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<title><![CDATA[Accessing an IP multimedia subsystem via a wireless local area network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095070.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method and equipment for use in connection with a wireless communication terminal accessing an IMS of a third generation telecommunication system via a WLAN, and in particular based on WLAN interworking scenario 3 and 4.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Low overhead method to detect new connection rate for network traffic]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095065.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for detecting new connection rates for network traffic that employs a set of tables and a hash function. Information identifying a connection is hashed to a hash value using the hash function. Each hash value identifies a location in a first table and a second table. The hash values for the connections detected during a predetermined time period are stored in the first table. The hash values for the connections detected during the predetermined time period preceding the current time period are stored in the second table. As the hash values are stored in the first table, they are compared to the hash values stored in the second table to identify new connections. The new connections are accumulated. The second table is then cleared, and the hash values for the detected connections in the next time period are stored in the second table.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for device discovery in a wireless video area network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095072.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for device discovery in a wireless network is provided. The device discovery involves directionally transmitting a data unit from a transmitting station over a channel in different directions to emulate omni-directional transmission, receiving the data unit transmissions from different directions at a receiving station, determining the quality of the transmissions received from the different directions, and detecting location information for the transmitting station relative to the receiving station based on the highest quality transmission among the transmissions received from the different directions. Further, if a channel has sufficient bandwidth to satisfy direct link communication between two stations, then during a direct link set-up stage, the two stations conduct a probing message exchange using omni-direction transmission, and upon successful probing, obtain communication link status information and set proper communication configurations for the two stations based on the communication link status information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Programmable communications system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095155.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An downstream external Physical Layer (PHY) interface between a network and an edge quadrature amplitude modulator (EQAM) is provided. The interface comprises, an input direct memory access (DMA) controller enabled to control rate of packets received from the network, a plurality of buffers to store received packets, a first module enabled to convert packets to a first format and a second module enabled to convert packets to a second format. The interface further comprises a plurality of processors enabled to customize an output format of packets based on instructions stored in an instruction memory and a plurality of flow meters enabled to determine an output rate for packets based on, at least in part, a modulator rate of the EQAM. An output DMA controller controls the rate of egress of packets to the EQAM.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Subnet Scoped Multicast / Broadcast Packet Distribution Mechanism Over a Routed Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095160.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one embodiment, receiving a data packet in a data forwarding domain, encapsulating a header to the received data packet, and routing the encapsulated data packet in the data forwarding domain over a distribution tree are provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flexible packet field processor]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095149.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the processing of a flexible field packet. A technique may include determining a format of a packet, the packet including one or more variable fields and determining an offset value related to a location of at least one of the variable fields in the packet, wherein the offset value is variable and associated with the format of the packet.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH OF NETWORK LINK USING TIME STAMP FUNCTION OF INTERNET CONTROL MESSAGE PROTOCOL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095187.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a method for estimating an available bandwidth of a network link by transmitting small-sized probing packets using a time stamp function of an Internet control message protocol (ICMP) and using time information of the probing packet returned. According to the invention, even when the separate program or function is not activated in the router, it is possible to easily estimate and monitor the available bandwidth of the exterior network link connected to the network being managed. Accordingly, it is possible to operate the network more stably and to detect the abnormal sign of the network at early stage, thereby quickly coping with it. In addition, it is possible to prevent the excessive traffic or load from being caused in the network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095042.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095071.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method and system for sharing resources in a wireless communication network. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for resource allocation. The method includes providing an access node that is configured to provide wireless access for both voice and data services. The method also includes providing at least a first access terminal that is configured to perform at least voice communication through the access node. Additionally, the method includes providing at least a second access terminal that is configured to perform at least data communication through the access node. The method further includes allocating a first portion of communication resources to the first access terminal. The method additionally includes allocating a second portion of communication of resources to the second access terminal. Furthermore, the method includes generating a group resource allocation message, which includes at least a first bitmap and a second bitmap.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095073.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention discloses a method and a corresponding apparatus for discovering NSPs. The method includes: transmitting, by network-side, information about NSPs supported by the current NAP; transmitting, by the network-side, first change information about NSPs supported by the NAP at a fixed period; obtaining, by a CPE, the first change information about the NSPs supported by the NAP accessible at a current position when accessing a network; determining whether the first change information is consistent with stored change information about NSPs supported by the NAP, if it is, obtaining stored information about NSPs supported by the NAP, otherwise, obtaining information about NSPs supported by the NAP transmitted by the network-side; and adding the obtained information about the NSPs as information about available NSPs discovered. The present invention can reduce extra occupancy of air interface resources and effectively reduce time consumption in the process of network discovering and selecting.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095066.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for controlling traffic flow in a communication network compliant with a Multilevel Precedence and Preemption (MLPP) scheme is described. The method selectively modifies parameters of TCP connections for transmissions to meet speed of service (SoS) requirements and establishes the connections in accordance with their levels of precedence. In applications, the method may be implemented in communication networks using High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption (HAIPE) or an IP Security (IPSec) protocol.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-ROUTING A MULTICAST STREAM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095161.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for re-routing a multicast stream is provided. The method for re-routing a multicast stream includes: providing a prior multicast forwarding path corresponding to a first route; establishing a new multicast forwarding path between a downstream router and a second upstream router corresponding to a second route; re-routing a multicast stream from said prior multicast forwarding path to said new multicast forwarding path, wherein said multicast stream utilizes said prior multicast forwarding path until said new multicast forwarding path is operational; and pruning said prior multicast forwarding path when said new multicast forwarding path is operational. Therefore, the multicast stream transmitting will not be interrupted during the switchover process of the multicast forwarding path caused by that a unicast route to a multicast source or a rendezvous point has changed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING NUMBER OF UPLINK PACKET RETRANSMISSIONS THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095094.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention provides a mobile communication system wherein a base station device receives a MAC (Medium Access Control)-e PDU (Protocol Data Unit) from a mobile terminal using a HARQ (Hybrid Acknowledge Request) system, the base station device including: a modulating/demodulating portion that estimates the number of processes used by the mobile terminal using a TBES (Total E-DCH Buffer Status) of an E-DPCH [E-DCH (Enhanced CHannel) Dedicated Physical CHannel].]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mobile terminal using priority processing for packets that require urgency in communications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095101.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile terminal capable of carrying out communications while moving among a plurality of interconnected subnets is provided with a TCP/IP driver configured to carry out processing of communication packets; and a control related driver configured to carry out processing of control related packets that require urgency in communications, at higher priority than the communication packets, without using the TCP/IP driver. The control related packets may include Mobile IP packets and DHCP packets.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Providing service availability despite bandwidth limitations]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095144.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A bandwidth manager includes a bandwidth monitor for monitoring the available bandwidth of plural routes within the corresponding network. At least one primary, higher bandwidth link (HBL), and at least one secondary, lower bandwidth link (LBL) are monitored by the bandwidth monitor. When the bandwidth monitor determines that the primary, higher bandwidth link is experiencing a failure or a degradation in bandwidth (e.g., the link is performing at less than a threshold bandwidth), the bandwidth monitor notifies a call filter of the failure or degradation. In response, the call filter can deny additional voice channel requests unless the requests are for higher priority calls (e.g., calls to or from emergency services or emergency service answering points).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Packet-forwarding for proxy mobile IP]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095118.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The packet-forwarding for proxy mobile IP, in accordance with various embodiments, includes registering a mobile access terminal (AT) and a first IP gateway (IPGW) with a home agent (HA) when a wireless communication session is established between the mobile AT and the first IPGW. In various embodiments the method additionally includes transferring context information regarding the mobile AT and a proxy mobile security key obtained by the first IPGW, from the first IPGW to a second IPGW when the mobile AT moves from a first access network to a second access network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING CONTROL INFORMATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095037.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus and method for communicating control information in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) system using a multi-hop relay scheme is provided. A method of transmitting control information includes generating scheduling information by performing scheduling for a Relay Station (RS); determining a valid duration for the scheduling information; generating a resource allocation message containing the scheduling information and the valid duration information; and processing the resource allocation message in a physical layer and for transmitting the resource allocation message to the RS.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR SWITCHING RINGLETS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095044.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[When a ringlet with a high frame transfer quality is selected as a switching candidate for each station of a transfer destination from information on frame transfer quality for each ringlet, when it is determined that a fundamental ringlet is in a preceding stage of degradation of the frame transfer quality from information on the frame transfer quality of the fundamental ringlet, and if the fundamental ringlet is different from the switching candidate, a ringlet for transferring a frame to a station of the transfer destination is switched from the fundamental ringlet to the switching candidate.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Adjusting the Number of Packets in a Packet Train to Avoid Timeouts]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095193.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A sending device dynamically adjusts a target number of data packets in a packet train by projecting a train property in advance of timeout, and adjusts the target accordingly. Preferably, the target size of the packet train is adjusted downward by checking the number of accumulated packets in the train at some predetermined time in the timeout interval, and halving the target packet train size if the accumulated packets number less than some intermediate target. This process can be repeated more than once in the same timeout interval. The target size is preferably adjusted upwards more slowly.