НЕПРЕРЫВНОСТЬ СЕАНСА В СЕТЯХ СВЯЗИ

Изобретение относится к системам связи. Технический результат заключается в усовершенствовании процедуры передачи обслуживания. Раскрыт способ, включающий осуществление текущего сеанса связи через сеть с коммутацией пакетов, перенос упомянутого сеанса связи из сети с коммутацией пакетов во вторую сеть, обеспечивающую доступ и с коммутацией пакетов, и с коммутацией каналов, и информирование сервера приложений, поддерживающего упомянутый текущий сеанс связи о том, что сеанс связи должен быть разделен на часть с коммутацией пакетов и часть с коммутацией каналов. Также раскрыт способ, осуществляемый в сервере приложений, включающий прием от первого устройства связи индикации того, что сеанс связи между первым устройством связи и вторым устройством связи должен быть разделен на часть с коммутацией пакетов и часть с коммутацией каналов, ожидание приема запросов на перенос и части с коммутацией пакетов, и части с коммутацией каналов, и информирование второго устройства связи об этом разделении ...

УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ И ДИСТАНЦИОННОГО КОНТРОЛЯ ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКИХ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИК ПАР ПРОВОДОВ ТЕЛЕФОННОЙ КОММУТАЦИОННОЙ СТАНЦИИ

Заявлено устройство для управления и дистанционного и/или автоматического контроля электрических характеристик и проходимости сигнала пар металлических линий, соединенных с телефонной коммутационной станцией. Техническим результатом является надежность и качество сети доступа. Для этого оно содержит измерительное средство и средство, способное соединять указанное измерительное средство с отдельными парами линий, соединенными с телефонной коммутационной станцией, и затем со всеми линиями распределения, являются ли они активными или резервными. 2 н. и 27 з.п. ф-лы, 6 ил.

СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА ДЕЗАКТИВИЗАЦИИ В СЦЕНАРИИ ПЕРЕКРЕСТНЫХ ПОМЕХ

Настоящее изобретение относится к области технологий мобильной связи и, в частности, к способу и системе дезактивизации в сценарии перекрестных помех. М приемопередатчиков стороны центральной станции передают данные по М линиям. Способ заключается в следующем: когда М приемопередатчиков проводят сеанс передачи данных, если выявлено событие, инициирующее изменение состояния, N приемопередатчиков переключаются в состояние осуществления дезактивации для дезактивизации N из М линий; получают коэффициент обновления, используемый для обновления коэффициента перекрестных помех между активными линиями, обновляют коэффициент перекрестных помех между активными линиями с помощью коэффициента обновления и управляют приемопередатчиками в состоянии осуществления дезактивизации, чтобы перейти в состояние работы только на прием или в состояние "не занято". Технический результат - уменьшение перекрестных помех между линиями. 2 н. и 9 з.п. ф-лы, 7 ил.

СИНХРОННО-АСИНХРОННЫЙ И АСИНХРОННО-СИНХРОННЫЙ ПРЕОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬ

Изобретение относится к синхронно-асинхронному и асинхронно-синхронному преобразователю. Преобразователь включает ЗУ (SRAM), имеющее первый и второй порт, командную схему первого порта (SPM), соединенную с первым портом, с входной синхронной мультиплексной линией связи (ME) и выходной синхронной мультиплексной линией связи (MS), и командную схему второго порта (APM), соединенную со вторым портом, с входным асинхронным каналом связи (LE) через ЗУ ячеек (M) типа FIFO, и с выходным асинхронным каналом связи (LS). Команда (MF) вне преобразователя, подаваемая в командные схемы портов, позволяет выбрать режим работы преобразователя, в первом режиме работы (M32) каждый временной интервал кадра синхронной мультиплексной системы предназначается для одного канала связи, а во втором режиме работы (M1) все временные интервалы одного синхронного кадра предназначаются для одного канала. 3 з.п. ф-лы, 7 ил.

Способ адаптивного управления маршрутизацией информационных потоков в корпоративных сетях связи при возникновении эксплуатационных отказов

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СПОСОБ И СИСТЕМА ДЛЯ ПОИСКА СЕТЕВЫХ АДРЕСОВ В ГИБРИДНЫХ СЕТЯХ СВЯЗИ

... 1. Способ поиска сетевого адреса первого абонентского оборудования (1), находящегося в системе связи, содержащей две или более сетей (11, 12, 13) связи, где сети (11, 12, 13) связи имеют различные типы, и где эти две или более сетей (11, 12, 13) связи соединены, по меньшей мере, с первым абонентским оборудованием (1), имеющим соединения (1A, 1B, 1С), каждое из которых соотнесено некоторому сетевому адресу, с двумя или более сетями (11, 12, 13) связи, содержащий этапы, на которых отсылают через сеть (11, 12, 13) связи первого типа запрос для поиска сетевого адреса первого абонентского оборудования (1), причем упомянутый сетевой адрес принадлежит второму типу сети связи, причем первый тип сети связи отличается от второго типа сети связи; принимают ответ, содержащий информацию о запрашиваемом сетевом адресе первого абонентского оборудования (1), отличающийся тем, что запрос отсылают к и ответ принимают от первого абонентского оборудования (1). 2. Способ по п.1, в котором ответ принимают через ...

СПОСОБ, СИСТЕМА И УСТРОЙСТВО ДЛЯ ПРИОСТАНОВКИ СИГНАЛОВ

... 1. Способ приостановки сигналов, содержащий этапы, на которых: ! - принимают на медиашлюзе (MG), инструкцию приостановки, от контроллера медиашлюза (MGC), инструктирующую MG приостанавливать операцию с ресурсами; и ! - приостанавливают на MG операцию с ресурсами согласно инструкции приостановки. ! 2. Способ по п.1, в котором инструкция приостановки представляется посредством сигнала и/или списка сигналов. ! 3. Способ по п.2, дополнительно содержащий этапы, на которых: ! - принимают на MG сигнал и/или список сигналов, соответствующий инструкции приостановки, отправляемой от MGC, так что приостановленная мультимедийная операция остается допустимой; или ! - резервируют на MG сигнал и/или список сигналов, соответствующий инструкции приостановки, согласно предыдущим настройкам при одновременной приостановке операции ресурсами, так что приостановленная мультимедийная операция остается допустимой. ! 4. Способ по п.2, в котором после того, как MG приостанавливает сигнал и/или список сигналов в ...

Mediumzugriffssteuerungsschema für drahtlose lokale Netze mit verschachtelten Zeitmultiplexrahmen variabler Länge

SIGNALVERARBEITUNGSSYSTEM

Netzwerksystem

Grosse kombinierte Breitband und Schmalband Vermittlungsstelle

SCHALTUNG DER PHYSISCHEN SCHICHT UND SCHNITTSTELLENSCHALTUNG

Anordnung zur Überwachung von Steuerinformation für ein Vermittlungssystem mit verteilter Steuerung.

KOMMUNIKATIONSVERFAHREN.

Synchron-Asynchron-Umsetzer

ZEITSTEMPELUNG FUER PAKETSYSTEMKNOTEN.

Method for converting data from data transmission based on data packets to data transmission synchronized in time slots stores data packets in a conversion buffer memory.

Data transmission (7) based on data packets is converted to data transmission (8) synchronized in time slots. Data packets are stored in a conversion buffer memory (3) on a data-conversion card (2). An asynchronous transfer network (ATM) (1) operates alongside this data transmission as well as a time division multiplex network (4) and a control device (5). An Independent claim is also included for a system for converting data from data transmission based on data packets to data transmission synchronized in time slots.

Kommunikationsanordnung und Übertragungseinheit zur Informationsübermittlung über zumindest eine Übertragungsleitung sowie eine an die Übertragungseinheit anschließbare Schaltungsanordnung

An zumindest einer Übertragungsleitung (UL) ist zumindest eine jeweils einen aktiven oder passiven Betriebszustand aufweisende Übertragungseinheit (LD) mit einer vom aktuellen Betriebszustand abhängigen Eingangsimpedanz (Z¶xDSL¶) angeschlossen. Erfindungsgemäß wird Abhängigkeit von dem ermittelten Betriebszustand zumindest eine schaltbare elektrische Komponente (Z¶Syn¶) in der Art und Weise geschaltet, dass die Eingangsimpedanz (Z¶xDSL¶) der zumindest einen Übertragungseinheit (LD) auf einen annähernd konstanten Wert gehalten wird. Vorteilhaft werden Impedanzsprünge bei der Aktivierung bzw. Deaktivierung der Übertragungseinheit (LD) verhindert, so dass Störungen oder Unterbrechungen bei der Informationsübermittlung über die Übertragungsleitung vermieden werden.

Gerät und Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Anrufleitweglenkung nach und innerhalb von Anrufzentralen

Verfahren zur Übertragung von isochronen Daten

KNOTENPUNKT EINES VERTEILTEN VERMITTLUNGSSYSTEMS MIT VERAENDERLICHER BANDBREITE UND MIT DYNAMISCHER VERWALTUNG VON HYBRIDRAHMEN.

Rückrufsystem und Verfahren für Internet telefon

VERFAHREN ZUM VERHINDERN EINER NETZAKTUALISIERUNGSOSZILLATION

Discretely variable slot width in TDM/TDAM systems

System node and method for providing media arbitration

Voice communication apparatus

A voice communication apparatus is interposed between a telephone set and a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or a broadband network which can provide a frequency bandwidth broader than a frequency bandwidth of the public switched telephone network. The apparatus selects one of the PSTN and the broadband network, from which a voice signal is input. The apparatus takes account of the selected network, frequency characteristics of the selected network and of the telephone set, and appropriately adjusts frequency characteristics of a voice signal transmitted between the telephone set and the selected network by means of transmitter and receiver band-pass filter units. As a result, both the telephone set and the counterpart communication terminal can receive a voice signal of better transmission quality.

Interworking device

Input device for performing communication and signal transmission of internet protocol phone

An input device for performing a communication and a signal transmission of an internet protocol phone, which comprises a housing (2) having a control unit (3, fig, 3) mounted therein. The control unit (3, Fig 3) includes a keyboard module (30, fig 3) and an internet protocol phone module (32, Fig 3) which enable the input device to receive a switch signal issued from a mode switch key (44) mounted therein or an internet protocol phone signal issued from a remote area, and then transmit the received signal to the keyboard module (30, fig 3) and internet protocol phone module (32, fig 3) for accomplishing output of keycode and transmission of the internet protocol phone signal.

DATA NETWORK

LOOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

GLOBAL LOAD SMOOTHING IN A REAL TIME DATA IMAGING NETWORK SYSTEM

Access change for re-routing a connection

Access change for re-routing a connection.

“Proceeded and device of access to a medium of communication divided between users which can transmit in circuit mode or package with various levels of priority”.

SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE HANDLING OF BEING ENOUGH ASYNCHRONOUS DATA IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS TIME SLOT

PROCEDURE FOR THE CONNECTION OF SEVERAL COMMUNICATION BUSES WITH WIRELESS CONNECTIONS

PROCEDURE AND EQUIPMENT AROUND A CONFERENCE CIRCUIT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR USING

COMBINE FROM APPLICATIONS OF NARROW BANDS WITH BROADBAND TRANSPORT

COMBINE FROM APPLICATIONS OF NARROW BANDS WITH BROADBAND TRANSPORT

PRODUCING AND IMPLEMENTING SIGNAL MINUTES AND AN INTERFACE FOR HIGHER DATA RATES

COMBINE FROM APPLICATIONS OF NARROW BANDS WITH BROADBAND TRANSPORT

COMBINE FROM APPLICATIONS OF NARROW BANDS WITH BROADBAND TRANSPORT

PROCEDURE FOR SIGNALING OF CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS OF PHYSICAL CHANNELS

EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT THE CALL ALTERNATE ROUTING AFTER AND IN CALL CENTERS

COMBINE FROM APPLICATIONS OF NARROW BANDS WITH BROADBAND TRANSPORT

Verfahren zur asynchronen Datenkommunikation in einem echtzeitfähigen Ethernet-Datennetzwerk

Um die in einem echtzeitfähigen Ethernet-Datennetzwerkprotokoll verfügbare asynchrone Bandbreite kollisionsfrei besser auszunutzen ist vorgesehen, dass zumindest ein Slave (S1, …, Sn), der asynchrone Daten versenden möchte, dem Master (M) in einem Sendezyklus (Z(m)) mittels eines Anfrage-Datenpakets (DPa) mitteilt, wie viele asynchrone Daten dieser Slave (S1, …, Sn) asynchron versenden möchte und der Master (M) mittels eines Einladungs- Datenpakets (DPe) dem Slave (S1, …, Sn) mitteilt, zu welchem Zeitpunkt (tas) innerhalb eines folgenden Sendezyklus (Z(m+k+l)) der Slave (S1, …, Sn) die asynchronen Daten in einem asynchronen Datenpaket (DPas) versenden darf.

SYNCHRONOUS ASYNCHRONOUS CONVERTER

COMMUNICATION PROCEDURE.

DIGITAL PACKAGE TELEPHONE TRANSMISSION METHOD WITH MULTIPLEXING.

NETWORK ADJUSTMENT FOR NARROW BAND SERVICES OVER A WIDEBAND NETWORK WORK

PROCEDURE AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION OVER INTERNET BETWEEN TWO TELEPHONE DEVICES

PROCEDURE FOR THE RESERVATION OF OPERATIONAL FUNDS FOR MULTIMEDIA

PROCEDURE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SOUND SIGNAL CODING AND - RENDITION IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

SYSTEM NODE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDIA ARBITRATION

Combining narrowband applications with broadband transport

COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

System for, and method of, synchronizing events in asynchronously operating communications systems

Multimedia communication using co-located care of address

CLOSED COOP DIGITAL SYSTEM

Method for sending information in a telecommunication system

DATA SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS

... ▓▓▓A data switch for handling packets of information switch comprises input ▓traffic managers, ingress routers, a memoryless cyclic switch fabric, egress ▓routers and output traffic managers all acting under the control of a switch ▓controller. Each ingress router includes a set of virtual output buffers one ▓for each output traffic manager and each message priority. Each data packet or ▓cell as it arrives is examined to identify the output traffic manager address ▓and its message priority. The switch controller uses a first arbitration and ▓selection process to schedule the passage of the next cell across the switch ▓fabric which the ingress router uses a second arbitration and selection ▓process to select the appropriate virtual output queue for use in the switch ▓fabric transfer.▓ ...

