Method of detecting network errors

M Mahalingam, WA Wallach - US Patent 6,134,678, 2000 - Google Patents
One embodiment of the invention is a method in a computer System of transferring control of
network traffic from a first network interface card (NIC) to a second NIC. The method includes …

Method and apparatus for allocating a transport identifier for a network data connection

K Smathers - US Patent 7,400,622, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Over the past decades, the Internet has evolved from a special purpose
collection of military and academic networks to a vital carrier of communications for many …

Resource model and architecture for a connection handling system

S Andersson, TA Lindberg, LK Konradsson… - US Patent …, 2000 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a resource model and architecture for network connection
handling in a telecom munication System. In particular the architecture is used for controlling …

Communication network and method for managing internodal link topology

KS Natarajan, RL Turcotte, S Aguirre - US Patent 6,072,774, 2000 - Google Patents
Communication networks often include a multiplicity of interconnected Switching nodes.
Each Switching node has a number of input ports and a number of output ports. A call …

Method and apparatus for implementing scheduling algorithms in a network element

N Figueira, H Li, G Achtari - US Patent 7,394,808, 2008 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to communication networks and, more particularly, to a method
and apparatus for imple menting scheduling algorithms in a network element. 2. Description …

System architecture for and method of processing packets and/or cells in a common switch

Z Opalka, V Aggarwal, T Kong, C Firth… - US Patent …, 2001 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to networking Systems and the forwarding and routing of
information therein, being more particularly directed to the problems of a common method …

System having central processor for transmitting generic packets to another processor to be altered and transmitting altered packets back to central processor for …

M Macera, WE Jennings, D Josifovich… - US Patent …, 1996 - Google Patents
An intemetworking system for exchanging packets of infor mation between networks, the
system comprising a network interface module for connecting a network to the system …

Adaptive MTU size optimization using IGP

A Welin, T Thyni, J Kölhi, L Hallström - US Patent App. 14/409,951, 2015 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to methods and routing and/or switching devices for
determining a path maximum transmission unit MTU P (n) size for transmission paths …

System and method for hierarchical link aggregation

S Kotha, BA Holmes, G Chawla - US Patent 8,942,217, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and
businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available to …

System and method for emulating telecommunications network devices

JV McLain, D Curnell - US Patent 6,295,518, 2001 - Google Patents
A system, method and computer program product for emulating a telecommunications
network by simultaneously emulating multiple independent activities normally performed by …