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| US-6,587,874 |
Directory assisted autoinstall of network devices Client network devices and configuration servers are used together to automatically configure the client network devices. Configuration information for multiple... |
| US-6,587,480 |
Multimedia client for multimedia/hybrid network A system and method for allowing remote control of an isochronous device. The system comprises: (1) first and second isochronous devices, (2) a packet-based... |
| US-6,587,470 |
Flexible cross-connect with data plane A flexible cross-connect with a data plane is presented which allows the establishment of connections between network interfaces at any network interface card to... |
| US-6,587,468 |
Reply to sender DHCP option A method for replying to a DHCP request packet is provided which allows a DHCP server to forward its reply packet directly back to the requester, thus permitting... |
| US-6,587,461 |
TDM switching system and ASIC device In one embodiment, in a switching system, an ASIC device on a card coupled to a backplane communicates switched data to an outgoing network interface for the... |
| US-6,587,460 |
Bridging and signalling subsystems and methods for private and hybrid
communications systems including... A subsystem for communicating a private network signalling message over a packet network and bridges for communicating a Media Access Control (MAC) layer frame... |
| US-6,587,436 |
Method and apparatus for allocation of available bandwidth A data transfer flow control system for a packet ATM communications system includes a plurality of nodes interconnected by transmission links. Available... |
| US-6,584,535 |
Configurable serial interconnection A configurable interconnect for use with high-speed electronic system components. The interconnect uses a lightweight protocol with control characters embedded... |
| US-6,584,507 |
Linking external applications to a network management system A method and apparatus for linking external information to a network management system are disclosed. A network management system is installed for and executes... |
| US-6,584,502 |
Technique for providing automatic event notification of changing network
conditions to network elements in an... A feedback-based adaptive network is described wherein at least a portion of the network elements report operating information relating to network conditions to... |
| US-6,584,491 |
Arrangement for monitoring a progress of a message flowing through a
distributed multiprocess system An arrangement in a distributed multi-process system enables centralized monitoring of selected messages that pass through the distributed multi-process system,... |
| US-6,584,252 |
Method and system for providing fiber optic cable to end users According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for providing fiber optic cable to an end user includes disposing the fiber optic cable having first and... |
| US-6,584,124 |
Method and system for accessing ports of a fixed-size cell switch The invention provides a method and system for accessing ports of a very high-speed, fixed-size cell switch fabric. It is aimed at permitting a tradeoff between... |
| US-6,584,108 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic allocation of multiple signal processing
resources among multiple channels in... A Multiservice Access Concentrator (MAC) establishes a representation among at least one signal processing device and multiple logical channels. The signal... |
| US-6,584,093 |
Method and apparatus for automatic inter-domain routing of calls A method and apparatus for inter-domain routing of calls in a network, where the network represents a first wide area network. A routing node of the network... |
| US-6,583,905 |
Apparatus and method for reducing SPM/GVD in optical systems An optical transmission system and method for reducing non-linear distortion caused by the interaction of Self-Phase Modulation and Group Velocity Dispersion is... |
| US-6,583,899 |
Automatic protection system for an optical transmission system An optical communication system and method for starting up and shutting down the system to ensure safety during repair of a fiber break are disclosed. A... |
| US-6,581,163 |
Mains loss detection apparatus and method A power supply consumes mains power and has first outputs which produce an operational voltage for controlling a CPU and a primary link interface. The primary... |
| US-6,580,723 |
Time slotted logical ring A Time Slotted Logical Ring protocol manages the flow of traffic in a duplex media including a cable distribution network with a head end, a local node, and a... |
| US-6,580,696 |
Multi-adaptation for a voice packet based The present invention relates to a system and method for canceling echoes from telecommunications networks by providing a multi-adaptation echo canceller. Unlike... |
| US-6,580,530 |
Optical communication system An optical communication system for communicating at least a first optical system. The optical communication system includes a first primary guided optical path... |
| US-6,578,147 |
Parallel intrusion detection sensors with load balancing for high speed
networks Various embodiments of a method and system for detecting unauthorized signatures to or from a local network. Multiple sensors are connected at an internetworking... |
| US-6,578,092 |
FIFO buffers receiving data from different serial links and removing unit
of data from each buffer based on... A communication interface is described to align at a destination data transmitted through different channels before that data is read out. The communication... |
| US-6,578,087 |
Determining a path through a managed network A method and apparatus that provides for determining a packet transmission path for a managed network using Internet Protocol is disclosed. A network management... |
| US-6,578,084 |
Packet processing using encapsulation and decapsulation chains A method for processing packets in a router includes specifying operations on packets as chains of processing elements. Each chain is uniquely associated with... |
| US-6,578,000 |
Browser-based arrangement for developing voice enabled web applications