METHOD OF AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEX MESSAGE TRANSMISSION PATH

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEX SWITCHING NETWORK FOR MULTI- SERVICE DIGITAL NETWORKS

PHYSICAL CHANNEL CONFIGURATION SIGNALING PROCEDURES

A method for signaling code and time slot assignments to support a communication of a user in a wireless hybrid TDMA/CDMA communication system supporting wireless RF communications, comprising: at the transmitter: selecting at least one time slot; selecting at least one code, and if more than one code is selected, selecting consecutive codes from the predetermined sequence; and signaling an identifier of the at least one time slot and a first and last code of the consecutive codes.

MULTI-RATE SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL CIRCUIT NETWORK FOR VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

A transmission network for enabling communication between a multiplicity of user stations is disclosed. The network can handle a wide variety of traffic types ranging from the continuous transmission of batch data to the bursty transmission of voice and interactive data. The network comprises an array of switches which are connected by trunk groups. Communication between any pair of user stations is achieved by means of a virtual circuit which passes through or more of the switches. Frames of data are synchronously transmitted between the switches. Variable bit rate capability is achieved by allocating different numbers of slots in each frame to different virtual circuits.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPEECH SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION IN PACKET SWITCHED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS

In a packet-switched communications network, the variable component of a delay suffered by the first packet of a message is estimated at a receiving node and compared with a desired minimum delay selected to be just sufficiently large to encompass most expected delay variations, the result of the comparison being used to set a clock controlling reconstitution of the received signal so as to subject the received packets to a delay approximating to but not less than the desired delay. The estimate of the variable delay component is successively updated during reception of further packets to converge on the actual value of that component, the clock at the receiving node being updated accordingly to bring it into synchronization with a transmitter clock, subject to a lag equal to the desired minimum delay.

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ALTERNATINGLY TRANSMITTING CIRCUIT-SWITCHED AND PACKET-SWITCHED INFORMATION

In a telecommunication system in which alternately circuit-switched and packet-switched information is transmitted in time-divided form between transmitter and receiver equipment, a system is described for mutliplexing telephony channels with static and dynamic capacity. A static channel occupies a time slot in a fixed frame structure. The dynamic channels utilize idle time slots. A status bit per time slot states whether the time slot is occupied or not. Equipment for transmitting circuit-switched information is combined with equipment for transmitting packet-switched information, such that a hybrid system is obtained which, under the control of a status bit, alternately transfers information from the resepctive equipment in response to the polarity of the status bit. A circuit-switching memory is continuously scanned in a multiplexer. Data words are stored in the memory, each word corresponding to a time slot, which in turn corresponds to an information channel in a TDM system. A status ...

METHOD OF AND ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A TIME-DIVISION MULTIPLEX MESSAGE TRANSMISSION PATH

... 33 For the transmission of speech data in timedivision multiplex, a frame frequency of 8 kHz with fixedly assigned channels in the frame is effective, whereas such a fixed assignment is very disadvantageous for the transmission of data packets. Consequently, according to the invention the frame is subdivided into several groups each having the same number of words, and each group comprises either exclusively narrow-band channels for the transmission of speech data or is associated with the high-rate channel. A signaling word which for groups comprising narrow-band channels always comprises an unambiguous bit sample of, for example, the highest priority is assigned to each group. When a subscriber station wants access to a word group in the highrate channel it transmits its own address and possibly priority data in a signaling word. When this bit sample is received without any disturbance the subscriber station immediately occupies the assigned group of words in the high-rate channel for ...

VARIABLE BAND DISTRIBUTED SWITCHING NODE WITH DYNAMIC HYBRID FRAME MANAGEMENT

A variable band distributed switching node comprises a plurality of independent modules connected to a common bus. Each module comprises a portion which processes line information, and an interface adjacent to the bus which cooperates with the interfaces of the other modules to form hybrid frames on the bus, which frames comprise a plurality of channels assigned to circuit switched communications and a residual band portion shared by packet switched communications. The frames are dynamically managed by assigning each circuit switched channel a band which can be different in the different frames to match the requirements of variable band sources and by making again the channels adjoining after each release.

NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR INTEGRATING SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRAFFIC ON A COMMON SERIAL DATA BUS

NETWORK PROTOCOL FOR INTEGRATING SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS TRAFFIC ON A COMMON SERIAL DATA BUS Contention among a plurality of synchronous and asynchronous devices connected to a shared communication medium for access to time slots in a sequence of frames is resolved by assigning a unique priority word including a priority code prefix to each device and granting access to a given slot by comparing the value of the priority words assigned to completing devices. The priority code prefix is assigned as a joint function of whether synchronous or asynchronous communication is desired and whether synchronous communication is being initiated or continued. In each assignment protocol, synchronous communication is enabled by assuring any device that initially gains access to a particular time slot continued access to the same slot in succeeding frames. If desired, devices with synchronous access may relinquish unused time slots to asynchronous traffic, while reserving the ability to resume synchronous ...

TIME DIVISION DIGITAL SWITCHING INSTALLATION FOR SPEECH AND DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION LINES

L'installation de commutation numérique à division du temps selon l'invention commute des lignes numériques transmettant des échantillons de parole et des paquets de données avec des lignes numériques en mode-circuit et des lignes numériques en mode-paquet. Des premières lignes numériques bidirectionnelles, généralement desservant des régies d'abonnés, transitent chacune un premier canal numérique en mode-circuit et un second canal numérique en modepaquet multiplexés en un débit double de celui de secondes, troisièmes et quatrièmes lignes numériques bidirectionnelles. Les secondes lignes, en mode-circuit, et les troisièmes lignes, en mode-paquet, sont reliées à des réseaux commutés externes tandis que les quatrièmes lignes, en mode-paquet, sont reliées à un commutateur de paquets. Les quatrièmes lignes sont en nombre inférieur à la somme des premières et troisièmes lignes et elles transitent des paquets pour toutes les connexions établies entre deux premières lignes ou entre une première ...

DUAL BUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A dual set of busses is used to provide close coupling between the data and voice services of the CS300 communication system. One of these busses is a time division multiplex bus arranged for communication between port access circuits, and the other bus is a packetswitched data processing bus used for interfacing both with the system peripherals and with the port access circuits. The port access circuits, as well as the faster peripheral circuits, can be connected to either or both busses thereby allowing for the efficient easy interchange of information.

MULTIPLEXED DIGITAL PACKET TELEPHONE SYSTEM

An efficient system for simultaneously conveying a large number of telephone conversations over a much smaller number of relatively low-bandwidth digital communication channels is disclosed. Each incoming telephone speech signal is filtered, periodically sampled, and digitized. An efficient computational speech compression algorithm is applied to transform a sequence of digitized speech samples into a much shorter sequence of compression variables. The compression variable sequence is further processed to construct a minimum-length bit string, and an identifying header is appended to form a packet. Only a few packets containing information on representative background noise are generated during pauses in speech, thereby conserving digital bandwidth. The packets are queued and transmitted asynchronously over the first available serial digital communication channel. Numerical feedback to the compression algorithm is employed which results in the packet size being reduced during periods of ...

METHOD OF SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING ISOCHRONOUS AND NONISOCHRONOUS DATA ON A LOCAL AREA NETWORK

LOCAL HYBRID COMMUNICATION NETWORK IN CIRCUIT AND PACKET MODES WITH A LOOP CARRYING A TIME MULTIPLEX

MULTI-RATE SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL CIRCUIT NETWORK FOR VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS

DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION MECHANISM BETWEEN CIRCUIT SLOTS AND PACKET BIT STREAM IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

DISCARDING TRAFFIC IN IP NETWORKS TO OPTIMIZE THE QUALITY OF SPEECH SIGNALS

A method for discarding data within an IP-network communications link (10) in a manner that optimizes the quality of speech data contained in the IP-network communications link (10). Initially, the IP-network communications link (10) is monitored to determine the occurrence of an overload condition. At least a portion of a plurality of data packets (30) within the IP-network communications link (10) are selected in response to detection of the overload condition. The selected portions are discarded from the IP-network communications link (10), and the remainder of the packets (30) transmitted on the link (10).

DEACTIVATION METHOD AND SYSTEM IN CROSSTALK SCENARIO

The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile communications, and particularly relates to a deactivation method and system in a crosstalk scenario. M transceivers at a central office end send data via M lines. The method comprises: when M transceivers are in a showtime state, if an event triggering state transition is detected, N transceivers switch to a deactivation execution state, and N lines of M lines are deactivated; and an update coefficient used for updating a crosstalk offset coefficient between activation lines is acquired, the crosstalk offset coefficient between the activation lines is updated using the update coefficient, and the transceiver in the deactivation execution state is controlled to be in a quiesced or idle state. The method and system provided in the present invention propose to update a crosstalk offset coefficient in a line deactivation flow, and the crosstalk residue problem of other activation lines caused by the deactivation line is avoided ...

MULTIPLE QUEUE BANDWIDTH RESERVATION PACKET SYSTEM

SYNCHRONOUS TO ASYNCHRONOUS CONVERTER

... : Convertisseur synchrone-asynchrone. Le convertisseur comprend une mémoire (SRAM) ayant un premier et un deuxième port, un circuit de gestion du premier port (SPM) relié au premier port, à une ligne multiplex synchrone entrante (ME) et à une ligne multiplex synchrone sortante (MS), et un circuit de gestion du deuxième port (APM) relié au deuxème port, à une liaison asynchrone entrante (LE) par l'intermédiaire d'une mémoire cellules (M) de type FIFO, et à une liaison asynchrone sortante (LS). Une commande (MF) extérieure au convertisseur, et appliquée aux circuits de gestion des ports permet de choisir le mode de fonctionnement du convertisseur ; dans un premier mode (M32) chaque intervalle temporel d'une trame d'un multiplex synchrone est affecté à un canal de communication et dans un deuxième mode (M1) tous les intervalles temporels d'une trame synchrone sont affectés à un canal. FIGURE A PUBLIER : Fig.1 ...

CELL TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD USING A VARIABLE RATE CODEC

Establishing Telecommunications Call Paths in Broadband Communication Networks

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present invention relates to a communication system, protocol and method designed to facilitate information transfer including user and control information from CBR (Continuous Bit Rate) and/or non-CBR signal sources. Such a system, for example, is a CSS (Customer Switching System), a LAN network, a Key System, LAN hub, PABX or PBX. A number of aspects are disclosed in this specification. These include: A) a key system and/or LAN which utilizes ATM technology for the trafficking of CBR, non-CBR, or a combination thereof, B) a round robin feature which facilitates the operation of i. above, C) a cell format which facilitates the operation of i. above, D) an open and closed system architecture for i. above, E) an ATM-TP which serves as an interface for CBR to the architecture and an ATM-HP which serves as an interface for non-CBR to the architecture, F) partial cell filling for system efficiency and/or echo control, G) a staggering feature to facilitate system efficiency, H) a channel ...

PACKET DATA IN AN ANALOG CELLULAR RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEM

A method and apparatus for circuit-switched and single-user traffic channel packet data communication in a cellular radiotelephone system, including a base station (10) and mobile data unit (5) both operable for establishing either a circuit-switched data call connection or a single-user connectionless packet data traffic channel via a radio channel (7), and communicating packet data over the established radio channel.

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR WIRELESS AND WIRELINE ACCESS FEATURING PACS RADIO TECHNOLOGY

Disclosed is a telecommunication system (52-82) that is both highly cost effective for small scale applications (for example, those having less than 80 lines), yet field upgrade-expandable via a backplane bus (68) to application s having a significant number of additional lines (for example, 30,000 lines). An integrated voice/data telecommunication system is utilized that is flexib le enough to handle low bandwidth (for example 64 kbps mu-law) speech as well a s high bandwidth multimedia data switching. The system may be configured as a low cost, standalone PACS system for "village telephony" or "PACS-on-POTS" applications, as an alternative to requirements for PACS infrastructure when appropriate wireless network facilities are unavailable.

MULTI-PROTOCOL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUTING OPTIMIZATION

A telecommunications switching system (10) employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system (10) has a first memory (30) for storing the data file, a second memory (22) for storing predetermined parameters, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities (32), means (24) for measuring the value of variable parameters associated with each of the telecommunications paths, and a processor means (26) are operatively associated with the second and third memories (22 and 23) and the variable parameters for determining which of the plurality of telecommunications path s should be utilized.

A MECHANISM FOR MULTIPLEXING ATM AAL5 VIRTUAL CIRCUITS OVER ETHERNET

The invention provides for an E-Mux and a method for encapsulating/segmentin g ATM cells into/from an Ethernet frame at the boundary between an ATM and an Ethernet network. An Ethernet end-station on the E-Mux is addressed using multiple MAC level identifiers, which are dynamically assigned according to the ATM virtual circuits which terminate on that end station, and have only transitory significance on the Ethernet. A unique ATM OUI identifies the frames carrying ATM-traffic.

TRANSMISSION OF NEWS PLANT WITH SEVERAL COLLECTING LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF DIFFERENT DATA TYPES.

Network system.

Netzwerksystem mit einer Verteilereinheit (134), die mit einem Backbone (110) eines Datennetzwerks verbunden ist und mindestens ein Auskopplungselement (135) für ein Lichtwellenleiterkabel mit einer Mehrzahl von Lichtwellenleitern aufweist; einem Verteilerfeld (144), das mit mindestens einem Endgerät (154) zur elektronischen Datenverarbeitung verbindbar ist und ein Kupplungselement (145) aufweist; und einer mobilen Verbindungseinheit (160), die ein mit einem ersten und einem zweiten Anschlussglied (162, 164) versehenes erstes Lichtwellenleiterkabel mit einer Mehrzahl von Lichtwellenleitern zum Anschluss des Verteilerfelds (144) an den Backbone (110) aufweist, wobei das erste Anschlussglied (162) mit dem Auskopplungselement (135) und das zweite Anschlussglied (164) mit dem Kupplungselement (145) verbindbar ist.

Network system.

