission
A system, method and apparatus for implementing a wireless point-to-point interface that securely and robustly delivers digital content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink. The system, method and apparatus performs in a manner that is sufficiently secure and robust to serve as a replacement for the ...

09/21/06 - 20060209889 - Bandwidth control device and method
In a bandwidth control device and method in a case where a physical line is used as a plurality of virtual leased lines, a packet length correction value table associates flow identifying information of a packet with a packet length correction value for correcting a length of the packet measured ...

09/14/06 - 20060203847 - Variable communication capacity data transmission device and data transmission device
Disclosed is a data transmission device of variable communication capacity that can set bands and set line communication capacities according to users' requests, and can automatically determine usable lines. The data transmission device includes: a transmission device having a transmission unit connected to N (N>1) transmission lines; a reception device ...

09/07/06 - 20060198392 - Transcoding apparatus and method for seamless multimedia content transmission
An apparatus and method is disclosed for seamlessly transmitting video content to a terminal in a communication system which supports a multimedia service. The apparatus generally comprises a transcoding information generation unit for generating transcoding information for performing a transcoding operation in consideration of the bandwidth of a network, a ...

08/24/06 - 20060187959 - Information converting apparatus
A content delivery method for exporting content from a server to a terminal includes acquiring information on right management capability supported by the terminal, the information being reported from by terminal. The content that is appropriate to the terminal is selected based on the acquired information, and the selected content ...

08/24/06 - 20060187958 - Data processing system, method and interconnect fabric having a flow governor
A data processing system includes a plurality of local hubs each coupled to a remote hub by a respective one a plurality of point-to-point communication links. Each of the plurality of local hubs queues requests for access to memory blocks for transmission on a respective one of the point-to-point communication ...

08/10/06 - 20060176907 - Communication equipment, communication control equipment, and communication system
Mobile IPv6 guarantees reachability of a MN by giving the home address (HoA) to the MN. A Mobile-IPv6-compliant application of the MN performs communication without using a Care of Address (CoA), and therefore does not notify the CoA to other communication equipment. For this reason, a PDSN can provide QoS ...

08/10/06 - 20060176906 - Data processing system, method and interconnect fabric for selective link information allocation in a data processing system
A data processing system includes a plurality of processing units coupled for communication by a communication link and a configuration register. The configuration register has a plurality of different settings each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of different link information allocations. Information is communicated over the communication ...

08/10/06 - 20060176905 - Device and method for implenting dynamic adjustmenting bandwidth of data in a transmission device
A method and a device for realizing dynamic adjustment of data bandwidth of the invention are disclosed. The method comprises adding a control channel in a PCM trunk link to describe occupancy condition of time slots for current services. The device comprises a control word process circuit, a time slot ...

08/03/06 - 20060171414 - Systems and methods for digital data transmission rate control
The present invention provides systems and methods for adaptive digital data transmission rate control. A digital data transmission system for adaptively transferring packets over a transmission link includes a client device having a bandwidth control module and a host device coupled to the client device over the transmission link. The ...

07/27/06 - 20060165123 - Method, and aggregation component for aggregating application components
A method and system for aggregating two or more templated components using an aggregation component is provided. Each templated component has at least one configurable element. The aggregation component comprises at least one configurable element, and an extraction mechanism operable to identify configurable elements of the components selected for aggregation. ...

07/27/06 - 20060165122 - Method and apparatus for performing link defragmentation subject to an interface rate constraint
Techniques for defragmenting at least one time division multiplexed link in a communication system, wherein provisioned circuits corresponding to traffic demands are assigned to particular time slots of the link. An optimum layout of free space for the link is computed, subject to an interface rate constraint that may be ...

07/20/06 - 20060159127 - Method and system of controlling software distribution or file transfer
An example of a solution provided here comprises automatically measuring bandwidth of a network connection; comparing results of the measuring, with bandwidth parameters; preventing a transfer of a file via the network connection, if measured bandwidth is less than a minimum acceptable value; providing to an end user an option ...

07/20/06 - 20060159126 - Real time optimization over a shared communication channel
There is provided a method and apparatus for sending an encoded signal between a host station and a client station in which the host station encodes data, encodes the error data resulting from that encoding process and generates user data. Thus, the host station generates three types of data and ...

