Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
370395200 | Connection set-up/disconnect (e.g., Connection Admission Control) | 34 |
20080219268 | Software control plane for switches and routers - A Provider Network Controller (PNC) addresses the challenges in building services across Next Generation Network (NGN) architectures and creates an abstraction layer as a bridge, or glue, between the network transport and applications running over it. The PNC is a multi-layer, multi-vendor dynamic control plane that implements service activation and Layer 0-2 management tools for multiple transport technologies including Carrier Ethernet, Provider Backbone Transport (PBT), Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Transport MPLS (T-MPLS), optical and integrated networking platforms. Decoupling transport controls and services from the network equipment simplifies service creation and provides options for carriers to choose best-in-class equipment that leverages the PNC to enable rapid creation and management of transports and services. The PNC provides Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) interfaces to abstract transport objects expressly designed to support both wholesale and retail services, and supports service offerings with varied bandwidth and Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, thus achieving enterprise Ethernet economics. | 09-11-2008 |
20080225855 | Method and system of auto-detecting network connecting mode - An auto-detecting method for determining a network connecting mode between a client and a server. The client has a transmitting module, a receiving module and a determining module. The method includes a first detecting-packet transmitting process for enabling the transmitting module to transmit a first network-connecting-mode detecting packet to the server, a first determining process for determining whether or not the receiving module has received a first network-connecting-mode respond packet and thus deciding whether or not the network connecting mode is a first network connecting mode, a second detecting-packet transmitting process for enabling the transmitting module to transmit a second network-connecting-mode detecting packet to the server when the receiving module has not received the first network-connecting-mode respond packet, and a second determining process for determining that the network connecting mode is a second network connecting mode when the receiving module has received a second network-connecting-mode respond packet. | 09-18-2008 |
20080253376 | Method and Arrangement for Verifying an Originating Address Transmitted in a Call Request for the Purpose of Establishing a Communications Link in an Ip Communications Network - The invention relates to a method for verifying an originating address transmitted in a call request for the purpose of establishing a communications link in an IP communications network between a user terminal of a first subscriber (A) and a terminal of a second subscriber (B). The transmitted originating address is verified before the communications link is established by way of a confirmation request of the terminal of the second subscriber (B) to the transmitted originating address and evaluation of a response to the confirmation request by the terminal of the second subscriber (B). | 10-16-2008 |
20080259930 | Message Flow Model of Interactions Between Distributed Services - A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium for defining a message flow model of interactions between distributed services are presented. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of: capturing unidirectional network-level message traffic between services in a network; identifying service end-points from information obtained from the uni-directional network-level message traffic; identifying message interactions of captured uni-directional network-level message traffic between identified service end-points; applying formal and informal interface definitions to the captured unidirectional network-level message traffic; categorizing each captured unidirectional network-level message traffic as being a public network-level message traffic or a private network-level message traffic; filtering the captured uni-directional network-level message traffic to filter out any formally defined captured uni-directional network-level message traffic; correlating message exchanges for filtered uni-directional network-level message traffic to identify a relationship between correlated message exchanges; and analyzing the network according to identified relationships between correlated message exchanges. | 10-23-2008 |
20080317035 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING CHANNEL MATRIX - A method for managing a channel matrix is provided. The method includes: obtaining whether a user logs on or logs off; adding a history record of channel information of the user to a channel matrix when the user logs on; recording current channel information of the user in the channel matrix and deleting the channel information of the user from the channel matrix when the user logs off. The channel matrix may be timely updated based on when the user logs on or off. Accordingly, the channel crosstalk is eliminated timely and correctly according to the channel matrix, and the affection on the crosstalk eliminating capacity caused by the user logs on or logs off can be avoided. | 12-25-2008 |