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Netzwerksystem mit einer Verteilereinheit (134), einem Verteilerfeld (144) und einer mobilen Verbindungseinheit (160). Die Verteilereinheit (134) ist mit einem Backbone (110) eines Datennetzwerks verbunden und weist mindestens ein Auskopplungselement (135) für ein Lichtwellenleiterkabel mit einer Mehrzahl von Lichtwellenleitern auf. Das Verteilerfeld (144) ist mit mindestens einem Endgerät (154) zur elektronischen Datenverarbeitung verbindbar und weist ein Kupplungselement (145) auf. Die mobile Verbindungseinheit (160) weist ein mit einem ersten und einem zweiten Anschlussglied (162, 164) versehenes erstes Lichtwellenleiterkabel mit einer Mehrzahl von Lichtwellenleitern zum Anschluss des Verteilerfelds (144) an den Backbone (110) auf, wobei das erste Anschlussglied (162) mit dem Auskopplungselement (135) und das zweite Anschlussglied (164) mit dem Kupplungselement (145) verbunden ist.

ESTABLISHMENT OF CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF HYBRID OF THE RECEIVER

Method and device for transmitting control signalling

Physical layer circuit and interface circuit

Digital image signal recording apparatus and reproducing apparatus

NUMERICAL SWITCHING SYSTEM HAS DIVISION OF THE TIME OF CHANNELS IN MODE-CIRCUIT AND MODE-PAQUET

PROCESS AND DEVICE OF DETERMINATION Of AT LEAST an IDENTIFIER OF ROUTAGED' AT LEAST a BRIDGE Of a NETWORK

An Apparatus and Method for Voice Call Continuity

A mobile device having an operating system which includes a communications framework having a voice call continuity convergence layer. The status of the circuit switched and packet switched parts of the network are reported to the convergence layer which decides which part of the network to connect to based on network status and pre-stored profiles.

Direct response and feedback system

The invention provides methods and systems for analyzing and routing items.

Displaying a network topology map with a reduced number of objects

Displaying a network topology map may include creating a database representing objects in a network; requesting a topology map of a certain type to represent at least a portion of the network; determining from the database a set of objects corresponding to the type of the requested map; determining parameters associated with the map type; and, while the cardinality of the set is above a threshold: presenting at least one of the parameters on a display, enabling a user to specify a value or group of values for the parameter, and reducing the cardinality of the set by removing objects not matching the value or group of values specified for the parameter.

Method for Inheriting Attribute of Forwarding Adjacency in Multilayer Network and Corresponding Multilayer Network

The present invention provides a method for inheriting an attribute of a FA in a multilayer network, which comprises: returning information of a first attribute of each link on a FA LSP in a path computation reply message to an upper layer head node, and initiating connection setup; a head node on the FA LSP constructing the first attribute of this FA according to information of the first attribute of each link on the FA LSP included in a path message sent from a upstream node and storing the first attribute of this FA, and sending information of the first attribute of this FA to a downstream node; and c) the tail node on the FA LSP obtaining information of the first attribute of this FA and storing the first attribute of this FA. The present invention also provides a multilayer network.

Synchronous packet switches

A synchronous packet switch comprises output modules, input modules, optical connections and a switch control unit. The output modules comprise optical receivers each configured to receive optical signals at a different wavelength. The input modules receive electric signals carrying data cells to be routed. Each input module comprises optical transmitters, each configurable to generate an optical signal at a different wavelength, and routing apparatus comprising output ports. Each output module has at least one output port allocated to it. The routing apparatus is configurable to route a received optical signal to a selected output port. The optical connections are arranged to couple output ports to respective output modules. The switch control unit controls routing of the optical signals from the transmitters to the output modules and generates a routing control signal for configuring the routing apparatus to route an optical signal from a transmitter to a selected output port.

Protocol translation

Methods and systems are provided for protocol translation. One system includes a number of servers configured for protocol translation including logic to receive a number of network packets associated with a particular transaction from a source delivery server. The logic interrogates the number of network packets received to synchronously determine a data format and a protocol of the received network packets and apply a number of rules-based protocols. The rules-based protocols reformat the data format and the protocol of the received network packets according to a data format and a protocol of a destination server, relay the reformatted network packets to the destination server, and provide a response to the source delivery server to permit maintenance of a system state.

Relay communication system and access management apparatus

A first relay server transmits, to an access management apparatus that manages an access right to a second relay server, an access request with respect to the second relay server. The access management apparatus confirms that the access right to the second relay server is set in the first relay server, and then requests the second relay server to permit an access by the first relay server. In a case where the second relay server permits the access from the first relay server, the access management apparatus notifies the first relay server of such access permission. Based on the notice from the access management apparatus, the first relay server establishes a routing session with the second relay server. By using the routing session, the first relay server starts the communication with a general server that serves as a maintenance target.

Method, System and Apparatus for Transmitting Information across Signaling Networks

The present invention provides a method, system and apparatus for transmitting information across signaling networks. The method includes: when a signaling transfer point belongs to more than one signaling network at the same time, setting a mapping relation between different signaling networks on the signaling transfer point; signaling networks to which the signaling transfer point belongs include a first signaling network and a second signaling network; the signaling transfer point, after receiving a message indicating a destination signaling point code sent by first signaling network and when judging that there is no signaling point where the signaling point code is the destination signaling point code in the first signaling network, converts the message into a message in the second signaling network according to the mapping relation; and when judging that the destination signaling point of the converted message is available in the second signaling network, forwards the message.

Active server system monitor

A system may include a home media server, a plurality of clients of the home media server, and a plurality of entities executed by the home media server and configured to provide media content instances to the plurality of clients. The system may further include an active server system monitor configured to register an entity of the plurality of entities, determine at least one monitoring parameter associated with the registered entity, monitor the registered entity according to the at least one monitoring parameter to determine an issue with the registered entity, and if an issue is determined, terminate and restart the registered entity.

System and method for consolidated monitoring and managing of network enabled devices

A system and method for monitoring and managing a network of electrical devices includes a central device operatively connected to a plurality of end devices by a network, such as a ZigBee network. The central device can monitor the status of the first plurality of end devices and display the status of the end devices. The central device can also be configured to command an aspect of at least one of the first plurality of end devices. Thus, the user can remotely monitor and adjust an aspect of one or more of the end devices by the central device. All end devices connected to the network can be monitored and managed from the central device, thereby improving monitoring of the devices and providing a convenient way to adjust the devices to desired conditions.

Integrated view of network management data

In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a first request for network management information, the first request identifying at least one of a user, a user device, or a user application; determining a first set of user information for a given user, the determination being based on the first request and data stored in a network database, identifying one or more interrelations in the first set of user information that represent logical connections within the first set of user information; creating a first information tree rooted at data representing a user location and organized according to the one or more interrelations, the first information tree being based on the first set of user information and being created in memory of a network management computer; and displaying, based on the first information tree, the one or more interrelations and the first set of user information, network management information for the user.

Video analytics method and system

A method for performing video analytics comprises capturing video data using a video source disposed at an acquisition end. The captured video data is stored at the acquisition end, and non-adjacent single frames of the captured video data are transmitted from the acquisition end to a server via an IP network. The non-adjacent single frames of captured video data are transmitted one at a time at known time intervals, or a burst of a plurality of non-adjacent single frames is transmitted at another known time interval. At the server, video analytics is performed on a current one of the non-adjacent single frames for detecting an actionable event relative to a previous one of the non-adjacent single frames. In response to detecting an actionable event, a signal for requesting previously stored video data captured between the current one of the non-adjacent single frames and the previous one of the non-adjacent single frames is transmitted to the acquisition end via the IP network.

Video analytics with pre-processing at the source end

A method for performing video analytics includes receiving at a source end video data including first video data relating to an event of interest. Using video analytics, other than a data compression process, pre-processing of the video data is performed at the source end to reduce the bandwidth requirement for transmitting the video data to below a bandwidth limit of a Wide Area Network (WAN) over which the video data is to be transmitted. The pre-processed video data is transmitted to a central server via the WAN, where other video analytics processing of the pre-processed video data is performed. Based on a result of the other video analytics processing, a signal is generated for performing a predetermined action, in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end.

Dynamic rate heartbeating for inter-node status updating

A scheme for monitoring node operational status according to communications transmits messages periodically according to a heartbeat rate among the nodes. The messages may be gossip messages containing the status of the other nodes in the pairs, are received at the nodes and indications of the communications delays of the received messages are stored, which are used to compute statistics of the stored communications delays. Parameters of the node status monitoring, which are used for determining operational status of the nodes, are adjusted according to the statistics, which may include adjusting the heartbeat rate, the maximum wait time before a message is considered missed, and/or the maximum number of missed messages, e.g., the sequence number deviation, before the node is considered non-operational (down).

Method and System for Performing Short Message Terminal Calling Control

A method and system for performing control on short message mobile terminated are disclosed by the present invention, wherein, the method includes: intercepting a route message of an inter-network short message, performing redirection processing, guiding the calling short message center to transmit the inter-network short message which is mobile terminated to a preset redirection location (S 301 ); performing service control on the inter-network short message in the redirection location (S 302 ). The present invention can realize the service control on the inter-network short message by the called network, thereby improving the security of the short message service, also realizing the service, such as the called value-added service and so on, and increasing the profit of the operator.

Method and Apparatus for Automatically Building Conversational Systems

A system and method provides a natural language interface to world-wide web content. Either in advance or dynamically, webpage content is parsed using a parsing algorithm. A person using a telephone interface can provide speech information, which is converted to text and used to automatically fill in input fields on a webpage form. The form is then submitted to a database search and a response is generated. Information contained on the responsive webpage is extracted and converted to speech via a text-to-speech engine and communicated to the person.

Method and system for establishing security connection between switch equipments

A method and a system for establishing a security connection between switch equipments are disclosed in the present invention. The system includes the first switch equipment and the second switch equipment; the first switch equipment sends the switch key negotiation activation packet and the switch key negotiation response packet to the second switch equipment; the second switch equipment sends the switch key negotiation request packet to the first switch equipment. The embodiments of the present invention provide a security policy for data security transmission between switch equipments by establishing shared switch key between each two switch equipments, thus guaranteeing the confidentiality of the data transmission process between switch equipments in the data link layer. The calculation burden of switch equipment and the delay of the data packets transmitted from the transmission end to the reception end can be reduced and the efficiency of network transmission can be improved.

System and method for achieving accelerated throughput

Systems and methods for transporting data between two endpoints over an encoded channel are disclosed. Data transmission units (data units) from the source network are received at an encoding component logically located between the endpoints. These first data units are subdivided into second data units and are transmitted to the destination network over the transport network. Also transmitted are encoded or extra second data units that allow the original first data units to be recreated even if some of the second data units are lost. These encoded second data units may be merely copies of the second data units transmitted, parity second data units, or second data units which have been encoded using erasure correcting coding. At the receiving endpoint, the second data units are received and are used to recreate the original first data units.

Information processing apparatus, terminal apparatus and information processing method

This invention is directed to achievement of a content sharing with a high level of safety by restricting the other end of communication with which contents are shared. An information processing apparatus, which can communicate with first and second terminal apparatuses, manages an access right required for the user of the first terminal apparatus to access contents on a network. The information processing apparatus determines whether a communication, in which the other party of communication is specified, is performed between the first and second terminal apparatuses. In the case of being determined that the first and second terminal apparatuses is performing the communication with each other, the information processing apparatus utilizes the access right to permit an access from the second terminal apparatus to the contents.

System and method for providing communication service

Provided is a system and method for providing a communication service. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a synchronization session integrated among a plurality of user terminals that use a communication service may be set, and control result data corresponding to terminal control information selected by at least one of user terminals may be provided to user terminals.

Relay device

A relay device includes a receiver, an information obtaining unit, a parameter storage unit, and a parameter setting unit, and relays a packet which is transmitted from a first network to a second network. The receiver receives the packet from the first network. The information obtaining unit obtains data type information for identifying a type of data which is transmitted and received by the packet. The parameter storage unit stores a control parameter which is used for controlling communication quality in the second network, so as to be associated with a type of transfer data indicating data transferred to the second network. The parameter setting unit sets to the packet the control parameter which is associated with transfer data of a same type as data identified by the data type information, and outputs the packet to which the control parameter is set to the second network.

System and Method of Performing Remote Diagnostics on a Computing Device

A user's cellular communication device communicates with a peer cellular communication device to perform diagnostic or repair functions on a computer connected to the user's device. The user's device is connected to the computer via a cable. The remote device commands the user's device to query the computer via the cable connection for information about the computer. Based on that information, the remote device generates commands to send to the user's device. Upon receipt, the user's device employs the commands to execute selected diagnostic and repair programs resident on the computer.

System and Method for Creating, Contributing to and Measuring Progress Towards a Common Objective

The invention provides users with a centralized location to visually represent a objective or common objective and invite members of a defined community to contribute towards achieving the objective. The invention monitors progress as community members begin to contribute towards the objective, creating a clear and measurable method of determining advancement towards achieving the objective. This system can be used in multiple contexts, but is particularly well suited for scenarios such as gift or wedding registries where “group give” functionality becomes necessary. The system provides the ability to create a visual representation of a product such as gift, segment the product, and allow for multiple persons (i.e. the community of wedding guests) to simultaneously monitor progress and contribute towards the objective.

Communication device and path establishing method

A communication device configured to establish a path for data transmission including a setting circuit configured to receive a request for setting a path, and in the case that the path includes a section where power supply has been turned off so as to suppress data transmission, to set a detour path for bypassing the section using detour routing information corresponding to the section; and a power supply driving circuit configured to turn on power supply as to the section; wherein the setting circuit switches, in the case that data transmission using the section is enabled according to turning on of the power supply, the detour path to a path including the section.

Method and apparatus for round trip delay kpi monitoring in live network using user plane probe session

A method and apparatus for Round Trip Delay KPI Monitoring in a live network using a user plane probe session is disclosed for measuring round trip delays in a manner that allows latency to be apportioned to network elements. The method and apparatus for Round Trip Delay KPI Monitoring in a live network using a user plane probe session includes transmitting a loopback packet containing a probe session indicator and capturing timestamps of arrival and departure times at each network element traversed by the loopback packet, and then transmitting the timestamps to a Network Management System.

Splitting a network traffic flow

Systems and methods for splitting a network traffic flow in a data network are described. A flow of traffic between a source node and a destination node in the data network is split into a set of data paths. A data path includes one or more data links between nodes in the data network. A submap of the data network that excludes at least one data link is used to determine the set of flow paths.

