Device and method for controlling the quality-of service in data networks

ES Szurkowski, WP Weber Jr - US Patent 6,421,350, 2002 - Google Patents
The present invention is directed to a device and method for controlling the quality of service
a data communication network and more particularly to a network terminating unit for …

Method and apparatus for hierarchical management of subscriber link traffic on digital networks

DM Bellenger, TF Murphy - US Patent 6,320,867, 2001 - Google Patents
US6320867B1 - Method and apparatus for hierarchical management of subscriber link traffic on
digital networks - Google Patents US6320867B1 - Method and apparatus for hierarchical …

Apparatus and method for providing quality of service for a network data connection

J Ruutu, J Costa-Requena, K Kilkki… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Advances in communication infrastructures and protocols have turned standard computing
devices into valuable com munications tools. Computers communicate with each other, and …

Method and equipment for the control of a data transfer connection

M Terho, P Nykanen - US Patent 6,067,534, 2000 - Google Patents
1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and equipment for
establishing a reliable data link also in a data transfer environment With strong interference …

Network telephony appliance and system for inter/intranet telephony

H Schulzrinne, J Yin - US Patent 7,610,384, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A network appliance (100) is provided having a network controller
subsystem (110) for coupling the appliance (100) to a data network for providing and …

Method and apparatus for fail over protection in a voice over internet communication system

D Smith, M Smith, G Wilkin - US Patent App. 10/134,963, 2003 - Google Patents
In a packet data communications system (100) that supports VoIP communications via cable
modem, a fail over detector (200) identifies trouble (eq, no dial tone, delayed dial tone, low …

Method and apparatus for transmitting packets

V Pogrebinsky - US Patent 7,142,506, 2006 - Google Patents
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by accounting for the
network conditions and transmitting audio, typically voice, in accordance with the sensed …

Method and apparatus for communication between network devices operating at different frequencies

WP Hann, GL Singleton, RL House - US Patent 6,449,655, 2002 - Google Patents
Accordingly, a need has arisen for a method and apparatus for communication between
network devices operating at different frequencies. The present invention provides a method …

Network telephony appliance and system for inter/intranet telephony

H Schulzrinne, J Yin - US Patent App. 12/560,821, 2010 - Google Patents
A network appliance (100) is provided having a network controller subsystem (110) for
coupling the appliance (100) to a data network for providing and receiving data packets to …

Method and apparatus for providing internetworking service reliability

B Bauer, R Burke, S Pirbhai, S Nadezhdin - US Patent 6,421,722, 2002 - Google Patents
Communication netWorks are knoWn to include a plurality of sWitches that are interoperably
coupled to support com munications betWeen users coupled to ports of the commu nication …