20090135830 | ATM CONNECTION BAND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM - An asynchronous transfer mode connection band control system in a system for transmitting and receiving an asynchronous transfer mode cell utilizing an asynchronous transfer mode network, has data storage means for storing a connection band of a preferential switched virtual connection having high preference in the asynchronous transfer mode network being stored preliminarily as a band acquiring data and storing acquired band data of a switched virtual connection currently established connection, and connection band control means for performing control of connection band on the basis of a total number of bands derived by a sum of the band acquiring data and the acquired band data stored in the data storage means. | 05-28-2009 |
20100074260 | System and method for traversing metadata across multiple network domains at various layers of the protocol stack - An inter-networking system and method that provides for access control identifier (ACI) metadata utilization for the life of a session even on unknown networks being traversed, allowing for ACI metadata utilization, reutilization, and modification in both the send and receive paths (bi-directional), and allowing for metadata transport over network segments requiring that ACIs be embedded at different layers of the communications stack. | 03-25-2010 |
20100290472 | ACHIEVING ABOUT AN EQUAL NUMBER OF ACTIVE LINKS ACROSS CHASSIS IN A VIRTUAL PORT-CHANNEL ENVIRONMENT - Two or more network devices can automatically coordinate to aggregate ports into virtual port channels. Ports of the port channel can be automatically assigned priorities to achieve about an equal distribution of active links across the two or more network devices. | 11-18-2010 |
20110019675 | Method and core network node for establishing a connection through a core network - A method and core network node for establishing a connection between a first access node and a second access node. The first access node sends to a first core network node, a connection establishment request that includes a set of framing protocol parameters for the framing of information to be sent over an interface between the first access node and the first core network node. The first core network node stores the parameter set and initializes a connection to a further core network node according to the framing protocol. If the further core network node is not connectable to the second access node, connections are successively made to additional core network nodes until reaching a final core network node connectable to the second access node. The final core network node initializes the connection to the second access node, which stores the parameter set. The connection is then established between the first access node and the second access node utilizing the parameter set. | 01-27-2011 |
20110222546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURELY ESTABLISHING L3-SVC CONNECTIONS - A system and method are provided for securely establishing Layer-3 SVCs or SPVCs across an ATM network. An originating multiservice switch that generates the connection setup message for the Layer-3 connection includes security information within the setup message, such as a Closed User Group Interlock Code. When the destination multiservice switch receives the setup message, it extracts the embedded security information and compares it with stored security information corresponding to the connection. The correspondence may be determined from the destination user. If the embedded security information matches the stored security information, the destination multiservice switch allows the connection to be established. | 09-15-2011 |
20110261823 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLEXING DATA STREAMING IN AUDIO/VIDEO NETWORKS - A method and system for communication in high speed audio/video networks. In one embodiment, communication between AV devices comprises establishing an AV path stream for AV data streaming between a source AV device and a destination AV device. Each AV device includes one or more I/O ports for connecting the AV device to another AV device via a communication link including multiple communication lanes. Asynchronous and isochronous AV data are multiplexed for transmission via one or more fixed length data cells, each data cell capable of carrying one or more of: asynchronous data symbols and isochronous data symbols. Isochronous data is mapped onto isochronous symbols in one or more data cells, Asynchronous symbols are mapped onto one or more data cells. One or more data cells are transmitted from a physical layer the source AV device to the destination AV device via one or more communication lanes. | 10-27-2011 |
370395210 | Based on traffic contract (including using setup messages, QoS, delay/bandwidth requirement) | 23 |
20080212591 | PARAMETERIZED QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A NETWORK - A method for managing data transmission comprising making a bandwidth on a network resource available to at least one requester for transmitting or receiving data according to a first request of a first type, the first type have a prescribed quality of service guarantee; transmitting first data in accordance with the first type to or from the at least one requestor on the network resource using a first portion of the bandwidth, if the first data are available to be transferred to or from the at least one requestor; transmitting second data according to a second request of a second type on the network resource to or from the at least one requestor or a second requester, the second data transmitted without a quality of service guarantee using a second portion of the bandwidth, if the first portion of the prescribed bandwidth is less than the entire bandwidth. | 09-04-2008 |
