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<title><![CDATA[IP forwarding across a link state protocol controlled ethernet network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279536.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nodes on an Ethernet network run a link state protocol on the control plane and install shortest path forwarding state into their FIBs to allow packets to follow shortest paths through the network without requiring MAC header replacement at each hop through the network. When a node learns an IP address, it will insert the IP address into its link state advertisement to advertise reachability of the IP address to the other nodes on the network. Each node will add this IP address to its link state database. If a packet arrives at an ingress node, the ingress node will read the IP address, determine which node on the link state protocol controlled Ethernet network is aware of the IP address, and construct a MAC header to forward the packet to the correct node. The DA/VID of the MAC header is the nodal MAC of the node that advertised the IP address. Unicast and multicast IP forwarding may be implemented.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PIPELINE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING PACKETS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279548.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A switching device comprising one or more processors coupled to a media access control (MAC) interface and a memory structure for switching packets rapidly between one or more source devices and one or more destination devices. Packets are pipelined through a series of first processing segments to perform a plurality of first sub-operations involving the initial processing of packets received from source devices to be buffered in the memory structure. Packets are pipelined through a series of second processing segments to perform a plurality of second sub-operations involved in retrieving packets from the memory structure and preparing packets for transmission. Packets are pipelined through a series of third processing segments to perform a plurality of third sub-operations involved in scheduling transmission of packets to the MAC interface for transmission to one or more destination devices.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE WITH ETHERNET SWITCH FUNCTION AND SINGLE ETHERNET CONNECTOR]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279554.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Local Area Network (LAN) device is provided that includes an integrated switching function and a single network port. More specifically, the single network port of the LAN device may be used to provide communications over two different channels to/from two different external network devices. Thus, the LAN device may be utilized as an intermediary network device in a bus or chain network configuration even though it only comprises a single network port.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD OF ROUTE CONVERGENCE, ROUTING DEVICE, AND MAIN CONTROL BOARD IN ROUTING DEVICE  .]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279557.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of route convergence, a routing device, and a main control board in the routing device are provided herein. The method includes receiving route information from multiple neighbor routing devices; selecting a route among the received route information, and applying the selected route to update an FIB of the main control board; and delivering the selected route to an interface board after confirming that the route information from the multiple neighbor routing devices is received and the route selection is completed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Assembling Network Layer Data Units]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279569.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for assembling a first network layer data unit from one or more second layer data units is described. The approach comprises receiving multiple second network layer data units, identifying whether all second network data layer units required for assembling a complete first network layer data unit have been received and, if not, assembling a partial first network layer data unit from the received second network data layer unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEAD GATEWAY DETECTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279426.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for detecting a next-hop dead gateway is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for detecting the next-hop dead gateway includes sending an Internet Protocol (IP) packet by a host to a next-hop gateway associated with the host, receiving the IP packet by the host from the next-hop gateway upon reviewing a routing table and the destination field in the IP header associated with the IP packet, determining whether the IP packet is received from the next-hop gateway within a first predetermined time interval, if so, declaring the next-hop gateway as alive, and if not, declaring the next-hop gateway as dead. In some embodiments, source and destination fields in IP header associated with the IP packet include IP address associated with the host. The method may further include encapsulating the IP packet with a data link layer protocol associated with the host and the next-hop gateway.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MONITORING NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279433.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and systems for determining a correction factor for use in monitoring network traffic, said network traffic comprising a plurality of flows of data units, each flow having associated therewith a flow identifier, said data units having associated therewith a path characterisation metric; the method comprising the steps of: selecting a subset of flow identifiers from the overall set of flow identifiers; determining, in respect of flows having associated therewith flow identifiers from said selected subset of flow identifiers, which flows if any are persistently irregular flows; determining a first measure of the total of the accumulated path characterisation metrics associated with data units of said selected subset of flows; determining a second measure indicative of the proportion of said total measure contributed by said persistently irregular flows; and determining a correction factor in dependence on the first and second measures.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Antenna Selection with Frequency-Hopped Sounding Reference Signals]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279447.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The embodiments of the invention describe a method for antenna selection in a wireless communication network. The network includes a transceiver having a set of antennas. The transceiver is configured to transmit a frequency-hopped sounding reference signal (SRS) over a subband from a subset of antennas at a time. The transceiver transmits the frequency-hopped SRS from subsets of antennas in the set of antennas alternately. In response to the transmitting, the transceiver receives information indicative of an optimal subset of antennas and transmits data from the optimal subset of antennas.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CASCADE-TYPE MULTIPLEX RADIO COMMUNICATION RELAY SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279456.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A cascade-type multiplex radio communication relay system, in which a donor and a Main Hub Unit (MHU) are connected to each other through an Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable to enable duplex communication, and in which a plurality of remote units are connected to the MHU through UTP cables to enable duplex communication. The cascade-type multiplex radio communication relay system adopts a method of converting at least two different RF communication signals into a single UTP transmission frame, and relaying the UTP transmission frame through a UTP cable in a digital communication manner.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Uplink and Downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request In Time Division Multiplex Communications]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279458.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention notes various patterns of uplink and downlink communication in a wireless communication system which satisfy the requirement that a user equipment receiving a downlink grant in subframe n needs to transmit response ACK/NAK bits in an uplink subframe n+k, where k&gt;3 and a user equipment receiving a DL grant or ACK/NAK on physical hybrid automatic repeat request channel (PHICH) in subframe n needs to transmit or retransit UL data bits in an uplink (UL) subframe n+k, where k&gt;3.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Access terminal router implementation on enhanced HRPD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279461.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An enhanced access terminal (AT) that can serve as a “proxy wireless over-the-air backhaul or relay” is provided, to connect a base station with no backhaul to its neighboring fully functional base station that is connected to the NMS. In a further embodiment, the AT routing and relaying capability provided by the invention is extended to new OFDM based air-interface technologies being considered for 4 th  generation cellular standards such as LTE, UMB and WiMAX.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK WITH ISOSYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED METHODS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279463.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile ad hoc network (MANET) may include a plurality of mobile nodes. Each mobile node may include a wireless transceiver and a controller cooperating therewith for exchanging isosynchronous Internet Protocol (IP) communications with at least one adjacent mobile node. The isosynchronous IP communications may comprise at least one of voice communications and data communications.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adaptive and effective power saving design]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279467.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication network comprising a plurality of base stations capable of wireless communication with a plurality of mobile stations within a coverage area of the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of base stations is capable of setting a first counter and a second counter to an initial value; if the base station has downlink data ready to be transmitted to a mobile station, determining if a frequency-time grid (FTG) for the downlink data is less than or equal to a threshold; and if the base station does not have downlink data ready to be transmitted to the mobile station, increasing the first counter by one.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LINK TRAINING SCHEME FOR DISPLAYPORT SOURCE REPEATERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279473.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and a method for configuring communication between a source device and a sink device using captured configuration data are described. The source device communicates with a repeater, which modifies received data to facilitate transmission to the sink device, using a communication channel. The communication channel transmits video and/or audio data from the source device to the sink device. An auxiliary communication channel is used to communicate configuration data between the source device and sink device to optimize transmission and receipt of data through the communication channel. The repeater is coupled to the auxiliary communication channel and passively captures configuration data from the auxiliary communication channel. The repeater uses a subset of the captured configuration data (e.g., data rate, voltage swing, pre-emphasis, etc.) to modify how the repeater transmits data to the sink device using the communication channel.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DYNAMIC LINK ASSIGNMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279475.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An architecture for the dynamic assignment of links in a multi-user communication system. A plurality of information channels are provided in a forward communication link of the communication system for carrying channel information of the plurality of information channels from a transmitter to a plurality of corresponding receiving devices. The channel information in corresponding select ones of the plurality of information channels is varied dynamically in response to link conditions of the associated receiving devices to more efficiently utilize the channel bandwidth.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FREQUENCY CORRECTION IN A MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279476.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and systems for correction of frequency errors in multi-carrier communication systems. The composite frequency error associated with the downlink signals are used to infer or derive the composite frequency error associated with the uplink signals, which are used to pre-compensate the uplink signals. Special signal components are transmitted by multiple base stations to facilitate frequency-error estimation and other system control functionalities at a mobile device. The mobile device carries out temporal, spatial, or spatial-temporal processing of the composite frequency errors associated with one or more base stations to determine the clock frequency error and the Doppler shift with respect to its serving base station.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS STATION AND FRAME CONSTRUCTING METHOD AND FRAME READING METHOD THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279501.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Wireless stations and methods thereof are provided. Allocations in a frame are considered to have a predetermined transmission sequence. MAP in the frame arranges zone allocation IEs of the allocations by following the predetermined transmission sequence so that a station receive the frame can know the predetermined transmission sequence. By having the predetermined transmission sequence, zone allocation IE of each of the allocations in the frame can be described by only two parameters: number of time units and number of frequency bands.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FIXED-MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS WITH MID-SESSION MODE SWITCHING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279506.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for performing mode-agile communications during a communications session is disclosed. A communications terminal device supporting multiple modes of access is configured to determine when, during a session involving a first mode of access communications, a second mode of access is available and is to be used for subsequent communications for the session. The communications terminal device initiates or controls switchover from one mode of access to another.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING QUALITY OF SERVICE RESOURCES IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279510.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and a method for releasing quality of service (QoS) resources in a mobile communication network enable QoS resources allocated to a mobile terminal to be released, if, after the mobile terminal is allocated with resources for QoS through an Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO) Revision A (rA) network to receive data serves, the mobile terminal escapes from the EVDO rA network without first performing a resource release request to the EVDO rA network. The system and method may be implemented in the mobile terminal, the access network, the text message server, or any combination thereof, for releasing the allocated QoS resources without requiring the mobile terminal to re-connect to the EVDO rA network.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN-INTERRUPTED VOIP RADIO GATEWAY SERVICES THROUGH CLUSTERING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279516.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A voice-over-internet system and method is disclosed which comprises a gateway ( 40 ) and a separate remote gateway ( 50 ) which can each provide signals between a radio ( 12 ) and a user terminal ( 24 ) via the internet ( 22 ). If one of the gateways fails, the other gateway is able to take over the communication role. Data is synchronised between the gateways and a polling protocol is used to determine whether one of the gateways remains active or whether the other gateway should assume the active role.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CONTROL SIGNALING OVERHEAD IN HYBRID WIRELESS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279524.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for reducing control signaling overhead in a hybrid wireless network. The method comprises receiving a wireless frame in the hybrid wireless network at a first terminal, and determining whether the received wireless frame is a control frame for a wireless channel reservation; if the received wireless frame is a control frame for the wireless channel reservation, reading by the first terminal a value of Duration field in control frame, and updating a timer for a channel reservation period in the first terminal with the value of Duration field, instead of updating network allocation vector of the first terminal; determining whether the remaining time of the timer for the channel reservation period is longer than the time required for transmitting the data frame or not before transmitting a data frame by the first terminal; and transmitting the data frame directly by the first terminal without transmission of a control frame for the wireless channel reservation if the remaining time is longer than the time required for transmitting the data frame.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHODS, COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR COMMUNICATING TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING TRAFFIC USING A TRAFFIC ENCAPSULATION STANDARD CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT STATISTICAL MULTIPLEXING (STATMUX) TRAFFIC]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279424.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication network is operated by communicating Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) traffic and data (STATMUX) traffic over a single connection, where the single connection may include multiple aggregated lines using a traffic encapsulation standard configured to support STATMUX traffic.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cell Specific Sounding Reference Signal Sub-Frame Configuration]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279459.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method of wireless communication including a plurality of fixed base stations and a plurality of mobile user equipment with each base station transmitting to any user equipment within a corresponding cell a sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration indicating sub-frames when sounding is permitted. Each user equipment recognizes the sounding reference signal sub-frame configuration and sounds only at permitted sub-frames. Differing cells may have differing sounding reference signal sub-frame configurations. There are numerous manners to encode the transmitted information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless resource allocating apparatus, on-vehicle apparatus, and wireless resource allocating system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279499.