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System And Method For Controlling The Devices Connected To Control Gateway]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095179.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the devices connected to a control gateway. The system includes one or more devices, a control gateway, a server and an open platform. The control gateway is electrically coupled to the devices. The server provides a plurality of control gateway base drivers. The open platform is electrically connected to the control gateway. According to the device's description and type information provided by the control gateway, the system automatically downloads a corresponding control gateway base driver from the server, and converts a first device service type into a second device service type automatically by the control gateway base driver. Thereby, other internal bundles on the open platform or external control devices that with the second device service type can use the devices connected to the control gateway.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Packet transceiver system and method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095056.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A packet transceiver system includes a detection module ( 210 ), a dropped rate determination module ( 110 ), a transmitting module ( 120 ), and a recalculation module ( 230 ). The detection module detects a network congestion status. The dropped rate determination module determines a packet dropped rate based on the network congestion status. The transmitting module transmits voice packets, dropping voice packets according to the packet dropped rate, ensuring an even distribution of dropped voice packets during the transmission. The recalculation module receives the un-dropped voice packets, and recalculates the dropped voice packets. A packet transceiver method is also provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED NON-INTRUSIVE MONITORING FUNCTIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095064.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention includes an apparatus and associated method for monitoring signals. The apparatus includes a port unit including a plurality of monitoring functions associated with a respective plurality of data communication channels, and a switch unit adapted for switching signals conveyed by the data communication channels, where the switch unit includes a monitoring function controller and a plurality of monitoring function images associated with the respective monitoring functions. The monitoring function images are adapted for conveying configuration information from the monitoring function controller to the respective monitoring functions and conveying status information from the respective monitoring functions to the monitoring function controller.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA AND CONTROL MULTIPLEXING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095110.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[System(s) and method(s) are provided for transmitting data code symbols and control code symbols spanning disparate transmission time intervals in the uplink. Data and control symbols that overlap in time-domain within a transmission time interval are multiplexed and transmitted employing resources scheduled for data transmission, whereas data and control code symbols that are not multiplexed are transmitted in respective allocated resources. Multiplexing in conjunction with localized and distributed resource scheduling preserves the single-carrier characteristics of a single-carrier frequency division multiple access system.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wlan to Umts Handover with Network Requested Pdp Context Activation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095119.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method for configuring a context for a connection delivering a packet data service to a mobile terminal via a target wireless access network. The mobile terminal is initially connected to an originating wireless access network and the packet data service may be provided to the mobile terminal via the originating wireless network. Moreover, the invention provides an authentication server, a packet data gateway and a packet data service support node which participate in the context configuration method. To provide a method that allows establishing connection for packet service delivery to a mobile terminal from a wireless access network, as for example a UMTS, as fast as possible the invention suggests to preconfigure service provision of the packet data service via the target wireless access network by establishing a context prior to the mobile terminal connecting to the target wireless access network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for verifying connectivity of multi-segment pseudo-wires by tracing]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095061.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for testing connectivity of a multi-segment pseudo-wire in a packet switched network, the method comprising: (a) sending an echo request message from a first provider edge device to a second provider edge device for a first segment of the multi-segment pseudo-wire between the first provider edge device and the second provider edge device; and, (b) receiving an echo reply message from the second provider edge device in response to the echo request message, the echo reply message: confirming connectivity of the first segment; indicating whether there is a second segment in the multi-segment pseudo-wire between the second provider edge device and a third provider edge device; and, if there is a second segment, including information pertaining to the second segment.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Home Network System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095035.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention discloses a home network system ( 1 ) using a living network control protocol. The home network system ( 1 ) includes: a predetermined network; at least one electric device ( 40  to  49 ) connected to the network based on a predetermined protocol; and at least one network manager ( 2  to  23 ) connected to the network based on the protocol, for controlling and monitoring the electric device ( 40  to  49 ), wherein the protocol comprises an application layer, a network layer, a data link layer, and a physical layer, wherein the physical layer further comprises a special protocol for providing an interface with a dependent transmission medium, and the network layer further comprises a home code control sub-layer for managing a home code for network security when accessing the dependent transmission medium, the home control sub-layer processing a packet from the data link layer or the network layer, according to a predetermined home code.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fastpath implementation for a double tagging loopback engine]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095062.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network component for processing a packet can include a buffer configured to receive a packet, a forwarding unit configured to forward the packet received at the first buffer to a loopback port, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the packet out of the loopback port. In addition, the network component can include a loopback unit configured to loop back the packet into the loopback port, a first identification unit configured to identify an egress port, and a second transmitting unit configured to transmit the packet looped back from the loopback port out of the egress port.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for measuring one way packet network characteristics at a specific protocol level]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095068.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention is an apparatus and a method to measure packet network characteristics such as latency, jitter, bandwidth, packet loss, in one way of the traffic at any protocol or application level such as VoIP, HTTP, MPLS, etc. In addition, round trip measurements can be performed by combining one way measurements in both directions. The invention can be used on any type of packet networks.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HOT STANDBY RADIO SITE AUTO-FAILOVER SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095085.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An embodiment is a radio system including a primary radio site and one or more fully redundant hot standby radio sites that may be activated in the event of a catastrophic failure of the primary radio site. In an embodiment, a hot standby radio site may be activated automatically to substantially avoid the radio service restoration delay that would accompany, for example, manual initiation of the failover to the hot standby radio site.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM INTEROPERABILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095087.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a method and apparatus for providing system interoperability in wireless communications an IP based client-server application maintains a proper set of PDP contexts while a mobile is connected via an IP based system. The application client resides in the mobile and the server resides within the network at a common anchor point between the IP based system and a PDP contexts based system. The PDP contexts are kept up to date but on hold until a handover occurs for the mobile from the IP based system to the PDP contexts based system.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NETWORK DEVICE AND LOAD ASSIGNING METHOD THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095076.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network device ( 10 ) communicates with other network devices with a plurality of loops, and includes a plurality of virtual ringing groups, a plurality of Ringer Equivalency Number (REN) loads ( 106 ), a receiving module ( 100 ), an assigning module ( 102 ), and a ringing module ( 104 ). Each virtual ringing group rings during an individually fixed ringing time interval. The REN loads are for generating ringing signals, and the number of REN loads is less than that of the loops. The receiving module receives a calling signal, and transmits the calling signal to one of the loops. The assigning module assigns the calling signal to one of the virtual ringing groups. The ringing module assigns one REN load to the loop with the calling signal according to the assigned virtual ringing group. A load assigning method is also provided.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sharing data with an emergency response service over a mobile network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095098.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques are disclosed which relate to the sending and receiving of multimedia files between mobile users and emergency response service operators while connected through a voice call. These devices are free to send any type of file through a direct connection without the need to hang up and call back just to see if the file was sent successfully. These methods work for a plurality of cellular and computer devices connected through a cellular network or other Internet Service Provider.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus to provide hidden node protection]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095137.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and a wireless communication device to overcome a hidden node problem in a BSS The method includes detecting that transmitting one or more data frames causing one or more nodes of an unsynchronized wireless communication network to become hidden nodes. The wireless communication device that causes the hidden node problem requests a time allocation for transmitting one or more data frames to at least one node of the unsynchronized wireless communication network and to transmit the one or more data frames using an antenna beam forming technique at the allocated time frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless Communications System and Wireless Communications Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095089.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communications system for performing data communications between a data transmission side wireless communications device and a data receiving side wireless communications device. In the system, random back-off access control is performed until a connection is established between the data transmission side wireless communications device and the data receiving side wireless communications device. Then, after the connection is established, asymmetric IFS access control is performed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Key Caching, QoS and Multicast Extensions to Media-Independent Pre-Authentication]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095114.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This present application relates to, among other things, Key Caching, QoS and Multicast extensions and improvements to the Media-independent Pre-Authentication (MPA) framework, a new handover optimization mechanism that has a potential to address issues on existing mobility management protocols and mobility optimization mechanisms. MPA is a mobile assisted, secure handover optimization scheme that works over any link-layer and with any mobility management protocol.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Carrier interferometry networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095121.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Applications of CI processing to ad-hoc and peer-to-peer networking significantly improve throughput, network capacity, range, power efficiency, and spectral efficiency. CI-based subscriber units perform network-control functions to optimize network performance relative to channel conditions, network loads, and subscriber services. CI codes are used to identify and address network transmissions. Channel characteristics of communication links are employed to encode, address, and authenticate network transmissions. CI transceivers used as relays and routers employ unique characteristics of transmission paths to code and decode network transmissions. A central processor is adapted to perform array processing with signals received from, and transmitted by, a plurality of subscriber units in a wireless network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method And Element For Wireless Uplink Packet Data Communications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095105.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to wireless communications. More especially it relates to wireless packet data communications. Particularly it relates to latency reduction when scheduling a plurality of temporarily inactive users or TBFs for a communications resource. Users or TBFs are pooled at controlled collision rate.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Device For Tapping Useful Data From Multimedia Links In A Packet Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095146.