20080225859 | METHOD FOR SCORING QUEUED FRAMES FOR SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION THROUGH A SWITCH - A method includes determining a priority of each of a plurality of frames, wherein the priority is a function of an initial value dependent on content of each said frame and one or more adjustment values independent of content of each said frame, and selecting the frame with the highest determined priority for transmission through the device prior to transmission of any other of the frames. A system includes a receiving port configured to receive frames and assign an initial priority to each frame, a queue configured to insert queue entries associated with received frames on the queue, each queue entry being inserted at a queue position based on the initial priority assigned to the queue entry, the queue further configured to reorder queue entries based on readjusted priorities of the queue entries; and a transmitter switch configured to transmit the frame having the highest priority before transmitting any other frame. | 09-18-2008 |
20080317040 | MANAGING HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED SUBSCRIBER PROFILES - Apparatus are provided for managing hierarchically organized subscriber profiles. According to one embodiment, a router includes multiple virtual interfaces and a policy engine. The virtual interfaces define connections between the router and corresponding subscribers of a service provider. A first virtual interface is operable to receive packets from a first subscriber and to process the packets in accordance with a first-level profile identifier. The policy engine is coupled with the virtual interfaces and operable to de-reference subscriber profiles of the subscribers on behalf of the virtual interfaces based on a database of hierarchically organized profile identifiers. The database includes multiple lower-level profile identifiers, which explicitly define subscriber services, and multiple first-level profile identifiers, which define service contexts representing combinations of services available to subscribers when connected to the service provider by (i) explicitly defining the subscriber services or (ii) referring to one or more of the lower-level profile identifiers. | 12-25-2008 |
20090010264 | Method and System for Ensuring QoS and SLA Server - A method and system for ensuring QoS in a communication network and a SLA server. The system for ensuring QoS includes a service-specific server and a SLA server. The method for ensuring QoS includes: querying the SLA information according to a user identity, where the SLA information includes different service levels signed by the same user identity; obtaining different service levels signed by the same user identity; and providing the user with the service at a corresponding service level. Through the technical solution of the present invention, a user can subscribe to more than one service level and the SP can ensure the QoS at different service levels for the user. | 01-08-2009 |
20090028159 | Methods and Systems for Providing RACF Configuration Information - Methods and systems are described for providing address information for nodes when multiple possibilities exist. For example, in a TISPAN environment the described techniques can be used to transmit address information to an SPDF when it needs to determine which of multiple A-RACFs associated with different IP domains that the SPDF needs to communicate with. | 01-29-2009 |
20090034533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LINK, NODE AND PG POLICY BASED ROUTING IN PNNI BASED ATM NETWORKS - A system and method for providing link, node, and PG policy based routing in PNNI based ATM networks is disclosed. A computer implemented method signals and routes a call in the network. Upon detecting the call's arrival, its service request is accessed. Upon determining that the service request relates to an attribute of a link, a routing path is sought that conforms to the service request, as by accessing information relating to the routing path and comparing the information to the service request. A conforming routing path is selected, and the call is routed via that path. A computer implemented method advertises an attribute of links, nodes, policies, etc. Data relating to the route's attribute can be provided to a node as a GAT IE component of a PNNI signaling setup message for multi-peer group networks, and advertised using PTSEs within a peer group. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041026 | SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK ELEMENTS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network policy manager having a controller element to provision one or more network elements in a communication system with at least one base policy template and at least one atomic policy template retrieved from one or more base policy templates and a plurality of atomic policy templates according to a service order of a subscriber. At least one base policy template can correspond to an operating baseline of the one or more network elements, while at least one atomic policy template can correspond to one among a plurality of service configurations of the one or more network elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 02-12-2009 |