07/20/06 - 20060159125 - System and method for providing central office equipment for high bandwidth communications
A method, apparatus, and a machine-readable medium for providing high-quality voice through central office equipment are provided. A signal indicative of a desired amount of bandwidth for a call may be received at the central office equipment. A determination may be made as to whether a desired amount of bandwidth ...

07/20/06 - 20060159124 - Access control of a multimedia session according to network resources availability
A method of access control of a multimedia session between a terminal A and a terminal B connected to a telecommunication network wherein, prior to session set-up, the terminal A transmits to the terminal B a message containing a list of codecs to be used to encode the information to ...

07/20/06 - 20060159123 - Method for reserving bandwidth in an ethernet type network
The inventive method for reserving at least one node of a communication network like the Ethernet bus in the form of a predetermined fraction of the Ethernet bus bandwidth consists in circulating a token between the network nodes in such a way that they are enabled to successively transfer an ...

07/13/06 - 20060153234 - Atm communication apparatus and bandwidth control method of the same
An ATM communication apparatus and a bandwidth control method guarantee the minimum cell rate and limit the upper-limit for each of subscriber terminals, dynamically and fairly distribute the shared bandwidth based on the register status, and are easily applied to the system this is already operating the actual service. A ...

07/13/06 - 20060153233 - Automated backhaul network control for supporting multiplexed control traffic and bearer traffic in a wireless communication system
A wireless communication system (20) includes a wireless network (22) that communicates with a plurality of base stations (24) over a backhaul network (26). A disclosed example includes monitoring an amount of control traffic on the backhaul network (26) and dynamically and automatically adjusting an allocation of the backhaul resource ...

07/13/06 - 20060153232 - Method and system for dynamic aggregation in a wireless network
A method is provided for dynamically controlling aggregation in an ultrawide bandwidth wireless device. In this method, a device receives a plurality of intermediate service data units at an intermediate layer, aggregates at least two of the plurality off intermediate service data units to form an intermediate protocol data unit, ...

07/13/06 - 20060153231 - Method for transmitting data signals by means of virtually linked partial signals via synchronous data networks
The inventive method serves to transmit data signals by means of virtually linked partial signals via synchronous data networks. To this end, the transmission capacity formed by the number of virtually linked partial signals is greater than the minimally required transmission capacity for transmitting the data signal. ...

07/06/06 - 20060146876 - Method and apparatus for determining reverse data rate in mobile communication system
A reverse data rate determining method in a mobile communication system for high data rate transmission such as an HDR system, wherein an AN (Access Network) within a cell calculates a total load of a reverse link by measuring a total energy of a reverse link from ATs (Access Terminals) ...

07/06/06 - 20060146875 - Media access controller and methods for distributed hop-by-hop flow control in wireless mesh networks
A media access control layer of a wireless mesh network router includes a rate monitor to compare a packet transmission rate with a packet reception rate, and a rate adjustment request generator to generate a rate adjustment request message for one or more upstream neighbor nodes after the packet reception ...

07/06/06 - 20060146874 - Methods and media access controller for mesh networks with adaptive quality-of-service management
A media access controller (MAC) for wireless mesh networks comprises a quality-of-service (QoS) manager to monitor consumed bandwidth of a current application flow and to compare the consumed bandwidth with a contracted bandwidth for the current application flow. The MAC also comprises a contention manager to coordinate access to a ...

07/06/06 - 20060146873 - Method and apparatus for full rate erasure handling in cdma
A method of processing signals received from an electronic device (106, 202) in a cellular network (100, 200) that utilizes variable rate vocoding comprising receiving a first series of low rate frames (318) at the cellular network; receiving a high rate frame (320) that has at least one bit error ...

06/29/06 - 20060140217 - Method for adaptively allocating frequency resource in communication system using orthogonal frequency division multiple access scheme
Disclosed is a method for adaptively allocating frequency resources in a communication system using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access scheme. The method for allocating frequency resources in the communication system that includes a plurality of cells using an identical frequency band includes the steps of dividing a frequency band ...

06/29/06 - 20060140216 - Techniques for efficient control of aggregating wireless voice communications
A wireless communication system (20) includes a wireless network (30) that selectively modifies an aggregation of voice over internet protocol wireless transmissions. In one example, a mobile station geometry provides an indication whether modification of the aggregation is desirable. For example, a mobile station with a better geometry allows for ...