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one aspect, a device for lawful interception of multimedia links in a packet network, over which voice data and image data are transmitted separately is provided. The device includes a receiver unit that receives a image data from a transmit device, and a delay unit that routes the received image data with a delay to a receive device.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING FRAGMENT SIZE FOR AGGREGATION AT THE PHYSICAL LAYER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095168.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aspects of a system for optimizing fragment size for aggregation at the physical layer may include one more switch ICs and/or physical (PHY) layer ICs that enable reception of data packets via a medium access control layer protocol entity. Each received data packet may be fragmented into a plurality of fragment payloads, wherein a length of each of the plurality of fragment payloads is selected from a plurality of candidate lengths. Each of the plurality of fragment payloads may be sent via a PHY layer protocol entity instance selected from a plurality of PHY layer protocol entity instances.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA PACKETS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095080.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method and a system for transmission of data packets. On a first wireless network interface of a first communication node, a first IP address is configured for a wireless bidirectional transmission of data packets between the first communication node and an IP-based network. A second wireless local network interface of the first communication node is configured for a bidirectional transmission of data packets via a local communication link between the first communication node and a second communication node. On the second communication node a second IP address is configured which is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier, or at least a first IP address is stored assigned to an IP home address or an identifier.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING CHANNEL NODE TREE IN AN OFDMA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095074.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for configuring a channel node tree in an OFDMA wireless communication system are provided, in which as many DRCH nodes as the number of DRCHs used for a frame are configured at base nodes, as many BRCHs as the number of DRCHs are selected from among BRCHs used for the frame, BRCH nodes with unselected BRCHs are configured at base nodes, and upper nodes are configured using the base nodes corresponding to the DRCH nodes and the BRCH nodes.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IP multicast service system, switching device, and group selection transmission method used therefor]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095093.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The object of the present invention is to provide an IP multicast service system which can design an independent multicast group system in each network on the center side and the subscriber-side. In an IP multicast service system according to the present invention including: a center-side network configured by a plurality of multicast servers; and a subscriber-side network configured by a plurality of IP-STBs (Internet Protocol-Set Top Boxes) for receiving a multicast packet transmitted from the multicast servers and reproducing the multicast packet as an image, a group design on the basis of an independent group address system on the center-side network and on the subscriber-side network can be made by converting a group address of the multicast packet transmitted and received between the center-side network and the subscriber-side network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL AND PACKET]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095095.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio communication terminals, in which a first radio communication terminal stores, in a first field contained in a header of a radio communication packet, address information indicating at least one radio communication terminal to which the radio communication packet is directly transmitted, and a second terminal relays the radio communication packet with reference to the address information stored in the first field. The header of the radio communication packet includes a second field which stores address information indicating a final destination terminal and a third field which stores address information indicating the first terminal as a sending source.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TCP/IP OFFLOAD INDEPENDENT OF BANDWIDTH DELAY PRODUCT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095182.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for providing TCP/IP offload may include receiving control of at least a portion of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection variables by a TCP/IP Offload Engine operatively coupled to a host. The at least a portion of the TCP/IP Offload Engine connection variables may be updated and provided to the host. The TCP/IP Offload Engine may receive control of segment-variant TCP connection variables. The TCP/IP Offload Engine may update the received TCP segment-variant TCP connection variables, and communicate the updated TCP segment-variant TCP connection variables to the host. A system for providing connection offload may include a TCP/IP Offload Engine that receives control of state information for a particular connection offloaded to a network interface card (NIC). Control of the state information for the particular connection may be split between the NIC and a host.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSED MODE HANDLING IN A DUAL RECEIVER USER EQUIPMENT (UE)]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095132.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method relating to inter-frequency or inter Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurements (IFM) between a User Equipment (UE) and a mobile communications network (NW), and an apparatus for implementing the method, comprising operating, by a UE having a plurality of receiver branches ( 100 ) ( 110 ), detecting whether IFM is needed ( 120 ); and selecting, if IFM is needed, either to use dual antenna data reception for detecting data in compressed mode and performing IFM during gaps, or to use single antenna data reception mode (SADRM), using the second antenna for IFM based on the value of certain parameters ( 130 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING BANDWIDTH]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095184.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A surplus amount of token calculating unit calculates a surplus amount of token for a station in which a residual amount of output buffer is smaller than a residual amount of token. A necessary amount of token calculating unit calculates a necessary amount of token for a station in which the residual amount of output buffer is larger than the residual amount of token. A token distributing unit distributes a token within a range of the surplus amount of token to a token counter of a station in which the necessary amount of token has been calculated, from a station in which the surplus amount of token has been calculated.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Prioritized Channel Assignment for Wireless Links]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095107.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Link capacity in a wireless medium is assigned by receiving at least one capacity request; and controlling the wireless link capacity based on at least the received capacity request. Link capacity is altered by reading priority information; creating a capacity request from the priority information read; transmitting the capacity request; receiving link configuration data; and configuring a wireless link to conform to the received allocation of link capacity. Link capacity is controlled by extracting the origin and priority of one or more packets received over the shared wireless medium; selecting the link capacity for one or more wireless links based at least in part on the extracted origin and priority of the one or more packets received, higher capacities are selected for origins from which higher priority packets are received; and transmitting the selected link capacity to the one or more wireless links.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cluster Path Processor Multi-Mode Time Alignment Having Expanded Search Window]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095141.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system for processing radio frequency (RF) signals includes a searcher and a plurality of Cluster Path Processor (CPPs). During CPP setup operations, a controlling process (or CPP) receives a timing reference signal corresponding to the information signal and establishing a sampling position of the CPP such that a selected tap of a plurality of taps of the CPP corresponds to the timing reference signal. During first CPP alignment adjustment operations, the controlling process or CPP determines early and late information signal correlation values using the plurality of taps of the CPP, the plurality of taps of the CPP with a first sampling spread and, based upon the early and late signal correlation values, adjusts the sampling position of the CPP. Further, during second CPP alignment adjustment operations, the controlling process or CPP searches for individual distinct signal path components of the information signal in a search window having a second sampling spread that is greater than the first sampling spread and, based upon at least one individual distinct path component of the information signal found in the search window having the second sampling spread, readjusts the sampling position of the CPP.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Detection for Codes With Non-Uniform Spreading Factors]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095139.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A plurality of communication signals is received. Each communication signal has an associated code. At least two of the communication signals has a different spreading factor. The associated codes have a scrambling code period. A total system response matrix has blocks. Each block has one dimension of a length M and another dimension of a length based on in part M and the spreading factor of each communication. M is based on the scrambling code period. Data of the received plurality of communication signals is received using the constructed system response matrix.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNIT TO UNIT TRANSFER SYNCHRONIZATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095196.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system facilitates improved module organization. The system includes a communication component that enables interaction between a primary module and at least one subsequent module. In addition, a synchronization component that coordinates operation of the primary module with at least one subsequent module through utilization of the communication component, where the synchronization component is included upon the primary module.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OBJECTS AND WiMax MANAGEMENT OBJECTS FOR MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095067.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for interfacing to an electronic device is disclosed. The interfacing may enable the electronic device to communicate with a WiMax network by provisioning parameters for various fields in WiMax management objects. The provisioning may be accomplished by a user of the electronic device, with help of a customer service representative of the WiMax network service provider, and/or information exchange between the servers of the WiMax network and the electronic device. The information exchange between the electronic device and the WiMax servers may occur, for example, per connection, periodically, and/or upon change of information for one or more of said management objects. Information for provisioning the electronic device may also be, for example, communicated via a non-WiMax network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[POWER SAVE ENHANCEMENTS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095091.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for improving power saving by stations in wireless networks are described. In an aspect, a source station sends a frame with a buffer status for a recipient station during an awake time for both stations and sends one or more data frames to the recipient station as indicated by the buffer status. The recipient station knows how many data frames to expect based on the buffer status and can go to sleep after receiving the expected number of data frames. In another aspect, a source station receives a frame with information on transmission opportunity (TXOP) bursting receive capability of a recipient station operating in a power save mode. The source station performs channel access at the start of a TXOP and sends multiple data frames in the TXOP to the recipient station based on the TXOP bursting receive capability of the recipient station.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Synchronous spectrum sharing by dedicated networks using OFDM/OFDMA signaling]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095100.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for synchronous spectrum sharing for a dedicated network in a wireless communication system based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signaling is disclosed. The system and method includes detecting a frame of a broadcast waveform and extracting idle spectrum information associated with the dedicated subchannel to the secondary user node. The system allows transmitting data from the secondary user node in unused symbol slots identified in the idle spectrum information thereby making efficient use of unused or idle spectrum. Accordingly, secondary users of the wireless communication system can dynamically form ad-hoc mesh network communications in fixed or mobile scenarios.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Self-improving channel-access protocol for ad-hoc networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095102.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication system includes devices configured to communicate with each other through a temporal sequence of frames. Each of these frames includes multiple sub-channels and network information. Note that the network information in a given frame transmitted from a first device includes identification information for a second device that is communicating with the first device and corresponding sub-channels used by the first device and the second device to transmit data. Furthermore, the first device and the second device are configured to dynamically reserve one or more sub-channels based on the network information when communicating with each other, and dynamic-reservation conflicts may occur in which the first device and the second device both reserve a common sub-channel.