Evaluating feasible transmission paths in a packet network
    1.
    发明授权
    Evaluating feasible transmission paths in a packet network 有权
    评估分组网络中的可行传输路径

    公开(公告)号:US07697460B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-13

    申请号:US11765242

    申请日:2007-06-19

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    摘要: A technique is disclosed that attempts to improve the evaluation of a network path's signal quality, as well as the selection of a network path for transmission purposes, without some of the costs and disadvantages of doing so in the prior art. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a node with access to the packet network, such as a VoIP telephone endpoint, evaluates the quality of service that is associated with each of multiple network paths. The evaluation process is iterative, in which the number of candidate paths is successively reduced from one iteration of the technique to the next. The multiple paths that remain as candidates in any given iteration are evaluated concurrently and at an evaluation bit rate that i) is less than the full transmission rate of the real-time traffic (VoIP) packets to be sent and ii) varies as a function of the number of candidate paths remaining under consideration.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种技术,其尝试改进对网络路径的信号质量的评估,以及用于传输目的的网络路径的选择,而不是在现有技术中这样做的一些成本和缺点。 根据说明性实施例,具有诸如VoIP电话端点的分组网络的访问节点评估与多个网络路径中的每一个相关联的服务质量。 评估过程是迭代的,其中候选路径的数量从技术的一次迭代到下一个迭代继续减少。 在任何给定迭代中保持作为候选的多个路径被并发地评估,并且在i)小于要发送的实时业务(VoIP)分组的全传输速率的评估比特率下进行评估,ii)作为功能而变化 的候选人路数仍在考虑之中。

    Quality-of-service assurance for IP telephony
    3.
    发明申请
    Quality-of-service assurance for IP telephony 审中-公开
    IP电话服务质量保证

    公开(公告)号:US20060203805A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-14

    申请号:US11201892

    申请日:2005-08-11

    IPC分类号: H04L12/66 H04L12/56

    摘要: A method that seeks to provide a satisfactory quality of service for a stream of packets through a network. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention seeks to provide a satisfactory quality of service for a stream of packets by periodically or sporadically evaluating one or more alternative paths through the network and by sending the packets through a path with an acceptable quality of service. Normally, neither the source node nor any other node in a packet's path controls its route after it has left the node. In contrast, the illustrative embodiment of the present invention has the capability to affect the packet's path through the network by sending the packet to an intermediate or “ricochet” node in the network, which forwards the packet to the destination node. In effect, the source node can, if it deems appropriate, ricochet the packet off of the intermediate node rather than allowing the packet to take its normal direct path through the network.

    摘要翻译: 一种寻求通过网络为数据包流提供令人满意的服务质量的方法。 本发明的说明性实施例旨在通过周期性地或偶尔地评估通过网络的一个或多个替代路径以及通过具有可接受的服务质量的路径发送分组来为分组流提供令人满意的服务质量。 通常,分组路径中的源节点和任何其他节点都不会在离开节点后控制其路由。 相比之下,本发明的说明性实施例具有通过将分组发送到网络中的中间或“弹射”节点来影响分组通过网络的路径的能力,该节点将分组转发到目的地节点。 实际上,如果源节点认为合适,则可以使分组从中间节点跳出,而不是允许分组采用其通过网络的正常直接路径。

    Location estimation of wireless terminals in a multi-story environment
    4.
    发明授权
    Location estimation of wireless terminals in a multi-story environment 有权
    无线终端在多层环境中的位置估计

    公开(公告)号:US07272394B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-09-18

    申请号:US10776588

    申请日:2004-02-11

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    CPC分类号: H04W64/00 G01S5/02 H04W24/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus are disclosed for estimating the location of a wireless terminal across multiple building floors. The illustrative embodiment determines the floor where the wireless terminal is presently located by using a majority logic-based heuristic. A plurality of signal monitors measure signals from the wireless terminal and provide those signal strength measurements to a location estimation server. Alternatively, the wireless terminal measures signals that are transmitted by a plurality of transmitting signal devices and provides those signal strength measurements to a location estimation server. The location estimation server determines the floor of the wireless terminal in accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于估计无线终端跨多个楼层的位置的方法和装置。 说明性实施例通过使用多数基于逻辑的启发式来确定无线终端当前所在的楼层。 多个信号监视器测量来自无线终端的信号,并将这些信号强度测量值提供给位置估计服务器。 或者,无线终端测量由多个发送信号装置发送的信号,并将这些信号强度测量提供给位置估计服务器。 位置估计服务器根据本发明的说明性实施例来确定无线终端的底线。

    Granting privileges to a telecommunications terminal based on the relationship of a first signal to a second signal
    5.
    发明授权
    Granting privileges to a telecommunications terminal based on the relationship of a first signal to a second signal 有权
    基于第一信号与第二信号的关系向电信终端授予特权

    公开(公告)号:US07949114B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-24

    申请号:US11080866

    申请日:2005-03-15

    IPC分类号: H04M3/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a data-processing system, such as a server, to determine whether or not to grant a telecommunications terminal one or more privileges, without some of the disadvantages of the prior art. Specifically, in accordance with the illustrative embodiments of the present invention, a call-processing server transmits, to a first terminal, a first signal for verifying a second terminal, such as one that has been designated by a user. The user is then required to transmit a second signal to the call-processing server via the second terminal. The call-processing server then examines the received second signal with respect to the first signal and determines whether or not to grant the second terminal a privilege (e.g., handling calls on behalf of the user, etc.), based on the relationship between the first and second signals.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种使数据处理系统(诸如服务器)能够确定是否授予电信终端一个或多个特权的方法和装置,而不存在现有技术的一些缺点。 具体地,根据本发明的说明性实施例,呼叫处理服务器向第一终端发送用于验证诸如用户指定的第二终端的第二终端的第一信号。 然后,用户需要经由第二终端向呼叫处理服务器发送第二信号。 然后,呼叫处理服务器检查相对于第一信号的接收到的第二信号,并且基于第一信号之间的关系确定是否授予第二终端的特权(例如,代表用户处理呼叫等) 第一和第二信号。