06/29/06 - 20060140215 - Using the dynamic beacon to enhance power saving capabilities for low power uwb devices
A wireless device dynamically adjusts its beacon period as devices join and disconnect from a network. The number of open beacon slots is programmable and maintained as devices join the piconet. ...

06/29/06 - 20060140214 - Method for adjusting the transmission outputs of two channels of a link station and communication system
The transmission output of two channels of a first link is adjusted so that data from the first link is simultaneously transmitted by two channels. The transmission outputs of the two channels are adjusted to a common value which is dependent upon the value of a quality parameter of the ...

06/22/06 - 20060133418 - System and method for connection capacity reassignment in a multi-tier data processing system network
A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for data prioritization in a multi-tier network system is provided. A server having a plurality of processors receives data from a client. A priority of the client is then identified. Responsive to identifying the priority, the data is queued in ...

06/15/06 - 20060126660 - Upstream channel bonding in a cable communications system
A method for increasing upstream bandwidth per cable modem user in a cable communications system that includes a cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a plurality of cable modems is provided. The method permits a cable modem to transmit data to the CMTS on multiple upstream channels simultaneously using a ...

06/08/06 - 20060120403 - Radio communication apparatus, and mobile station
A radio communication apparatus (mobile station) in which analysis is performed on the transmission of data to an external apparatus. A mobile station transmitting the CQI information used for adaptive modulation control in the radio base station comprises a supervising unit operable to supervise a staying condition of data to ...

06/01/06 - 20060114935 - Information transmission method, mobile communications system, base station and mobile station in which data size of identification data is reduced
In an information transmission method, a radio communications system, a base station and a mobile station, a TBS size, a modulation scheme and the number of codes in a multicode are converted into identification data having a relatively smaller data size before being transmitted to a destination of communication. The ...

05/18/06 - 20060104307 - Method and system for channel management in a voice response system
A method and system for managing channels in a voice response system is provided. The method comprises periodically monitoring utilisation of a system resource and determining a number, N, of voice channels required to be quiesced based on the utilisation level of the system resource. This number is compared with ...

05/04/06 - 20060092971 - Packet transfer device
A router with a server incorporated to provide services has a problem in that the server's resource cannot be allocated dynamically according to user requests. Service request packets received at a plurality of network interfaces are controlled such that the total bandwidth of the service request packets does not exceed ...

04/27/06 - 20060088057 - System and method for combining requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium
A method and system for combing requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium is provided. A headend receives one or more bandwidths requests from one or more cable modems via upstream communication. A scheduler then combines one or more bandwidths ...

04/27/06 - 20060088056 - Data packet fragmentation in a cable modem system
A number of features for enhancing the performance of a cable transmission system, in which data is transmitted between a cable modem termination system at a headend and a plurality of cable modems located different distances from the headend, are presented. The power transmission level, slot timing, and equalization of ...

04/27/06 - 20060088055 - Dynamic setting of transmission scheduler algorithms
According to a scheduler algorithm setting method that is used for scheduling the transmission of packet data that are to be transmitted to mobile stations, a mobile station number threshold value setting unit sets a threshold value for the number of mobile stations that is to be used for determining ...

04/27/06 - 20060088054 - Resource sharing in a telecommunications environment
A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency paths of the transceiver can share an interleaver/deinterleaver memory. This allocation can be done ...

04/06/06 - 20060072609 - Mobile communication method, mobile communication system, session control device and originating terminal
A mobile communication method for performing communications between an originating terminal and a terminating terminal through a radio access network and a core network, includes: sending a bearer setup request, in the originating terminal, to a first session control device controlling a location area of the originating terminal, the bearer ...

04/06/06 - 20060072608 - Communication band controller
The computer system 1000 performs efficient data transfer in storage area networks on which many variations of communication band exist. ...

03/30/06 - 20060067363 - Wireless repeater, the method for wireless repeating, and data communications system
A wireless repeater on a communication line has a structure that includes a plurality of wireless communication media, and a band control unit that changes the first bandwidth of the communications line according to increase and decrease in the number of wireless communication media by an operation dividing the first ...

03/30/06 - 20060067362 - Statistical remultiplexer performance for video on demand applications by use of metadata
The present invention improves the performance of video on demand (VOD) in a digital cable system. A statistical remultiplexer (stat mux) acquires metadata that statistically describes the bandwidth characteristics of each VOD channel. When the metadata indicates that the VOD channel will require more bandwidth than is available, the stat ...