Method and system for predicting domain name registration renewal probability

A method for determining probability of a domain name registration renewal includes receiving a plurality of inputs associated with the domain name and assigning each of the plurality of inputs to at least one category from among a plurality of categories. The method also includes assigning a weighted value to each of the plurality of categories and calculating the probability of the domain name registration renewal based in part on the weighted value of each category.

Wireless communication apparatus

A wireless communication apparatus includes a wireless communication device for multiplexing communication channels according to a predetermined method for carrying out wireless communication with a terminal, and carrying out communication with the terminal; and a control device for providing a plurality of program executing environments corresponding to the respective communication channels to operate in parallel or a in multitask manner, wherein, in each of the program executing environment, a process for providing a virtual wireless communication device interface corresponding to a corresponding communication channel and for carrying out Media Access control for communication via the virtual wireless communication device interface is executed, and the control device causes only the program being executed in the program executing environment to carry out communication via a virtual wireless communication device interface provided by the program being executing in the program executing environment.

Virtual pairing for consistent data broadcast

A network comprises a plurality of nodes; and a plurality of links communicatively coupling each of the plurality of nodes to at least one respective adjacent node of the plurality of nodes via a first communication channel and to another respective adjacent node of the plurality of nodes via a second communication channel. At least one of the plurality of nodes is a source node configured to source data. The source node is configured to form a virtual self-checking pair with one of the respective adjacent node on the first communication channel or the respective adjacent node on the second communication channel to achieve a consistent broadcast of data on the first and second communication channels. Data exchanged between the source node and the respective adjacent node in the virtual self-checking pair is only sourced by the source node.

Identifying and transitioning to an improved voip session

An additional session is established for voice over internet protocol communication between a pair of endpoints in a network, wherein a current session is already established between the endpoints and is currently used for data packet communication between endpoints. Qualities of each of the sessions for voice over internet protocol communication are assessed and compared, and the endpoints signaled to select the session having the higher assessed quality as a current session for further data packet communication between the endpoints, and to remove the lower quality session from use as a session for the further data packet communication between the endpoints, or to use the lower quality session as a secondary session for data communication between the endpoints. More particularly, the assessed qualities of each of the current and additional sessions meet a basic requirement defined to provide voice over internet protocol data packet communication between the endpoints.

HYBRID TYPE TELEPHONY SYSTEM

A hybrid type telephony system capable of establishing a connection between conventional type telephone sets contained in an exchange unit and LAN type telephone sets contained in an IP network, the system comprising: a gateway circuit connected between the exchange unit and the IP network and performing voice data format conversion, and a central control unit connected to the LAN of the. IP network for establishing a communication path to the exchange unit via a control bus, controlling switching of IP packets of the IP network, managing IP address information of the LAN type telephone sets and the gateway circuit via the LAN, and controlling connection between the LAN type telephone sets and connection between the LAN type telephone sets and the gateway circuit. 113-. (canceled)14. A method comprising:controlling, by a control unit of a system, a first switch of the system to receive a first type of information;controlling, by the control unit, a gateway of the system to convert the first type of information into a second type of information; and 'the control unit being directly connected to the first switch, the second switch, and the gateway via a control bus.', 'controlling, by the control unit, the gateway to forward the second type of information towards a second switch of the system,'}15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:controlling, by the control unit, the second switch to send the second type of information to a destination.16. The method of claim 14 , where the system is a telephony system.17. The method of claim 14 ,where the first type of information includes pulse-code modulation (PCM) data, andwhere the second type of information includes Internet Protocol (IP) packets.18. The method of claim 14 ,where the first type of information includes Internet Protocol (IP) packets, andwhere the second type of information includes voice data.19. The method of claim 14 , where the first switch is an Internet Protocol (IP) switch or a time division ...

Multi-protocol telecommunications routing optimization

A telecommunications switching system employing multi-protocol routing optimization which utilizes predetermined and measured parameters in accordance with a set of user priorities in determining the selection of a telecommunications path to be utilized for transmitting a data file to a remote destination. The switching system has a first memory for storing the data file to be transferred, a second memory for storing predetermined parameters such as cost data associated with each of the telecommunications paths, a third memory for storing a set of user priorities regarding the transmission of data files, and means for measuring the value of variable parameters such as file transfer speed associated with each of the telecommunications paths. Processor means are operatively associated with the second and third memories and the variable parameter measuring means for determining which of the plurality of telecommunications paths should be utilized for transferring the data file in accordance with the set of user priorities, the predetermined telecommunications path parameters, and the measured variable parameters. The switching system further comprises input means for allowing a user to change the user priorities in the third memory prior to transmitting a file.

Method and Apparatus for Automatically Building Conversational Systems

A system and method provides a natural language interface to world-wide web content. Either in advance or dynamically, webpage content is parsed using a parsing algorithm. A person using a telephone interface can provide speech information, which is converted to text and used to automatically fill in input fields on a webpage form. The form is then submitted to a database search and a response is generated. Information contained on the responsive webpage is extracted and converted to speech via a text-to-speech engine and communicated to the person.

Voice over internet protocol (voip) traffic management system and method

A method is provided that includes: receiving, by one or more server devices, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) traffic management rules from a network operations center; gathering, by the one or more server devices, VoIP traffic data from a VoIP network; analyzing, by the one or more server devices, the VoIP traffic data; creating, by the one or more server devices, a ticket based on the VoIP traffic management rules and the VoIP traffic data; and automatically sending, by the one or more server devices, the ticket to the network operations center based on the VoIP traffic management rules.

Communication interface device

A sampler samples a receive signal received via a dedicated communication line. A data transfer rate adjuster measures a data transfer rate based on a number of start bit samples contained in the receive signal. A bit determiner makes a bit determination regarding the receive signal at the data transfer rate measured by the data transfer rate adjuster, to thereby acquire serial data contained in the receive signal. A transmitter sends, via the dedicated communication line, a transmit signal containing serial data sent by an MPU. An MPU communicator outputs to the transmitter the serial data sent by the MPU, and outputs to the MPU the serial data acquired by the bit determiner. The data transfer rate adjuster adjusts, when the transmitter sends the transmit signal multiple times at different data transfer rates, the data transfer rate based on the receive status of respective response signals thereto.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN A DATA NETWORK

Method and apparatus for voice traffic management in a data network includes establishing a default maximum bandwidth setting at a LAN egress port when voice-type traffic is not present in a LAN portion of the data network, detecting voice-type traffic, reducing the bandwidth setting at the LAN egress port to effect a change in a rate of non voice type traffic and monitoring non voice type traffic and voice quality statistics to determine if the rate of non voice type traffic entering the data network has changed. Once the desired change has occurred, performing a linear increase of the bandwidth setting at the LAN egress port to a first value while monitoring voice quality statistics, determining if voice quality has degraded during increase of the bandwidth setting and repeating the last two steps if voice quality has not degraded. 1a router;a traffic control manager communicatively coupled to the router and configured to manage voice and non-voice type traffic in the LAN portion of the data network; anda traffic shaper communicatively coupled to the traffic control manager and configured to alter a bandwidth setting at a LAN egress port to effect a change in a rate of non voice type traffic entering the LAN portion of the data network in response to traffic control manager operations.. A terminal adapter for use in voice traffic management in a data network, the data network functioning, in part, as a telecommunication system based on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and having a wide area network (WAN) portion and a local area network (LAN) portion, the terminal adapter comprising: This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/322,141, titled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN A DATA NETWORK,” filed on Jan. 28, 2009, and listing Deepak Ottur as the inventor, which is a non-provisional of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/062,615 filed Jan. 28, 2008. The Ser. No. 12/322,141 patent application ...

Common Routing

In an embodiment, call routing from a customer to a destination is provided by intercepting a call setup message sent from a customer switch intended to signal a switch to perform a call routing function. In response to the call setup message being intercepted, a routing engine is queried with the destination of the call for a specific route over which to carry the call to the destination. The call setup message is modified to include the specific route. The switch is directed with the modified call setup message to use the specific route to carry the call from the customer to the destination. 2. The method of wherein the switch and customer switch signal each other according to a protocol;wherein intercepting the call setup message includes behaving in a manner similar to the switch being signaled by the customer switch to setup the call according to the protocol, the intercepting is transparent to the customer switch, and the customer switch is unaware that the call setup message is being intercepted;wherein directing includes behaving in a manner similar to the customer switch signaling the switch according to the protocol, the directing is transparent to the switch, and the switch is unaware of being directed by the modified call setup message.3. The method of wherein intercepting the call setup message includes intercepting the message to and from the switch that operates in a first network;wherein querying includes querying the routing engine that operates in a second network; andwherein directing includes directing the switch with the modified call setup message to use the specific route to carry the call from the customer to the destination located in a third network.4. The method of wherein intercepting the call setup message includes intercepting an out-of-band call signaling message claim 1 , any one of: Signaling System Number 7 (SS7) claim 1 , Common Channel Signaling System 7 (CCS7) claim 1 , and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).5. The method of ...

SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ENABLING IP SIGNALING IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Under one aspect, a system for transmitting an IP-based message from an initiator to a receiver lacking an IP address via a packet-switched (PS) network capable of communicating IP-based messages and a circuit-switched (CS) network capable of communicating non-IP-based messages, includes: a serving node in communication with the PS network and the CS network, the serving node including logic to: receive the IP-based message from the initiator over the PS network; generate a trigger message responsive to the IP-based message, the trigger message including a non-IP-based message including instructions for the receiver to initiate a connection to the PS network; and transmit the trigger message to the receiver via the CS network, and the receiver including logic to initiate a connection to the PS network and to receive the IP-based message responsive to the trigger message. Methods are also disclosed. 136-. (canceled)37. A method of receiving an IP-based message from an initiator via a packet-switched (PS) network capable of communicating IP-based messages , a circuit-switched (CS) network capable of communicating non-IP-based messages , and a serving node in communication with the PS network and the CS network , the method comprising:receiving a trigger message from the serving node over the CS network, the trigger message comprising a non-IP-based message that includes instructions for the receiver to initiate a connection to the PS network and instructions for the receiver to obtain an IP-based message from the serving node, the IP-based message being sent by the initiator and intended for receipt by the receiver;sending a request from the receiver for initiating a connection to the PS network;responsive to the trigger message, pulling the IP-based message from the serving node via the PS network after initiating the connection to the PS network.38. The method of claim 37 , wherein the trigger message comprises the IP-based message.39. The method of claim 37 , ...

Wireless modem module server system

An apparatus and method for managing data for a wireless device, which includes a first memory for storing received data of a wireless device, a second memory for storing a network operational file, the operational file consisting of instructions for selecting a destination using a wireless module of the wireless device, and instruction steps for operating the network operational file for sending the received data using the wireless module to the selected destination .

Telephony Equipment Migration

A telephony equipment migration arrangement is provided. The telephony equipment migration arrangement includes legacy telephony equipment located in one or more equipment bays, at least one transport cable, with one or more connectors, to provide external carrier connectivity, replacement telephony equipment located in one or more equipment bays remote from the legacy telephony equipment, and at least one remote coupling cable, with one or more connectors, connected to the replacement telephony equipment. The connector(s) of the remote coupling cable are mounted in a location having a predetermined locational relationship with the equipment bay in which the legacy telephony equipment is located, and the transport cable is communicatively coupled to the remote coupling cable.

Systems and Methods for a Graphical User Interface of a Controller for an Energy-Consuming System Having Spatially Related Discrete Display Elements

Devices and methods are provided for generating and/or displaying a graphical user interface used to control an energy-consuming system, such as a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system. Such an electronic device may include, for example, a processor that generates the graphical user interface and an electronic display that displays the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may include a menu formed from discrete display elements that, owing to the way in which the discrete display elements are shifted into and out of view on the screen, appear to be spatially related to one another.

Connection setting information managing system

In a connection setting information managing system which is configured to set connection setting information using a setting tool, wherein the connection setting information allows a network device connected to an IP network to perform a communication over the IP network, the system includes: a connection setting information storage unit configured to store the connection setting information therein, wherein the connection setting information comprises a tag name that is assigned to and is unique to the network device. The setting tool sets the connection setting information to the network device, based on the tag name that is unique to the network device.

Transmission management apparatus, transmission management system, transmission management method, and transmission management program

A transmission system determines whether property data of a transmission terminal matches property data of a counterpart terminal to generate similarity information indicating the degree of similarity between the property data of the transmission terminal and the property data of the counterpart terminal, and determines a destination to which the event data specifying an event created by the transmission terminal is to be transmitted based on the similarity information.

Method and system for optimizing communication in leaky wave distributed transceiver environments

A communication device may comprise a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays. A processor may configure a first distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams via one or more first communication links. The processor may configure a second distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams via one or more second communication links. The processor may determine a channel response matrix associated with communication of the one or more first data streams via the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second data streams via the one or more second communication links. The processor may optimize one or both of link capacity and/or link reliability of the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second communication links based on the determined channel response matrix.

Method and system for distributed transceivers and mobile device connectivity

A plurality of distributed transceivers in a mobile entity such as a car, a truck, an omnibus (bus), a trailer, a mobile home, train, bus, a forklift, construction equipment, a boat, a ship, and/or an aircraft, and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays that are communicatively coupled to the distributed transceivers are configured to handle communication of one or more data streams among one or more of a plurality of wireless communication networks, one or more other mobile entities and/or one or more mobile communication devices. The data streams may be communicated utilizing the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers and/or the one or more corresponding antenna arrays. The wireless communication networks includes a satellite network, a wireless wide area network, a wireless medium area network, a wireless local area network, a wireless personal area network, a network cloud and/or the Internet.

Protocol for supporting gateways with redundant routers in a shared domain

In an example embodiment, an apparatus with a first interface coupled to a local domain with routers that employ a redundant router protocol, such as Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and/or Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), and a second interface coupled with a shared domain, such as Virtual Private LAN (Local Area Network) Service (VPLS), and virtual bridging logic coupled with the first and second interfaces. The virtual bridging logic performs packet snooping, filtering and/or provides a proxy service so that the routers employing the redundant router protocol are localized in the local domain, and avoids the routers employing the redundant router protocol from associating with other routers employing the redundant routing protocol that are in another local domain coupled with the shared domain.