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless resource allocating apparatus includes a ranging signal receiving unit that receives a signal indicating that an on-vehicle apparatus loaded on a vehicle is present within a predetermined area, an on-vehicle apparatus quantity calculating unit that calculates the number of on-vehicle apparatuses present within the area from the signal received by the ranging signal receiving unit, a wireless resource allocating unit that allocates wireless resources to be used for inter-vehicle communication among a plurality of on-vehicle apparatuses present within the area and non-inter-vehicle communication between the on-vehicle apparatuses and a communicating apparatus other than the on-vehicle apparatuses based on the number of on-vehicle apparatuses calculated by the on-vehicle apparatus quantity calculating unit, and an allocation instruction transmitting unit that instructs an on-vehicle apparatus present within the area to use the wireless resources allocated by the wireless resource allocating unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and a method for service continuity between umts network and wlan]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279515.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a method for guaranteeing service continuity between a 3GPP network and a non-3GPP network. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a mobile station receiving a service from the 3GPP network moves to the non-3GPP network or it moves back to the 3GPP network from the non-3GPP network, an inter-working gateway inter-works with a SGSN or a GGSN through the 3GPP network to provide a seamless service to a mobile subscriber.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EXTENSIBLE AND SECURE TRANSMISSION OF MULTIPLE CONVERSATION CONTEXTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279533.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The entry and transmission of notes to recipients along the conversation chain. Notes can be created based on an incoming caller. The notes can be transmitted to the conversation recipient for viewing before, during, and after the recipient accepts the conversation. This is facilitated by a communications client that operates to allow entry of the notes, and forwarding of the call recipient via a SIP framework. Moreover, notes previously taken and/or information provided manually and/or automatically by the communications system can be provided to an agent (e.g., ACD, receptionist) receiving the conversation, at any point in the conversation chain for quick identification not only of the conversation source but of previous information already collected.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and System for Placing a VOIP Call]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279534.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present document describes a method and system for placing a VoIP call from a user using a user voice interface device in a given geographical area to a contact using a contact voice interface device in a distant geographical area. The method comprises: assigning an individual local access phone number per geographical area thereby resulting in a list of individual access phone numbers; the user placing a call from the user voice interface device to the individual local access phone number assigned to the given geographical area thereby initiating a first leg of the call from the user voice interface device to the bridge server through the PSTN; switching the call from the PSTN to a given URL which points to a bridge server accessible through the Internet; the user providing the identity of the contact to which the call must be completed, the identity of the contact corresponding to the contact voice interface to which a second leg of the call will be established; the bridge server establishing the second leg of the call from the bridge server to the contact voice interface device; and the bridge server bridging the first and second legs of the call thereby establishing the VoIP call from the user to the contact.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Providing Dynamic Services During a VOIP Call]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279535.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present document describes a method and system for providing services during a call established between a user making the call and a contact. The call being established using a voice interface device having a key. The method comprises: providing an electronic assistant in a background mode; using the key to produce a summoning signal; upon detection of the summoning signal, summoning the electronic assistant to a foreground mode; issuing a command to the electronic assistant for the provision of a service; and upon detection of the command, providing the service.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DYNAMIC COMMUNICATION LINE ASSIGNMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279538.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system that enables a calling party to communicate with a called party over a communications network comprises: (a) a web page storage device that is operable to send, over the internet, (i) web pages to a calling party device, the web pages including a data entry screen into which a user enters a required telephone number or VoIP user name with which communication is sought and (ii) a call-in number; (b) a conversion device that is operable to receive over the internet, from the calling party device, the telephone number or VoIP user name and can cause the altering of call forwarding settings at a switch, such that a call from the calling party device to a call-in number will be automatically forwarded to a device associated with the telephone number or VoIP user name; (c) a dynamic line assignment module that can dynamically assign the call-in number.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[POST ANSWER CALL REDIRECTION VIA VOICE OVER IP]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279539.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method is provided for forming a multi-media communication path between at least first, second and third communication devices coupled to a multi-media provider system during post answer call redirecting and/or teleconferencing. The method includes receiving and processing a first call request at a circuit-based portion of the multi-media provider system for forming a first communication link between the first and second communication devices. Thereafter, predetermined attributes of the first communication link may be sent to an IP-based portion of the multi-media provider system for configuring the IP-based portion of the multi-media provider system to process a subsequent request to execute post answer call redirecting and/or teleconferencing. Upon detecting the request to execute the post answer call redirecting and/or teleconferencing in the first communication link, the IP-based portion of the multi-media provider systems responds by forming the multi-media communication path between at least first, second and third communication devices.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CLUSTER COUPLER IN A TIME TRIGGERED NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279540.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a cluster coupler in a time triggered network for connecting clusters operating on the same protocol. Further, it relates to a network having a plurality of clusters, which are coupled via a cluster coupler. It also relates to a method for communicating between different clusters. To provide a cluster coupling means, a network and a method for communicating between clusters which are able to couple a plurality of clusters operating on the same time triggered protocol to achieve a selectively forwarding of data without message buffering or frame delay a cluster coupler in a network is proposed operating on a time triggered protocol using time slots, wherein the cluster coupler ( 10 ) is coupled to at least two clusters (A, B, X), a cluster includes at least one node ( 11 ), wherein the same protocol is used within the clusters, the cluster coupler ( 10 ) comprises: as many protocol engines ( 12 ) as clusters are connected, a switch ( 20 ), a switch control unit ( 21 ); wherein a protocol engine ( 12 ) is transmitting and receiving data in time slots from the cluster (A, B, X) and generating control information based on the cluster communication schedule of the connected cluster (A-X) for configuring the switch ( 20 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Techniques for detecting non-receipt of fault detection protocol packets]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279541.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques that assist in processing of failure detection protocol (FDP) packets. Techniques are provided that assist a CPU of a network device in processing incoming FDP packets. In one embodiment, a module is provided in a network device for detecting and flagging the non-receipt of FDP packets by the network device for one or more FDP sessions. In this manner, the task of detecting non-receipt of FDP packets is offloaded from the CPU of the network device. This enables the network device to support newer FDPs with shorter periodic interval requirements.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Techniques for using dual memory structures for processing failure detection protocol packets]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279542.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques are provided for assisting in the processing of failure detection protocol (FDP) packets. Techniques are provided that assist a CPU of a network device in processing incoming FDP packets. In one embodiment, only a subset of FDP packets received by the network device is forwarded to the CPU for processing, the other FDP packets are dropped and not forwarded to the CPU. The processing is performed using dual memory structures that enable receipt of FDP packets by the network device to be decoupled from the processing of FDP packets by the CPU of the network device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and System for Handling Tethered User Devices in a Telecommunications Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279543.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The presently described embodiments relate to a method for handling data sessions performed using tethered user devices in a network. The presently described embodiments are directed to network functionality to receive a tethered device indicator by a network element. The tethered device indicator, in at least one form, originates from a request from a user device. The indicator is then detected by the network and, based on the indicator, a variety of functions may be performed. For example, a network element may determine that a data session is not proper and, therefore, reject the data session that is requested by the user device. Alternatively, the network element may determine that the data session request is proper. In this case, the data session will be managed based on the indicator.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Provisioning Point-To-Multipoint Paths]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279544.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Establishing a point-to-multipoint path includes establishing a first label switched path from a source to a first destination, where the first label switched path is represented by a first label set comprising first node-label pairs. A second label switched path is established from the source to a second destination, where the second label switched path is represented by a second label set comprising second node-label pairs. One or more of the second node-label pairs are equivalent to one or more of the first node-label pairs. The first label set and the second label set are combined to establish the point-to-multicast path.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AUTOMATIC PACKET TAGGING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279545.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network device is arranged for coupling to a first network segment ( 18 ) to a second network segment ( 17 ), and has a transfer unit ( 23 ) for transferring data packets between the first and second network segments. The device has a determining unit ( 24 ) for determining a service requirement for a received data packet for accommodating the service requirement in the second network segment. A source of the received data packet in the first network segment is detected. Based on priority criteria and content type criteria a type of service is tagged to the data packet in dependence of the source. The transfer unit is arranged for accommodating the type of service in the second network segment. Advantageously a bridge is formed for transferring data packets that are unaware of quality of service to a network segment that operates according to quality of service requirements.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FLEXIBLE METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA PACKETS IN A NETWORK ROUTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED EFFICIENCY AND MONITORING CAPABILITY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279546.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to an embodiment of the invention, a network device such as a router or switch provides efficient data packet handling capability. The network device includes one or more input ports for receiving data packets to be routed, as well as one or more output ports for transmitting data packets. The network device includes an integrated port controller integrated circuit for routing packets. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit, a received packets circuit, a buffer manager circuit for receiving data packets from the received packets circuit and transmitting data packets in one or more buffers and reading data packets from the one or more buffers. The integrated circuit also includes a rate shaper counter for storing credit for a traffic class, so that the integrated circuit can support input and/or output rate shaping. The integrated circuit may be associated with an IRAM, a CAM, a parameter memory configured to hold routing and/or switching parameters, which may be implemented as a PRAM, and an aging RAM, which stores aging information. The aging information may be used by a CPU coupled to the integrated circuit via a system interface circuit to remove entries from the CAM and/or the PRAM when an age count exceeds an age limit threshold for the entries.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NETWORK-AWARE ADAPTER FOR APPLICATIONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279547.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Streams of data traffic from various applications may be handled by a network-aware adapter module as part of a greater platform for filtering communicating the streams to intelligent network components. A distinguishing factor associated with a given data stream may be determined and used as a basis for selecting a QoS policy setting for the given data stream. The selected QoS policy setting may then be signaled to a media access control layer to take advantage of the QoS function of the embedded underlying active media type that is active and optimal (both from technical and business perspective) to carry out the communication for the application.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[PROXY NODE DISCOVERING METHOD, AND RELAY NODE USED IN THE METHOD, AND, NODE DISCOVERING METHOD, AND FIRST NODE, SECOND NODE AND RELAY NODE USED IN THE METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279553.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A technology is disclosed that can provide a proxy node discovering method, a relay node used in the method, and the like, the method in which a proxy can be decided even when a local technology is not present between a data transmitter and the proxy or between an application and the proxy. The technology includes steps in which a first node  106  transmits towards a second node  100  a first message to which information indicating that discovery of a proxy node is requested is added. A relay node  108  that receives the first message judges whether the relay node  108  itself is a relay node positioned closest to the second node on a second path  112 . The relay node judged to be closest transmits a second message to which information indicating that a relay node on a first path  110  adjacent to the relay node itself is being discovered is added. The relay node that has transmitted the second message acquires information identifying a relay node  102  that is first to receives the second message from the relay node that is first to receive the second message.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for a fast installation of an ip user connection over a 3gpp nb interface under application of the bicc "delayed backward bearer establishment" and avoidance of failure]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279555.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An IP user data transport connection is established between a Media Gateway O and a Media Gateway T according to the BICC “Delayed Backward Bearer Establishment”. The Media Gateway O sends an IPBCP Accepted message towards the Media Gateway T upon receipt of an IPBCP Request message from Media Gateway T. The Media Gateway O sends data within the user data transport connection towards the Media Gateway T. The user data may arrive at the Media Gateway T before the IPBCP accepted message. The Media Gateway T retrieves the source IP address and Port number from a user data transport connection IP packet received the Media Gateway O, and sends the first user data transport connection IP packet (s) towards the Media Gateway O upon receipt of a user data transport connection IP packet from the Media Gateway O, using the retrieved IP Address and Port number as destination.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and Method for Providing a Pluggable Architecture for State Management in a Telecommunication Service Access Gateway]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279556.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network service access gateway is described that provides a pluggable state management architecture for storing state information. The gateway typically processes requests between entities such as external applications and subscriber mobile devices. In processing data, the gateway can implement multiple storage providers which are selected according to the data access requirements of the specific request. Each storage provider can implement a different caching or data management technique in order to provide access to the required information. Examples of the storage providers include in-memory only caches, write-through disk based storage provider, write-behind disk based storage provider and non-cached disk-based storage provider. The particular storage provider can be selected based on a configuration file and according to the traffic path associated with the request.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Network routing apparatus for enhanced efficiency and monitoring capability]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279558.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to an embodiment of the invention, a network device such as a router or switch provides efficient data packet handling capability. The network device includes one or more input ports for receiving data packets to be routed, as well as one or more output ports for transmitting data packets. The network device includes an integrated port controller integrated circuit for routing packets. The integrated circuit includes an interface circuit, a received packets circuit, a buffer manager circuit for receiving data packets from the received packets circuit and transmitting data packets in one or more buffers and reading data packets from the one or more buffers. The integrated circuit also includes a rate shaper counter for storing credit for a traffic class, so that the integrated circuit can support input and/or output rate shaping. The integrated circuit may be associated with an IRAM, a CAM, a parameter memory configured to hold routing and/or switching parameters, which may be implemented as a PRAM, and an aging RAM, which stores aging information. The aging information may be used by a CPU coupled to the integrated circuit via a system interface circuit to remove entries from the CAM and/or the PRAM when an age count exceeds an age limit threshold for the entries.