摘要:
A method and apparatus for supporting an asymmetric transport network is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network element having a number of bidirectional switching cards each logically reconfigured as at least one among ingress and egress switching elements for transporting asymmetric unidirectional packet traffic. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
摘要:
A data collector combiner, a network management system, a DSL Optimizer (DSLO), or any combination thereof collects data, parameter(s), characteristic(s), information, or any combination thereof from two or more data sources. The data collector probabilistically combines at least the first and second data to estimate at least one DSL characterizing parameter.
摘要:
An article (100) has a device (122), and a radio frequency identification (RFID) module(102) coupled to the device. The RPID module is programmed to receive (210) provisioning instructions from a wireless source (142), and transfer (212) to the device the provisioning instructions when said device is enabled.
摘要:
A method of managing recorded content at a set top box memory device for use by a digital video recorder is provided. The method includes dividing a total memory capacity of the set top memory device into a plurality of memory portions. Further, the method includes assigning a unique user name to each of the plurality of memory portions. In a particular embodiment, the method further includes receiving an indication to record at least one content item associated with a selected user name. The at least one content item is recorded within one of the plurality of memory portions associated with the selected user name. Additionally, a title associated with the at least one content item is placed on a play list assigned to the selected user name.
摘要:
A method for troubleshooting broadband connections, e.g., a digital subscriber line (DSL) connections, includes detecting a problem with the broadband connection at an end device. Then, a determination is made as to whether the problem can be resolved at the end device. After determining that the end device cannot resolve the problem, a request is sent to a data network connection device connected remotely to the end device to attempt to determine the cause of the problem. In particular embodiment, the problem at the end device can be resolved based on information obtained by the data network connection device. Further, the problem at the end device can be resolved based on information obtained by the end device.
摘要:
The disclosure is directed to customer premises equipment (108) including a network access port configured to receive broadband digital network data from broadband wireless network access equipment (104), a broadcast access port configured to receive digital satellite broadcast data (102), and a unified access port (106) configured to provide the broadband digital network data and the digital broadcast data via a coaxial cable (120).
摘要:
A method for viewing information in a communication device is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a communication element that supports Voice over IP (VoIP) communications with a communication system, a User Interface (UI) element that presents a plurality of Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements for controlling operations of the communication device, and a navigation element that performs non-linear navigation between GUI elements presented by the UI element in response to detecting one or more navigation conditions. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
摘要:
A method for near real time data communication is disclosed. The method includes discovering a first device associated with a first location, determining available data from the first discovered device, and inserting a listing for the first discovered device into an electronic program guide (EPG). A data structure in memory is disclosed that includes a device identifier field for containing data indicating an identifier for a discovered device, a name field for containing data indicating a name associated with the discovered device, a receiver available field for containing data indicating a data receiver is available for the discovered device location, an electronic program guide (EPG) field for containing data indicating an EPG and an EPG2 field for inserting listings for discovered device data into the EPG for display to a user at an STB. A system is disclosed for near real time data communication is also disclosed.
摘要:
A wireless local area network (WLAN) control system includes network elements (such as access points and clients) and a centralized dynamic performance management system. The network elements measure signal attenuation in communications with other WLAN network elements. The dynamic performance management system receives signal attenuation data from the network elements, and determines a frequency and/or transmission power level for each of the network elements to reduce interference with the other WLAN network elements. The dynamic performance management system also transmits instructions to each network element to control the frequency and/or transmission power level of the network elements.
摘要:
A system and method for providing a unified programming guide including receiving data representative of a plurality of multimedia channels (302) and associating channel numbers with at least a subset of the plurality of multimedia channels to generate a first channel numbering set (304, 306). The system and method further provides, in response to user input indicating a selection of a channel number of the first channel numbering set, data representative of one of the plurality of multimedia channels for display (308). A set of executable instructions manipulate a processor to display an electronic programming guide (EPG) interface (310). The EPG interface includes a user input interface to receive user information indicating a preferred arrangement of a plurality of multimedia channels ordered in a channel numbering set. Providing one of the plurality of multimedia channels for display based on the channel numbering set (310) in response to user input indicating a selection of a channel number.