20090109977 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Call Admission Control for VOIP Over Wireless Local Area Networks Using a Transparent Proxy Agent - The invention includes a method and apparatus providing call admission control for a wireless local area network (WLAN). A method includes extracting call signaling information from call signaling messages exchanged between a first user terminal and a second user terminal for establishing a voice call, where the second user terminal is being served by a wireless access point, and propagating a quality-of-service request toward the wireless access point which may be used by the wireless access point for determining whether or not to accept the voice call. The quality-of-service request includes at least one quality-of-service parameter determined using the extracted call signaling information. The at least one quality-of-service parameter is adapted for use by the wireless access point for determining whether or not to accept the voice call. The wireless access point then provides an indication as to whether it has accepted the voice call (in which case the voice call is completed) or whether it has rejected the voice call (in which case some other call handling may be applied to the voice call). | 04-30-2009 |
20090116495 | Method and Device for Dynamic Management of Quality of Service - A method of dynamically distributing quality of service between users of a network service ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090147791 | IP NETWORK SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT BY DISTRIBUTED ADMISSION CONTROL BASED ON A SIGNALLING PROTOCOL - Procedure and device for managing the quality of service hop-by-hop in a packet-based communications network comprising several arteries linked together by a router, the network supporting a signalling protocol. The procedure comprises at least at each router a step of reserving the resources on the arteries gradually and a step ensuring once the communication has been established that the packets of one and the same connection follow the path between the sending source and the destination on which the resources have been reserved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090147792 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MANAGING QUALITY OF SERVICE, SESSION AUTHENTICATION AND/OR BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION IN A REGIONAL/ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) - Quality of Service (QoS) and/or bandwidth allocation is managed in a Regional/Access Network (RAN) that provides end-to-end transport between a Network Service Provider (NSP) and/or an Application Service Provider (ASP), and a Customer Premises Network (CPN) that includes a Routing Gateway (RG). A first subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session in the CPN. A second subsystem is configured to manage QoS and/or bandwidth allocation for an application flow in the CPN. Thus, the RAN can independently manage QoS, session authentication and/or bandwidth allocation for an access session and for an application flow. | 06-11-2009 |
20090154468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES - A method for combining Internet protocols in a Differentiated Services model environment is described. The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Common Open Policy Service (COPS) are combined together to provide methods of setting up a session and tearing down a session, while maintaining Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) policies. The Open Settlement Policy (OSP) is also combined with SIP and COPS. This combination provides for an interchange of parameters between session setup, teardown, authorization, policy, Quality of Service (QoS), and usage reporting | 06-18-2009 |
20090175279 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING QOS CONTROL CAPABILITY FOR A PRESENCE SERVER AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and device for QoS control for presence servers and a presence system supporting QoS control. The method for providing QoS capability for a presence server includes the steps of: receiving SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) messages; classifying said SIP messages based on a QoS policy; and delivering the classified SIP messages after a predetermined time corresponding to the QoS policy. | 07-09-2009 |
20090285218 | Managing quality of service in a communication network for applications - Quality of Service (QoS) in a communication network is managed. A service provider requests a level of QoS for communication in the communication network using a QoS request. The requested level of QoS may be allocated to the service provider based on the QoS request. The service provider may make the QoS request on its own initiative and/or in response to a request from an application that is hosted by the service provider. A QoS level may then be allocated to the service provider and/or to particular applications that are hosted by the service provider. | 11-19-2009 |
20100020805 | CALL ADMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A call admission control technique allowing flexible and reliable call admissions at an ATM switch in the case of an ATM network including both QoS-specified and QoS-unspecified virtual connections is disclosed. In the case where a QoS (Quality of Service) specified connection request occurs, an estimated bandwidth is calculated which is to be assigned to an existing QoS-unspecified traffic on the link associated with the QoS-specified connection request. A call control processor of the ATM switch determines whether the QoS-specified connection request is accepted, depending on whether a requested bandwidth is smaller than an available bandwidth that is obtained by subtracting an assigned bandwidth and the estimated bandwidth from a full bandwidth of the link. | 01-28-2010 |
20100040065 | Two Division Method for Quality of Service (QoS) - The present invention discloses a method for classifying the packets into two divisions in the IP network. The first division is for the packets of constant packet rate (CPR) flows, and another division is for non constant packet rate (NCPR) flows. The method comprising: controlling the sending packet rate of CPR flows; classifying and queuing the CPR packets into the first division and all other NCPR packets into the second division; using FQ (or WFQ) algorithm to schedule the packets from the two divisions. In the present invention, CPR flows and NCPR flows share the transmission media by using two different entities. In each computing node, packets of CPR flows have guaranty delivery without packet drop. Previous QoS methods, such as priority method, can be used inside the two divisions for QoS purpose. | 02-18-2010 |