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for aggregating input data streams]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279559.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus aggregate a plurality of input data streams from first processors into one data stream for a second processor, the circuit and the first and second processors being provided on an electronic circuit substrate. The aggregation circuit includes (a) a plurality of ingress data ports, each ingress data port adapted to receive an input data stream from a corresponding first processor, each input data stream formed of ingress data packets, each ingress data packet including priority factors coded therein, (b) an aggregation module coupled to the ingress data ports, adapted to analyze and combine the plurality of input data steams into one aggregated data stream in response to the priority factors, (c) a memory coupled to the aggregation module, adapted to store analyzed data packets, and (d) an output data port coupled to the aggregation module, adapted to output the aggregated data stream to the second processor.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Adaptive Rate Control]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279560.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques are given for determining the data transmission or sending rates in a router or switch of two or more input queues in one or more input ports sharing an output port, which may optionally include an output queue. The output port receives desired or requested data from each input queue sharing the output port. The output port analyzes this data and sends feedback to each input port so that, if needed, the input port can adjust its transmission or sending rate.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Backplane Interface Adapter]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279561.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A backplane interface adapter for a network switch. The backplane interface adapter includes at least one receiver that receives input cells carrying packets of data; at least one cell generator that generates encoded cells which include the packets of data from the input cells; and at least one transmitter that transmits the generated cells to a switching fabric. The cell includes a destination slot identifier that identifies a slot of the switching fabric towards which the respective input cell is being sent. The generated cells include in-band control information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Content-aware dynamic network resource allocation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279562.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Network resources allocated for particular application traffic are aware of the characteristics of L4+ content to be transmitted. One embodiment of the invention realizes network resource allocation in terms of three intelligent modules, gateway, provisioning and classification. A gateway module exerts network control functions in response to application requests for network resources. The network control functions include traffic path setup, bandwidth allocation and so on. Characteristics of the content are also specified in the received application network resource requests. Under request of the gateway module, a provisioning module allocates network resources such as bandwidth in optical networks and edge devices as well. An optical network resource allocation leads to a provisioning optical route. Under request of the gateway module, a classification module differentiates applications traffic according to content specifications, and thus creates and applies content-aware rule data for edge devices to forward content-specified traffic towards respective provisioning optical routes.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SIGNALING SEPARATE UNICAST AND BROADCAST INFORMATION WITH A COMMON PILOT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279563.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aspects describe conveying unicast information and broadcast information in a resource set for a transmission request. The unicast information and broadcast information can be transmitted at substantially the same time. Power control can be applied separately to the unicast information and the broadcast information for reliable decoding. A null request can be indicated by “00” bits in a unicast portion and a zero power level in the broadcast portion.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SERVICE IMPAIRMENT IN LINK AGGREGATION GROUP]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279564.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for reducing service impairment in a LAG are provided. The method includes: dividing a service packet into multiple service sub-flows, and allocating the multiple service sub-flows to all the physical ports averagely; after a new port is added, configuring a preset quantity of service sub-flows for the new port; or, after a port is deleted, allocating the service sub-flows on the deleted port to other ports; and finding a forwarding physical port through a service packet according to the service sub-flows. An apparatus for reducing service impairment in a LAG includes: an initializing module, a new port processing module or a deleted port processing module, and a forwarding port search module. In the case of adding or deleting a port, only the affected service sub-flows are operated, thus minimizing the impact.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING ON A MULTI-CHANNEL WIRELINE MEDIUM WITH COLOCATED TRANSCEIVERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279565.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireline communications circuit using transceivers compatible with a wireless communications protocol is disclosed using access points and stations in an adaptive Time Division Multiple Access scheme for a multi-channel medium with colocated transceivers. Methods of operating an access point and a station, their implementations as chips and the implementation of a chip for either the access point or station are further disclosed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH PROVISIONING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279567.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments disclosed herein provide a control device and a method executing thereon for allocating network bandwidth to users accessing a controlled network. In response to a user connecting to the control device using a user device, the control device obtains a user bandwidth allocation profile for that user based on user credentials. The user bandwidth allocation profile may be stored local or remote to the control device. A provisioning module running on the control device can map attributes in the user bandwidth allocation profile to a traffic control rule and associate the traffic control rule with the user based on the user credentials and considering information identifying the user device used by the user to connect to the control device. A traffic conditioning module running on the control device can regulate the network bandwidth usage by the user utilizing the traffic control rule associated with the user.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CLASS-BASED BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION AND ADMISSION CONTROL FOR VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS WITH DIFFERENTIATED SERVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279568.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for establishing a virtual private network (VPN) session for a priority request. The method and apparatus includes identifying a priority request from a plurality of VPN session request classes. Reserved bandwidth is allocated to the priority request if a nominally allocated bandwidth is insufficient to satisfy the priority request. Once the allocated bandwidth is assigned, admission control is applied to the priority request.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flexible Tributary Interface]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279570.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method are provided for transporting Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) tributaries. The method accepts a plurality of PDH tributaries; generates a serial data stream of interleaved PDH tributaries; generates a serial control stream of signals for recovering the PDH tributaries; and, generates a clock signal for timing the data and control streams. The serial data stream of interleaved PDH tributaries is loaded into the payload of a data frame structure. Likewise, the serial control stream is loaded into the payload of a control frame structure. The data bytes of the serial data stream and the control bytes of the serial control stream are both transmitted at the same data rate. That is, there is a control byte generated for each data byte. Thus, the control bytes in the control frame structure are aligned with corresponding data bytes in the data frame structure.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DIVERSITY PROXIMITY COMMUNICATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279571.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A diversity proximity communication system formed on two juxtaposed chips, one having a two-dimensional array of transmit elements, the other having a two-dimensional array of receive elements. The receive and transmit elements need not be aligned and may have nominal alignment of one transmit element overlapping the corners of four receive elements. The elements may be electrical pads capacitively coupled across the interface. Signals of four different multiplexing groups, e.g., time-multiplexed, are supplied to transmitting elements in a 2×2 array. Signals from four receive elements in a 2×2 array are amplified, combined, and demultiplexed for the selected multiplexing group. The gains for the four signals to be combined are differentially controlled to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The amplification may be determined by the overlap between each of the receive elements and the transmit element of the selected multiplexing group.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279572.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A burst signal generator generates a burst signal that is a variable length portion whose length changes in accordance with fluctuations in data input at a predetermined period. An OFDM modulator generates an OFDM signal (including a guard interval portion and an effective symbol portion) that is a fixed length portion containing data corresponding to n (n is a positive integer) times or 1/n of the predetermined period. A frame includes the variable length portion and the fixed length portion. This makes a transmission signal actually have a frame period almost equal to the period of a signal synchronized with the clock of a player, including the fluctuations.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recovering from Failures Without Impact on Data Traffic in a Shared Bus Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279423.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods of detecting and recovering from communication failures within an operating network switching device that is switching packets in a communication network, and associated structures. The communication failures addressed involve communications between the packet processors and a host CPU over a shared communications bus, e.g., PCI bus. The affected packet processor(s)—which may be all or a subset of the packet processors of the network switch—may be recovered without affecting hardware packet forwarding through the affected packet processors. This maximizes the up time of the network switching device. Other packet processor(s), if any, of the network switching device, which are not affected by the communication failure, may continue their normal packet forwarding, i.e., hardware forwarding that does not involve communications with the host CPU as well as forwarding or other operations that do involve communications with the host CPU.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NETWORK ELEMENT FOR SERVICE PROCESSING AFTER DATA OF NETWORK ELEMENT IS INVALID OR NETWORK ELEMENT FAILS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279425.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method, a system, and a network element for service processing after data of a network element is invalid or a network element fails is provided. When the service network element receives the service request message from the network and is initiated to a called end and the user data is invalid, the service network element returns a data invalid message of the called end to the network. When a network element containing registration data of a user is abnormal and the registration data of the user is invalid, by using the present invention, the service unavailable time is shortened, and user services can be recovered rapidly.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Control of Quality of Service in Overlapping Basic Service Sets in Wireless Local Area Networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279427.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Access priority for wireless devices located in an area in which radiofrequency (RF) coverage areas of a first wireless access point and a second wireless access point overlap is controlled by coordinating operation of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point. The wireless devices access a common RF channel via a collision sense multiple access/collision avoidance mechanism. The probability of accessing the RF channel may be varied by adjusting the length of interframe spacings and the length of contention windows. The length of the interframe spacings and the length of the contention windows associated with the first access point and associated with the second access point are configured such that the probability of wireless devices associated with the first wireless access point accessing the RF channel is greater than the probability of wireless devices associated with the second wireless access point accessing the RF channel.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Frame transmitting apparatus and method thereof]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279428.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A frame transmitting apparatus transmits a frame to a frame receiving apparatus. The frame transmitting apparatus includes a accumulated-capacity-value storage unit that has stored therein an accumulated capacity value calculated; a cycle and capacity storage unit that has stored therein a cycle and a frame read capacity at every cycle; an adding unit that adds the value indicative of the capacity of the frame to the accumulated capacity value; a subtracting unit that subtracts the value indicative of the frame read capacity from the accumulated capacity value; and a transmission controlling unit that controls frame transmission by using the accumulated capacity value.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OPTIMISATION PROCESS OF THE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC IN A PACKET TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279429.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a process for optimizing the control of the traffic in a packet telecommunications network comprising at least one transmitter terminal ( 2 ), at least one receiver terminal ( 4 ), and one traffic regulator ( 6 ) arranged between the transmitter terminal ( 2 ) and the receiver terminal ( 4 ), said transmitter ( 2 ) and receiver ( 4 ) terminals exchanging data packet segments via a connection-oriented link employing a transport protocol with acknowledgement of receipt.  This process comprises the following steps:
 
     when a connection is made between the transmitter ( 2 ) and receiver ( 4 ) terminals,
         intercepting, at the level of the traffic regulator ( 6 ), the packet segments sent from the transmitter terminal ( 2 ) to the receiver terminal ( 4 ), generating an anticipated acknowledgement of receipt ACK a  simulating receipt of said packet segments by the receiver terminal ( 4 ) when the traffic regulator ( 6 ) transmits the intercepted packets to the receiver terminal ( 4 ), transmitting, from the traffic regulator ( 6 ), said acknowledgement of receipt anticipated ACK a  to the transmitter terminal ( 2 ) so as to slave the sending rate of the packet segments by the transmitter terminal ( 2 ) at a rate fixed by said traffic regulator ( 6 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Intercept flow distribution and intercept load balancer]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279432.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for intercepting and load-balancing information including one or more mediation devices configured to receive intercept instructions for intercepting information for a predetermined period of time, an intercept access device configured to receive the intercept instructions from the one or more mediation devices, wherein the intercept access device may identify and intercept information based on the intercept instructions and may encapsulate the intercepted information, and an intercept load balancer configured to receive the intercepted information and transmit the intercepted information to the one or more mediation devices for distribution to one or more law enforcement device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Packet-Switched Access Networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279434.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a packet-switched access network using a tunnelling-type micro-mobility protocol whereby packets are caused to flow through at least one mobility agent located in said access network, a method of reducing congestion at and/or in routers near said mobility agent, which method comprises the steps of causing packet traffic of a first class to use said tunnelling-type micro mobility protocol and packet traffic of a second class to use another mobility protocol, whereby packet traffic of said second class is routed across said access network away from said mobility agent.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR REALIZING BACKPRESSURE OF MASSES OF PORTS AND DEVICE THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279435.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for realizing backpressure of masses of ports and a device realizing the method are disclosed. The method for realizing backpressure of masses of ports includes: detecting whether user data transmitted to a channelized physical port reaches a backpressure threshold, generating an idle frame or a series of idle frames when the backpressure threshold is reached; combining the idle frame with the user data which needs to be transmitted to the channelized physical port reaching the backpressure threshold, and transmitting the combined data; discarding the idle frame before the combined data enters the channelized physical port. The idle frame is employed in the present invention to realize the backpressure. The idle frame occupies some of the transmission bandwidth and reduces the bandwidth of user data, while the idle frame does not enter the physical port. Therefore, the aim of backpressure is achieved. The bandwidth of idle frame can be pre-configured according to the requirements. After the idle frame is generated, its bandwidth can be increased or decreased smoothly based on the existence of the backpressure. The control is very easy and convenient.