| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7158508 |
Setting up calls over circuit and packet-switched resources on a network |
January 2, 2007 |
| A method of setting up calls over circuit-switched and packet-switched resources on a single network having the steps of receiving a request from a user for a call having one or more resources, and allocating the one or more resources among packet-switched, resources and circuit-swit |
| 7158504 |
Multiple mode data communication system and method and forward and/or reverse link control chann |
January 2, 2007 |
| A multiple mode data communication system and method provides the flexibility to schedule wireless unit transmissions and/or allow the wireless unit to transmit autonomously. In certain embodiments, the wireless units can transmit autonomously and/or use scheduling depending on the d |
| 7158484 |
Methods and apparatus for topology sensing in networks with mobile nodes |
January 2, 2007 |
| A novel topology sensing methodology is provided for point-to-point link setup among a set of network nodes, which are mobile. The technique provided is TDMA contention-based, where each network node sends pilot signals to announce its existence. Pilot signals transmitted by network |
| 7156032 |
Method and apparatus for controlling friction between a fluid and a body |
January 2, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein nanostructures or microstructures are disposed on a surface of a body (such as a submersible vehicle) that is adapted to move through a fluid, such as water. The nanostructures or microstructures are disposed on the surface in a way such th |
| 7155740 |
Method and apparatus for robust NAT interoperation with IPSEC'S IKE and ESP tunnel mode |
December 26, 2006 |
| Linux's NAT (Network Address Translator) implementation, IP Masquerade, includes a VPN Masquerade feature that provides interoperation of NAT with IKE and ESP tunnel mode within the IPSec security protocol suite. VPN Masquerade uses heuristics to route packets from a server on the In |
| 7155524 |
Backoff protocols and methods for distributed mutual exclusion and ordering |
December 26, 2006 |
| A system for and method of implementing a backoff protocol and a computer network incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a client subsystem that generates a request for access to a shared resource and (2) a server subsystem that receives the |
| 7155433 |
Mapping of client application variable to database storage location free of allocation to any pa |
December 26, 2006 |
| An apparatus in one example comprises a management component that handles information storage to one or more storage locations of a database. The one or more storage locations comprise one or more available locations that are free of allocation to any particular variable. The management |
| 7155250 |
Fast method for adjusting downlink transmitted power |
December 26, 2006 |
| An algorithm calculates a correction value to be applied to a slot in an adjustment period for power correction. For each slot, the algorithm determines whether adding a correction value in a given slot would bring the actual accumulative adjustment value closer or farther from a total |
| 7155247 |
Wireless communication network with automatic threshold adjustment |
December 26, 2006 |
| A wireless communication network contains a plurality of spatially distributed communication devices (access point devices and station devices) for exchanging wireless signal frames. A device processes signal frames only when a strength of the signals exceeds a carrier detection thre |
| 7155217 |
Method and apparatus for managing adjunct access and leased facilities |
December 26, 2006 |
| The invention comprises a method and apparatus for managing adjunct access and leased facilities in network management systems. The invention advantageously provides a continuous circuit by opportunistically using cross connect links to represent the connection of managed and non-man |
| 7155182 |
Varactor with extended tuning range |
December 26, 2006 |
| The invention proposes a device for high-frequency and/or radio-frequency tuning comprising within one IC-package a first variable capacitor (C.sub.1) and at least one second capacitor (C.sub.2), each of the at least one second capacitor (C.sub.2) being fixed or variable respectively |
| 7155130 |
NRZ-to-RZ conversion for communication systems |
December 26, 2006 |
| A driver, e.g., for use with electro-optic (E/O) modulators. The driver is configured to generate a driving signal based on an electronic NRZ input data signal and an input clock signal. The driver converts the NRZ input data signal to an RZ format and produces an amplified RZ signal tha |
| 7155123 |
Method and apparatus for locating faults in an optical network |
December 26, 2006 |
| Method and apparatus for fault localization in an optical network using time trend correlation of end node performance parameters and intermediate node performance parameters, such as QoS and quasi-Q factors, respectively. The method and apparatus are bit-rate and protocol independen |
| 7155083 |
Monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch |
December 26, 2006 |
| A monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch is disclosed that has a waveguide portion and a MEMS mirror portion fabricated on a single substrate, such as a as a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch adjusts the phase of an optical signal by varying the position of o |
| 7154999 |
Sending identification information of a plurality of communication devices that are active on a |
December 26, 2006 |
| An apparatus in one example comprises one or more information sender components that upon engagement of a communication device with a communication session that involves a plurality of communication devices, send to one or more information receiver components identification informati |
| 7154960 |
Method of determining the capacity of each transmitter antenna in a multiple input/multiple outp |
December 26, 2006 |
| The per antenna capacity of each of the transmitter antennas in a MIMO system are individually determined from measurable information at the receiver end. Specifically, the channel capacity for each individual transmitter antenna is calculated at the receiver end as a function of mea |
| 7154881 |
Method and apparatus for telecommunications using internet protocol |
December 26, 2006 |