20100054257 | IN-BAND DPI MEDIA RESERVATION MODIFICATIONS TO RFC 3313 - In various exemplary embodiments, a Deep Packet Inspection device is integrated into a provider edge router associated with a user agent client or provided externally. The DPI device monitors the exchange of packets between an originating proxy and a user agent client and inspects the packets to identify SIP control messages. By monitoring the messages exchanged between the two devices, the DPI device may determine the type of application, desired QoS, source, destination, and other information related to the connection. Using this information, the router may then access a policy database to determine whether there is a QoS policy for the application and/or user. Based on this determination, the router may initiate network reservation for an anticipated data flow or store the information so the flow of packets can be remarked as the packets arrive. Accordingly, in various exemplary embodiments, the edge router is aware that QoS should be granted. | 03-04-2010 |
20100080232 | METHOD FOR SELECTING QoS POLICY AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method and a system for selecting Quality of Service (QoS) policy is provided. The method includes: setting QoS policy processing information in a QPH; receiving, by a QoS Manager (QM), a QoS request from a CP, selecting a QPH to provide QoS policy for a traffic stream according to the processing information of each QPH in a home network, and providing QoS policy to the traffic stream according to the QoS policy of the selected QPH. Through the provided method and the system, the problem that only the QoS policy of the QPH specified by the CP or the default QoS policy can be used as the QoS policy of the traffic stream when multiple QPHs exist in the home network is solved. | 04-01-2010 |
20110007746 | Establishing Network Quality of Service for a Virtual Machine - A system and method for implementing a VM to identify a data packet for transmission, the data packet including a QoS the data packet is to receive as compared to another QoS that another data packet is to receive. The system and method further includes a SNIC to pull the data packet from the VM based upon the QoS the data packet is to receive. The system and method may also include a link scheduler module to transmit the data packet based upon the QoS the data packet is to receive. The system and method may also include a receiver to receive a management instruction from a network management device, the management instruction to dictate the QoS the data packet is to receive based upon a SLA. | 01-13-2011 |
20110051731 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REASSIGN QUALITY OF SERVICE PRIORITIES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus to reassign quality of service (QoS) priorities in a communication network are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises performing a temporary QoS priority reassignment for network traffic between a first network element associated with a first user of a communication network and a second network element associated with a second user of the communication network without intervention by a service provider providing the communication network to the first and second users, the first user authorized by the service provider to temporarily reassign a QoS priority associated with the second user, and terminating the temporary QoS priority reassignment based on a monitored termination criteria. | 03-03-2011 |
20110075671 | Providing Dynamic Quality of Service for Applications Accessed Over a Network - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing dynamic Quality of Service (QoS) for connections to applications over a network are provided. The method receives a message associated with the application, wherein the message includes information identifying the connection to the application and information about the application. The method then determines, based on a set of rules defined for the application, a QoS level to apply to the connection, and applies the determined QoS level to the connection. The QoS applied to the connection corresponds to the application and not the QoS associated with a personal or home account QoS that would otherwise be applied to the connection. | 03-31-2011 |
20120044938 | METHOD FOR HANDLING EMERGENCY SERVICE IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION - The present invention discloses a method for handling an emergency service in a network communication, including: sending, by an emergency service initiating side, an emergency service identifier together with an emergency service to a network side; and allocating, by the network side, resource to the emergency service with a priority higher than those of normal services. With the present invention, a corresponding emergency service may be identified effectively in a network provided with an independent bearer-control-layer entity, and a resource may be allocated to the emergency service in accordance with a special resource allocation policy. Therefore, it is possible to guarantee the connectivity and the resource for the emergency service as requested in the network, and hence to reduce an unexpected and unnecessary loss. | 02-23-2012 |
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