03/23/06 - 20060062251 - Session data and setting method thereof in a sychronous wireless communication system
In session data and a method for establishing a session in a synchronous wireless communication system in accordance with the present invention, by additionally defining a maximum bit rate parameter of the EVRC such that the maximum rate can be varied according to circumstances and conditions of a wireless network, ...

03/23/06 - 20060062250 - Method for wireless access system supporting multiple frame types
A wireless access system having a subscriber subsystem gateway (20) and a wireless router (30) in communication with the gateway via a two-way radio channel (25) according to a communication protocol. The communication protocol has a medium access control (MAC) layer (602, 603, 604, 605) capable of supporting several different ...

03/23/06 - 20060062249 - Apparatus and method for adjusting bandwidth allocation in downhole drilling networks
A high-speed downhole network providing real-time data from downhole components of a drilling strings includes a bottom-hole node interfacing to a bottom-hole assembly located proximate the bottom end of a drill string. A top-hole node is connected proximate the top end of the drill string. One or several intermediate nodes ...

03/16/06 - 20060056454 - Credit transmission rate control for a wireless communication system
A wireless communication system controls wireless communications over a shared wireless link. The wireless communication system transfers first credits to a first wireless communication device at a first credit transmission rate. The wireless communication system transfers second credits to a second wireless communication device at a second credit transmission rate. ...

03/16/06 - 20060056453 - Methods for changing the bandwidth of a circuit switched channel
The present invention relates to methods for changing the bandwidth of a circuit switched channel in a time division multiplexed network, wherein said channel comprises a set of time slots within each recurring frame of a bitstream between a first node and a second node. According to the invention one ...

03/16/06 - 20060056452 - Station for optical network suitable for inserting packets into a stream of packets in transit
At a detection point on the link, upstream of the insertion point, a detection device (11) observes the packet streams transported to this detection point. As a function of this observation each packet awaiting transmission and transmitted by the transmission device (13) causes the formation at the insertion point of ...

03/16/06 - 20060056451 - Method for allocating subchannel in wireless network
A subchannel scheduling method in a multi-user MIMO-OFDM environment modifies proportional fairness scheduling specifications and maximizes a system throughput under conditions that a minimum data transmission rate required by a multimedia user be ensured. In a method for allocating subchannels in a wireless network, plural users are subscribed in the ...

03/09/06 - 20060050734 - System and method for network capacity enhancements using a variable vocoder
A system and method for assigning a vocoder mode to a voice communication of a telephone call is disclosed. In an embodiment of a method, the method includes determining a utilization factor for a telecommunications network and assigning a vocoder mode to the voice communication dependent upon the utilization factor. ...

03/09/06 - 20060050733 - Virtual channel arbitration in switched fabric networks
Method and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for receiving packets including node configuration packets over a plurality of virtual channels of a switch fabric, each node configuration packet including a request for access to a memory space of an Advanced Switching (AS) device, and arbitrating access of the ...

03/02/06 - 20060045129 - Method and apparatus for improved data delivery to mobiles using sdb signaling
Various embodiments are described to address the need for improved SDB data delivery to mobiles. In general, an MS (101) will determine whether it expects to receive data that would be appropriate for delivery by SDB. If it does, then the MS, via messaging with a serving RAN (e.g., RAN-component ...

02/16/06 - 20060034330 - Bandwidth management of virtual networks on a shared network
An apparatus and method for equitably allocating bandwidth to virtual networks operating on a common physical network, such as a power-line network for homeowners sharing a single power-line distribution transformer. An ad-hoc master is selected from the virtual power-line network controllers. The master allocates bandwidth to streams based on their ...

02/09/06 - 20060029098 - Dynamic forward error correction in utra systems
In a wireless communication system using multiplexed transport channels in combinations thereof on a coded composite transport channel (CCTrCh), a system for dynamically varying the combinations of transport channels includes configuring means for configuring mutually exclusive dedicated transport channels based on semi-static transport parameters, and mapping means for mapping data ...

02/09/06 - 20060029097 - Dynamic allocation and configuration of a computer system's network resources
A resource allocation application is configured to run on a computer system that is coupled through a plurality of network resources to one or more networks. The resources are initially allocated among one or more teams and a pool. One or more usage policies are established for at least one ...