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR MULTIPLE LINK QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR VOICE AND VIDEO OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279436.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for achieving multiple link quality of service for video and voice calls over Internet links, or over IP links running in private networks, is described. This method applies to both the non-mobile domain (alternate paths exist in one place at the same time) as well as the mobile domain (one path is used at any one place at a given time, but the user device roams from place to place). This method can be implemented as either computer software or other digital logic (ASIC or FPGA). Using this invention, voice and video calls can be moved at will from one path to another, as many times as required during a single conversation, without breaking the RTP voice or video payload stream. The benefit is that embodiments of this invention have a significantly higher probability that a call never breaks under various conditions of quality degrade. This includes the case of link and router failures, which are treated as a special case of quality degrade in the context of voice and video]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOCALITY-BASED ROUTING TABLE GENERATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279437.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods storage of adding a node entry to a routing table of an inquiring node of a data network are disclosed herein. An inquire message is transmitted to a publishing node. The publishing node can be configured to publish a routing entry which can be added by nodes of a network. An acknowledgment response can be received from the publishing node. The roundtrip time elapsed between transmitting the inquire message and receiving the response can be measured by the inquiring node. For all node registration entries in the routing table of the inquiring node a determination of whether the inquiring node is closest in locality to the publishing node than to a node corresponding to each node registration entry can be performed. Such determination can be made based on (a) the roundtrip time between nodes (b) node IP address prefix matching.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SCALABLE PACKET ANALYZER AND RELATED METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279438.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A scalable packet analyzer receives data packets from a data packet source for packet analysis and includes a plurality of policy engine arrays, each having a plurality of packet analysis microengines. A policy algorithm loader module is operative with each packet analysis microengine for loading a policy algorithm to each packet analysis microengine such that each packet analysis microengine analyzes specific sections of the data packet in parallel within each policy engine array based on the applied policy algorithm to obtain data about the data packet for further data packet processing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONTROLLING HIGH SPEED NETWORK TRAFFIC IN SERVER BLADE ENVIRONMENTS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279439.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems, methods and computer program products for controlling high-speed network traffic in server blade environments. Exemplary embodiments include a method for controlling high-speed network traffic in a server blade network, the method including identifying a port under test, identifying a debug port, identifying a code state of interest from the port under test and generating a modified IDLE word in response to an identification of a code state of interest from the port under test.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Techniques for processing incoming failure detection protocol packets]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279440.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques that assist in processing of failure detection protocol (FDP) packets. Techniques are provided that assist a CPU of a network device in processing incoming FDP packets. In one embodiment, only a subset of FDP packets received by the network device is forwarded to the CPU for processing, the other FDP packets are dropped and not forwarded to the CPU. In this manner, the amount of processing that a CPU of the network device has to perform for incoming FDP packets is reduced. This enables the network device to support newer FDPs with shorter periodic interval requirements.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Techniques for transmitting failure detection protocol packets]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279441.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques are provided for processing of failure detection protocol (FDP) packets. Techniques are provided that assist a CPU of a network device in processing incoming FDP packets. The task of transmitting FDP packets from a network device is offloaded from the CPU of the network device and instead handled by another module of the network device. In this manner, the processing that the CPU of the network device has to perform for transmitting FDP packets for the various FDP sessions of the network device is reduced. This enables the network device to support newer FDPs with shorter periodic interval requirements.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279442.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is provided a system and method for multi-user detection by a plurality of base stations situated at different geographical locations through base station cooperation. An exemplary method comprises exchanging detected data iteratively while performing separate detection and decoding of received data streams.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ANALYZING SYSTEM OF NETWORK TRAFFIC ACCORDING TO VARIABLE COMMUNICATION'S MASS AND ANALYZING METHOD THEREOF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279443.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An analyzing system for measuring and analyzing communication traffic of a network and an analyzing method using the analyzing system are provided. The system includes a data measurement module configured to capture data that influences a change in communication traffic in a network; a measured data functionizing module configured to obtain a probability density or a cumulative distribution; a distribution function database configured to store function information on theoretically generalized distribution; a parameter decision module configured to apply the data to the function information and to decide parameters; and a suitability check module configured to select information similar to the probability density or the cumulative distribution from among the function information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and apparatus for discovering, negotiating, and provisioning end-to-end SLAs between multiple service provider domains]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279444.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Domains (multiple collaborating service providers) create service offerings between pairs of edge nodes that interconnect with other domains in the network. The service offerings may specify the available bandwidth, quality of service, reliability, available security, price, subscriber and service contextual specific and other SLA information. When a new service is to be created, the service definition is used along with information about the available service offerings to determine a set of networks to implement the service. Information associated with the service offerings may be flooded to all other networks. Alternatively, the service offering information may be provided to a trusted third party (SLA broker) which may provide SLA services on the network to select sets of domains to implement inter-domain services, and may also proxy to set up the service for the SLA requesting party. A hybrid approach may also be used wherein some SLA information is flooded and other information is retained in secret and provided only to the SLA broker.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CQI GENERATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279446.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[It is possible to provide a radio communication device and a CQI generation method capable of reducing the total number of CQI when reporting CQI for each level in a hierarchized RB. In the device and the method, the RB hierarchy is made as follows: a plurality of groups each consisting of the same number of RB are made to be one level, a group consisting of a plenty of RB is made to be a lower level, and a group consisting of a small number of RB is made to be a higher level. UE reports CQI for each level to Node B according to the RB reception quality at a longer cycle for lower level and at a shorter cycle for a higher level.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Quality of service and power aware forwarding rules for mesh points in wireless mesh networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279449.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Apparatus, methods and computer program products provide quality of service and power aware forwarding rules for mesh points in wireless mesh networks by monitoring frame flow to and from a first mesh point in the wireless mesh network; and in dependence on the monitored frame flow, setting a power management mode of the first mesh point. The first mesh point monitors, for example, the power save mode and mesh deterministic access status of peer modes and selects power save and frame transmission modes in dependence on the monitored information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR ALLOCATION OF A QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR A PACKET STREAM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279450.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[For a service which is provided in at least one communications network preferably an Internet with service classes—which transmits packets and/or packet streams on a packet-oriented basis as a function of Qualities of Service, use of a service is requested with a controller, and this controller allocates a Quality of Service for the requested use as a function of the service and/or of the requested use of the service. A VoIP service implemented in accordance with International Standard H.323 can thus be used with a required Quality of Service.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279451.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention provides a transmitting/receiving method capable of selecting a combination of communication media of the own and its counterpart reflecting the preference of the user or an application for each of flows on communication terminals and capable of doing execution without being known by counterpart the preference information. It presents means for selecting a combination of CoAs (the CoA of the communication counterpart and that of the own) of the Mobile IP referring to the preference information of the application when communication terminals transmit/receive one or more flows (data flows) through one or more paths (communication channels). In consideration of combinations of flows and paths, the score is calculated for the combinations, and transmitted to the counterpart terminal of the communication, the approval is obtained to select the optimum path. As a result, the CoA suitable to the preferences of both parties can be selected for each flow.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HIERARCHICAL MOBILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ACCESS ROUTER, ANCHOR NODE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE SETTING METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279452.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a hierarchical mobility management system, a roaming mobile terminal cannot perform handover at a high speed between anchor nodes when conducting AR return communication.  By use of functions of an access router including an AR return communication state management function to manage the communication state between terminals connected to the access router and an AR return communication notifying function to notify, at detection of new AR return communication, the new AR return communication to a visited anchor node, it is possible for the visited anchor node to conduct, before handover, route setting for the mobile terminal in the AR return communication. Therefore, it is possible at handover to include the route information in context information communicated between new and old visited anchor nodes, and hence a route change is possible between the visited anchor nodes without using a home network.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SHIRNK WRAP TECHNIQUE FOR ENCLOSING MULITPLE POLYGONS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279453.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A computer-implemented method receives a list of polygonal vertices associated with multiple polygons located in proximity to one another in a two-dimensional region and analyzes the polygonal vertices. The method automatically generates, based on the analysis, a polygonal hull that encloses the multiple polygons such that a line segment connecting any two polygonal vertices of the multiple polygons falls completely inside the generated polygonal hull. The multiple polygons may correspond to a two-dimensional geographic region. The computer-implemented method may be used for geographic regional segmentation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A DHCP SERVER USING DHCP OPTION 82]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279454.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention relates to a method for creating a DHCP network device configuration, wherein the parameter allocation by a DHCP server is performed using Option 82, and the assignment for the IP address to be allocated to a network device is determined on the basis of the topological information. The topological information is provided to the DHCP server by the requesting device and a DHCP relay agent, and the relay agent acts on each DHCP message sent by a device in the network by means of an additional DHCP Option 82 and sends the messages via unicast to the DHCP server, whereas the standard DHCP message is forwarded. According to the invention, a network device sends, in addition to the regular DHCP discovers via MAC broadcast, DHCP messages via MAC multicast to a MAC multicast address, and from this MAC multicast sends unique information via unicast to the DHCP server by means of a DHCP relay agent, since the associated network device filters the multicast. The creation of a DHCP server configuration is automated by use of a software component for the network management.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN UNCOORDINATED TIME DIVISION DUPLEX COMMUNICATION NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279457.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus and method for synchronization between uncoordinated Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication networks includes a first step ( 300 ) of measuring an interference level on channels available to a base station. A next step ( 302 ) includes choosing the channel having the lowest interference level. A next step ( 304 ) includes determining that the interference is from a base station. A next step ( 306 ) includes calculating an interference profile over the frame cycle. A next step ( 308 ) includes establishing a peak interference level. A next step ( 310 ) includes aligning the base station frame timing in response to the peak interference level.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[STATEFUL SCHEDULING WITH NETWORK CODING FOR ROADSIDE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279462.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Described is a technology by which a roadside-to-vehicle communication system may be implemented, including via a stateful scheduling with network coding scheme that enhances network capacity. Moving vehicles request and receive data from a roadside access points. Each of the access points operate a stateful scheduling algorithm that serves multiple vehicles by integrating network coding within a timeslot. In one aspect, the state of each vehicle's previously received and retained data is obtained, and used to enhance network capacity by combining as many packets as possible for multiple recipients in network coding.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[POWER SAVE MECHANISM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279464.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to enable power save modes of operation between mobile wireless devices for direct data transfer in an infrastructure BSS. An example embodiment inserts in a message that is transmitted by the transmitting mobile wireless device, a specified time when a next active direct data transfer period will start so that the devices can remain in power save mode in a direct data transfer link until that time. Then, when the next active direct data transfer period is about to start, the receiving device sends a trigger signal based on the specified time, the trigger signal indicating that the next period is about to start. This confirms to the transmitting device that the receiving device has awakened, so that the transmitting device may start transmitting the data to the receiving device via the direct data transfer link.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for low power radio operation in a wireless packet network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279465.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method allows devices to send and receive packets while using power to do so to the extent needed, thereby conserving power.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Flexible sleep mode for advanced wireless systems]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279466.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A base station capable of wireless communication with a plurality of subscriber stations within a coverage area of a network, where the base station is capable of transmitting, to a subscriber station, a traffic indication message with an indicator value, wherein the indicator value is used by both the base station and the subscriber station to dynamically adjust the length of the next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle in an absence of an explicit signaling message from the base station.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR INCREASING DATA TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY IN A BROADCAST NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279468.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for increasing data transmission efficiency in a broadcast network having at least one unicast transmission link and at least one multicast transmission link to a mobile device, the method comprising: identifying a viewing trend based upon monitored viewing activity of first content data by a first plurality of users over the unicast transmission link; determining, based upon the identified trend, that a viewing audience will exceed a target threshold for second content data; and in response to the determination, broadcasting the second content data to a second plurality of users over the multicast transmission link to increase data transmission efficiency in the broadcast network. This method may also be used to promote the dissemination of useful or popular information such as service awareness as part of marketing activities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTICAST IN WIRELESS LOCAL ACCESS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279470.