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER USING COMPRESSED INFORMATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095115.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the broadband wireless access communication system, handover using compressed information is performed by receiving a compressed broadcast message in a portable terminal, acquiring operator information and sector information from the compressed broadcast message, acquiring a preamble number from one of the compressed broadcast message and pre-stored information, identifying a cell and a sector based on the preamble number, the operator information, and the sector information, and when a sector of a handover target cell is a sector of another cell, executing inter-cell handover.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Data transmission record keeping method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095166.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a sending peer of a data unit transmission protocol, a first record of a data symbol stream ( 10 ) is maintained in terms of one or more first sequences of data units of a first format A, and simultaneously a second record of a data symbol stream ( 10 ) is maintained in terms of one or more sequences of data units of a second format B, where the first and second record have a common reference point ( 14 ) to the data symbol stream ( 10 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus for managing media independent handover and method using the same]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095117.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for managing a Media Independent Handover (MIH) service is provided. The MIH service management method includes setting state information of a Media Independent Handover Function (MIHF), and managing MIH services based on the set state information of the MIHF.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095164.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication apparatus according to the invention can be applied to constitute each of relay nodes provided to constitute a novel communication network which avoids the problem that the traffic of adjunctive information other than the traffic of essential communication information increases undesirably so that communication efficiency in the communication network is lowered. The communication apparatus comprises an interface unit  12  and a core unit  13 . Header data contained in framed data based on a communication signal from a signal receiving portion  21  is transmitted from the interface unit  12  to the core unit  13  and, in the core unit  13 , a comparison between the header data and history data preserved in a history database are carried out and a flag responding to a result of the comparison is added to the header data, so that the header data having the flag is transmitted to the interface unit  12  from the core unit  13 . In the interface unit  12 , identification information in the original header data is changed in response to the flag and an output communication signal based on the framed data having the changed identification information is produced to be transmitted.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Network Service Access]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095129.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Managing network service access includes receiving a packet data service request. The packet data service request is associated with a mobile subscriber and a service identifier that can bypass validation for accessing a traffic destination. Access is requested from an access node in response to the packet data service request. The access node maps a target access point to the mobile subscriber, where the target access point provides the mobile subscriber with access to the traffic destination. An access acceptance message is received from the access node, where the access acceptance message identifies the target access point. A packet data context is created by associating the target access point with the mobile subscriber to allow the mobile subscriber to access the traffic destination.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HARDWARE-ENFORCED LOOP AND NPIV HARD ZONING FOR FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCH FABRIC]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095152.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hardware-enforced zoning is provided in Fibre Channel switches to protect against breaching of assigned zones in a switch network which can occur with software-based zoning techniques. The invention provides logic for performing a hardware-based validation of the Source ID S_ID of frames both at the point where the frame enters the Fibre Channel fabric, and at the point where the frame leaves the fabric. The S_ID is verified against an inclusion list or table of allowable S_IDs, which can be unique for each fabric port. The invention provides a way to increase the range of sources an inclusion table can express, by implementing wild cards, on an entry-by entry basis. If the S_ID is valid, it will enter the fabric and route normally. If invalid, the frame will not be routed but will be disposed of by the fabric according to FC rules. This prevents incorrect S_IDs from breaching the table-driven zoning at the point where frames exit the fabric, to prevent unauthorized access to devices connected to the switch network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and Method for Load Balancing in a Wireless Lan]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095048.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for load balancing in wireless LANs is provided. The system and method uses a new management command comprising a management frame for load balancing purposes. The new “load balancing” management frame comprises a two part frame body: at least one AP Information set and at least one switch condition set. The switch condition set may further comprise specification of a predetermined algorithm.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control Channel Signaling in Wireless Communications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095122.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing control data values over a single physical control channel at least in part by dividing the control channel into one or more logical channels. The physical control channel can have a corresponding Walsh space for transmitting a number of bits, or representations thereof, and the Walsh space can be divided among the logical control channels. Additionally, the logical control channels and/or physical channel can be scrambled according to an identifier of a mobile device (such as MAC ID) to differentiate the data on the channel. Furthermore, a sector identifier can be used to scramble the data where the sector is ascertainable.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for providing a calling-party-designated ring announcement to a called party terminal]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095078.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method of providing Calling-Party-Designated Ring Announcements (CPDRA) is provided. The Calling Party designates a Ring Announcement (RA) of his/her choice and subsequently makes a call to the Called Party. A CPDRA Indicator is sent from the Originating End to the Terminating End of the telecommunications network indicating that the call a CPDRA call. The RA is played by a suitable Called Party terminal to alert the Called Party of an incoming call.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Approach for QoS control on un-wanted service (e.g. VoIP or Multimedia) over wireless and wireless IP network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095136.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus in one example has: at least one access network operatively coupled to an access and data network; and a controller in the access and packet data network, the controller determining access of data flow from the access network through the access and data network. Embodiments allow access or packet data service providers to control which types of services are allowed over their respective access and packet data networks.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACK/NACK SIGNAL TO SUPPORT HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FOR MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095040.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for transmitting an Acknowledge (ACK)/Non-Acknowledge (NACK) signal to support Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (H-ARQ) in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided. A controller selects one of a plurality of Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) input positions mapped to data channels over which a received data stream is transmitted in a group corresponding to a layer over which the received data stream is transmitted. The plurality of input positions is grouped into N groups for N layers for transmitting different data streams, and the input positions in each group are mapped to different data channels. A transmission module transmits an ACK/NACK signal for the received data stream over the DFT input position selected by the controller.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communications system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095162.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communications addressing system includes first and second communication devices. The first device is capable of at least sending a message using a system specific transmission protocol. The message has a content portion and an addressing portion. The addressing portion includes a unique identifier of an identified receiving entity. An entity identification system provides a least one communication link for a system specific transmission protocol which is derived from the unique identifier of the receiving entity. A security filter screens messages sent to the identified receiving entity. The second communication device is capable of at least receiving a message using at least one system specific transmission protocol. When a sending entity transmits a message using the unique identifier to the entity identification system, it will determine a communication link for at least one system specific transmission protocol for the identified receiving entity and transmit the message through the security filter.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for providing an adaptive value of TTL (Time to Live) for broadcast/multicast messages in a mesh network using a hybrid wireless mesh protocol]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095059.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method is disclosed for providing an adaptive value of a TTL (Time to Live) count for broadcast/multicast messages in a wireless mesh network using a hybrid wireless mesh protocol. A mesh point controller is provided that adaptively selects the value of the TTL count and routes the broadcast/multicast message through the wireless mesh network based on the adaptively selected value of the TTL count. The adaptive selection of the TTL count in accordance with the principles of the invention significantly reduces the number of broadcast/multicast messages that must be transmitted (flooded) through the mesh network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A COUNT VALUE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095142.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for updating a count value is provided. The count value includes a first portion stored in a non-volatile memory and a second portion stored in a volatile memory. The second portion of the count value is updated upon elapse of a period of time. The first portion of the count value is updated if the second portion of the count value overflowed and a use indicator corresponding to the first portion of the count value is set. The first portion of the count value is also updated if a power on reset event is detected and a use indicator corresponding to the first portion of the count value is set.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Batching and Compression for Ip Transmission]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095192.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A storage router and related method are presented for combining multiple host frames, such as Fibre Channel frames, together into a single datagram for tunneling transmission over an IP or similar network. The storage router operates by storing incoming host frames in a host frame buffer. When there is sufficient data in the buffer, multiple host frames are batched together, compressed, and converted into an IP datagram. The number of host frames to be batched together can be established through a variety of tests, including total bytes of data, number of frames, or through a time-out mechanism. The network layer then fragments the datagram into data link level frames, such as 1500 byte Ethernet frames. When the datagram arrives at the final destination, the segmented datagram is reconstructed, decompressed, and the multiple host frames are then extracted and passed on to the recipient host frame network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and communication device for routing unicast and multicast messages in an ad-hoc wireless network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095163.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and communication device for routing unicast and multicast messages. The method for routing a unicast message includes receiving a first control packet including routing parameters from a group header node, updating a routing table based upon the routing parameters, receiving a second control packet including additional routing parameters from a group node, updating the routing table based upon the additional routing parameters and generating a forwarding table from the routing table when both of the updated steps are completed. The unicast message is routed based upon the forwarding table. A method for routing a multicast message comprises receiving the multicast message, determining if a multicast group destination for the multicast message is in a multicast forwarding table (MFT), determining if the multicast message has been previously forwarded and forwarding the multicast message if the message was not previously forwarded and the multicast group destination is in the MFT.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Metaprotocol for Network Communications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095178.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method that allows nodes of a distributed node network to publish messages to other nodes or objects, where the messages may have different protocols. The protocols are pre-established in advance of transmission, so that any given message can be sent as necessary to a subscribing node, where the subscribing node is equipped to receive the message, even though the message may have a particular associated protocol. Prior to passing messages, the nodes swap publishing tables. This allows each node to know in advance what messages can be expected and what protocol a message will have.