Wireless communication network association and security for control of industrial equipment in harsh environments

In certain embodiments, a system includes a master node device. The master node device includes communication circuitry configured to facilitate communication with a welding power supply unit via a long-range communication link, and to facilitate wireless communication with one or more welding-related devices via a short-range wireless communication network. The master node device also includes control circuitry configured to associate the one or more welding-related devices with the short-range wireless communication network. The master node device further includes means for manually initiating association of the one or more welding-related devices with the short-range wireless communication network.

Efficient tcam resource sharing

Various systems and methods for implementing efficient TCAM resource sharing are described herein. Entries are allocated across a plurality of ternary content addressable memories (TCAMs), with the plurality of TCAMs including a primary TCAM and a secondary TCAM, where the entries are allocated by sequentially accessing a plurality of groups of value-mask-result (VMR) entries, with each group having at least one VMR entry associated with the group, and iteratively analyzing the VMR entries associated with each group to determine a result set of VMR entries, with the result set being a subset of VMR entries from the plurality of groups of VMR entries, and the result set to be stored in the primary TCAM.

Customized Delivery of Content by a Broadband Gateway

Aspects of customized delivery of content by a broadband gateway are provided. A broadband gateway may be operable to determine one or more characteristics of acquired content. The gateway may be operable to determine, based on the determined characteristics, whether the acquired content may be compatible with a device. In instances that the acquired content is not compatible with the device, the gateway may transcode the acquired content to make it compatible with the device. The one or more characteristics may comprise an identity or a type of a provider associated with the acquired content, a quality of the acquired content, power consumption associated with communicating the acquired content to a destination device, or power consumption associated with presenting or otherwise processing the acquired content on a destination device.

Home Automation And Smart Home Control Using Mobile Devices And Wireless Enabled Electrical Switches

A system and method for home control and automation including a smart home with control of devices and appliance using mobile devices, cellular telephones, smart devices and smart phones is described. The mobile device may download a software application configured to control an electrical switch or electrical power outlet. The mobile device may change the on or off state of the outlet or the power settings of the outlet. The mobile device may control other intelligent appliances including a television using a wireless connection. The electrical outlets may be enabled with a smart electrical switch that includes a wireless transmit and receive component such as WiFi. The electrical switch may be programmable and be identified with a unique identifier. The electrical outlets may include a sensor to detect smoke, temperature, light, pressure, or other factors. The mobile device and electrical switch may join the same wireless local area network.

Apparatus and method for controlling heating, cooling, and refrigeration sensor systems utilizing the wireless cloud

A system for controlling one or more structural appliances, such heating, cooling, and ventilation sensor systems utilizing cloud computing architecture, includes at least one intelligent controller, a local intelligent gateway in communication with the intelligent controller, and a cloud computing network in communication with the local intelligent gateway. A local device is operative to communicate through the cloud computing network to the intelligent controller.

Led lighting apparatus, control system, and configuration method

Apparatus and control systems for LED lighting, and methods for configuring the control systems are provided. An LED lighting apparatus includes: a primary LED lighting device containing a WiFi module and a Zigbee module; and at least one secondary LED lighting device containing a Zigbee module. An LED lighting control system includes an LED lighting apparatus, a WiFi router, and a smart terminal. A Zigbee network is formed by Zigbee modules included in the primary/secondary LED lighting devices. The WiFi module of the primary LED lighting device is connected to internet via the WiFi router. The smart terminal is configured to directly control lighting of the at least one secondary LED lighting device via the primary LED lighting device.

ANOMALY HANDLING METHOD AND ANOMALY HANDLING DEVICE

An anomaly handling method in an in-vehicle network includes: transmitting and receiving frames; detecting a frame having an anomaly; and switching, when the anomaly is detected in the detecting, a transmission timing of the frame in which the anomaly is detected. The switching includes changing a switched transmission timing to which the transmission timing is switched, according to predetermined information. 1. An anomaly handling method in an in-vehicle network , the anomaly handling method comprising:transmitting and receiving frames;detecting a frame having an anomaly; andswitching, when the anomaly is detected in the detecting, a transmission timing of the frame in which the anomaly is detected,wherein the switching includes changing a switched transmission timing to which the transmission timing is switched, according to predetermined information.2. The anomaly handling method according to claim 1 ,wherein the predetermined information includes a number of times the anomaly is detected in the detecting, andthe switching includes determining, as the switched transmission timing, a transmission timing according to the number of times the anomaly is detected.3. The anomaly handling method according to claim 2 ,wherein the switching includes calculating a hash value of the number of times the anomaly is detected, calculating a remainder of the hash value using a number of bits of a payload segment of the frame in which the anomaly is detected, and determining, as the switched transmission timing, a transmission timing according to the remainder.4. The anomaly handling method according to claim 1 ,wherein the predetermined information includes information indicating a transmission time of the frame in which the anomaly is detected, andthe switching includes determining, as the switched transmission timing, a transmission timing according to the information indicating the transmission time.5. The anomaly handling method according to claim 4 ,wherein the switching ...

Geofence Information Delivery Systems and Methods

The present invention is directed to methods and systems for querying a database of geofences, with each geofence in the database being associated with a plurality of IP addresses, preferably IPv6 addresses, and each IP address corresponding to a specific geographic coordinate. The method and system convert location coordinates to IP addresses and determine whether a location anchor point is associated with a geofence. 1. A system for delivering geofence information , comprising:at least one device including a processor and a memory, wherein the at least one device is constructed and configured for communication with at least one server computer including at least one geofence database;wherein the at least one geofence database includes data for Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and anchor IP addresses for geofences;wherein the at least one device generates a first request comprising a geographic location and sends the first request to the at least one server computer;wherein the at least one server computer converts the geographic location to an IP address;wherein the at least one server computer matches the IP address to at least one anchor IP address;wherein the at least one server computer identifies at least one geofence associated with the at least one anchor IP address;wherein the at least one server computer creates a first response, wherein the first response includes information describing the at least one identified geofence; andwherein the at least one geofence database includes analytics for the at least one identified geofence, and wherein the analytics for the at least one identified geofence include a number of times a device has entered the at least one identified geofence.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information describing the at least one identified geofence includes the at least one anchor IP address claim 1 , a plurality of additional IP addresses associated with the at least one geofence claim 1 , an entitlement of the at least one ...

Playlist Modification

A connected state is re-established between a mobile device and a playback device based on a previously established connected state with the mobile device. A message may be received via the playback device which comprises a modification to a playlist made before re-establishing the connected state with the mobile device. One or more queued media items in a playback queue may be modified based on the modification to the playlist. The playback device, for example, may then play from the modified playback queue.

OPEN SHORTEST PATH FIRST ROUTING FOR HYBRID NETWORKS

In some examples, a method includes determining, with a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller, a network topology for an SDN portion of a heterogeneous network. SDN portion can, for example, be formed by hybrid and SDN devices. The heterogeneous network can, for example, include a non-SDN portion that borders SDN portion and is formed by non-SDN devices. The method can further include sending tunneling instructions to a first hybrid border switch to create a tunnel between the first hybrid border switch and a second hybrid border switch in order to allow Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing between two non-SDN portions separated by an SDN portion within the heterogeneous network. 1. A method comprising:{'b': 111', '111, 'determining, with a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller, a network topology for an SDN portion of a heterogeneous network, wherein SDN portion is formed by hybrid and SDN devices, and wherein the heterogeneous network includes a non-SDN portion that borders SDN portion and is formed by non-SDN devices; and'}sending tunneling instructions to a first hybrid border switch to create a tunnel between the first hybrid border switch and a second hybrid border switch in order to allow Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing between two non-SDN portions separated by an SDN portion within the heterogeneous network.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:{'b': '111', 'sending static route installation instructions to the first hybrid border switch to allow OSPF routing from the non-SDN portion to SDN portion .'}3111. The method of claim 2 , wherein the static route installation instructions are to allow devices in the non-SDN portion to reach a subnet within SDN portion .4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network topology is determined based on Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) connectivity information received from SDN devices in the heterogeneous network.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first hybrid border switch ...

Load Balancing Method and System

A load balancing method and system are provided in the embodiments of the present document. The method includes: collecting load information of a load balancing object, and generating a load balancing group table according to the load information; generating a load balancing group routing table according to information of the load balancing group table; and forwarding a data packet according to the load balancing group routing table. 1. A load balancing method , comprising:collecting load information of a load balancing object, and generating a load balancing group table according to the load information;generating a load balancing group routing table according to information of the load balancing group table; andforwarding a data packet according to the load balancing group routing table.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the load information at least comprises:processing capability information or load weight information of load balancing group branch objects;the number of the load balancing group branch objects;address information of the load balancing group branch objects;the number of load balancing groups; and/orgroup identification information of the load balancing groups.3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , said collecting load information of a load balancing object comprises:in a layered organization architecture model, respectively collecting load information of each load balancing group;summarizing load information of all load balancing groups, and determining load weight information of each load balancing group.4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , said collecting load information of a load balancing object comprises:in a virtual network function architecture model, collecting load information between virtual network elements set by a network function virtualization orchestration; andcollecting load information between virtual machines within virtual network elements set by a virtual network element management. ...

Method for Transmitting Data Via aCommunication Channel, Correspondingly Designed Device and Communication Interface, as Well as Correspondingly Designed Computer Program

The invention relates to a method for transmitting data via a communications channel (), in which the data is transmitted with a transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame has at least one prioritisation field (PCP) for establishing the priority of the message and a data field, wherein the prioritisation field (PCP) functions to control the bus access by prioritising the messages. For this purpose, a bus access controller is used, in which the priority of at least the last received data packet is stored in a minimum priority storage cell (). After receiving a data packet, a timer () is started, for which a timeout value is set, which is reset when a following packet is received. After reaching the timeout value, a decrementing of the value stored in the minimum priority storage cell () occurs. Thereafter. for the purpose of bus access control, when sending a packet, it is checked whether the priority of the packet to be sent is lower titan the value stored in iltc minimum priority storage cell ((). and the sending of the data packet is prev ented if the priority of the packet is lower titan the value stored in the minimum priority storage cell ((). 133. A method for transmitting data on a communication channel , comprising transmitting the data with a transmission frame , wherein the transmission frame has at least one prioritization field for establishing the priority of the message and one data field , wherein the prioritization field serves to regulate the bus access by prioritizing the messages , wherein a bus access control is used in which the priority of at least the last received data packet is saved in a minimum priority memory cell , wherein after a packet is received , starting a timer for which at least one timeout value is set that is reset upon the reception of a following packet , and wherein after the timeout value is reached , decrementing of the value saved in the minimum priority memory cell , and wherein to control bus access when sending ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTUITIVE HOME NETWORKING

A first router establishes an internet connection between a remote router management platform (RRMP) and the first router via a second router, the second router being part of a local area network. A router identifier of the first router is registered with a user account at the RRMP, the user account being associated with router configuration data for the local area network. The first router sends a request with the router identifier to the RRMP using the internet connection, a request for the router configuration data and receives the router configuration data from the RRMP via the internet connection responsive to the remote router management platform verifying that the first router is registered to the user account. At least a portion of the router configuration data, when executed by the first router, causes the first router to implement the local area network in tandem with the second router. 1. A method for mesh router configuration , the method comprising:establishing, by a first router, an internet connection between a remote router management platform and the first router via a second router that is coupled to the first router, the second router being part of a local area network, wherein a router identifier of the first router is registered with a user account at the remote router management platform, the user account being associated with router configuration data for the local area network;sending, by the first router to the remote router management platform using the internet connection, a request for the router configuration data, the request comprising the router identifier; andreceiving, by the first router, the router configuration data from the remote router management platform via the internet connection responsive to the remote router management platform verifying that the first router is registered to the user account, wherein at least a portion of the router configuration data, when executed by the first router, causes the first router to ...

METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTING NETWORK SERVICE VALUE PRICING BASED ON COMMUNICATION SERVICE EXPERIENCES DELIVERED TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS OVER A SMART MULTI-SERVICES (SMS) COMMUNICATION NETWORK

A system and method for providing multi-services within a communication network according to various exemplary embodiments can include storing, in a database of a computer, user-defined sets of rules and instructions for providing multi-services to end user devices connected to a communication network comprising a Hybrid Fiber-Wireless (HFW) network having policy management capabilities. The system and method can receive, at one or more processors, the user-defined sets of rules and instructions from a plurality of end users via a plurality of end user devices. The system and method can configure a virtual network for each end user within the communication network using the policy management capabilities based on the user-defined sets of rules and instructions provided by each end user. The user-defined sets of rules and instructions define provisioning and delivery of resources and services provided by the communication network to the end user. 1. A method for accessing resources and services provided by a network , the method comprising:providing a communication system comprising a plurality of networks; determining a physical location of a device connected to a first network of the plurality of networks;requesting access to services provided on a second network of the plurality of networks when the device crosses a boundary area and enters as a visitor into the second network, wherein the boundary area represents an intersection in physical boundaries of the first network and the second network, wherein the second network is in use by the device at a time of crossing of the boundary area;in response to the access to services request, granting access to the services provided by the second network;broadcasting at least one signaling message by the second network to all networks of the plurality of networks to locate a home network of the device;in response to the broadcast of the at least one signaling message, receiving an acknowledgment message from the home ...

Methods and apparatus for sharing a physical device between multiple physical machines

Methods and apparatus for sharing a physical device and/or service between multiple virtual and/or physical machines are disclosed. In an embodiment, a hypervisor grants permission to a first virtual machine to access a physical device via the hypervisor. For example, the hypervisor may grant permission to a first virtual machine to access a physical audio device. A second virtual machine then accesses the physical device via the hypervisor and the first virtual machine using a virtual services network stack. For example, the second virtual machine may play music on the audio device via the first virtual machine. In another embodiment, a first physical machine is granted permission to access and/or is connected to a physical device (e.g., an audio device) via a communication channel. A second physical machine then accesses the physical device (e.g., plays music) via the communication channel and the first physical machine using the virtual services network stack.

