Staccato Communications, Inc.

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company

Pulselink, Inc.

James Larry Taylor

Richard John Titmuss

Caroline Am Lebre

Jong Kwan Choi

A method of transmitting one or more data streams to a mobile terminal having multiple network connections, the method comprising: sending the one or more data streams from a correspondent host to a home agent located in the home network of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal sending a request for the data stream to be transmitted by the correspondent host and the mobile terminal communicating with the home agent to transmit the network location of the mobile terminal to the home agent, and then forwarding the one or more data streams via the foreign agent to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal communicates network connectivity data to the home agent and the forwarding of the one or more data streams is dependent upon the network connectivity data received by the home agent.

Mobile communications network for performing data routing to a mobile terminal by a home agent

A split MAC layer system is disclosed. The split MAC layer system comprises an upper MAC portion wherein the upper MAC portion is dependent on a MAC protocol, a lower MAC portion wherein the lower MAC portion is independent of the MAC protocol, and wherein the upper MAC portion communicates information to the lower MAC portion using an information structure including an action pointer.

Action list for a split media access and control layer communications system

A MAC layer system is disclosed. The MAC layer system comprises an upper MAC portion wherein the upper MAC portion is dependent on a MAC protocol and a lower MAC portion wherein the lower MAC portion is independent of the MAC protocol.

Split medium access and control layer communications system

Synchronization is maintained among a plurality of network devices having local clocks that participate in a network. A first packet is broadcast from a first network device to other network devices that participate in the network. The first packet includes a global time reference derived from the local clock of the first network device. The clocks of the network devices that receive the first packet are adjusted to be closer to the local clock of the first network device. A first network local time reference and a second network local time reference may be maintained for a device that participates in a first network and a second network. A free running clock is maintained on the device. The difference between the free running clock and a first network global time reference is determined. A first network offset is calculated to account for the difference between the free running clock and the first network global time reference. The difference between the free running clock and a second network global time reference is determined. A second network offset is calculated to account for the difference between the free running clock and the second network global time reference.

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Epone, France

James Larry Taylor