| In a wireless packet switching telecommunications network, voice services are provided by having a compressor/decompressor in each mobile station to provide each voice packet with a compressed header. Voice data and signalling data are sent separately and in different data formats to the |
| 7154872 |
Method and system for tracking and correcting timing errors in communication systems |
December 26, 2006 |
| In the method, a detector retrieves certain signal samples from a data frame that are accumulated in a buffer of a base station receiver. The detector generates a first metric representing a first signal sample and a second metric representing a second signal sample, and calculates a sum |
| 7154850 |
Wireless data transmission using time out control |
December 26, 2006 |
| The probability of a time out and the resulting waste of channel capacity in a communication system is decreased by controlling the length of the time out period so as to minimize the number of time outs that occur. The length of the time out is based on the sum of the average channel de |
| 7154665 |
Optical performance monitoring using a semiconductor optical amplifier |
December 26, 2006 |
| An optical device having a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) coupled to an optical filter, which device may be used for optical performance monitoring. One embodiment of the invention provides an optical regenerator/monitor (RM), in which an SOA is used both for optical regenerat |
| 7151923 |
Systems for providing message waiting notification updates in a cellular communication network |
December 19, 2006 |
| The message waiting notification update system is operable in the serving Mobile Switching Center and, upon receipt of a message-waiting acknowledgement from the mobile subscriber station, updates the local copy of the subscriber's data in the Visited Location Register and forwards t |
| 7151754 |
Complete user datagram protocol (CUDP) for wireless multimedia packet networks using improved pa |
December 19, 2006 |
| A complete User Datagram Protocol (CUDP) is disclosed that reduces packet loss. Channel frame error information is used with a packet level forward error correction (FEC) coding technique to accommodate wireless multimedia traffic. Each packet, as well as the channel frame error info |
| 7149976 |
View multiplexer for use with a viewing infrastructure and a method of operation thereof |
December 12, 2006 |
| A view multiplexer, a viewing infrastructure and a method of multiplexing a view for use with a service application. In one embodiment, the viewing infrastructure includes a service application, a communications network coupled to the service application, a plurality of viewers coupled t |
| 7149943 |
System for flexible embedded Boundary Scan testing |
December 12, 2006 |
| A flexible Boundary Scan test system is disclosed. The system includes an interpreter module operable to execute a program element selected from a plurality of program elements that include at least one instruction type having an interface to identify and execute selected functions where |
| 7149918 |
Method and apparatus for high availability distributed processing across independent networked c |
December 12, 2006 |
| A plurality of local network groups of computers (102) are coupled together by a network (104). Independent processing systems that execute a single operating system are coupled together by a network (220) to form the local network groups. The independent processing systems may have |
| 7149816 |
System and method for peer-level communication with a network interface card |
December 12, 2006 |
| For use in a computer system having a bus coupled to first and second devices and network interface circuitry, a system for, and method of, allowing one of the first and second devices to communicate with a computer network via the network interface circuitry and a computer system in |
| 7149772 |
Media gateway appliance |
December 12, 2006 |
| A method and device are disclosed which receives packets streamed over a packet network, decodes the packets received to generate a decoded signal stream and filters the decoded signal stream to generate a pulse code modulated (PCM) signal stream. The PCM signal stream may be tailored to |
| 7149690 |
Method and apparatus for interactive language instruction |
December 12, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus for interactive language instruction is provided that displays text files for processing, provide key features and functions for interactive learning, displays facial animation, and provides a workspace for language building functions. The system includes a sto |
| 7149500 |
Charge-all mode for calls in telecommunication network |
December 12, 2006 |
| A telecommunication network and method of billing a first subscriber associated with a first party to a call for variable call charges normally billed to a second subscriber associated with a second party is provided. The method includes: providing a charge-all mode, connecting the c |
| 7149425 |
Monitoring system for an optical transmitter |
December 12, 2006 |
| Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a monitoring system configured to monitor output wavelengths, power, and channel switching of tunable lasers employed in an optical transmitter and provide feedback to those lasers, e.g., to lock on the wavelengths corresponding to opt |
| 7149407 |
Orthogonal heterodyne optical signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) monitoring method and apparatus |
December 12, 2006 |
| An orthogonal heterodyne in-band optical signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) monitoring method and apparatus that use the polarization characteristics of two narrow bandwidth filtered optical spectral components which is not only insensitive to the effects of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) |
| 7149378 |
Monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch |
December 12, 2006 |
| A monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch is disclosed that has a waveguide portion and a MEMS mirror portion fabricated on a single substrate, such as a as a silicon-on-insulator wafer. The monolithic waveguide/MEMS switch adjusts the phase of an optical signal by varying the position of o |
| 7149373 |
Active/passive monolithically integrated channel filtering polarization splitter |
December 12, 2006 |
| An InP on-chip polarization splitter is proposed base on an arrayed waveguide grating that is composed of waveguides having birefringence. The present invention also performs channel filtering and demultiplexing that is useful in WDM/DWDM applications. The required waveguide structure |