DISTRIBUTED BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM

An example of a building automation system utilizes intelligent system elements, some of which are lighting devices having light sources, and some of which are utility building control and automation elements. Some utility building control and automation elements include a controllable mechanism for use in control of some aspect of the building other than lighting. Another intelligent system element may include either a user interface component and be configured as a building controller, or include a detector and be configured as a sensor. Each intelligent system element includes a network communication interface, processor, memory and programming to configure the intelligent system element as a lighting device, utility building control and automation element, controller or sensor. At least one of the intelligent lighting devices is configured as a building control and automation system server. Several examples, however, implement the overall control using distributed processing. 1. A building control and automation system for a premises , comprising: intelligent lighting devices each including a light source,', 'intelligent utility building control and automation elements each including a controllable mechanism and associated drive electronics, and', 'either a user interface component configured as a controller, or a sensor including a detector;, 'intelligent system elements, including (a) a communication interface configured to enable communication via a link of a data communication network at the premises;', '(b) a processor coupled to the light source, the drive electronics, the user interface component or the detector and coupled to communicate via the communication interface and the network link;', '(c) a memory accessible to the processor; and', '(d) programming in the memory which configures the processor to control operations of the respective intelligent system element as a lighting device, a utility building control and automation element, a controller or ...

WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD

A wireless transmission system includes a first device and a second device that are connected by an optical transmission line. The first device includes: a generating unit that generates a transmission signal; and a first attenuation unit that attenuates the transmission signal generated by the generating unit and that inputs the transmission signal to the optical transmission line. The second device includes: a second attenuation unit that attenuates the transmission signal output from the optical transmission line; an amplifying unit that amplifies the transmission signal attenuated by the second attenuation unit; and a transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits the transmission signal amplified by the amplifying unit. The first device or the second device further includes a control unit that controls attenuation in each of the first attenuation unit and the second attenuation unit. 1. A wireless transmission system that includes a first device and a second device that are connected by an optical transmission line , wherein a generating unit that generates a transmission signal; and', 'a first attenuation unit that attenuates the transmission signal generated by the generating unit and that inputs the transmission signal to the optical transmission line,, 'the first device comprises a second attenuation unit that attenuates the transmission signal output from the optical transmission line;', 'an amplifying unit that amplifies the transmission signal attenuated by the second attenuation unit; and', 'a transmitting unit that wirelessly transmits the transmission signal amplified by the amplifying unit, and, 'the second device comprisesthe first device or the second device further comprises a control unit that controls attenuation in each of the first attenuation unit and the second attenuation unit.2. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1 , whereinthe control unit includes a calculating unit that calculates, from the transmission signal amplified by ...

METHOD FOR GENERATING FORWARDING INFORMATION, CONTROLLER, AND SERVICE FORWARDING ENTITY

The present application discloses a method for generating forwarding information. The method includes: determining, by a controller, a first SFE and a second SFE that are used to forward a service stream, where the first SFE and the second SFE are on a service function chain corresponding to the service stream; generating, by the controller, first forwarding information for the first SFE and generating second forwarding information for the second SFE; and sending, by the controller, the first forwarding information to the first SFE and sending the second forwarding information to the second SFE. According to the method for generating forwarding information, the controller generates forwarding information for the SFE, so that a service chaining technology can be applied to a service environment in which a large quantity of services and a large quantity of service processing function units exist. 1. A method for generating forwarding information , comprising:determining, by a controller, a first service forwarding entity (SFE) and a second SFE that are used to forward a service stream, wherein the first SFE and the second SFE are on a service function chain corresponding to the service stream;generating, by the controller, first forwarding information for the first SFE, wherein the first forwarding information is used to enable the first SFE to forward a first part of the service stream to a first service processing entity (SPE) attached to the first SFE, the first SPE is used to perform service processing on the received first part of the service stream, and the first forwarding information is further used to enable the first SFE to forward a second part of the service stream to the second SFE along the service function chain;generating, by the controller, second forwarding information for the second SFE, wherein the second forwarding information is used to enable the second SFE to forward the second part of the service stream to a second SPE attached to the second ...

Method for Determining Storage Location of Table, Forwarding Device, and Controller

A method includes receiving, by a forwarding device, M pieces of description information that are sent by a controller and are in a one-to-one correspondence with M forwarding services. Each piece of description information includes preset performance of a corresponding forwarding service and an identifier of a table to be searched, and a set including preset performance of the M forwarding services includes Q elements. The method further includes generating Q pieces of simultaneous access information according to the M pieces of description information; and determining, according to the Q pieces of simultaneous access information, that N tables are to be stored in at least one memory of the forwarding device.

Data Flow Statistics Collection Method, System, and Apparatus

A data flow statistics collection method, a switch, and a controller. The data flow statistics collection method includes recording first identification information and second identification information in the first flow entry if a part of fields in a data packet match a flow entry and the flow entry is the last flow entry corresponding to the to-be-counted flow object, where the first identification information identifies that the first part of fields match the first flow entry and the second identification information identifies that at least one second part of fields in the data packet respectively match a second flow entry in at least one second flow table. The data flow statistics collection method also includes performing, in the first flow entry, statistics collection on the to-be-counted flow object, and recording statistical information of the to-be-counted flow object. In this way, statistics collection on the to-be-counted flow object is implemented. 1. A data flow statistics collection method applied to statistics collected by a switch using a received data packet , wherein the statistics are collected on a to-be-counted flow object , and wherein the method comprises:matching a first part of fields in the data packet with a first flow entry in a first flow table;recording first identification information and at least one piece of second identification information in the first flow entry;collecting statistics on the to-be-counted flow object in the first flow entry;recording statistical information of the to-be-counted flow object when the first part of fields match the first flow entry and the first flow entry is the last flow entry corresponding to the to-be-counted flow object; andrecording the first identification information in a global statistical identifier when the first part of fields match the first flow entry and the first flow entry is not the last flow entry corresponding to the to-be-counted flow object,wherein the first identification ...

Method for preventing electronic control unit from executing process based on malicious frame transmitted to bus

A method for use in a network communication system including a plurality of electronic controllers that communicate with each other via a bus in accordance with a Controller Area Network (CAN) protocol includes determining whether or not content of a predetermined field in a transmitted frame meets a predetermined condition indicating fraud, transmitting an error frame before an end of the frame is transmitted in a case where it is determined that the frame meets the predetermined condition, recording a number of times the error frame is transmitted, for each identifier (ID) represented by content of an ID field included in a plurality of frames which has been transmitted, and providing a notification in a case where the number of times recorded for an ID exceeds a predetermined count.

Network re-convergence point

In an example, a re-convergence point is determined for a convergence point in a network. A host is currently connected to the convergence point for example to access the network. Authentication information and a policy for the host is sent to the re-convergence point prior to the host connecting to the re-convergence point to access the network.

SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBUST TRANSMISSION OF VISUAL DATA THROUGH VISUAL SENSOR NETWORK

The present invention is related to a method for routing image data from Camera Node to a Sink Node, where it May be processed in detail, in a Visual sensor network. In accordance with the present invention, wireless Intermediate Node are configured to route images based on first pass image encoding containing coarse image to the next wireless hop at a higher priority over the images based on the second pass encoding containing additional details of the images. The routing method for wireless Ad Hoc mobile and sensor network, periodically exchanges node status information to optimize the routing table, so that high priority image packets may reach the Sink Node in shortest possible path. The method ensures selection of high quality image packets for routing under the condition of collision and congestion to achieve optimal image quality receipt at the Sink Node. 1. An apparatus , comprising:a visual sensor network with a hardware and a software;a Camera Node to capture, prioritize, layer, package and transmit an image;an Intermediate Node to receive the captured image, prioritize the queue, calculate next hop and transmit the image; anda Sink Node to receive a processed, prioritized, captured and queue an image as a priority package.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the visual sensor network is at least one of a wireless Ad Hoc network claim 1 , mobile and wireless sensor network.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the software comprises of a media access layer.4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the media access layer performs a new differentiated back-off window method that handles packet transmission in media access layer during collision based on priorities unlike CSMA/CD protocol that handles based on random time slot selection.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the priority package is at least one of a high priority and low priority.6. A method of using a visual sensor network claim 1 , comprising:procuring an image using a Camera Node as a captured ...

Network monitoring apparatus, network monitoring method, and network monitoring program

A network monitoring apparatus includes a log collecting unit and a log analyzing unit. The log collecting unit collects log information related to passing packets from at least one of a FW and a proxy server, which are included in a network, for packets transferred in the network. The log analyzing unit extracts log information satisfying a predetermined condition in a predetermined time period by analyzing, over time, the log information collected by the log collecting unit.

Communication device, communication method, and computer-readable recording medium

A communication device includes a determining unit that determines whether a received communication packet is to be compressed, a storage unit that stores therein the communication packet determined to be compressed, an analyzing unit that analyzes a plurality of stored communication packets, and determines whether the communication packets include any similar packets having similar process requests, based on a result of analysis, a compressing unit that compresses the communication packets corresponding to the similar packets when the communication packets are determined to include some similar packets, and a communicating unit that transmits the compressed communication packet.

Methods of Incorporating an Ad Hoc Cellular Network into a Fixed Cellular Network

In this invention, we disclose methods of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising, establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network; establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network; determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter; and terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection if the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter. 1. A method of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility , comprising:establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network;establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network;determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter;terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection when the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter; andproviding at the first cellular base station, a local limited core network when a quality of a backhaul connection falls below the threshold parameter, wherein the first and the second connection with the core cellular network are backhaul connections.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the threshold parameter is determined by aggregating more than one ...

OPEN REAL-TIME ETHERNET PROTOCOL

A real-time Ethernet (RTE) protocol includes start-up frames originated by a master device for network initialization including a preamble, destination address (DA), source address (SA), a type field, and a status field including state information that indicates a current protocol state that the Ethernet network is in for the slave devices to translate for dynamically switching to one of a plurality of provided frame forwarding modes. The start-up frames include device Discovery frames at power up, Parameterization frames that distribute network parameters, and Time Synchronization frames including the master's time and unique assigned communication time slots for each slave device. After the initialization at least one data exchange frame is transmitted exclusive of SA and DA including a preamble that comprises a header that differentiates between master and slave, a type field, a status field excluding the current protocol state, and a data payload. 124-. (canceled)25. An apparatus , comprising:a transceiver; anda processor coupled to said transceiver and an associated memory which stores code for implementing start-up frames for network initialization including a preamble, destination address (DA), source address (SA), a type field which includes a frame type selected from a plurality of said frame types, and a status field including state information that indicates a current protocol state that an Ethernet network is in, selected from a plurality of said protocol states for a plurality of slave devices to translate for dynamically switching to one of a list of different frame forwarding modes, said start-up frames including device Discovery frames at power up, Parametrization frames that distribute network parameters including an Inter frame Gap (IFG), and Time Synchronization frames including timing information of said master device (TM) and unique assigned communication time slots for each of said slave devices.26. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein said ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A CLOUD COMPUTING ABSTRACTION LAYER WITH SECURITY ZONE FACILITIES

In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a virtualization environment adapted for development and deployment of at least one software workload, the virtualization environment having a metamodel framework that allows the association of a policy to the software workload upon development of the workload that is applied upon deployment of the software workload. This allows a developer to define a security zone and to apply at least one type of security policy with respect to the security zone including the type of security zone policy in the metamodel framework such that the type of security zone policy can be associated with the software workload upon development of the software workload, and if the type of security zone policy is associated with the software workload, automatically applying the security policy to the software workload when the software workload is deployed within the security zone. 1. A computer-implemented method comprising:receiving, by a computing system, a computing workflow to be performed in a cloud-computing environment including a plurality of cloud-computing resources;identifying, by the computing system, a computer workload to perform the computing workflow, wherein the computer workload includes a software unit of computing processing performed via at least one of an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), or a Service-as-a-Service (SaaS);associating, by the computing system, a policy with the computer workload, wherein the policy is applied to the computer workload when the computer workload is deployed within a security zone assigned for the computer workload, wherein one or more boundaries of the security zone are updatable, wherein the policy is updatable for the computer workload when the computer workload is deployed within the security zone, and wherein the security zone is definable at differing levels of abstraction;deploying, by the computing system, the computer ...

PROGRAMMABLE INFRASTRUCTURE GATEWAY FOR ENABLING HYBRID CLOUD SERVICES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

An example method for a programmable infrastructure gateway for enabling hybrid cloud services in a network environment is provided and includes receiving an instruction from a hybrid cloud application executing in a private cloud, interpreting the instruction according to a hybrid cloud application programming interface, and executing the interpreted instruction in a public cloud using a cloud adapter. The method is generally executed in the infrastructure gateway including a programmable integration framework allowing generation of various cloud adapters using a cloud adapter software development kit, the cloud adapter being generated and programmed to be compatible with a specific public cloud platform of the public cloud. In specific embodiments, identical copies of the infrastructure gateway can be provided to different cloud service providers who manage disparate public cloud platforms; each copy of the infrastructure gateway can be programmed differently to generate corresponding cloud adapters compatible with the respective public cloud platforms. 1. A method comprising:generating, using a cloud adapter software development kit (SDK) with cloud orchestration code associated with a platform of a first cloud in a hybrid cloud, a specific cloud adapter tailored to work with the platform of the first cloud;receiving a hybrid cloud instruction from a hybrid cloud application executing in a second cloud in the hybrid cloud;interpreting, using the specific cloud adapter generated via the cloud adapter SDK, the hybrid cloud instruction according to a hybrid cloud application programming interface (API) to yield an interpreted hybrid cloud instruction;interpreting a management instruction according to a cloud management API to yield an interpreted management instruction; andexecuting the interpreted hybrid cloud instruction and the interpreted management instruction in the first cloud using the specific cloud adapter.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first cloud ...

Self-adjusting control loop

In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring, by a control loop including a processor and a memory, a first environment. The control loop includes one or more predetermined control loop parameters. The method also includes receiving, by the control loop and in response to monitoring the first environment, first data from the first environment and receiving, by the control loop, information from an adaptation control loop. The method also includes determining, by the control loop, to automatically adjust at least one of the one or more predetermined control loop parameters based at least in part on the information received from the adaptation control loop and automatically adjusting, by the control loop, the one or more predetermined control loop parameters. The method further includes determining, by the control loop, to initiate an action based on the first data collected from the first environment and the one or more adjusted control loop parameters.