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Enhanced Site Report by Low Latency Roaming by Passive Scanning in Ieee 802.11 Networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095125.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In order to reduce the average wait time, information regarding regulatory domain, a component of channel availability, may be obtained through an apparatus and method for transmitting within available channels in a wireless network. This includes determining available channels in a wireless network by: receiving regulatory domain information within the wireless network; generating a frame with at least one component corresponding to the regulatory domain information; transmitting the frame unsolicited by a beacon; receiving the report at a STA; and determining whether a channel is available for transmission based, at least in part, on the component corresponding to said regulatory domain information contained in the frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SEQUENCE-PRESERVING DEEP-PACKET PROCESSING IN A MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095170.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Packets or frames of data may be compressed, encrypted/decrypted, filtered, classified, searched or subjected to other deep-packet processing operations before being distributed through the internet. The microprocessor system and method of the present invention provide for the orderly processing of such data packets without disrupting or changing the sequence in which the data is intended to be transmitted to its destination. This is achieved by receiving frames into an input buffer for processing. Associated with this input buffer is a unit for determining the operation to be performed on each frame. An arbitrator assigns each frame to a processing core engine. An output buffer collects the processed frames, and a sequencer forwards the processed frames from the output buffer to their destination in the same order as received by the input/output buffer. Maintaining the sequence of data transmission is particularly useful in voice transmission, such as videos and movies.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD OF DEPLOYING AN ACCESS POINT FOR AN IP-BASED WIRELESS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095086.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of deploying a wireless router as an access point for an IP-based wireless telecommunications network. The wireless router is packaged with a tutorial on a compact disc in such a way that a user unpacking the wireless router is clearly instructed to insert the compact disc into a computer prior to continuing with any set-up. Once the compact disc is inserted into a computer, a set-up facility guides the user in a step-by-step fashion on how to install and appropriately configure the wireless router for use with a mobile communication device. Security between the wireless router and the communication device may be automatically enabled by depressing a button on the wireless router.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION VIA A SHARED CHANNEL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095185.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for sending a channel quality indication (CQI) via a shared channel while a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is in a Cell_FACH state without having a dedicated channel allocated for the WTRU are disclosed. A WTRU performs a measurement of at least one parameter and generates a CQI based on the measurement. The WTRU then transmits the CQI via a random access channel (RACH). The CQI may be transmitted using an RACH preamble. A plurality of signature sequences may be divided into a plurality of groups. The WTRU may select one group based on the CQI and randomly select a signature sequence among signature sequences in the selected group for transmitting the RACH preamble. The CQI may be appended to the RACH preamble. The CQI may be transmitted via a control part or a data part of the RACH message.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method to control radio devices based on user environment policy requirements]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095097.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method is disclosed for the automatic enforcement of wireless-enabled device usage policies within a predetermined environment. A wireless usage policy manager enforces predetermined usage policies by automatically disabling or limiting the operation of wireless-enabled devices as they enter the predetermined boundaries of the wireless policy management environment. Information elements of existing wireless communications protocols are appended or extended and then communicated to subject wireless devices, and then implemented at the time of handover to limit their behavior. Similar information elements are communicated and implemented when the wireless-enabled devices exit the predetermined boundaries of the wireless policy management environment to automatically restore their prior operational state without user actions.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095036.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Interference management is provided through use of a user-based interference control and/or a network-based interference control. For user-based interference control, the terminals are informed of the inter-sector interference observed by the neighbor sectors and can adjust their transmit powers accordingly so that the inter-sector interference is maintained within acceptable levels. For network-based interference control, each sector is informed of the inter-sector interference observed by the neighbor sectors and regulates data transmissions for its terminals such that the inter-sector interference is maintained within acceptable levels. Each system may utilize only user-based interference control, or only network-based interference control, or both.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Low-Power Wireless Beaconing Network Supporting Proximal Formation, Separation and Reformation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095126.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A low power wireless communication (personal LAN) system includes a plurality of wireless devices with each wireless device including a radio transceiver. The radio transceiver may take the form of an insertable card that fits within a slot in the wireless device. The plurality of wireless devices establishes a wireless network with at least two of the plurality of wireless devices share beaconing responsibilities to coordinate operation of the wireless network. The beaconing responsibilities may be shared on a round robin basis or may be shared according to the operating characteristics of the wireless devices with some wireless devices assuming greater beaconing responsibilities than other of the wireless devices. One of the plurality of wireless devices may separate from the wireless network to become a separated wireless device. In such case, at least one of the wireless devices attempts to reestablish communications with the separated wireless device. Further, the separated wireless device may also attempt to reestablish communication with the wireless network. At least two of the wireless devices may separate from the wireless network to form an alternate wireless network separate from the wireless network. In such case, the at least two wireless devices of the alternate network may rejoin the wireless network after the separation. The wireless devices may establish the wireless network when proximate to one another and operating at a lower power level while continuing operation at a higher power level. The wireless devices establish the wireless network when in a first proximity to one another and continue to communicate while in a second proximity to one another.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Circuit and method of autonomous FoIP/MoIP/ToIP call establishment]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095145.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed are new methods of fax-over-IP (FoIP), modem-over-IP (MoIP) or text-over-IP (ToIP) call establishment based on detecting a combination of contra-propagating signals from calling and answering terminals for autonomous connection of media gateways.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication System and Method for Sending Isochronous Streaming Data Within a Frame Segment Using a Signaling Byte]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095190.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication system, network interface, and communication port is provided for interconnecting a network of multimedia devices. The multimedia devices can send streaming and/or non-streaming data across the network. The network accommodates all such types of data and assigns data types to time slots or frame segments within each frame to ensure streaming data maintains its temporal relationship at the receiver consistent with the transmitter. A signaling byte is preferably used to keep track of an amount by which isochronous streaming data occupies a frame segment.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and system for high speed wireless data transmission between communication devices]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095104.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Herein described are at least a method and a system for transmitting high speed wireless data from a first communication device to a second communication device. The method comprises using a first physical layer for transmitting management data or control signals between the first and second devices. In one embodiment, the management data may be used to authenticate and assign an appropriate wireless communication channel between the first and second device. The wireless communication channel is established by implementing a second physical layer in each of the first and second devices. The wireless communication channel may be used to transmit the high speed wireless data. The system comprises a first communication device and a second communication device wherein each of the first communication device and the second communication device utilizes a first physical layer and a second physical layer.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Requesting Permission from a Base Station to Send Packets Queued at a Mobile Station According to its Transmission Delay]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095055.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of operating a communications system which comprises a communication station (UE 1 ) and a further station (BS), the stations having means ( 26, 10 ) whereby they can communicate with each other, and the communication station having buffer memory means (BUF 1  to BUFn) for storing data units in at least one queue. One of the stations (UE 1 , BS) has means ( 36 ) for estimating the transmission delay of at least one of the data units in the at least one queue, and means ( 30 ) responsive to the estimated transmission delay exceeding a threshold value for requesting permission from the further station (BS) to enable the communication station (UE 1 ) to transmit at least one data unit to the further station (BS). The further station (i.e. the base station) will either “grant” the permission (in the form of an acceptance of using a certain rate, to transmit to a certain power level, or to transmit for a certain period of time).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-CARRIER FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (FDM) ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH SPEED DIGITAL SERVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095083.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An architecture for providing high-speed access over frequency-division multiplexed (FDM) channels allows transmission of ethernet frames and/or other data across a cable transmission network or other form of FDM transport. The architecture involves downstream and upstream FDM multiplexing techniques to allow contemporaneous, parallel communications across a plurality of frequency channels. Furthermore, the architecture allows a central concentrator to support a plurality of remote devices that each have guaranteed bandwidth through connection-oriented allocations of bi-directional data flows. The upstream and downstream bandwidth allocation can support symmetrical bandwidth as well as asymmetrical bandwidth in either direction. The architecture generally can be used to support connection-oriented physical layer connectivity between a remote device and the central concentrator. Furthermore, the architecture may be integrated into other higher level devices such as, but not limited to, bridges, switches, routers, and/or gateways. The architecture generally may peacefully coexist with other services commonly-found in cable distribution networks.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OFFSET REDUCTION IN A TDOA LOCATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095131.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for reducing synchronization offset errors in a TDOA location finding wireless system, comprising: receiving transmissions from at least one sync unit at multiple location transceivers, wherein the multiple location transceivers are synchronized from the sync unit; determining actual times-of-arrival of the received transmissions in response to receiving transmissions; performing a wireless distance measurement between the transceivers and the at least one sync unit, the wireless distance measurement performed by the transceivers in response to the received transmissions from the at least one sync unit; computing an actual propagation time between the sync unit to the transceivers; computing differences between the actual propagation time and theoretical propagation time determined in conformity with the predetermined locations; estimating synchronization offset error of the transceivers in conformity with the computed differences; and correcting the synchronization offset error.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IPv6 ADDRESS CONFIGURATION METHOD IN WIRELESS MOBILE NETOWRK AND APPARATUS THEREFOR]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095154.