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A device and method for multicasting data in a wireless network. The method includes receiving multicast data at a specific node of the wireless network, the multicast data including a multicast acknowledgement request; and determining by the specific node whether or not the specific node is requested to send an acknowledgement to the multicast acknowledgement request. Also, a device and method for multicasting data in a wireless network. The method includes transmitting multicast data, the multicast data including a multicast acknowledgement request, the multicast acknowledgement request including information configured to enable a specific node of the wireless network to determine whether or not the specific node is requested to send an acknowledgement to the multicast acknowledgement request.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMUNICATING PROGRAM REJECTION INFORMATION IN BROADCAST-MULTICAST MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279472.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to communicating program rejection information in a broadcast-multicast mobile communication system. Preferably, present invention comprises receiving information related to at least one broadcast-multicast service from a base station, determining to receive one or more specific broadcast-multicast services based on the received information, requesting the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services determined to be received from the base station, and receiving a broadcast reject message for indicating rejection of at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested, wherein the broadcast reject message comprises a same reject reason indicator field for indicating whether a reason for rejecting the at least one of the one or more specific broadcast-multicast services requested is identical to a reason for rejecting a previous broadcast-multicast service in the broadcast reject message.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MOBILE STATION, WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279477.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile station, a radio access network apparatus and a mobile communication system that can decrease signal amount of each message to decrease connection delay are provided. The mobile station is provided with storing means configured to store a conversion table between a combination of a plurality of parameters defined beforehand and an identifier representing the combination of the plurality of parameters; uplink transmission signal generation means configured to generate an uplink transmission signal including the identifier when performing uplink transmission; transmission means configured to transmit the uplink transmission signal to the radio access network apparatus; reception means configured to receive a downlink transmission signal transmitted by the radio access network apparatus; and parameter setting means configured to detect the identifier from the received downlink transmission signal, read and set a parameter based on the identifier.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DYNAMIC COOPERATIVE INTERFERENCE REDUCTION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279478.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Various embodiments are described for potentially improving coverage and/or the cell-edge outage rate and thereby the system capacity. Logic flow diagrams  10  and  20,  in FIGS.  1  and  2 , depict functionality performed by communication devices in the system. A first communication device, attempting to successfully receive ( 12 ) signaling from a source communication device, transmits ( 14 ) signaling indicating that it is requesting an interfering communication device to reduce transmissions that may be interfering with signaling from the source communication device. In response to this signaling from the first communication device ( 22 ), the interfering communication device reduces ( 24 ) transmissions based at least in part on what was indicated by the signaling from the first communication device. Thus, cooperative interference reduction may be achieved dynamically by receiving devices signaling other devices in the system to request interference relief when needed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wireless communication system and method of wireless communication]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279479.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication system is provided that includes a network and a plurality of access terminals. The plurality of access terminals includes a first group of access terminals configured to receive control information at a first data rate and send a response to the received control information, as well as a second group of access terminals configured to receive the control information at a second data rate and send a response to the received control information. The second data rate is higher than the first data rate. The network is configured to send the control information via a control channel at the first data rate and the second data rate, receive responses from the access terminals, and establish a traffic channel with at least one of the access terminals based on the control information and associated response from at least one of the access terminals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and method for routing a data packet in a wireless network, computing system in a system for routing a data packet in a wireless network, and method for routing a data packet in a computing system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279481.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and system for detecting the inability of the designated intermediate node (A 1 ; A 2 ) to forward, via itself, the data packet from the previous node to the designated intermediate node, to the node after the designated intermediate node according to the forwarding path; and a method and system for obtaining a set of cooperating nodes of the designated intermediate node (A 1 ; A 2 ), from among all the nodes of the network (N 0 , . . . , N 15 ), to forward, via itself, the data packet from the previous node to the designated intermediate node to the node after the designated intermediate node according to the forwarding path, in case that the designated intermediate node is unable to do so.  A system which allows using the resources of the nodes next to the nodes of the forwarding path for increasing their communication capacity and processing is achieved.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED BACKHAUL FLOW CONTROL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279482.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for enhanced backhaul flow control are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a backhaul control system is described that comprises a base station controller (BSC), a backhaul network, and a base transceiver station (BTS). Each is responsive to data and messaging transmitted and received. In one aspect, the BTS includes a queue and a controller. The amount of data in a queue is adjusted by a controller based upon calculating a target queue size value. The controller non-uniformly adjusts the amount of data in a queue based upon a target queue size value which is based upon communication system parameters. The target queue size and amount of data in a queue is adjusted so as to reduce buffer underrun, decrease system latency, and increase communication system throughput.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MANAGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OF HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLES]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279483.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A system and method for managing wireless communications for a plurality of devices in a high occupancy vehicle is presented. The method comprises steps of creating a global bandwidth usage map across all vehicles, routes, and passengers, transmitting the global bandwidth usage map to a vehicle controller, interpreting the global bandwidth usage map and creating a local usage map, and commanding a wireless concentrator to manage the wireless communications for the devices in accordance with the local usage map. Further, the global map can be created by gathering ticket and route information, obtaining customer productivity data from a network, and parsing obtained data into canonical form. A step of inputting the ticketing information by one of the user, and a ticketing agent can be included. A step of displaying messages using a wireless access application residing on the device can be included.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOCATION INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING NOTIFICATION BASED UPON LOCATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279484.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to an embodiment, a location based notification method in a SLP (SUPL Location Platform) includes transmitting, by the SLP, a session initialization message including a notification mode parameter indicating one or more of notification and verification based upon the location of the terminal to the terminal; receiving a positioning initialization message from the terminal; calculating the location of the terminal by performing a positioning process with the terminal; transmitting a session notification message including a notification element to the terminal when the location of the terminal is calculated; receiving a session notification response message including a notification response by the user of the terminal from the terminal; and transmitting the location of the terminal to a client who has requested the location of the terminal when the session notification response message is received.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Network Imposed Packet Data Flow Control]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279485.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus provide network-based flow control for mobile station having data connections to the network. In an exemplary embodiment, a Packet Control Function (PCF) in a Radio Access Network (RAN) requests that a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) in a Packet Core Network (PCN) turn flow control on and off as needed for mobile station data connections. That is, if the PCF receives data from the PDSN for delivery to a mobile station that the PCF determines to be unavailable, the PCF requests that data transfers from the PDSN be suspended for that mobile station. Such suspension avoids needless continued transfer of undeliverable data to the PCF. The PCF monitors or otherwise determines whether a flow-controlled mobile station has become available again and, if so, notifies the PDSN so that it can lift the suspension and resume data transfers as needed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279486.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless base station device includes a plurality of transmit weight generation sections and a beam selection section. The transmit weight generation sections generate pieces of transmit weight information used for spatial division multiplexing transmission according to different algorithms. The pieces of transmit weight information are generated based on channel information on a plurality of terminals each having one or more antennas with which the wireless base station device performs spatial division multiplexing transmission. The beam selection section selects one of the pieces of transmit weight information generated.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VARIABLE HEADER TYPES FOR PERSISTENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279488.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a wireless receiver configured to receive a persistent resource allocation, the persistent resource allocation providing a periodically recurring resource, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit a persistent data burst in a first frame via the persistent resource allocation, the persistent data burst including a compressed MAC (media access control) header that excludes (or omits) a connection identifier (CID) field, wherein the compressed MAC header of the persistent data burst includes a field that indicates that the MAC header of the persistent data burst is compressed.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods And Apparatus For Prioritizing Assignment Of A Packet Data Session For A Plurality Of Applications Of A Mobile Communication Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279489.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for prioritizing assignment of a packet data session for a plurality of applications of a mobile communication device, especially when operating in wireless networks that limit the number of simultaneous packet data sessions available to the mobile device. The plurality of applications include at least a first (priority) application operative in connection with a first (priority) communication service and a second application operative in connection with a second communication service. The first (priority) service may be or include a “push” type data or message synchronization service. The mobile device causes a packet data session associated with the first (priority) application to be activated for accessing the first (priority) service. In response to identifying an indication of a request for information via the second application, the mobile device causes the packet data session associated with the first (priority) application to be deactivated, and causes a packet data session associated with the second application to be activated for accessing the second service. Subsequently, in response to identifying communication inactivity associated with the second application over a predetermined time period, the mobile device causes the packet data session associated with the second application to be deactivated, and causes a packet data session associated with the first (priority) application to be activated again with the wireless network for again accessing the first (priority) service.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Apparatus and method for transmitting coexistence beacon protocol packet in
cognitive radio-based wireless communication system]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279491.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided are an apparatus and a method for transmitting a CBP packet for communication information sharing between base stations in a CR-based wireless communication system. In the method, a CBP packet including a CBP identifier is transmitted to a base station of adjacent cells via one SCW slot. A CBP identifier list for successfully received CBP packets is received from the base station of the adjacent cells. When the CBP identifier is included in the CBP identifier list, the SCW slot is occupied.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279493.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate resource allocation and management in a wireless communication system. As described herein, a resource grid structure can be utilized to allocate resources for respective users corresponding to a given channel (e.g., a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)). The resource grid can be constructed using one or more cyclic shifts and a set of four orthogonal covers to provide improved efficiency in resource usage. Further, slots in the resource grid can be allocated to respective users based on user indexes via one or more resource allocation functions. For example, a resource allocation function can step along a first orthogonal cover at increasing cyclic shifts, alternate between second and fourth orthogonal covers at increasing cyclic shifts upon exhaustion of the first orthogonal cover, and step through a third orthogonal cover at increasing cyclic shifts upon exhaustion of the second and fourth orthogonal covers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DEDICATED AND PRIORITY BASED ALLOCATION IN MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SYSTEMS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279496.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A transmission channel allocation scheme for a multi-hop wireless network takes into account the priority of users, particular application requirements, applicable contractual requirements, and other factors. The channel allocation scheme determines which nodes can share a common channel for transmission without interference, and distinguishes between resources that must be dedicated to each node based on the requirements associated with each node, and the resources that are dynamically provided to each node, based on the current traffic demand. Additionally, resources that are not required to satisfy explicit requests are allocated among the nodes, thereby allowing nodes to sometimes avoid the delays associated with the access request process.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279497.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication device of the present invention receives a signal on a channel that another wireless communication device allocates to the wireless communication device from a plurality of channels. The wireless communication device includes: an update channel selector that selects a plurality of request channels that are candidates to be allocated to the wireless communication device from the channels, calculates a difference between a group of the request channels and a group of predetermined channels, and generates difference information indicative of the difference; and a multiplexer that multiplexes the difference information to a signal to be transmitted to the other wireless communication device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHODS OF SENDING CONTROL INFORMATION FOR USERS SHARING THE SAME RESOURCE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279500.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for sending control information to multiple user terminals that share the same resources in a Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) wireless system. The control information can be transmitted from an access point over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that is common for a plurality of user terminals. The overall PDCCH overhead can thus be reduced due to a smaller number of required PDCCH in the SDMA wireless system.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[INTERNETWORKING BETWEEN WMAN AND WLAN NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279502.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[According to one general aspect, a method of using a base station (BS) comprising receiving, by the BS of a first wireless network, a notification that a mobile station (MS) is entering a semi-idle state with respect to the first network, wherein the semi-idle mode is also associated with the MS performing a handover from a first wireless network based upon a first networking standard to a second wireless network based upon a second networking standard. Further comprising storing a portion of a set of context information associated with the MS. Also comprising allocating uplink resources for the MS only to receive location update messages from the MS. And, maintaining at least some of the context information of the MS.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HANDOFF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279503.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for base-station-assisted handover between WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) or 1xRTT (one times Radio Transmission Technology, or 1x) networks during normal operation of a dual-mode mobile station (MS) are provided. By having a base station (BS) using one radio access technology (RAT) broadcast information about a BS in a neighboring cell employing a different RAT, the methods and apparatus may improve service continuity during handover.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HANDOFF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279504.