SERVICE CHAINING FOR MULTIPLE UPLINK BRIDGES

A system and method for facilitating communication between one or more of a plurality of user virtual machines and external devices is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of uplink bridges configured to facilitate communication between the plurality of user virtual machines and the external devices, a plurality of local bridges, with each of the plurality of user virtual machines being connected to one or more of the plurality of local bridges, and a first multiplexing bridge connected to the plurality of local bridges. The first multiplexing bridge is configured to direct data between the plurality of user virtual machines and the plurality of uplink bridges. The system also includes a second multiplexing bridge connected to the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges. The second multiplexing bridge is configured to direct the data between the first multiplexing bridge and the plurality of uplink bridges. 1. A system comprising:an uplink bridge ;local bridge connected to a client to send data from the client to the uplink bridge and from the uplink bridge to the client; combine the data from the local bridge to the uplink bridge; and', 'split the data from uplink bridge to the local bridge; and, 'a first multiplexing bridge between the local bridge and the uplink bridge to split the data from the first multiplexing bridge to the uplink bridge; and', 'combine the data from the uplink bridge to the first multiplexing bridge., 'a second multiplexing bridge connected to the first multiplexing bridge and the uplink bridge to2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a network security rules bridge between the first multiplexing bridge and the second multiplexing bridge to filter the data based on a defined rule.3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a network function bridge between the network security rules bridge and the second multiplexing bridge to direct the data between a network function.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein ...

APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR CONNECTING A HOME NETWORK WITH A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK

The apparatus is adapted for connecting a home network with a service provider network via a broadband connection for providing Internet services and comprises a media relay for receiving a data stream of the home network in accordance with a first protocol and sending the data stream in accordance with a second protocol to the service provider network for an outgoing connection, and vice versa for an incoming connection. The media relay comprises a media device interface for linking the media relay with the home network and for separating signaling data from the media data of the receiving data stream, a signaling switch for converting the signaling data in accordance with the first protocol to the signaling data in accordance with the second protocol, a media switch for converting the media data in accordance with the first protocol to the media data in accordance with the second protocol, and a network interface for linking the media relay with the service provider network and for combining the signaling data from the signaling switch and the media data from the media switch. 18-. (canceled)9. Apparatus adapted for connecting a home network with a service provider network via a broadband connection for providing Internet services , wherein the apparatus comprises a media relay for receiving a data stream of the home network in accordance with a first protocol and sending the data stream in accordance with a second protocol to the service provider network for an outgoing connection , and vice versa for an incoming connection , wherein the media relay comprisesa media device interface for linking the media relay with the home network and for separating signaling data from the media data of the receiving data stream,a signaling switch for converting the signaling data in accordance with the first protocol to signaling data in accordance with the second protocol,a media switch including a multitude of entry connection points and exit connection for converting the ...

COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

A communication control apparatus for switching a communication route from a first apparatus to a second apparatus based on apparatus identification information identifying the second apparatus, the communication control apparatus including: a table storage unit configured to store the apparatus identification information; a storage unit configured to store communication information of communication to the second apparatus with which the communication is performed; and a control unit configured to determine whether or not the control unit stores the apparatus identification information of the second apparatus starting the communication in the table storage unit based on the communication information stored in the storage unit and an information amount of the apparatus identification information capable of storing in the table storage unit. 1. A communication control apparatus for switching a communication route from a first apparatus to a second apparatus based on apparatus identification information identifying the second apparatus , the communication control apparatus comprising:a table storage unit configured to store the apparatus identification information;a storage unit configured to store communication information of communication to the second apparatus with which the communication is performed; anda control unit configured to determine whether or not the control unit stores the apparatus identification information of the second apparatus starting the communication in the table storage unit based on the communication information stored in the storage unit and an information amount of the apparatus identification information capable of storing in the table storage unit.2. The communication control apparatus according to claim 1 , whereinthe control unit is configured to store in the storage unit the communication information including communication opposite party identification information identifying a communication opposite party corresponding to the second ...

TECHNIQUES OF MANAGING MULTIPLE VDI SYSTEMS

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for managing a plurality of VDI systems are provided. The apparatus broadcasts or multicasts, at a first VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a message including a first key uniquely associated with the first VDI system and a first network locator for locating the first VDI system in a network. The apparatus further receives, from a second VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a web service request including the first key, a second key uniquely associated with the second VDI system, a second network locator for locating the first VDI system in the network, and operation information of the second VDI system. 1. A method of managing a plurality of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) systems , comprising:broadcasting or multicasting, at a first VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a message including a first key uniquely associated with the first VDI system and a first network locator for locating the first VDI system in a network; andreceiving, from a second VDI system of the plurality of VDI systems, a web service request including the first key, a second key uniquely associated with the second VDI system, a second network locator for locating the first VDI system in the network, and operation information of the second VDI system.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending claim 1 , at the first VDI system claim 1 , a web service response including operation information of the first VDI system to the second VDI system based on the second network locator.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:storing the second key, the second network locator, and the operation information of the second VDI system in a data store of the first VDI system.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:receiving, from each of at least one additional VDI system, a respective web service request including a key uniquely associated with the each VDI system and a ...

INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

The application provide an information sending method which includes: sending, by a controller, a forwarding indication message to a forwarder, where: the forwarding indication message includes at least two routing correspondences and a tunnel correspondence, the at least two routing correspondences include a first routing correspondence and a second routing correspondence, the first routing correspondence is mapping of a first route to a next hop identifier, the second routing correspondence is mapping of a second route to the next hop identifier, and the first route is different from the second route; and the tunnel correspondence is a correspondence of the next hop identifier to a public network tunnel. The embodiments of the application resolve a problem that a delivering form of a forwarding indication message that is from a control plane to a forwarding plane is not explicitly stipulated in an OpenFlow standard of an SDN. 1. An information sending method , comprising:sending, by a controller, a forwarding indication message to a forwarder, wherein: the forwarding indication message comprises at least two routing correspondences and a tunnel correspondence, the at least two routing correspondences comprise a first routing correspondence and a second routing correspondence, the first routing correspondence is mapping of a first route to a next hop identifier, the second routing correspondence is mapping of a second route to the next hop identifier, and the first route is different from the second route; and the tunnel correspondence is a correspondence of the next hop identifier to a public network tunnel.2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tunnel correspondence is a correspondence of the next hop identifier to multiple public network tunnels.3. A control apparatus claim 1 , comprising:a message sending module, configured to send a forwarding indication message to a forwarder, wherein: the forwarding indication message comprises at least two routing ...

Packet reception apparatus

A reception buffer of a packet reception apparatus includes a plurality of storage addresses. A packet determination unit receives a packet from a plurality of lines including a main system and an auxiliary system. The packet determination unit obtains a storage address corresponding to a unique number assigned to the packet, and overwrites and stores data of the packet onto the storage address. A packet extraction/transmission unit extracts and transmits the data stored in the reception buffer.

System and Method for a Federated Evolved Packet Core Service Bus

A system and method of provides services including a federated service bus between distributed and evolved packet core (EPC) and a radio access network (RAN), wherein the federated service bus provides information based on a parent-child relationship between the EPC and RAN on a per-federated service basis. The information can include loading and location information. 1. A method comprising:subscribing, by a radio access network (RAN), with each of a plurality evolved packet cores (EPCs) for a service via a federation bus between the RAN and a corresponding EPC, the federation bus connecting a service bus of the RAN and a service bus of the corresponding EPC; andreceiving, by the RAN, information of a subscribed service from a corresponding EPC in the plurality of EPCs via the federation bus.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one service comprises providing location information of a user equipment (UE).3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the subscribed service comprises load information of the corresponding EPC.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a packet data network (PDN) gateway (GW) in 3GPP S2a when there are equivalent PDN GWs in multiple sites based on load information provided via the federation bus.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting one of the plurality of EPCs based on load information provided via the federation bus.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising balancing traffic over at least two EPCs and the RAN based on load information received from the at least two EPCs over corresponding federation buses.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the subscribed service comprises a location of a UE.8. A method comprising:subscribing, by an evolved packet core (EPC), with a first radio access network (RAN) for a first service via a first federation bus between the EPC and the first RAN, the first federation bus connecting a service bus of the EPC and a service bus of the ...

Method and Apparatus for an Information-Centric MAC Layer

A network element (NE) includes a receiver configured to receive an Information-Centric Media Access Control (i-MAC) frame, a processor operably coupled to the receiver and configured to determine whether an i-MAC table includes routing information for the i-MAC Based Frame, and a transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to route the i-MAC Based Frame based on the i-MAC table when the i-MAC table includes information corresponding to the i-MAC Based Frame, and route the i-MAC Based Frame based on a layer 2 (L2) MAC Address Table when the i-MAC table does not contain information corresponding to the i-MAC Based Frame. 1. A network element (NE) , comprising:a receiver configured to receive an Information-Centric Media Access Control (i-MAC) frame;a processor operably coupled to the receiver and configured to determine whether an i-MAC table includes routing information for the i-MAC Based Frame; and route the i-MAC Based Frame based on the i-MAC table when the i-MAC table includes information corresponding to the i-MAC Based Frame; and', 'route the i-MAC Based Frame based on a layer 2 (L2) MAC Address Table when the i-MAC table does not contain information corresponding to the i-MAC Based Frame., 'a transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to2. The NE of claim 1 , wherein the network element includes a cache configured to store received content from the i-MAC Based Frame claim 1 , and wherein the content is encapsulated within an i-MAC enabled frame and transmitted in response to a request for the content.3. The NE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to retrieve requested content from an i-MAC Interest frame and determine whether corresponding content is stored within a cache claim 1 , and wherein the processor updates an interest-port entry in the i-MAC table when the content is not stored within the cache claim 1 , when an i-MAC name table does not contain an entry for the i-MAC name claim 1 , and wherein the ...

ADAPTER FOR USE WITH DISPLAY

An adapter for use with a display includes an interface for communicating with a server; a processor; and a sensor portion for retrieving impression information wherein the processor retrieves the user content via the interface for display by the display and the sensor portion retrieves impression information associated with the user content being displayed. 1. A method of correlating mobile communication device users in proximity to a display to advertising content , the method comprising:receiving impression information from an adapter attached to the display,where the adapter comprises an interface for communicating with a server, a processor, and a proximity sensor for retrieving mobile communication device proximity information, wherein the processor retrieves the advertising content data via the interface for display by the display and the proximity sensor retrieves mobile communication device proximity information associated with the advertising content being displayed;where the advertising content data includes advertising content time information;where the impression information includes mobile communication device proximity information, the mobile communication device proximity information including mobile communication device presence time information indicating at least one time that at least one mobile communication device was in proximity to the adapter;matching the advertising content time information from the advertising content data with mobile communication device proximity time information; and storing associations of advertising content and mobile communication devices; andoutputting at least one analytics report based on at least one association of at least one advertising content and at least one mobile communication device.2. The method of claim 1 , where the adapter further comprises a near field communication tag and the mobile communication device proximity information comprises near field communication information.3. The method of claim 2 ...

Inband Data Gathering with Dynamic Intermediary Route Selections

Included are a method to manage subscriptions over a network, where the network may comprise intermediaries, clients, and service providers, and the method may include, receiving a subscription at a network intermediary, the subscription having management application data and having application level header information. The method may further include reviewing the application level header information of the received subscription and redirecting the subscription over the network using the reviewed application level header information. 120.-. (canceled)21. A first network intermediary device configured to manage subscriptions over a network , the first network intermediary device comprising a controller device executing instructions , which when executed cause the first network intermediary device to:receive a subscription using a first network communication protocol, the subscription having management application data and application level header information;redirect the subscription upstream over the network using the application level header information based; andmanage proxying of a client management application subscription while the client management application is not aware of change in its subscription,wherein managing proxying of the client management application subscription includes querying one or more peers of the first network intermediary device to identify one or more upstream peer network intermediary devices having access to data flows having the data flow pattern that contain the management application data for the subscription, the one or more peer network intermediaries communicating with each other, and the first network device, using the first communication protocol.22. The first network intermediary device of where after the query claim 21 , the received subscription is redirected by the first network intermediary device to a peer network intermediary device and wherein the first communication protocol is simple object access protocol (SOAP).23 ...

PROTECTING HYBRID EQUIPMENT IN A NETWORK NODE

The disclosure generally relates to mechanisms to protect hybrid networking equipment at a port level granularity and thereby provide capabilities to specify the protection of client services on a port-by-port basis. For example, in one embodiment, a Virtual Connection Point (VCP) may be established as a termination point for a transport-side network connection and configured as a Layer 1 bridge/select connection to switch among any one of a plurality of backplane Layer 1 termination points. The plurality of backplane Layer 1 termination points may be protected using a link aggregation group, wherein a Layer 2 switch may be established to direct packets between the link aggregation group and the VCP configured as the Layer 1 bridge/select connection. 1. A method for providing port level protection for a hybrid interface , comprising:establishing a Virtual Connection Point (VCP) as a termination point for a transport-side network connection;configuring the VCP as a Layer 1 bridge/select connection to switch among any one of a plurality of backplane Layer 1 termination points;creating a link aggregation group to protect the plurality of backplane Layer 1 termination points; andestablishing a Layer 2 switch to direct packets between the link aggregation group and the VCP configured as the Layer 1 bridge/select connection.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:assigning logical Ethernet ports to Layer 1 termination points, wherein members in the link aggregation group include the assigned the logical Ethernet ports to protect the backplane Layer 1 termination points.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the link aggregation group comprises a first link aggregation group and the method further comprising:creating a second link aggregation group to protect one or more client-side Ethernet ports, wherein the Layer 2 switch further directs packets between the first link aggregation group and second link aggregation group.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the backplane ...

MODULAR DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GATEWAY FOR A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

A gateway provides duplex-directional, multimedia ad hoc mesh networking, peer-to-peer direct communications, power optimization, dynamic configuration, and data management, while operating within various devices and network topologies. A multitasking virtual machine monitor for mobile networked devices, that is capable of functional expandability and portability to various operating environments, interoperability with a variety of operating systems, the Gateway Control System (GCS) performs functional capabilities in both a local and a networked topology using local and remote hardware and software. Software within the GCS is partitioned into sequentially, autonomous code, referred to herein as “modules,” each module being configured to communicate with hardware and other gateway modules. Collectively, all gateway modules are referred to herein as the gateway stack (GS). Each member of the GS can be turned on or off, downloaded from a remote site, and dynamically configured. 2. The gateway of claim 1 , wherein said GS is configured to effect any of duplex-directional multimedia networking claim 1 , power optimization claim 1 , dynamic configuration claim 1 , communications claim 1 , and data management.3. The gateway of claim 1 , wherein said GS is configured to effect any of device automation claim 1 , modular system and data management claim 1 , data channeling claim 1 , paired claim 1 , grouped and/or networked device optimization claim 1 , and hands-free and remote systems control claim 1 ,4. The gateway of claim 1 , said GS further comprising:a virtual machine monitor that is configured to run in an embedded system as either a downloadable program or as a networked application.5. A multitasking system that provides functional expandability and portability to various operating environments claim 1 , and interoperability with existing operating systems claim 1 , comprising:a gateway control system comprising a processor configured for managing device ...