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An IPv6 address configuration method for a terminal in a wireless mobile network and an apparatus therefor are provided. In the wireless mobile network, an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address configuration apparatus is provided to a router (access control router; ACR) or a base station (radio access station; RAS). In the address configuration apparatus, a MAC access procedure is performed to extract information required for IPv6 address allocation procedure, and the address is configured by using available fields of a message. In addition, a duplicate address detector (DAD) in which the terminal directly takes part is omitted by using information on the router (ACR) or the base station (RAS). In addition, during the IPv6 address configuration procedure, in order to prevent messages of IPv6 from being transmitted in a wireless region, an agent for address configuration is provided to the terminal. The router (ACR) acquires information required for the address configuration by using a portion of fields of MAC management messages. Accordingly, in the wireless mobile network, it is possible to reduce a time taken for an initial access procedure in which an IPv6 address is allocated to the terminal and to reduce consumption of wireless resource.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication terminal apparatus, communication connection apparatus, and communication method using them]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095084.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the conventional network using the PPP stipulated by RFC1661, the LCP phase to establish an LCP link, the authentication phase, and the NCP phase such as address assignment processing of the NCP are sequentially conducted each time the line connection is performed, and hence the connection takes a certain period of time. Particular, in the case of the mobile communication, there is often performed operation in which connection and disconnection are frequently conducted in a short period of time, and hence when the operation up to the connection takes a long period of time, the usability is deteriorated. Therefore, a need exists for a configuration of an apparatus and a communication method to reduce the connection time. In the configuration, control information such as authentication policy and protocols for use beforehand determined in the communication system are set to each apparatus to conduct communication such that the respective processing phases of the LCP, authentication, and NCP processing phases are executed in parallel according to the values set as above. Also, in the configuration, the communication between the apparatuses is conducted using a combined PPP packet created by combining with each other the respective packets of the LCP, authentication, and NCP packets as the PPP packets to be communicated in the respective phases to thereby perform the PPP connection.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOOPING BACK TRAFFIC IN QIQ ETHERNET RINGS AND 1:1 PROTECTED PBT TRUNKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095047.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A resilient virtual Ethernet ring has nodes interconnected by working and protection paths. If a span fails, the two nodes immediately on either side of the failure are cross-connected to fold the ring. Working-path traffic is cross-connected onto the protection path at the first of the two nodes and is then cross-connected back onto the working path at the second of the two nodes so that traffic always ingresses and egresses the ring from the working path. A traffic originating node, upon determining that transmitted packets are being looped back due to a fault on a primary path, is adapted to switch transmission of data packets from the primary path to a secondary path.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING RELAY SERVICE IN MULTIHOP RELAY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095038.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for supporting a relay service in a multihop relay wireless communication system are provided. The method includes setting Tx/Rx mode switch region information of a Relay Station (RS). A signal is sent to a Mobile Station (MS) traveling in a service coverage during a first interval of a DownLink (DL) subframe according to resource allocation information. The mode switch region information and a signal are sent over a second interval of the DL subframe. Accordingly, the RS can communicate with a Base Station (BS) with accurate synchronization.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LINKING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WITH DUAL PREMISE ROUTING DOMAINS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095157.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention is directed to a system for linking a first autonomous network system to at least one second autonomous network system. The first autonomous network system having a first private IP address space and the at least one second autonomous network system having at least one second private IP address space. The first private IP address space and the at least one second private IP address space are at least partially overlapping. The system includes a first routing domain including the first autonomous network system and at least one second routing domain including the at least one second autonomous network system. A geographically diverse linking autonomous system couples the first autonomous network system and the at least one second autonomous network system. The linking autonomous system includes a first routing domain management system configured to manage the first routing domain, and at least one second routing domain management system configured to manage the at least one second routing domain.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BEACON ASSISTED CELL SEARCH IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095108.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for transmitting synchronization signals to assist user equipments (UEs) perform cell searches are described. In one design, a base station for a cell may generate and transmit a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal, which may be used by the UEs for initial cell search at power up. The base station may also generate and transmit one or more beacon signals, which may be used by the UEs for neighbor cell search to detect for neighbor cells. The number of beacon signals to transmit and the set of subcarriers usable for each beacon signal may be determined based on the system bandwidth. Each beacon signal may be mapped to one subcarrier in the set of subcarriers in each beacon symbol period. This one subcarrier may be determined based on a beacon hopping pattern or a beacon code and may be dependent on a cell identifier (ID).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH A BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FUNCTION AND A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095127.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication apparatus includes management units and a decision unit. The apparatus is capable of receiving a plurality of items of data each including data frames each transmitted from the same data transmitter and managed under the same traffic identifier. The apparatus acknowledges the transmission of the data for the data transmitter in response to the reception of the data. Each of the management units holds acknowledgement information to acknowledge the transmission for each of the items of data. The decision unit, when the data is newly received, causes any one of the management units whose information amount of the acknowledgement information already held is smaller not only to discard the acknowledgement information but also to hold the acknowledgement information on the newly received data.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Communication quality management and apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095159.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A server proxy ( 12 ), which is arranged between a distribution server ( 11 ) and a router ( 13 a ), adds quality information to a packet ( 19 a ) from the distribution server ( 11 ) to output a packet ( 19 b ). A plurality of reception terminal proxies ( 17 a -17 n ), which are arranged immediately before respective reception terminals ( 18 a -18 n ), remove the quality information from the packet ( 19 b ) distributed via a network ( 14 ) and routers ( 13 b -13 m ), and distribute only necessary information to the respective reception terminals ( 18 ). Each reception terminal proxy ( 17 ) which includes a quality information acquisition unit ( 17 A) acquires the quality information to transmit, from a quality information calculation/transmission unit ( 17 B), the quality information ( 51 ) to an accumulation server ( 15 ). The accumulation server ( 15 ) saves, in a quality information database, packet quality information ( 52 ) for each reception terminal ( 18 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for performing handovers in a communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095138.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method for the performing of handover in a communication system. In the method a transport connection establishment request is sent from a first network node to a second network node. A node name is obtained for the second network node. A handover condition is detected by the first network node. A new address is obtained for the first network node. The new address for the first network node is updated to a name service node. A transport connection migration request is sent from the first node to the second network node. The transport connection migration request comprises a token, which identifies the connection.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for Hand-Over Between Asynchronous Communication Network and Synchronous Communication Network of Multi Mode Multi Band Mobile Communication Terminal and Mobile Communication Terminal Therefor]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095111.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed are a method for hand-over between an asynchronous communication network and a synchronous communication network of multi mode multi band mobile communication terminal and mobile communication terminal therefor to improve the hand-over connecting rate between an asynchronous communication network and a synchronous communication network in a mixed mobile communication system of an asynchronous network and a synchronous network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Transmission Schedule Constructing Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095123.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A transmission schedule constructing apparatus capable of constructing a transmission schedule for use in time division multiple access of stations on a power line communication network to a power line which is a communication medium, in which the transmission schedule is constructed based on a cyclic change in a transmission quality of communication medium depending on an alternating current power source cycle on the power line and a parameter relating to transmission quality designated in the schedule allocation request.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for Reestablishment of Ip Address for Idle Mode Mss and Method for Transmitting Information Thereof in Broadband Wireless Access System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095088.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of updating an IP address of an idle mode mobile subscriber station in an IP based broadband wireless access system and method of transmitting information for updating the IP address are disclosed. In updating an IP address of a mobile subscriber moving away into a second base station area from a first base station area in a broadband wireless access system, the present invention includes the steps of in the first base station area, entering an idle mode, in the second base station area, receiving information about an IP address update in the idle mode, and according to the received information, changing or retaining an IP address.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus And Method For Determining Call Quality In A Communication System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095069.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication system comprises functionality for measuring call quality in connection with a user termination of a call. Specifically, a call quality estimator ( 119 ) comprises a termination processor ( 201 ) which determines a user call termination for a call. In response to the detection, a quality estimator ( 203 ) determines a termination call quality measure for a call quality at the user call termination. For example, an error rate in a time interval of duration between 10 seconds and 60 seconds before the detection of the call termination may be determined. A transmit controller ( 205 ) then transmits the termination call quality measure to a call quality processor ( 117 ). The call quality processor ( 117 ) may statistically process the termination call quality measures from a plurality of calls to evaluate performance of the cellular communication system. The correlation of the termination call quality measure with the user call termination provides for data which more accurately reflects the user perceived call quality.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Explicit Multicast Service in Ethernet]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095177.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for explicit multicast service in Ethernet for executing an explicit multicast service designed for point-to-point link in Ethernet effectively. According to the present invention, there is provided a method and an apparatus for providing explicit multicast service by a router connected to the Ethernet and apparatus thereof. The method and the apparatus perform as follows: receives the explicit multicast data packet to be transmitted to the Ethernet, detects a path of the explicit multicast data packet by use of the explicit multicast data packet, determines a next node on the path of the explicit multicast data packet, sets an Ethernet address of the next node as an Ethernet address of destination of the explicit multicast data packet, and transmits the explicit multicast data packet to the next node.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Relay Apparatus and Failure Monitoring Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095063.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a failure monitoring unit, a packet sending unit sends a failure monitoring packet to a card to monitor whether a failure has occurred in a communication path to the card. A failure judging unit judges whether a failure has occurred in the communication path based on any one of presence or absence of a response and content of a response from the card in response to the failure monitoring packet. A send-timing controlling unit monitors traffic volume on the communication path, and controls a frequency of sending of the failure monitoring packet based on the current traffic volume.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TELEPHONY USER INTERFACE TO SPECIFY SPATIAL AUDIO DIRECTION AND GAIN LEVELS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095077.