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for autonomous handover between WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) or 1×RTT (one times Radio Transmission Technology, or 1×) networks during normal operation of a dual-mode mobile station (MS) are provided. The methods and apparatus may improve service continuity during handover and need not require any changes to the WiMAX or CDMA standards.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SERVICE ZONE SWITCHING METHOD BASED ON LOAD CONSIDERING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE IN 802.16/WIBRO SYSTEMS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279505.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is provided a method of switching a zone through which services are provided to subscriber stations (SS) in an environment using an FRF-1 zone and an FRF-3 zone based on traffic load of each zone in order to reduce the inter-cell interference in 802.16/WiBro systems. The service zone switching method based on load considering inter-cell interference in 802.16/WiBro systems may be useful to minimize the inter-cell interference, enhance the capacity of cells and improve users' transmission quality in the cells by determining whether the services are provided through one out of an FRF-1 zone (a zone where users in 3 sectors of one cell can use all subchannels) and an FRF-3 zone (a zone where users in each of 3 sectors of one cell can use one third of all subchannels; 3 sectors of one cell use 3 channel group, respectively), which are present in one frame, based on the distribution and traffic load of subscriber stations (SS) present in one cell, which consists of 3 sector units, under the environment of the 802.16/WiBro systems, and providing services through the selected zone.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND HANDOVER METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279507.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communication device can perform handover in accordance with a traffic type. In a non-real time communication, it is possible to prevent loss of packet data. In a real time communication, a handover can be rapidly performed without causing a delay. In this device, a handover control unit ( 105 ) judges whether data type information is data in a real time communication. If the data is in a real time communication, the handover control unit ( 105 ) outputs a switching request message for switching the path switch to the local station to an IPAG interface unit ( 104 ). An L3 packet buffer management unit ( 106 ) temporarily accumulates the data transmitted from the IPAG or data transferred from other network host.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scanning Methods And Apparatus For System Acquisition]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279508.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one illustrative example, a system acquisition method suitable for use in W-CDMA utilizes a receiver having an automatic frequency control (AFC) circuit. A system acquisition scan is performed over a plurality of candidate frequencies in an RF band. During the system acquisition scan, a pilot signal of a system on one of the candidate frequencies is detected. When information of the system is successfully decoded, and the system is different from a requested system (e.g. not the RPLMN or HPLMN), the pilot signal of the system is assigned as a timing reference in the receiver for one or more remaining candidate frequencies of the system acquisition scan. Therefore, an AFC window time otherwise needed to converge on a remaining candidate frequency is not needed or reduced.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MAC PROTOCOL FOR CENTRALLY CONTROLLED MULTICHANNEL WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279509.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless system and method of wireless communication are described.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-TRANSCEIVER MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE SCHEDULING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279511.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments of a multi-transceiver mobile communication device and methods for negative scheduling are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a broadband wireless access network (BWAN) transceiver of a multi-transceiver mobile communication device may transmit a negative scheduling (NS) request frame that includes time-related QoS parameters to a BWAN base station to request one or more negative allocation (NA) periods. In response, the base station may transmit a NS management response frame to indicate when NA periods are to occur during subsequent BWAN frames. The BWAN base station may also transmit a subsequent NS response frame to update the configuration of the NA periods including an indication of when a subsequent NA period is to occur.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279513.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A sector transmitter maps a synchronization channel and a broadcast channel to be on a time axis adjacent to each other, and applies the same bandwidth and the same transmission diversity to the synchronization channel and the broadcast channel. A mobile station estimates a plurality of channel statuses for a plurality of sectors from a synchronization channel signal, and acquires broadcast channel information from a broadcast channel signal using the plurality of estimated channel statuses. As a result, the mobile station can receive a broadcast channel with high reception quality while having low complexity.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY IN MESH NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279514.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus and method of transmission opportunity in a mesh network is disclosed. A beacon timing from a receiver MP is received. The beacon timing includes a beacon reception timing of a received beacon frame that is received by the receiver MP from a neighboring MP of the receiver MP. A transmission opportunity is determined in order not to be extended across the beacon reception timing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MODE TERMINAL SCANNING]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279517.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for scanning for paging messages in a second radio access technology (RAT) network, such as a CDMA network, while connected to a first RAT network, such as a WiMAX network. For certain embodiments, an enhanced scanning request message may facilitate establishing a scanning cycle in the first RAT that aligns with a paging cycle of the second RAT.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279518.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and an arrangement for providing a wire-free mesh network are provided. An approval procedure is carried out in situations in which a subscriber who is registering on the mesh network transmits an MAC address which already exists in the mesh network, such that two different subscribers within the mesh network never have identical MAC addresses.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOCATION SURVEY FOR POWER CALIBRATION IN A FEMTO CELL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279519.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[System(s) and method(s) are provided to survey a confined area serviced by femto cell for power calibration. Building survey facilitates calibration of femto cell power to suit actual coverage conditions within the building. A femto access point (AP) is set to “calibration mode” while a “calibration call” is effected (e.g., by a subscriber) throughout the intended in-building coverage area. Wireless signal strength for macro and femto coverage is measured and employed to establish an optimal femto AP power. Building survey for power calibration affects operation of the both a building-based AP serving the femto cell and wireless devices, and enhances subscriber experience.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scalable WLAN Gateway]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279520.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A technique for combining transmission bandwidths of several mobile stations (MS 1 , MS 2 ) is disclosed. A master mobile station (MS 1 ) establishes a WLAN base station communicating with WLAN client terminals (CT). One or more slave mobile stations (MS 2 ) may detect a predefined network identifier and join the WLAN network. The master (MS 1 ) assigns IP addresses for the client terminals (CT) and slave mobile stations (MS 2 ). The master also resolves DNS queries in cooperation with external DNS servers. Traffic, including internet packets (IP 1 -IP 4 ), between the client terminals and various internet hosts (HO) is tunneled over multiple simultaneous transmission paths between the master (MS 1 ) and a multiplexing/demultiplexing computer (SM). The inventive bandwidth combination technique is transparent to the client terminals (CT) and the internet hosts (HO).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BASE STATION DEVICE, BASE STATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND BASE STATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279521.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A base station device connected to a base station management device including: a wireless receiving unit receiving transmission data from a wireless terminal; a mode retaining unit stored with a centralized mode for setting a transmission destination of the transmission data in the base station management device, or a distributed mode for setting the transmission destination of the transmission data in none of the base station management device; and a wired transmitting unit transmitting the transmission data, wherein the wired transmitting unit, when the mode set in the mode retaining unit is the centralized mode, transmits the transmission data received from the wireless terminal to the base station management device, and, when the mode set in the mode retaining unit is the distributed mode, transmits the transmission data received from said wireless terminal toward a destination device of the transmission data.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Network device and method for local routing of data traffic]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279522.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention is related to a network device for serving a local network being in connection with a mobile network. The network device comprises interfaces for exchanging a data packet and further comprises a packet filter arranged for being connected to a local anchor point replicating the data connection context of an anchor point in the mobile network and arranged for determining, based on at least a destination address contained in the data packet, whether the data packet has a destination within the local network.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279523.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Provided is a wireless communication apparatus wherein random multi-access can be performed while ensuring a transmission distance, even with a radio wave having directivity. A wireless communication apparatus ( 100 ) transmits/receives directional radio waves and performs ad hoc network communication with other wireless communication apparatuses. The wireless communication apparatus is provided with an antenna ( 110 ) for transmitting/receiving the directional radio waves and switching the directivity, and a control section ( 132 ) for controlling timing for switching the directivity of the antenna.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ASSOCIATION IN CONTENTION ACCESS PERIOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279525.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for association in contention access periods and to a method for multi-cycle training in channel time allocation periods.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM, A TERMINAL AND A RECORDING MEDIUM READABLE BY A COMPUTER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279526.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a wireless LAN system, a terminal that includes a device for wireless LAN connection is capable of simple connection setting for wireless LAN. In said terminal, a simple connection setting recorder records each methods of simple connection setting that easily sets the simple connection setting for the wireless LAN, and an access point identifier identifies connected access point by detecting an information that is output by the access point. And a connection setting selector selects a simple connection setting corresponding to the access point, which the access point identifier identified from the simple connection settings recorded in the simple connection setting recorder. Finally, a connection setting processor processes connection setting, which corresponds to each method of the simple connection settings that the connection setting selector selected.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA MULTIPLEXING METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279527.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless transmitting apparatus capable of improving the reception characteristic at a data stream receiving end. In this apparatus, I/Q separating parts ( 110, 112 ) each separate first data modulated symbols included in any of a plurality of data streams, which are to be multiplexed, into first in-phase components and first orthogonal components, while separating second data modulated symbols included in the other ones of the plurality of data streams into second in-phase components and second orthogonal components. An I/Q converting part ( 114 ) converts the first in-phase components to third orthogonal components, while converting the second orthogonal components to fourth in-phase components. A multi-code multiplexing part multi-code multiplexes the first and third orthogonal components to provide a first multiplexed signal, while multi-code multiplexing the second and fourth in-phase components to provide a second multiplexed signal. An I/Q combining part ( 124 ) combines the first and second multiplexed signals to provide a combined signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SINGLE ANTENNA RECEIVER SYSTEM FOR HSDPA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279528.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Aspects of a method and system for a single antenna receiver system for HSDPA are provided. Aspects of a method for processing RF signals, the method may comprise computing channel estimates based on a plurality of received individual distinct path signals, generating timing reference signals indicating a location of at least one of the plurality of received individual distinct path signals, combining at least a portion of the plurality of received individual distinct path signals as a signal cluster based on at least one of the computed channel estimates and said generated timing reference signals, and selecting at least one of combining and equalization processing based on at least one of the computed channel estimates and the generated timing reference signals. Aspects of a system for processing RF signals may comprise circuitry that selects at least one of combining and equalization processing based the computed channel estimates and/or generated timing reference signals.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Synchronization in Mobile Communication System]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279529.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A solution to overcome synchronization problems related to a scenario where multiple radio access networks utilize a shared frequency band in a radio communication environment is provided. The radio access networks are synchronized to a common synchronization source which may be a synchronization signal broadcasted by another radio system. The synchronization source is selected from a predetermined set of synchronization signals according to the availability of the synchronization signals for transmitters of the radio access networks.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A DATA STREAM TRANSMITTED ON A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND RECEIVER DEVICE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279530.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method is proposed for synchronizing a data stream transmitted on a communications network, the data stream being transmitted from an emitter device to a receiver device in the form of data packets of predefined size, a data packet being filled up with a padding synchronization symbol if an amount of applications data to be transmitted in the data packet is below the predefined size of the data packet. The receiver device performs the following steps:
 
     obtaining an indication of a recurrence of filling of the data packets with padding synchronization symbols; upon detection, at a position in the data stream, of a data loss symbol representative of a lost data in a given data packet, predicting whether the lost data corresponds to an applications data or a padding synchronization symbol, as a function of a position of the given data packets in the recurrence; and marking that the data stream contains, at the data loss symbol position, an erroneous applications data, if the result of the predicting step is that the lost data corresponds to an applications data; or replacing the data loss symbol by a padding synchronization symbol, if the result of the predicting step is that the lost data corresponds to a padding synchronization symbol.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method for synchronizing radio communication system divided into radio cells]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279531.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Data is transmitted via time division multiple access methods and every radio cell includes one base station each for the radio coverage of a plurality of mobile stations assigned to the radio cell. The base station receives, in addition to mobile station signals of its own radio cell, mobile station signals of neighboring radio cells and determines, on the basis of the mobile station signals received, a time synchronization value and/or a frequency synchronization value to which the base station synchronizes itself.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[FEMTO CELL ACCESS POINT PASSTHROUGH MODEL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279430.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The subject innovation provides system(s) and method(s) to supply fixed, differentiated quality of service (QoS) for packetized traffic (e.g., voice and data) intended for femto cell coverage when transmitted concurrently with external broadband traffic. Quality of Service differentiation is supplied without an external implementation. Femto cell coverage is prioritized over concurrent packetized traffic to deliver a rich user experience for delay and jitter sensitive applications. A passthrough configuration for a femto access point (AP) facilitates supplying hard QoS for data packet streams, or flows, intended for femto cell coverage or non-femto-cell coverage. The femto AP receives a consolidated packet stream through backhaul link(s) and distinguishes flow(s) for femto coverage and flow(s) for auxiliary broadband coverage. The femto AP routes the flow(s) intended for femto with hard QoS according to QoS policy which can be determined by a network operator or a subscriber.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CONTROLLING ACCESS NODES WITH NETWORK TRANSPORT DEVICES WITHIN WIRELESS MOBILE NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279701.