    Detection of hidden wireless routers
    6.
    发明授权
    Detection of hidden wireless routers 有权
    隐藏无线路由器的检测

    公开(公告)号:US07840698B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-23

    申请号:US10757676

    申请日:2004-01-14

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    摘要: A technique is disclosed for detecting hidden wireless routers that constitute security threats in telecommunications networks that comprise a wireless network portion and a wireline network portion. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the invention, a test station is used in the wireless portion of a network to detect the presence of a hidden wireless router. Furthermore, in some embodiments, a test server is used in the wireline portion of the network in order to detect packets that are illegitimately routed from the wireless portion to the wireline portion of the network through the hidden wireless router.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于检测在构成无线网络部分和有线网络部分的电信网络中构成安全威胁的隐藏无线路由器的技术。 根据本发明的说明性实施例,在网络的无线部分中使用测试台来检测隐藏的无线路由器的存在。 此外,在一些实施例中,在网络的有线部分中使用测试服务器,以便通过隐藏的无线路由器检测非法从无线部分路由到网络的有线部分的分组。

    Detection of hidden wireless routers
    7.
    发明申请
    Detection of hidden wireless routers 有权
    隐藏无线路由器的检测

    公开(公告)号:US20050060434A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-17

    申请号:US10757676

    申请日:2004-01-14

    IPC分类号: H04L12/24 H04L29/06 G06F15/16

    摘要: A technique is disclosed for detecting hidden wireless routers that constitute security threats in telecommunications networks that comprise a wireless network portion and a wireline network portion. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the invention, a test station is used in the wireless portion of a network to detect the presence of a hidden wireless router. Furthermore, in some embodiments, a test server is used in the wireline portion of the network in order to detect packets that are illegitimately routed from the wireless portion to the wireline portion of the network through the hidden wireless router.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于检测在构成无线网络部分和有线网络部分的电信网络中构成安全威胁的隐藏无线路由器的技术。 根据本发明的说明性实施例,在网络的无线部分中使用测试台来检测隐藏的无线路由器的存在。 此外,在一些实施例中,在网络的有线部分中使用测试服务器,以便通过隐藏的无线路由器检测非法从无线部分路由到网络的有线部分的分组。

    Automated Retrieval and Handling of a Second Telecommunications Terminal's Voicemail by a First Terminal
    8.
    发明申请
    Automated Retrieval and Handling of a Second Telecommunications Terminal's Voicemail by a First Terminal 有权
    第一个终端自动检索和处理第二个电信终端的语音信箱

    公开(公告)号:US20100056111A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-03-04

    申请号:US12201053

    申请日:2008-08-29

    IPC分类号: H04M1/663

    摘要: An apparatus and method are disclosed that enable a terminal such as a computer-based softphone to retrieve and handle, transparently for its user, the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the user's cell-phone number. Furthermore, the softphone is able to integrate the presentation to its user of the voicemail associated with the cell phone with the voicemail that has been left by calling parties who called the softphone itself. The softphone features both i) a personal area network interface that is used to communicate directly with the cell phone and ii) a local area network interface that is used to retrieve the cell-phone voicemail from a voicemail system. Once the softphone is paired with the cell phone, the softphone is able to retrieve signals directly from the cell phone and, based on those signals, retrieves the voicemail from the cell phone's voicemail system.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种装置和方法,其使诸如基于计算机的软电话之类的终端能够透明地为其用户检索和呼叫呼叫用户的手机号码的主叫方留下的语音邮件。 此外,软电话能够将与蜂窝电话相关联的语音邮件的用户的呈现与呼叫软电话本身的呼叫方留下的语音邮件集成。 软电话具有i)用于与手机直接通信的个人区域网络接口,以及用于从语音邮件系统检索蜂窝电话语音邮件的局域网接口。 一旦软电话与手机配对,软电话就可以从手机直接取回信号,并根据这些信号从手机的语音邮件系统中检索语音信箱。

    Estimating the location of inexpensive wireless terminals by using signal strength measurements
    9.
    发明授权
    Estimating the location of inexpensive wireless terminals by using signal strength measurements 有权
    通过使用信号强度测量来估计廉价无线终端的位置

    公开(公告)号:US07389114B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-17

    申请号:US10776058

    申请日:2004-02-11

    IPC分类号: H04Q7/20

    摘要: A system is disclosed that enables the estimation of the location of a wireless terminal in a wireless network. The illustrative embodiment works without requiring modifications to be made to the wireless terminal. Furthermore, the hardware of some embodiments of the present invention can be inexpensively deployed indoors. Some embodiments of the present invention are, therefore, ideally suited for use with legacy indoor systems. The system of the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, in some embodiments, uses an offline process and an online process for location estimation. The described system, however, can be used with other techniques for location estimation.

    摘要翻译: 公开了能够估计无线终端在无线网络中的位置的系统。 说明性实施例工作而不需要对无线终端进行修改。 此外,本发明的一些实施例的硬件可以廉价地部署在室内。 因此,本发明的一些实施例理想地适用于传统室内系统。 在一些实施例中,本发明的说明性实施例的系统使用离线处理和用于位置估计的在线处理。 然而,所描述的系统可以与其他用于位置估计的技术一起使用。