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving through a telephony user interface from a user at the telephony user interface an indication of a first direction of a sound source along a first axis with respect to the user and a second direction of the sound source along a second axis with respect to the user. The first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis. The method further involves communicating the indication of the first direction and the second direction to enable audio communication of sound originating at the sound source to the user as if coming from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the user.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OPERATION MODE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095090.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An operation mode control apparatus and method for a mobile terminal includes transitioning, if a packet is received at the dormant state, from the dormant state to the active state; determining, if a packet is received at the active state, whether the packet is an unsolicited packet; discarding, if the packet is an unsolicited packet, the packet and transitioning to the dormant state; and maintaining, if the packet is a solicited packet, the activate state.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OPERATING MODE TRANSITION METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR POWER SAVING OF MOBILE STATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095092.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An operating mode transition method and control apparatus for power saving of a mobile station in a wireless communication environment are disclosed. The operating mode transition method includes receiving, in an idle mode, a control message having an indication of ranging from a corresponding base station, transitioning to a sleep mode, upon reception of the control message, and performing a ranging procedure in the sleep mode.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Power Control in a Radio Communication System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095081.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Power control in a communication system ( 100 ) employing a Downlink Shared Control Channel (DSCH) and a Forward Access Control Channel (FACH) is described. The method includes, applying power control on the Downlink Shared Control Channel; deriving power control information from the power control on the Downlink Shared Control Channel; and applying to the Forward Access Control Channel the derived power control information from the power control on the Downlink Shared Control Channel in order to produce power control on the Forward Access Control Channel. The power control of the Forward Access Control Channel may be implemented by scheduling data in response to the derived power control information.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus, system and method adapted to filter out redundant TCP ACKs in wireless networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095099.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transmitter operable in a wireless local area network and adapted to filter out redundant TCP ACK-s. In an embodiment of the present invention the apparatus may further comprise when a TCP ACK with a given sequence number arrives to a wireless link sending queue, a comparison may be made to other TCP ACK-s of the same connection and those with sequence numbers less than the given sequence number may be dropped from this queue.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Network Control Time Spans]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095052.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for efficiently utilizing network bandwidth in a network having multiple components that need to transfer a number of different datasets. The invention provides that distinct data transfer service agents be deployed to manage different kinds of data, and that each service has a separate network control schedule that can be independently controlled from the other services, resulting in a an easily configurable system where large content transfers can easily be restricted to non peak hours and smaller control and reporting data transfers can still be permitted during some or all peak times. In a digital signage network, this invention allows large data transfers of advertising content to be restricted to non peak hours, but advertising control and reporting can occur more frequently, and can easily be specified and modified to maximize efficiency of network resources. The invention further recognizes that common schedule arrangements are either to allow data transfers at all times or to restrict transfers to a particular time, and teaches a scheme, where if a whitelist of times is present, it restricts data transfers to listed times, but if the whitelist is not present for an entire day, data transfer are allowed rather than disallowed for that day.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mechanism for automatic global network configuration and switch parameter setting using radius/AAA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095148.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for controlling the ports of the switches in a network that has particular application for a cluster of switches that are controlled by a RADIUS/AAA server. Each switch in the cluster of switches transmits interim accounting messages to the server identifying the data activity on each active port of the switch. The server includes a monitoring entity program that compares the accounting messages with the known configuration records of the ports in the switch to determine whether the ports are operating properly. If a port of a switch in the cluster is not operating properly, the monitoring entity program will send a switch control message to a control entity program on the switch telling the switch what to do with the malfunctioning port, such as shut down the port or open other ports.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technique For Interconnecting Intermediate Network Nodes]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095167.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A technique is provided for relaying data packets by an intermediate network node ( 505 - 520 ), the data packets being transported via a protocol, such as SCTP, in which an association containing one or more streams transporting sequenced data packets is established between two network components. The technique receives, by a transport layer, packets with individual sequence numbers from a plurality of inbound streams ( 310 ). These packets are forwarded by the transport layer to a user layer without sorting ( 320 ). Thereafter, the user layer selects an outbound stream for each of the packets ( 330 ), and the packets, each of which having a sequence number that preserves the packet order determined by its original sequence number, are sent to the transport layer for transmission via the selected outbound streams.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING MULTICAST GROUPS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095183.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention includes a method and apparatus for dynamically establishing a multicast group. The method includes receiving, from a first user device, a request to establish a multicast group including a plurality of parameters adapted for establishing the multicast group, obtaining a multicast address for the multicast group, and establishing the multicast group using the assigned multicast address and the parameters. The parameters include at least one multicast group definition parameter and at least one multicast session description parameter. The multicast address and at least a portion of the parameters are adapted for being provided to a second user device to enable the second user device to dynamically join the multicast group.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Techniques for virtual conferencing servers]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095079.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for virtual conferencing servers are described. An apparatus may comprise a conferencing server to manage a conference call with multiple client terminals. The conferencing server may have a virtual conference manager to select a first client terminal to operate as a first virtual conferencing server, and transfer conference call operations for a second client terminal from the conferencing server to the first virtual conferencing server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and Method for Exchanging Awareness Information in a Network Environment]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095169.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for communicating packets in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a packet at a network element and identifying a sequence number included in the packet that correlates to awareness information associated with one or more adjacent network elements. A table included in the network element may be updated in order to account for the awareness information included within the packet that has not been accounted for by the network element. In cases where the awareness information included in the packet has already been accounted for, the packet may be ignored.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DATA RELAY DEVICE, DATA RELAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095181.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A data relay device includes a plurality of transmission ports that constitutes a logical port, and stores therein a MAC learning table and a CoS distribution table. The data relay device reads a MAC address and a CoS value from a frame, and reads a logical-port ID corresponding to the MAC address from the MAC learning table. The data relay device reads a transmission-port ID corresponding to the logical-port ID and the CoS value from the CoS distribution table, and outputs the frame to a transmission port indicated by the transmission-port ID. On the transmission port, the frame is stored in a transmission queue corresponding to the CoS value, and the frame is transmitted at a shaping rate assigned to the transmission queue.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Adaptation for Wireless Communications with Enhanced Quality of Service]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095124.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques and systems designed to dynamically control communications between wireless devices and an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to enhance the quality of service (QoS). Described techniques and systems may be implemented to further enhance QoS in WLANs under IEEE 802.11e.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Geographic information transceiving system and methood thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095096.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is a geographic information transceiving system and method using a digital broadcasting network. The system and method segments new geographic and map data of a region, on which a geographic information service is provided, makes data segment files of different sizes, and multiplexes and transmits the files. A geographic information transmitting system includes: a geographic information collector for receiving real-time geographic information and real-time traffic information; a geographic information processor for extracting/processing local geographic information and local traffic information from the geographic information collecting means and outputting whole area information, geographic information and traffic information for a plurality of resolution levels; a digital broadcasting unit for converting and transmitting the geographic information/traffic information data in conformity to digital broadcast signals; a geographic information multiplexer for multiplexing the geographic information/traffic information data; and a transmitter for transmitting the multiplexed geographic information/traffic information data to a corresponding region.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Server apparatus, screen sharing method and computer readable medium]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095151.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is provided with a method of performing in a server apparatus sharing an image to be displayed on a screen with a client terminal, including: updating a part of an image in a frame buffer; generating a first packet which includes first area information indicating a first area updated in the image, a first image which is an image after update in the first area and a sequence number assigned by a sequence number counter and transmitting it; storing a set of the first area information and the sequence number in a storage; receiving a retransmission request including a sequence number from the client terminal; detecting a second area which is not updated in the first image which corresponds to the sequence number included in the retransmission request after the transmission of the first image by referring to the storage; acquiring a second image in the second area from the frame buffer.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Transmission in a Communication Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095058.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile ad hoc network describes an ad hoc network in which each connection point or network node changes its position dynamically. Such a network is known for rapid changes of the network topology whereas each node is able to join and leave the network dynamically and often without warning. These dynamic changes can lead to the degrading of the stability of links between the network nodes. According to the present invention, a method is provided to smoothly replace degrading links with stable ones. Advantageously, this results in higher network stability and offers a high flexibility for routes in a dynamically changing network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Roadside network unit and method of organizing, managing and maintaining local network using local peer groups as network groups]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095134.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An ad-hoc wireless network with a roadside network unit (RSU) and a local peer group (LPG). The LPG is formed from a plurality of moving vehicles. The LPG includes a group header node (GH) for managing the LPG. The GH is elected from one of the moving vehicles. The LPG further includes group nodes (GN) designated from the remaining moving vehicles in a given area. Each of the moving vehicles, whether the GH or the GN, communicates with other using routing paths created based upon a first control packet broadcast from the GH and a second control packet broadcast from each of the GN. Each moving vehicle communicates with the RSU using a routing paths created based upon a beacon broadcast by the RSU and a reply signal from each of the moving vehicles. The RSU can also be a member of the LPG and act as GN or GH.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State Restoration in a Communication Network Via Redundant State Storing]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095041.