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A network controls provision of access functionality by an access node to provide a network service to a subscriber device. For example, the network device may control the queuing and forwarding of packets by the access node to facilitate packet transmission according to, for example, a Quality of Service class. The network device may send control messages to the access node to dynamically configure a control object stored by the access node, such as a Quality of Service profile. The network device may be a router, and the access node may be a base station that wireless communicates with a subscriber device, e.g., a cellular phone. The access node may then delivery the packets in accordance with the dynamically configured control object.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[POWER OUTAGE MANAGEMENT AND POWER SUPPORT RESTORATION FOR DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0278708.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for power outage management and power support restoration for devices in a wireless network are disclosed herein. Such a wireless network may include a number of bi-directional nodes in bi-directional wireless communication with one or more central nodes. Each bi-directional node may have a wireless communication path to one of the central nodes that is either a direct path or an indirect path through one or more intermediate bi-directional nodes serving as relays. Each bi-directional node may be configured to detect when it has become stranded such that it can no longer communicate with its assigned central node via its assigned communication path, to determine a reason for its stranding, and to transmit a stranding notification and the reason therefore.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OVERLAY MODULATION OF COFDM USING PHASE AND AMPLITUDE OFFSET CARRIERS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279418.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods are presented for transmitting additional data over preexisting differential COFDM signals by modulating existing data carriers with a phase and an amplitude offset. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, additional data capacity can be achieved for an COFDM signal which is completely backwards compatible with existing satellite broadcast communications systems. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention additional information can be overlayed on an existing signal as a combination of amplitude and phase offset from the original QPSK symbols, applied for each information bit of the overlay data. With two additional levels of modulation, a receiver can demodulate the information from each of the previous stages and combine the information into a suitable format for soft decoding. The first stage of demodulation will be recovery of overlay data from the amplitude modulated D8PSK. Because other amplitude variations due to multi-path are also expected, the data gathered from the FFT in the receiver must be equalized to the channel conditions. After channel equalization has been performed, soft overlay data can then be derived from the distance off the unit circle. In order to recover the phase modulated overlay data, the equalized symbols must first be differentially demodulated and corrected for any common phase error offset. After common phase removal, overlay phase information can be obtained.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[QUASI-OMNI TRAINING IN CHANNEL TIME ALLOCATION PERIOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279448.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method for association in contention access periods and to a method for multi-cycle training in channel time allocation periods.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD, A DEVICE AND A SYSTEM FOR CONVERGING IP MESSAGE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279455.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method, a device and a system for converging IP message are disclosed. The invention includes the following step: the CPM server that receives a CPM message determines its service type based on the CPM message and performs a corresponding signaling control, and processes the CPM message content based on the process flow corresponding with the service type; forwardly, the invention includes the following step: the CPM server that receives a CPM message determines its service type based on the CPM message, and determines the service server which can process this service based on the service type, and converses the CPM message to the message or/and session request corresponding with the service server, and transmits it to the service server to process, and after the CPM message of the service server is received, transmits the CPM message to the CPM client terminal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BUNDLING OF ACK INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279460.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Techniques for bundling acknowledgement (ACK) information in a wireless communication system are described. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may receive multiple codewords in at least one downlink subframe. The UE may decode the multiple codewords and determine an ACK or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for each codeword based on decoding result. The UE may bundle the ACKs and NACKs for the multiple codewords to obtain bundled ACK information. In one design, the UE may generate (i) a bundled ACK if ACKs are obtained for all codewords or (ii) a bundled NACK if a NACK is obtained for any codeword. The UE may send the bundled ACK information as feedback for the multiple codewords. The UE may receive retransmissions of the multiple codewords if a bundled NACK is sent and may receive new codewords if a bundled ACK is sent.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[THE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING E-MBMS TRAFFIC DATA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279469.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The invention provides a method and device for sending MBMS traffic data based on MBMS Cell Group, the method comprises the following steps: channel coding and modulating said MBMS traffic data; determining said MBMS cell group-specific scrambling code; determining said MBMS cell-specific scrambling code; scrambling said MBMS traffic data with said MBMS cell group-specific scrambling code, and adding reference signal scrambled with said MBMS cell group-specific scrambling code and reference signal scrambled with said MBMS cell-specific scrambling code; and sending scrambled MBMS reference signal and data. With the method and the corresponding device provided by the invention, it is easy to realize RF combining or RF combining and soft combining simultaneously at UE to obtain diversity gain.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TUNNELING FOR EFFICIENT NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279550.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Data traffic is scheduled by, in a first scheduler, selecting a source of traffic from a plurality of sources of traffic, each source being associated with a second scheduler, in a second scheduler associated with the selected source of traffic, selecting a type of traffic from a plurality of types of traffic within the source selected by the first scheduler, and transmitting data of the selected type and source. Identifying and creating tunnels between endpoints in a network for optimum data traffic method and apparatus.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vertical integration of network management for ethernet and the optical transport]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279551.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Systems and methods are described that vertically integrate telecommunications network management across multiple transport domains and network layers to support E2E network management. Embodiments vertically integrate telecommunications network management across multiple transport layers such as physical layers (optical), data link layers (Ethernet), and upper layers (VLAN), and establish an inventory database for the plurality of transport layers in a network management OSS to integrate and correlate network alarms and other business applications. Embodiments provide a single platform for an E2E network management solution across and for multiple transport domains.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING END-TO-END QINQ SERVICE TAGS AUTOMATICALLY]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279552.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for automatically distributing end-to-end 802.1Q in 802.1Q (QinQ) service tags includes: filtering out an applicable Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag operation mode set according to a VLAN tag operation mode of an upstream node; selecting a VLAN tag operation mode; and obtaining a VLAN tag value automatically according to the VLAN tag operation mode of the upstream node and the selected VLAN tag operation mode, and filling the obtained VLAN tag value into service configuration. An apparatus for automatically distributing end-to-end QinQ service tags includes: a VLAN tag operation mode set generating unit, a VLAN tag operation mode selecting unit, and a tag value filling unit.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION PROGRAM, AND TIMING ESTIMATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279420.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A base station apparatus ( 100 ) has an FFT unit ( 102 ) which FFT transforms a base station GI deleted signal (S BGID ) obtained by removing a guard interval from a received signal and outputs a base station FFT signal (S BFFT ). A mobile station separating unit ( 103 ) separates the base station FFT signal (S BFFT ) in correspondence with mobile stations, based on a frequency channel signal (S BCH ) provided by a frequency channel signal generator ( 105 ) and indicating a correspondence relationship between identification numbers assigned to mobile stations and frequency channels. Delay profile estimation circuits ( 104 - 1 ) to ( 104 -M) corresponding to the mobile stations each estimate a delay profile from the input mobile station separated signal (S BDMX ) and output delay profile estimation signals (SBDP( 1 )) to (SBDP (M)). The base station apparatus ( 100 ) thus estimates delay profiles independently for signals transmitted by a plurality of mobile stations and contained in the received signals received in one OFDM symbol time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AND COMPENSATING SAMPLING CLOCK OFFSET]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279421.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus for sampling clock recovery (SCO) and methods for estimating and compensating SCO are provided. The apparatus comprises a symbol timing adjustment module for shifting forward or backward symbol timing of the transmitted OFDM symbols; a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) processor for performing DFT to an output from the symbol timing adjustment module; a channel estimator for undertaking a channel frequency response estimation based on a channel estimation sequence; a SCO phase rotator for receiving and performing phase shift on the transmitted OFDM symbols of a frame header and a frame payload; an SCO estimation stage for undertaking an SCO estimation based on a pilot-subcarrier-related output of the SCO phase rotator and the CFR estimation; and an SCO compensation distributor for dividing the SCO estimation into integer and fractional portions and then distributing them into the symbol timing adjustment module and the SCO phase rotator, respectively.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Single sideband and quadrature multiplexed continuous phase modulation]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279422.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A class of bandwidth reduction techniques are used develop a broad class of modulation types collectively called SSB-FM. These signals can be used to construct communication systems that provide bandwidth-normalized performance gains of 10 dB or more when compared to popular prior art modulation methods. An aspect of the invention involves mapping trellis paths in a complex signal space onto corresponding real-valued trellis signals with desirable spectral properties. The invention can be used map continuous phase modulated (CPM) signals onto simpler amplitude-modulated trellis signals having double the channel capacity of prior art CPM signals. Multi-amplitude signaling and frequency division multiplexing may also be incorporated to further accommodate more information per symbol.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Load Balancing Pseudowire Encapsulated IPTV Channels Over Aggregated Links]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279431.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method for load balancing IPTV channels is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a first Provider Edge (PE) network element of a label switched network, coupled with a second PE network element over multiple member links of an aggregate link, receives IPTV packets. For each IPTV packet received, the first PE network determines layer 3 information of the IPTV packet, and generates one or more channel load balancing keys based on the layer 3 information. The PE network element generates a hash value from the channel load balancing keys and determines which one of multiple member links to transmit the IPTV packet on based on the hash value, and transmits the IPTV packet to the second PE network element on the determined member link. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HANDOFF]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0280812.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods and apparatus for easily and quickly returning to a first radio access technology (RAT) network when handover to a second RAT network is cancelled are provided. The methods and apparatus may involve a mobile station (MS) entering idle mode before handover to the second RAT network is completed and requesting a serving base station (BS) to retain MS service and operational information, as well as service flow state information. In this manner, should handover to the second RAT network be cancelled before completion, a re-entry to the first RAT network may be expeditiously performed using the retained MS information.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Base Station Apparatus And Cell Switching Determination Method]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0280816.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The base station apparatus includes a calculating unit configured to calculate a total communication throughput value for every cell by totalizing communication throughput in the selected cell of each mobile terminal on a cell-basis, a receiving unit configured to receive reception quality information of the selected cell and the reception quality information of another movement destination cell in the plurality of cells, a judging unit configured to judge whether or not the mobile terminal is in a cell switching zone by obtaining a difference between the reception quality information of the selected cell and of the movement destination cell, and a determining unit configured to determine, if the mobile terminal is judged to be in the cell switching zone, the cell switching to the movement destination cell as a newly selected cell by comparing the total communication throughput value of the selected cell with that of the movement destination cell.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RECEPTION DEVICE, RECEPTION METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279647.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A reception device for receiving an OFDM signal whose level is maintained constant by performing an AGC control which adjusts an amplification gain by means of a discrete gain value includes an equalization section operable to execute an equalization process of detecting, respectively, distortions of a plurality of reference subcarriers regularly included in the OFDM signal on which the fast Fourier transform has been performed, and of estimating, by means of an interpolation using the detected distortions, a distortion of the OFDM signal, which distortion is caused by transmission path propagation so as to correct the estimated distortion of the OFDM signal, and the equalization section corrects, by using the AGC control signal, an estimated error of the distortion of the OFDM signal, which distortion is caused by a discrete amplification gain variation of the OFDM signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOCAL AND WIDE-AREA TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS BROADCAST NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279471.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[To broadcast different types of transmission having different tiers of coverage in a wireless broadcast network, each base station processes data for a wide-area transmission in accordance with a first mode (or coding and modulation scheme) to generate data symbols for the wide-area transmission and processes data for a local transmission in accordance with a second mode to generate data symbols for the local transmission. The first and second modes are selected based on the desired coverage for wide-area and local transmissions, respectively. The base station also generates pilots and overhead information for local and wide-area transmissions. The data, pilots, and overhead information for local and wide-area transmissions are multiplexed onto their transmission spans, which may be different sets of frequency subbands, different time segments, or different groups of subbands in different time segments. More than two different types of transmission may also be multiplexed and broadcast.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[RELAY STATION, BASE STATION, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF FOR USE IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279474.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A relay station, a base station, a power management method, and a computer readable medium thereof are provided. The relay station is located within the coverage area of the BS. The relay station comprises a receiving/transmission module and a determination module. The receiving/transmission module is configured to receive a BS beacon in a first period of time. The determination module is configured to allow the BS to transmit a data to the relay station according to the BS beacon, so that the receiving/transmission module transmits a power saving poll to the BS, receives a power saving poll ACK in the first period of time, and receives the data in a second period of time after the first period of time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TELEPHONE PANIC BUTTON]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279674.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Methods for implementing emergency services on a telephony network are presented. A server receives an indication from a telephone handset that a “panic” button has been selected. A call connection is determined and a call is connected based on instructions associated with the emergency call connection. Telecommunication devices for implementing emergency services are also presented. A handset, associated with a location identifier, includes a “panic” button and predetermined emergency call connection instructions are sent/received when the panic button is selected. The telecommunications device may include a database to store information associated with different handsets, a call processor to determine and make emergency call connections over the network when the panic button is selected, and panic logic to store preferences that control how the panic button is implemented on the system.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[DISTRIBUTED MEDIUM ACCESS PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279487.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This invention defines a medium access protocol for the support of mesh networking in wireless communications. It defines a phase for intra-cell and a phase for inter-cell traffic. During the inter-cell traffic a beacon phase is used for the reservation of transmissions. In this phase also information about the mesh topology is included and parallel transmission are supported. Even though this medium access protocol is intended to be proposed in standardization of IEEE 802.11 mesh networks (802.11) it could be used in any wireless mesh network.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TERRESTRIAL BASED HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATIONS MESH NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279490.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[This present invention is a network for providing high speed data communications. The network includes multiple terrestrial transmission stations that are located within overlapping communications range and a mobile receiver station. The terrestrial transmission stations provide a continuous and uninterrupted high speed data communications link with the mobile receiver station according to Long Term Evolution (LTE) terrestrial radio access network protocol in a mesh network configuration.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD FOR ALLOCATING FREQUENCY SUBCHANNELS ON AN AIR INTERFACE OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING RADIO RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODULE]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279494.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[The present invention relates to a method for allocating frequency subchannels on an air interface of a wireless communication system to users for a predefined time period, a plurality of frequency subchannels being available for communicating between a base station belonging to a cell and users under the coverage of said cell requiring a frequency subchannel allocation.  According to the present invention, the method comprises the steps of:
 