02/02/06 - 20060023746 - Storage medium including av data and application program, and apparatus and method using the same
A storage medium including audio-video (AV) data and application programs for providing additional functions using the AV data includes: movie mode data for reproducing audio-visual (AV) data; program mode data including a plurality of application programs for providing additional functions using the AV data; system data for controlling the execution ...

02/02/06 - 20060023745 - Quality control scheme for multiple-input multiple-output (mimo) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) systems
A method and apparatus for optimizing the system capacity of an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system that uses with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas. In a receiver, a target quality of service (QoS) metric and reference data rate are set. The target QoS metric may be set to a predetermined ...

01/12/06 - 20060007956 - Method and system to improve the transport of compressed video data in real time
A variable bit rate (VBR) representation of an image sequence is segmented based on a plurality of time intervals. For each of at least two of the time intervals, the method comprises: determining which of the packets, denoted by Pp, in the VBR representation within the presently-considered time interval has ...

12/29/05 - 20050286559 - Method and system for sharing over-allocated bandwidth between different classes of service in a wireless network
A method and system for sharing over-allocated bandwidth between different classes of service in a wireless network. Traffic is transmitted for a first service class in excess of bandwidth allocated to the first service class using unused bandwidth allocated to a second class. After transmitting traffic for the first service ...

12/15/05 - 20050276280 - System and method for persistence-vector-based rate assignment
In a system including a resource which is shared among a number of users, it is difficult to distribute the available capacity of the resources fairly among the users and still maximize resource utilization. Additionally, it is desirable to allow at least some of the control over usage rates to ...

12/08/05 - 20050271085 - Data transmission line of semiconductor memory device
Disclosed are a data transmission line and a repeater connected to the data transmission line of a semiconductor memory device. The data transmission line includes the repeater capable of transmitting control signals related to even data or odd data in a DDR DRAM, so the number of transmission units used ...

12/08/05 - 20050271084 - Automated weight calculation for packet networks
A method for communication includes setting respective overbooking ratios for multiple categories of data traffic, and assigning respective bandwidth allocations to a plurality of connections for transmitting the data traffic in one or more of the categories over a network. The data traffic from the connections is coupled into respective ...

11/24/05 - 20050259684 - Wireless network and mobile stations for implementing variable bandwidth service on demand
A variable bandwidth controller for use in a wireless network comprising base stations capable of operating on N carriers. The variable bandwidth controller determines a receiver capability of a first mobile station and, in response to the determination, assigns the first mobile station to operate on at least a first ...

11/24/05 - 20050259683 - Control service capacity
A system and method is disclosed for managing information technology resources to provide processing capacity to multiple customers with varying requirements in a shared computing environment. The inventive process comprises producing and maintaining a capacity plan that allocates capacity resources, handling requests for additional capacity resources, and analyzing requests for ...

11/24/05 - 20050259682 - Broadcast system
A method of emulating an interactive connection, comprising: generating a request for interactive data from an interactive server, at a client; intercepting said request by an agent; responsive to said request, retrieving at least some of said data from a continuous retransmission of said data, by said agent; and displaying ...

11/17/05 - 20050254519 - Dynamic load-based credit distribution
Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting credits used to distribute available bus bandwidth among multiple virtual channels, based on the workload of each virtual channel, are provided. Accordingly, for some embodiments, virtual channels with higher workloads relative to other virtual channels may receive a higher allocation of bus bandwidth (more ...

11/03/05 - 20050243862 - Adaptive bandwidth throttling for network services
The adaptive bandwidth throttling system implements a graceful diminution of services to the clients by delaying a first class of services provided by a network server in response to the effective bandwidth utilized by this network server exceeding a first threshold. If the demand for the bandwidth by this network ...

10/06/05 - 20050220140 - Data transmission apparatus efficiently using network resources
A data transmission apparatus connecting to a network consisted of a plurality of data transmission apparatuses comprises a disconnecting device that disconnects a connection established between a transmission plug of a transmitting node and a reception plug of a receiving node, both nodes being connected to the network, an optimization ...

09/29/05 - 20050213608 - Pre-configured topology with connection management
Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with pre-configured topology connection management are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an interface logic configured to acquire information about a set of client nodes, to pre-configure a subset of the client nodes into a pre-configured topology, and to make available information about ...