using extensible markup language documents A unified web-based voice messaging system provides voice application control between a web browser and an application server via an hypertext transport protocol... |
| US-6,577,996 |
Method and apparatus for objective sound quality measurement using
statistical and temporal distribution parameters A method and apparatus for objectively evaluating sound quality of a signal processor or transmission channel. The present invention analyzes the distortion in a... |
| US-6,577,597 |
Dynamic adjustment of network elements using a feedback-based adaptive
technique A feedback-based adaptive network is described wherein at least a portion of the network elements report operating information relating to network conditions to... |
| US-6,577,185 |
Multi-stage operational amplifier for interstage amplification in a
pipeline analog-to-digital converter An operational amplifier for a pipeline analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The operational amplifier includes a cascaded chain of differential amplifiers, each... |
| US-6,576,833 |
Cable detect and EMI reduction apparatus and method A repeater, useable for connecting switches in a data communication network, is provided in a distributed and/or modular fashion. The repeater includes a... |
| US-6,574,797 |
Method and apparatus for locating a cleaner bandwidth in a frequency
channel for data transmission Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for utilizing a frequency channel determined to be unacceptably noisy by finding a cleaner, narrower bandwidth... |
| US-6,574,796 |
Fast and reliable data carrier detection by a cable modem in a cable
television plant Apparatus, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for detecting or locating a viable data carrier in a downstream channel by a cable modem. When a... |
| US-6,574,758 |
Testing a bus coupled between two electronic devices A bus coupled between two circuits (which may be, for example, each implemented as a single chip) is tested by transmitting from a first circuit a predetermined... |
| US-6,574,331 |
Method and apparatus for providing a call center in a network-base
telephone system A system (10) includes a network (12) of the type used to interconnect computers, and a plurality of real telephones (21-26) which are each coupled to the... |
| US-6,572,661 |
System and method for automated annotation of files A method and apparatus links descriptions with the thing that is described to allow them to be maintained separately but displayed with one another. The... |
| US-6,571,287 |
Distributed database system with authoritative node An authorizing apparatus for use with a client that connects to a first server in a network includes a second server that authorizes session requests of the... |
| US-6,571,272 |
Method and apparatus for SNA/IP correlation with multiple DSW peer
connections A technique efficiently correlates information pertaining to host and physical unit (PU) entities of a data link switching (DLSW) network comprising multiple... |
| US-6,570,913 |
Method and apparatus for selecting optimum frequency for upstream data
transmission in a network system... Provided are methods and apparatuses for quickly and efficiently locating a frequency band for upstream transmission of data in a data communications network... |
| US-6,570,877 |
Search engine for forwarding table content addressable memory A hardware search engine facility is provided to allow CPU search and update of a Forwarding Table CAM under the control of software running on the CPU. The... |
| US-6,570,869 |
Communicating voice over a packet-switching network Communicating voice over a packet-switching network is implemented on a telecommunications network that includes the packet-switching network, two coding units... |
| US-6,567,917 |
Method and system for providing tamper-resistant executable software Tamper-resistant software is provided by determining an initial value of a specified property for an executable file. The executable file is then encrypted based... |
| US-6,567,519 |
System and method for processing an input signal communicated on a
telephone line A system for processing an input signal communicated on a telephone line includes an input node to receive the input signal. The input signal comprises a first... |
| US-6,567,404 |
Multiprotocol packet recognition and switching The invention provides a method and system for identifying header information in a packet header, and for switching (and otherwise operating) on the packet in... |
| US-6,567,400 |
Hardware assisted DSP data transfer A network device, for establishing communication between a first communication unit and a second communication unit through a packet switching network, includes... |
| US-6,567,380 |
Technique for selective routing updates A technique allows selective generation of routing update messages by a router for its neighboring peer routers of a computer network. When an entry version... |
| US-6,567,379 |
Traffic monitor using leaky bucket with variable fill An integrated circuit monitors the most active traffic flow rates on a communications network by using a leaky bucket model having a variable fill rate. As a... |
| US-6,565,385 |
Reducing electromagnetic emissions from a connector coupled to a printed
circuit board A connector for coupling a communication link to a printed circuit board includes a plurality of pins and a shield. The pins electrically couple the... |
| US-6,564,375 |
Reusable components for customization of wizard-based applications A method for altering a wizard-based application, which is usually created using an object-oriented language with a base class, includes utilizing one or more... |
| US-6,563,832 |
Token ring bridge distributed in a switched fabric A distributed token ring (TR) bridge has a logical switch fabric that is distributed over a TR switching network of switches interconnected by trunk links. The... |
| US-6,563,816 |
Virtual loop carrier system with gateway protocol mediation A loop carrier system includes a home local area network having plural telephone modules and a hub coupled to in-home telephone wiring. The telephone modules and... |
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