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one aspect, a method for restoration of states maintained in a signalization component of a communication network, after a failure or disruption is provided. An additional signalization component of the communication network is distributed to at least one state in order to protect the states and is stored in said component in the form of a copy. After a failure or disruption of the signalization component, the state stored in the additional signalization components is called up by the signalization component for restoration.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ROOT MOBILE ROUTER AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF IN DYNAMICALLY COMPOSED MOVING NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095113.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is a root mobile router and the operating method thereof in a dynamically composed moving network, capable of forming a self-configuring ad-hoc network between wireless personal area networks (WPANs) of each user in a moving network and supporting a stable connection between the network and the Internet. The method includes the steps of: receiving state information of multiple access networks and selecting an optimal access network in order to connect to the Internet; receiving a result of the selection and activating an interface of the selected access network; changing the selected access network to the activated access network interface; and updating routing path information automatically and stably transmitting an IP packet to the Internet through the selected access network interface. Therefore, a personal mobile terminal can be utilized as a mobile router.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for improved communications networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095197.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Erroneous data due to faults are prevented from propagating through a distributed network node having diversely routed communications links by using a fault masking technique that eliminates the 60 ms of error propagation time associated with SONET networks. The fault masking technique can also prevent random bit errors from propagating through the distributed network node. A frame alignment technique used in the network node is scalable for very wide words (e.g., 128 bits) for use with high speed optical communications protocols, such as OC-192.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER USING PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (PDCP) REORDERING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095116.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Improving communication efficiency in handover re-establishing an ARQ entity in a mobile communication system is disclosed. The method includes transmitting first Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Packet Data Units (PDUs) correctly received from the source cell, together with a special indication requiring reordering of the first PDCP PDUs, from a Radio Link Control (RLC) receiving buffer to a PDCP receiving entity when a handover command message from a source cell to a target cell is received; buffering the first PDCP PDUs in a PDCP PDU reordering buffer by the PDCP receiving entity in response to the special indication; and when a second PDCP PDU is received from the target cell through a new RLC receiving entity for the target cell, outputting third PDCP PDUs up to a PDCP PDU before a first missing PDCP PDU having a sequence number higher than that of the second PDCP PDU from the PDCP reordering buffer. In the method, a PDCP entity performs reordering, thereby improving efficiency of communication.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING A LOCAL NETWORK OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095128.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of managing electronic devices includes providing a main server including software for managing network resources from a single point of administration, receiving at the main server wireless data packets from a plurality of wireless electronic devices, and determining a registered device among the plurality of wireless electronic devices. The registered device is then wirelessly connecting to the main server to create a wireless local area network (LAN), and is managed using the software. The registered device may be an appliance, an environmental control device, or an entertainment device and the LAN may be a home or office LAN.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for handover decision by using context information in a mobile communications network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095120.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for deciding a handover of a mobile terminal based on context information in a network environment includes receiving context information from the terminal and networks; evaluating selection priorities of network interfaces for each transmission path for each application program based on the context information; and obtaining a handover decision value for selecting a best network interface from among the networks by applying a cost function to the evaluated selection priority. Further, an apparatus for deciding a handover of a mobile terminal based on context information in a network environment, includes a monitor that collects context information from the terminal and networks; an analyzer that evaluates selection priorities of the networks for each transmission path for each application program based on the context information; and a planner that obtains a handover decision value for each transmission path of each application program based on the selection priorities.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for reducing inter-cell interference in communications system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095133.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The application discloses a method for avoiding inter-cell interference in a cellular communications system. In the method, a user terminal (UE 2 ) measures ( 6 - 3 ) control signalling ( 6 - 2 ) of a first, serving base station (BS 3 ) and control signalling ( 6 - 1 ) of a second base station (BS 2 ), the user terminal (UE 2 ) being within the coverage area of the serving base station (BS 3 ) and the coverage area of the second base station (BS 2 ). Based on the measuring, the user terminal calculates ( 6 - 4 ) a timing difference between the signalling from the serving base station (BS 3 ) and the signalling from the second base station (BS 2 ). Information on the timing difference is provided ( 6 - 5 ) to the serving base station (BS 3 ). Based on the timing difference, the serving base station (BS 3 ) schedules ( 6 - 6 ) data transmission ( 6 - 7 ) to be transmitted to the user terminal (UE 2 ) non-simultaneously with the control signalling ( 6 - 1 ) from the second base station (BS 2 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Synchronous spectrum sharing based on OFDM/OFDMA signaling]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095135.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for synchronous spectrum sharing for use in a wireless communication system based on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signaling is disclosed. The system includes a frame detector configured to detect a frame of a broadcast waveform and extract idle spectrum information for the frame to the secondary user node. The system allows transmitting data from the secondary user node in unused symbol slots identified in the idle spectrum information thereby making efficient use of unused or idle spectrum. Accordingly, secondary users of the wireless communication system can dynamically form ad-hoc mesh network communications in fixed or mobile scenarios.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HEALTHCARE COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH INTRA-ROOM NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095156.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hospital bed, patient/nurse call system, and a hospital network are provided. Communication is provided over a packet based communication network.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Device, system, and method for partitioning and framing communication signals in broadband wireless access networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095195.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for partitioning frames into sub-frames, where the frames may be defined according to a reference system standard, and transmitting one or more sub-frames during a pre-designated downlink transmission, and transmitting one or more sub-frames during a pre-designated uplink transmission. A method and system for partitioning frames into sub-frames, transmitting one or more sub-frames including a legacy preamble for communicating with a legacy terminal operating according to a reference system standard during a pre-designated legacy transmission period, and transmitting sub-frames including a supplemental preamble for communicating with a non-legacy terminal operating according to the evolved version of the reference system standard during a pre-designated non-legacy transmission period. A method and system for partitioning each of two or more frames into two or more sub-frames and transmitting the sub-frames for a non-relay transmission including transmitting a (DL:BS-&gt;MS/RS) sub-frame during a pre-designated downlink transmission and a (UL:MS/RS-&gt;BS) sub-frame during a pre-designated uplink transmission, and transmitting sub-frames for a relay transmission including transmitting a (DL:RS-&gt;MS) sub-frame during a pre-designated downlink transmission and a (UL:MS-&gt;RS) sub-frame during a pre-designated uplink transmission.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NETWORK IDENTIFIER POLLING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095130.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method of polling for a network identifier value is provided. Within a wireless device, a transport layer or application layer polls a radio layer for a network identifier value on a first basis. However, upon occurrence of an event of a predefined type, the transport layer polls for the network identifier value on a more frequent basis than the first basis. At some later time, the transport layer polls for the network identifier value on the first basis. Accordingly, the transport layer achieves a balance of polling frequently at certain times so as to obtain an accurate network identifier value while minimizing undue polling at other times so as to conserve battery power.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods, Apparatuses and Systems Facilitating Concurrent Classification and Control of Tunneled and Non-Tunneled Network Traffic]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095054.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating the concurrent classification and control of tunneled and non-tunneled data flows in a packet-based computer network environment. As discussed in more detail below, embodiments of the present invention allow for the “intra-tunnel” classification of data flows and, based on the classification, the deterministic and intelligent application of aggregate bandwidth utilization controls on data flows corresponding to a given tunnel. Embodiments of the present invention allow for the allocation of bandwidth on an application-level basis between tunneled and non-tunneled traffic, as well as between applications within a given tunnel. Other embodiments of the present invention can be configured to provide a differentiated security model for non-tunneled and tunneled traffic. In addition, embodiments of the present invention can be further configured to implement a layered security model for tunneled traffic.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR COLLECTING PACKET INFORMATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095153.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A connection-basis identification information storing unit receives connection-basis identification information for identifying a packet for which information on the packet is to be collected, and stores received connection-basis identification information. A connection-basis packet information collecting unit acquires the information receives stores if a packet that is identified by the stored connection-basis identification information is received, and stores acquired information in a predetermined storage unit on the basis of the connection identified by a combination of a transmission source address and a transmission destination address included in the packet.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR OBTAINING QOS INFORMATION OF A SESSION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095060.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a method for obtaining Quality of Service (QoS) information of a session. The present invention may obtain QoS information of a session by analyzing a control message of the session on a Media Proxy (MP). The present invention may also make a QoS analysis only on the session which needs the QoS analysis, according to configured policy information, and returns the corresponding QoS analysis result to a Signaling Proxy (SP) or another particular server. Moreover, for the session on which the QoS analysis needs to be made, it may be configured that the QoS analysis is to be made on only parts of the control messages. Therefore, the implementation of the present invention may not only save processing resources of the MP but also increase the efficiency of the QoS analysis for the session during the QoS analyzing and processing procedure.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCALIZED VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL USAGE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095147.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An approach to abstracting the circuit switched nature of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by using VoIP to provide voice actuated services is disclosed. By carrying a telephone call using VoIP technology for a short distance (frequently within a server room) significant benefits to call handling and capacity management can be obtained. Specifically, a PSTN-to-IP gateway is used to receive (and place) calls over the PSTN and route those calls internally to servers over an IP network in a packet switched format. A number of computer systems can receive and handle the calls in the IP format, including: translating the packets into an audio format suitable for speech recognition and creating suitable packets from computer sound files for transmission back over the PSTN.]]></description>
<pubDate>April 24, 2008</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Router and sip server]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20080095158.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A boundary node router determines whether a received packet includes a SIP message and a REGISTER message, and, if so, adds its router identifier to a REGISTER message which includes a user identifier and a user terminal identifier, sent from a user termi