09/15/05 - 20050201414 - Dynamically adapting the transmission rate of packets in real-time voip communications to the available bandwidth
A system and method for dynamically adapting the transmission rate of packets in real-time voice over IP communications to the available bandwidth. A real-time bandwidth monitor (RTBM) for VoIP applications senses the call path bandwidth between two endpoints of a VoIP communication and adapts in real-time the packet transmission rate ...

09/15/05 - 20050201413 - Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer-readable record medium with communication program
A communication apparatus, a communication method, and a computer-readable record medium where a communication program is recorded, are provided which are capable of making communication more reliable. In this apparatus: an application processing section creates transmission request data which includes data type information that indicates the transmission destination of transmission ...

08/25/05 - 20050185675 - Digital signal processing apparatus and method, and digital signal processing system
There are provided in a rate control command a clock rate select subfunction (SYNC SELECT) to which a digital signal receiver side corresponds, a base rate set subfunction (BASE CONFIGURE), a flow rate control (FLOW CONTROL) subfunction, and a capability inquiry subfunction (CAPABILITY INQUIRY). The CAPABILITY INQUIRY subfunction is used ...

08/25/05 - 20050185674 - Method and system for manual adminission control with user options
A call manager receives a call setup request for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoP) call from a phone having an associated call originator. The call manager then determines whether sufficient bandwidth exists for the VoP call over a link using a bandwidth table. If insufficient bandwidth exists on the ...

08/25/05 - 20050185673 - System and method for managing computer and phone network resources
A system tracks ownership data for data resources coupled on a network. The system includes a data extractor for extracting data resource communication activity data from a plurality of network activity data sources, a database of organizational data resource ownership data, and a communication activity report generator for correlating extracted ...

08/18/05 - 20050180459 - Universal decoder
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for decoding encoded data symbols. The invention is also directed to corresponding encoding methods. The decoder arrangement comprises an input for receiving encoded data and an identifier associated with a coding scheme used to create said encoded data. A processor in ...

08/18/05 - 20050180458 - Variable response message length for master-slave communications
A method for sending a variable length response message in a master-slave communication system begins by issuing a command from a master device to a slave device. A response message is generated by the slave device. The length of the response message is determined by the slave device and is ...

08/04/05 - 20050169307 - Methods and systems for frequency and time division access
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for managing and allocating bandwidth in a communication medium. ...

07/28/05 - 20050163160 - 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 - 20050163159 - Transmitter, communication system, and communication method
A transmitter, a communication system, and a communication method of the same capable of realizing communication of more than a set bandwidth with respect to packet communication with a bandwidth guarantee set therefor by using the set bandwidth as the minimum guaranteed bandwidth, wherein when a transmitter transmits packet data, ...

07/28/05 - 20050163158 - Transmitter, communication system, and communication method
A transmitter, a communication system, and a communication method of the same capable of realizing communication of more than a set bandwidth with respect to packet communication with a bandwidth guarantee set therefor by using the set bandwidth as the minimum guaranteed bandwidth, wherein when a transmitter transmits packet data, ...

07/28/05 - 20050163157 - 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 - 20050163156 - Data transmitting apparatus, data receiving apparatus and data transmission control apparatus
It is objected to simplify a procedure concerning bandwidth acquisition. Bandwidth acquiring means 809 of a second transmitting apparatus 814 acquires a bandwidth which was used by a first transmitting apparatus 806 by using a propagation delay identifier804 read from first transmitting apparatus 806 and a maximum transmission data size ...

07/21/05 - 20050157753 - System and method for improving the balance between download and upload traffic on the internet and/or other networks.
Fast connections of end users to the Internet are becoming more and more common today, and the most common types of these fast connections are ADSL and cable modems. These connections are typically highly asymmetric and allow typically 500-1500 KBit per second (most typically 750 or 1500 Kbit) for the ...

07/21/05 - 20050157752 - Storage switch with bandwidth control function
A storage switch with bandwidth control function for preventing discarding of packets for bandwidth breach when sending or receiving storage data using an iSCSI protocol on a wide area network having a covenant (guaranteed) bandwidth, when the quantity of storage data traffic sent by the initiator or target was judged ...