     determining an angular position of the users under the coverage of a cell relative to a base station in said cell; selecting at least one frequency subchannel to be assigned to a user depending on its angular position and the angular position of at least one other user.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATIONS WITH GROUP-BASED SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279498.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and apparatus for subcarrier selection for systems is described. In one embodiment, the system employs orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). In one embodiment, a method for subcarrier selection comprises a subscriber measuring channel and interference information for subcarriers based on pilot symbols received from a base station, the subscriber selecting a set of candidate subcarriers, providing feedback information on the set of candidate subcarriers to the base station, and receiving an indication of subcarriers of the set of subcarriers selected by the base station for use by the subscriber.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279512.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A wireless communication system comprises radio base station apparatuses each of which transmits an estimation pilot in advance for estimating the quality of a downlink communication after a spatial signal processing performed after a time unified among the radio base station apparatuses; and radio terminal apparatuses each of which receives the estimation pilot to determine the quality of the downlink communication, thereby reporting the determined downlink communication quality to the radio base station apparatus via an uplink channel. The estimation pilot is transmitted at the same time and frequency established among the radio base station apparatuses by use of the same directivity beam as used for transmitting the data after the unified time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LOW-POWER IDLE MODE FOR NETWORK TRANSCEIVER]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0282277.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Low-power idle mode for network transceivers. In one aspect, a method for reducing power consumption of a transceiver connected to a communication network includes entering a low-power idle mode, and in this mode, repeatedly turning off a transmitter of the transceiver and turning on the transmitter according to a pattern, where the pattern has been customized based on characteristics of the receiver. Turning off the transmitter conserves power consumed by the transceiver.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USING WHITELISTS TO CONTROL ACCESS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0282469.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communications system for an aircraft carrying personnel having personal electronic devices (PEDs) includes a wireless access device in the aircraft for the PEDs, and an aircraft server in the aircraft cooperating with the wireless access device for determining airborne validation of a ground server address entered via a corresponding PED. An air-to-ground transceiver in the aircraft cooperates with the aircraft server for communicating over an air-to-ground interface the airborne validated ground server address. A ground server on the ground receives the airborne validated ground server address over the air-to-ground interface, determines ground validation of the airborne validated ground server address, and provides ground access for the corresponding PED for which the entered ground server address has both airborne and ground validation.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, AND BASE STATION AND TERMINALS USED THEREIN]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279445.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A communications system of the present invention is an OFDMA system ( 100 ) including a base station ( 10 ) and mobile stations ( 20 ), the base station ( 10 ) communicating wirelessly with the mobile stations ( 20 ) over a plurality of channels. Each mobile station ( 20 ) includes: a reception quality measuring section ( 19 ) for measuring reception quality; and a reception quality information determining section ( 12 ) for generating reception quality information only for each subgroup that belongs to the group(s) allocated to that mobile station ( 20 ) to report, (i) by 2-step grouping scheme information by which the channels are divided into subgroups, the subgroups are divided into groups, and the groups are allocated to the mobile stations ( 20 ) and (ii) according to the reception quality measured by the reception quality measuring section ( 19 ). The base station ( 10 ) schedules wireless communications over the channels according to the reported reception quality information. Accordingly, the amount of the reception quality information sent from the terminals to the base station is reduced to improve throughput.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Method and Apparatus for Retransmission Scheduling and Control in Multi-Carrier Wireless Communication Networks]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279480.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In one embodiment, a method of scheduling transmissions for a base station in a multi-carrier wireless communication network comprises scheduling initial transmissions of data packets for one or more users on a first carrier, without reserving scheduling capacity on the first carrier for retransmissions. Doing so increases the scheduled capacity of the first carrier for initial transmissions. The method further includes scheduling retransmissions, as needed, for given ones of the data packets on one or more second carriers. The method allows more traffic to be scheduled on the first carrier, meaning that multi-carrier transmissions are less frequently needed to convey all of the traffic targeted to one or more receivers. Those receivers therefore spend more time operating with a reduced receiver bandwidth (as compared to the bandwidth required for receiving more than one carrier), which reduces operating power.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methods And Apparatus For Use In Facilitating Access To A Communication Service Via A WLAN Hotspot]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279492.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A mobile communication device identifies and selects a wireless local area network (WLAN) available for communications in its coverage area. Automatically, without detecting any requests made by a user via a browser application. The mobile device initiates a request (e.g. an HTTP GET request) to a predetermined server site of a communication network which is outside of the WLAN. In response to initiating the request, the mobile device receives a response message via the WLAN and identifies, from the response message, whether the request to the predetermined server site has been redirected to a redirect server site. The WLAN may be a WLAN “hotspot,” where the redirect server site is a login server. The identifying may be performed by comparing content from the response message to predetermined content of the predetermined server site. In response to identifying that the request has been redirected, the mobile device causes an indication to be produced at its user interface. Access to a communication service (such as a “push”-data service) may be subsequently expediently obtained.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TCP/IP BASED VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279532.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[In various embodiments described herein a TCP/IP based voice communication system is described. The TCP/IP based voice communication system may be useful in a correctional facility or other environments such as college campus, hospitals or other institutions. In addition to providing voice communication from a source to a destination, the voice communication system can perform additional functions for example, validating destination numbers, maintaining user records and storing call details.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hitless software upgrades]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279549.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Disclosed is a technique for facilitating software upgrade for a switching system comprising a first management processor and a second management processor and a set of one or more line processors, the techniques comprising receiving a signal to perform a software upgrade for a line processor from the set of line processors, and performing a software upgrade for the line processor without substantially affecting packet switching performed by the switching system.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Radio Frequency Transmitter for a Wireless Local Area Network Device]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0280759.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An RF transmitter for a Wireless LAN device for enhancing an output linearity of the Wireless LAN device includes an RF processing unit for generating an RF signal, a voltage generator for generating a control voltage, a power amplifier coupled to the RF processing unit and driven by a bias, for amplifying power of the RF signal, and a low-pass filter coupled between the voltage generator and the power amplifier, for low-pass-filtering the control voltage to form the bias.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WIMAX BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION INFORMATION FOR A MOBILE STATION IN A WIMAX NETWORK]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0280836.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Embodiments of a WiMAX base station and a method for determining current location information of a mobile station in a WiMAX network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a first timing adjustment is determined from receipt of the ranging frame from the mobile station within the granted uplink time-slot, and a second timing adjustment is received from the non-serving base station. The second timing adjustment may be determined by the non-serving base station based on receipt of a ranging frame from the mobile station.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED VOICEMAILS]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279676.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A computer implemented method of sending a voicemail, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first user having a first user ID associated with a first phone number; accepting an voicemail request from the first user containing at least one email address; receiving in a computer based system the voicemail request and the computer based system places a telephone call to the first phone number; playing an advertisement to the first user; recording a voicemail from the first user; and emailing an email containing at least one word of transcribed text from the voicemail to the email address.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279495.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[An apparatus and method for uplink transmission in a wireless communication system are provided. The method comprises detecting an expiry of a time alignment timer in a MAC (Medium Access Control) layer, the time alignment timer being used to control how long the UE is considered uplink time aligned, notifying a release of PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) resources from the MAC layer to a RRC (Radio Resource Control) layer when the expiry of the time alignment timer is detected and keeping a part of the PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) resources in the RRC layer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT) TRAVERSAL OF REAL TIME PROTOCOL (RTP) MEDIA]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279537.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A solution for the Network Address Translation (NAT) traversal problem for Real Time Protocol (RTP) is provided, which uses an RTP Proxy (e.g., a Session Border Controller (SBC)), instead of being logically located between the NAT and the Feature Server (FS), but instead, for devices which use a protocol unsupported by the SBC, having these devices first signal the Feature Server, which determines whether and how an RTP proxy should be invoked. An RTP proxy should be invoked by the FS if Both endpoints (e.g., devices) are behind different NATs (or one of the endpoints is behind a NAT and the other is not) and neither of the endpoints are already signaled through an RTP proxy. For example, the SBC is interposed (at least logically) between the Feature Server and other shared components.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CALL SET UP TIME IN A GROUP CALL]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279566.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system for communicating over an access channel in a network are disclosed. The method includes receiving a request at the network device ( 102 ) from a first communication device ( 104 ), to initiate a group call. The method also includes the transmission of the control channel capsule ( 402 ) from the network device ( 102 ) to at least one communication device. The control channel capsule ( 402 ) comprises one or more pages associated with at least one communication device. The method also includes receiving access requests from the at least one communication device at the network device ( 102 ) by using access slots. These access slots are determined, based on the index value of each page in the control channel capsule ( 402 ).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279419.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[To efficiently compress the information amount for feedback when a communication apparatus sends back a result of performing discrete cosine transform on the reception quality information to a communication apparatus of a communicating destination. In a communication apparatus for transmitting feedback information generated based on a plurality of reception quality information to a communicating destination apparatus, the feedback information is a result of performing discrete cosine transform on the plurality of reception quality information, and performing respective different quantization on signal components of at least a group of samples among signal components of a plurality of samples obtained by the discrete cosine transform.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[System and Method for Transferring Information Through a Trusted Network]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0282460.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A networking method includes receiving a first data packet from a computing node at a middleware process of a first computing system, adding, by the middleware process, a Common Internet Protocol Security Option (CIPSO) label to the data packet to form a modified packet, and transmitting, by a separation kernel, the modified packet to a second computing system. The first computing system includes an embedded operating system, and the computing node is coupled to the first computing system. The second computing system includes a CIPSO compliant operating system.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[SUBSCRIBER SERVER SYSTEM FOR A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0280779.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A subscriber server system  200  for a cellular communication system  100  comprises a subscriber data storage  205  which stores public identities associated with subscribers of the cellular communication system. A request processor  207  receives an identity information request message, such as a SIP OPTIONS message, from a remote station  101 . The identity information request message comprises a first public identity for a subscriber of the cellular communication system. A public identity processor  209  determines a first set of public identities which comprises a plurality of public identities associated with the subscriber in response to the public identity. A message generator  211  generates an identity response message, such as a SIP 200OK message, comprising the first set of public identities. The identity response message is then transmitted to the first remote station  101.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Delay Detection Circuit, Distortion Compensation Circuit, And Communication Apparatus]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279641.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A delay detection circuit, including: a conversion circuit which converts time-domain signal into frequency-domain signal or which converts frequency-domain signal into time-domain signal, wherein the conversion circuit is used in a signal processing circuit which performs signal processing by quadrature modulation for a transmission signal, and the conversion circuit outputs a delay amount of a first signal with respect to the transmission signal.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEST AUTOMATION AND DYNAMIC TEST ENVIRONMENT CONFIGURATION]]></title>
<link>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2009/0279673.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[A method and system of an embodiment may provide a user interface enabling automated testing of a network device. The automated testing may include specifying a network device to be tested, specifying a network technology for testing the network device, specifying a client of the network device, configuring network connectivity for the network device, and enabling execution by the client of a network device of a test action. Configuring network connectivity may include dynamically configuring a network to include the specified network technology and the specified network device.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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