| 7149311 |
Methods and apparatus for providing networked cryptographic devices resilient to capture |
December 12, 2006 |
| Techniques are provided by which a device that performs private key operations (e.g., signatures or decryptions) in networked applications, and whose local private key is activated with, for example, a password or PIN, can be immunized to offline dictionary attacks in case the device is |
| 7149245 |
Link adaption in enhanced general packet radio service networks |
December 12, 2006 |
| In the method of determining an airlink modulation and coding scheme, at least one link quality indicator is compensated, and a modulation and coding scheme is read from a table using the compensated link quality indicator. In one embodiment, the at least one link quality indicator i |
| 7149194 |
Telephone systems |
December 12, 2006 |
| A mobile telephone system is provided with a new architecture for dealing with voice internet protocol traffic.Real time traffic from mobile stations (22) is routed by a public land mobile telephone network internet protocol core (20) directly to one of two media gateways (28,32) res |
| 7148754 |
Self-tunable phase lock loop |
December 12, 2006 |
| The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for selectively pretuning and updating a phase lock loop, deployed in an integrated circuit including an agile radio, such as a wideband or an ultra wideband frequency agile radio in a telecommunication system, for example, a r |
| 7146639 |
Method and apparatus for managing a firewall |
December 5, 2006 |
| A method and apparatus are disclosed for managing a firewall. The disclosed firewall manager facilitates the generation of a security policy for a particular network environment, and automatically generates the firewall-specific configuration files from the security policy simultaneo |
| 7146541 |
Back out provision for failed programmable hardware update |
December 5, 2006 |
| An apparatus and method for providing a back out routine for a failed programmable hardware update is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) storing a new software image for the programmable device associated with the hardware update, b) storing a previous software image |
| 7146312 |
Transmission of voice in packet switched networks |
December 5, 2006 |
| There is disclosed in a packet switched network a method of encoding speech packets into blocks, each speech packet including a speech header and a payload comprised of a speech frame, wherein at least two speech frames are encoded into a single block. Each speech frame may be associ |
| 7146192 |
Base station for mobile telecommunications, an antenna assembly, and a method of determining the |
December 5, 2006 |
| A base station for mobile telecommunications comprises a main body and an antenna assembly mounted in a position at a distance from the main body. The antenna assembly comprises at least one antenna for transmission to and reception of signals from mobile user terminals. The antenna asse |
| 7146129 |
Remote control of functions via wireless transmission of text-based messages |
December 5, 2006 |
| A remote control device is located in an environment proximate to conditions to be monitored and actions to be implemented. The remote control device is able to receive and transmit wireless text based communications. A user employing a wireless communication device that supports tex |
| 7146109 |
Analog modulation of optical signals |
December 5, 2006 |
| An optically modulated signal is generated for use in transporting data by generating a so-called sub-carrier modulated optical signal and, then, vector modulating the sub-carrier modulated optical signal to yield the desired modulated optical signal for transmission. The vector modulati |
| 7146001 |
Dynamic essential line service |
December 5, 2006 |
| A switch-based feature that dynamically designates a class B line as class A if the call is a GETS call. The line remains class A until a non-GETS call is placed, whereupon the line reverts to its normal class B designation. |
| 7145909 |
Packet switching access platform |
December 5, 2006 |
| This invention relates to apparatus and associated methods for providing access to and switching of information in a packet data network. More particularly, the invention is directed to a platform facilitating both packet switching capabilities and associated access interface functions |
| 7145895 |
Method and system for UMTS packet transmission scheduling on uplink channels |
December 5, 2006 |
| An improved method for packet transmission scheduling and an improved packet transmission scheduling system in mobile telecommunication systems. Both the improved method and the system especially adapted to be used for UMTS systems. A quality of service scheduling of multiple data fl |
| 7145715 |
Multiple pump parametric apparatus having no idler broadening |
December 5, 2006 |
| A multi-pump phase modulator apparatus and operating method uses only one phase modulator to eliminate SBS without degrading idler(s). The single phase modulator phase modulates multiple pump signals to form multiple phase modulated pump signals using a modulation signal having a mod |
| 7145550 |
Method and apparatus for reducing repetitive motion injuries in a computer user |
December 5, 2006 |
| A pointing device is provided for use with a computer, including a tracking device adapted to generate a signal for use by a processor in moving a pointer on screen, and a selecting device adapted generate a selection signal for use by the processor to determine operations to execute |
| 7145512 |
Reconfigurable plasma antenna with interconnected gas enclosures |
December 5, 2006 |
| A reconfigurable antenna comprises an array of interconnected gas enclosures, each of the enclosures being controllable between at least a first state in which gas within the enclosure is substantially non-conducting and a second state in which the gas within the enclosure forms an e |
| 7145248 |
Common connection method for flip-chip assembled devices |
December 5, 2006 |
| The planes of chips in a flip-chip arrangement, when at least one of the chips has an insulating layer running through it, may be electrically connected together by incorporating into the top chip a flexible metalized structure which is pinned to the top layer of the bottom chip usin |