07/14/05 - 20050152397 - Communication system and techniques for transmission from source to destination
A system and method for transmitting and presenting streaming digital information signals that optimizes performance in the context of goodput, throughput, delay, receiver buffer requirements and tolerance to loss and jitter. The method provides ordering packets of information based on a priority associated with each of the packets; managing the ...

07/07/05 - 20050147122 - Physical layer session resource broker
The physical layer session resource broker (PHY SRB) according to the invention receives request from application servers (VOD SERVER, TV BRDCST SERVER, GAME SERVER, WEB SERVER) which are translated into physical layer parameter values. The physical layer parameter values are imposed on the access nodes (DSLAM) by the physical layer ...

07/07/05 - 20050147121 - Method and apparatus to double lan service unit bandwidth
A LAN Service Unit (LANSU) backplane extender provides an inexpensive way to increase LANSU backplane bandwidth so that the performance degradation that may otherwise result can be avoided. A system having increased LANSU bandwidth comprises a backplane including a plurality of data traffic communications connections operable to communicate data traffic, ...

06/30/05 - 20050141556 - System and method for controlling bit stream in digital data
The present invention is a bits stream control system for digital data. The bits stream control system comprises an encoder, a bits stream truncator, and a buffer. The encoder is used for encoding the digital data into a plurality of bits streams. The bits stream truncator is used for truncating ...

06/30/05 - 20050141555 - Method for generating commands for network controller modules of peripheral devices
The present method describes a format for the generation and processing of commands interpreted by network controller modules of peripheral devices in electrical systems. These commands create the possibility of device intercommunication through a network; offer reliability in the modification of remote module configuration; and offer capability of working with ...

06/30/05 - 20050141554 - Method and system for dynamic resource allocation
Embodiments of the present invention provide a dynamic resource allocator to allocate resources performance optimization in, for example, a computer system. The dynamic resource allocator to allocate a resource to one or more threads associated with an application based on a performance rate. Embodiments of the present invention may further ...

06/23/05 - 20050135415 - System and method for supporting tcp out-of-order receive data using generic buffer
A method and system for handling received out-of-order network data using generic buffers for non-posting TCP applications is disclosed. When incoming out-of-order data is received and there is no application buffer posted, a TCP data placement may notify a TCP reassembler to terminate a current generic buffer, allocate a new ...

06/23/05 - 20050135414 - Scheme for packet allocation in a radiocommunication system
The invention relates to a method for the allocation of packets on a carrier containing timeslots, comprising the step of defining an interleaving length and an allocation window characterized in that packets are allocated within groups defined by the power needed for the transmission and that the size of groups ...

06/16/05 - 20050129063 - Method and apparatus for scheduling packet data transmissions in a wireless communication system
A method (18) for scheduling packet data transmissions in a wireless communication system wherein a per-user Priority Function (PF) (24) is based on a channel condition indicated by a Rate Request Indicator (RRI). The method also considers fairness criteria dictated by predetermined Quality of Service (QOS) requirements. In one embodiment, ...

06/16/05 - 20050129062 - Method for the protection of the connection between a transport network hub and a central site/pop
The present invention provides for a method for Enhanced Equipment Protection Switch for Customer's device Dual-Homing, in an interconnection between a Central site/Pop and a Transport Network Hub by two boards. Each board is simultaneously connected to the Switching Matrix of the Transport Network Hub with B/2 bandwidth. Both boards ...

06/16/05 - 20050129061 - Method for assigning transcoding channel elements
A transcoder (40) includes a method for assigning transcoder channel elements (43, 44). The transcoding assignment method selects a DSP (60-75) selects a DSP (channel element) of the required type which has available channel elements (98). Further, the transcoding assignment method may dynamically reassign (118) DSPs from one channel element ...

06/16/05 - 20050129060 - [method of setting operation channels of wireless local area network access point]
A method of setting operation channels of a local area network access point is provided. First, the occupation status of various channels is obtained. Each channel is divided into a plurality of sub-channels. An in-use weight of each sub-channel is computed, and the channel having the most unused sub-channels or ...

06/09/05 - 20050122992 - Device, system, method and program for information processing, recording medium storing the program
There are provided a DVD drive for recording information being able to be reproduced in a DVD, a designated information generator (431) for generating a play list, a designated information transmitter (432) for transmitting the play list to destination(s) being set, a destination information register (434) in which destination information ...



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