NETWORK VALIDATION WITH DYNAMIC TUNNELING

Systems and methods for provisioning and validating a network are disclosed. One method can comprise providing a first communication tunnel between a network access point and a first tunnel endpoint. Availability of the first tunnel endpoint can be determined. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be available, network traffic can be routed to the first tunnel endpoint. If the first tunnel endpoint is determined to be unavailable, a second communication tunnel between the network access point and a second tunnel endpoint can be provided. 1. A method comprising:generating, by a computing device, a first communication tunnel to a first tunnel endpoint;determining, based on receiving a response to a transmission, that the first tunnel endpoint is available, wherein the transmission is configured to dynamically generate and traverse within the first communication tunnel; androuting, based on the first tunnel endpoint being unavailable, network traffic to the first tunnel endpoint.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication tunnel is configured as a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first communication tunnel is configured as a soft generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tunnel endpoint comprises a gateway device or a concentrator or both.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a local area network gateway device claim 1 , a wireless local area network gateway device claim 1 , a router claim 1 , customer premises equipment claim 1 , or a combination thereof.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining that the first tunnel endpoint is available claim 1 , comprises determining the availability of the first tunnel endpoint via at least one of an internet control message protocol (ICMP) echo and echo reply claim 1 , an address resolution protocol (ARP) claim 1 , dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) ...

Powered device, power supply system, and operation mode selection method

A powered device, a power supply system and an operation mode selection method are provided. The power supply system includes a power sourcing equipment and the powered device. The powered device is electrically connected to the power sourcing equipment through an internet cable. The powered device includes a sensing module and a controlling module. The sensing module receives an internet signal from the power sourcing equipment through the internet cable, and outputs a switching signal according to the internet signal. The controlling module is used for selecting an operation mode of the powered device according to the switching signal.

Method for synchronized communication in access network applied g.hn technology thereto, access network multiplexer, access network terminal and access network system using the same

The present invention relates to a method for synchronized communication in access network applied G.hn technology thereto, access network multiplexer (GAM), an access network terminal (GNT), and access network system using the same, which comprises a plurality of domain masters that communicate with the access network terminal; a clock controller controlling at least one of speed or output of the signal that the domain master transmits; and an access network terminal which communicates with the access network multiplexer (GAM) connecting the domain masters and G.hn specification physical layer, and at least one of speed or output of the signal that the access terminal transmits is controlled by the clock control unit. The present invention provides efficient data transmission and high bandwidth to service subscribers with applying G.hn technology to conventional coaxial cable or telephone line, thereby reducing crosstalk occurred in data transmission.

COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

A communication device performs information communication through a communication line based on communication data specified by a CAN protocol. A communication necessity determination unit determines whether or not the information communication through the communication line is necessary based on external information obtained from an external device. When the information communication is necessary and a communication error is detected, a communication control unit stops the information communication during a fixed period and restarts the information communication after the fixed period elapses. When the information communication is unnecessary, the communication control unit stops transmitting communication data until a predetermined transmission restarting condition is satisfied. 1. A communication device , wherein the communication device is connected to an external device to obtain external information from the external device and the communication device is connected to a communication line to perform information communication through the communication line based on communication data specified by a CAN protocol , the communication device comprising:a communication necessity determination unit that determines whether or not the information communication through the communication line is necessary based on the external information obtained from the external device; anda communication control unit that stops the information communication during a fixed period, under the condition that the determination by the communication necessity determination unit of whether or not the information communication is necessary is “affirmative” and that a communication error has been detected, and restarts the information communication after the fixed period elapses, wherein the communication control unit stops transmitting communication data, under the condition that the determination by the communication necessity determination unit of whether or not the information ...

METHODS AND NODES FOR TRANSMISSION OF A SYNCHRONOUS DATA OVER PACKET DATA NETWORK

Methods, system, nodes and computer program for transmission of a synchronous data stream having a bitrate, over an asynchronous packet data network between a transmitter node and a receiver node comprising: packaging, by the transmitter node, the synchronous data stream into data packets, transmitting, by the transmitter node, the data packets onto the asynchronous packet data network with a fixed packet rate defined by a first clock frequency which corresponds to the average distance in time between two consecutive data packets transmitted onto the asynchronous packet data network, which is independent of the bitrate of the synchronous data stream, receiving, by the receiver node, the data packets from the asynchronous packet data network detecting, by the receiver node, the fixed packet rate, and based on the fixed packet rate, regenerating, by the receiver node, the first clock frequency by detection of the distance in time between two consecutive data packets received from the asynchronous packet data network. 1. Method performed by a system of a communications network for transmission of a synchronous data stream having a bitrate , over an asynchronous packet data network between a transmitter node and a receiver node , comprising:packaging, by the transmitter node, the synchronous data stream into data packets,transmitting, by the transmitter node, the data packets onto the asynchronous packet data network with a fixed packet rate defined by a first clock frequency which corresponds to the average distance in time between two consecutive data packets transmitted onto the asynchronous packet data network, which is independent of the bitrate of the synchronous data stream,receiving, by the receiver node, the data packets from the asynchronous packet data network,detecting, by the receiver node, the fixed packet rate, and based on the fixed packet rate,regenerating, by the receiver node, the first clock frequency by detection of the distance in time between two ...

VIDEO ANALYTICS WITH PRE-PROCESSING AT THE SOURCE END

A method for performing video analytics includes receiving at a source end video data including first video data relating to an event of interest. Using video analytics, other than a data compression process, pre-processing of the video data is performed at the source end to reduce the bandwidth requirement for transmitting the video data to below a bandwidth limit of a Wide Area Network (WAN) over which the video data is to be transmitted. The pre-processed video data is transmitted to a central server via the WAN, where other video analytics processing of the pre-processed video data is performed. Based on a result of the other video analytics processing, a signal is generated for performing a predetermined action, in response to an occurrence of the event of interest at the source end. 1. A method comprising:receiving video data at a source end, the video data including video data relating to an event of interest captured using a video camera disposed at the source end;pre-processing the video data comprising performing first video analytics on the video data using a first processor disposed at the source end, the first video analytics for detecting the event of interest in a portion of the video data;in dependence upon detecting the event of interest in the portion of the video data, transmitting pre-processed video data comprising the portion of the video data, via a Wide Area Network (WAN), from the source end to a second processor connected to the WAN;transmitting with the portion of the video data at least a pre-processing result other than the pre-processed video data itself;using the second processor, interpreting the pre-processing result and selecting second video analytics processing based on a result of the interpreting; and performing the second video analytics processing on the portion of the video data, the second video analytics for determining predetermined information relating to the event of interest.2. A method according to claim 1 , wherein ...

APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NON-INTERFERING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ON AN UNINSULATED CONDUCTOR

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a plurality of communication signals, and generating, according to the plurality of communication signals, a plurality of electromagnetic waves bound at least in part to a dielectric layer of a conductor. The plurality of electromagnetic waves propagates along the dielectric layer of the conductor without an electrical return path, where each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves includes a different portions of the plurality of communication signals, and where the plurality of electromagnetic waves utilizes a signal multiplexing configuration that at least reduces an interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. 1. A method , comprising:receiving a plurality of communication signals; andgenerating, by a transmitting device according to the plurality of communication signals, a plurality of wireless signals that induces a plurality of electromagnetic waves that propagates guided by a dielectric layer on an uninsulated conductor and without having an electrical return path,wherein the plurality of electromagnetic waves has a plurality of wave modes that at least reduces interference between the plurality of electromagnetic waves and enables a receiving device to retrieve from each electromagnetic wave of the plurality of electromagnetic waves at least a portion of the plurality of communication signals.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of wave modes comprises a fundamental wave mode and another of the plurality of wave modes comprises a non-fundamental wave mode.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of wave modes comprises a hybrid wave mode.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hybrid wave mode comprises an HE11 wave mode.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of wave modes comprises a first hybrid wave mode and a second hybrid wave mode claim 1 , and wherein the first hybrid wave mode ...

METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CONTENT ACQUISITION PATH AND PROCESSING REQUEST

The present disclosure provide a method for determining a content acquisition path, a method for processing a content request and a corresponding apparatus and system. The method for determining the content acquisition path includes: receiving a request from a user, where the request is used for requesting an original content provider to provide a content, and the request carries a name of the content, a network address of the original content provider and a network address of the user; calculating at least two forwarding paths to the original content provider, and determining a content acquisition path according to link cost on each forwarding path and a cache hit rate of a network node on each forwarding path to the content; and sending the request to a next network node according to the content acquisition path, for enabling the next network node to forward or respond to the request. 1. A method for determining a content acquisition path , comprising:receiving, by a first network node, a request from a user, wherein the request is used for requesting an original content provider to provide a content, and the request carries a name of the content, a network address of the original content provider and a network address of the user;calculating a content acquisition path according to a cache hit rate of a network node on a shortest path when calculating the shortest path; andsending the request to a next network node according to the content acquisition path, for enabling the next network node to forward or respond to the request.2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:acquiring the cache hit rate of the network node on the shortest path to the content;the cache hit rate of the network node on the shortest path to the content is acquired in the following manners:inquiring the cache hit rate of the network node on the shortest path to the content in a cache hit rate information table stored locally.3. The method according to claim 1 , further ...

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING NETWORK TRAFFIC BETWEEN END POINTS OF A ZONE

In general, embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method for handling media access control (MAC) frames. The method includes receiving, by a service virtual tunnel end point (VTEP) and from a source VTEP, a first virtual layer-3 (VL3) frame comprising a dedicated virtual network identifier (VNI), decapsulating the first VL3 frame to obtain a first media access control (MAC) frame comprising a dedicated virtual local area network (VLAN) tag, replacing, in the first MAC frame, the dedicated VLAN tag with an original VLAN tag, and bridging the first MAC frame to a service device directly connected to a first network element on which the service VTEP is executing. 1. A method for handling media access control (MAC) frames , comprising:receiving, by a service virtual tunnel end point (VTEP) and from a source VTEP, a first virtual layer-3 (VL3) frame comprising a dedicated virtual network identifier (VNI);decapsulating the first VL3 frame to obtain a first MAC frame comprising a dedicated virtual local area network (VLAN) tag;replacing, in the first MAC frame, the dedicated VLAN tag with an original VLAN tag; andbridging the first MAC frame to a service device directly connected to a first network element on which the service VTEP is executing.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:obtaining, from the service device and after the service device performs a service function, the first MAC frame comprising the original VLAN tag;making a determination that a destination for the first MAC frame is not a directly connected host and that the destination is an intercept host;replacing, in the first MAC frame and based on the determination, the original VLAN tag with a common intercept VLAN tag;encapsulating the first MAC frame in a second VL3 frame comprising a common intercept VNI; andtransmitting the second VL3 frame towards a destination VTEP, wherein the destination VTEP is executing on a second network element, wherein the destination is directly connected to the ...

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOAD BALANCING AS A SERVICE

The present disclosure is directed generally to systems and methods for providing load balancing as a service. A load balancer executing on a device intermediary to a server and a plurality of clients can receive a request from an agent executing on the server. The request can be to initiate establishment of a transport layer connection. The load balancer can accept the request to establish the transport layer connection with the server. The load balancer can receive a request to access the server from a client of the plurality of clients. The load balancer can forward the request to the server via the transport layer connection established between the load balancer and the server responsive to the request of the server. 1. A method comprising(a) receiving, by a device configured to provide load balancing as a service to a plurality of servers, a request from a server of the plurality of servers, to load balance the server, the server discovering the device via a domain name system, the request comprising a unique identifier and authentication credentials of the server;(b) determining, by the device prior to accepting the request, the device is configured to provide the service to the server based at least on the unique identifier of the server;(c) authenticating, by the device, the server using the authentication credentials of the server received by the device via the request from the server;(d) accepting, by the device, the request responsive to the authentication;(e) establishing, by the device responsive to accepting the request, a transport layer connection with the server; and(f) including, by the device, the server as one of the plurality of servers to which the device provides load balancing.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the device is discoverable via a server pool name in the domain name system.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein information about the device is published in the domain name system in association with the server pool name.4. The method ...

Communication Protocol Placement into Switch Memory

Direct memory transfer of data from the memory of a server to a memory of a switch. A server identifies a block of data in the memory of the server and a corresponding memory address space in the server. The server identifies a block of memory in the switch. The block of memory is at least the same size of the block of data. The switch comprises a network protocol. The server transfers the block of data into the block of memory. Based on the network protocol, the switch maps a network relationship. The mapping indicates a target server for the transferred block of data to be transmitted to.

Traffic delivery using anycast and end user-based mapping in an overlay network

An overlay network is enhanced to provide traffic delivery using anycast and end user mapping. An anycast IP address is associated with sets of forwarding machines positioned in the overlay network. These locations correspond with IP addresses for zero rated billing traffic. In response to receipt at a forwarding machine of a packet, the machine issues an end user mapping request to the mapping mechanism. The mapping request has an IP address associated with the client from which the end user request originates. The mapping mechanism resolves the request and provides a response to the request. The response is an IP address associated with a set of server machines distinct from the forwarding machine. The forwarding machine encapsulates the packet and proxies the connection to the identified server. The server receives the connection, decapsulates the request, and processes the packet. The server machine responds to the requesting client directly. 1. Apparatus associated with an anycast Internet Protocol (IP) address and positioned in an overlay network to ingest requests for zero-rated billing (0RB) traffic , comprising:a processor; responsive to receipt of a packet associated with a request, the packet being received on the anycast IP address, issue a mapping request to an external mapping mechanism, the mapping request having associated therewith an IP address, or a range of IP addresses, associated with a client from which the request originates;', 'responsive to the mapping request, receive from the mapping mechanism at least one IP address associated with a set of one or more of server machines, the IP address of the set of one or more of the server machines being determined by the mapping mechanism based at least in part on the IP address, or the range of IP addresses, associated with the client, server machine liveness and load, and Internet traffic conditions, and wherein the at least one IP address of the set of one or more of the server machines is ...