Alcatel Lucent

Sound View Innovations, LLC

Vanita K Katkar

Bilgehan Erman

Elissa P Matthews

Adriaan J De Lind Van Wijngaarden

Ronald L Sharp

Zhengxue Zhao

Steven J Izzo

Janet Nici

A peer-to-peer forwarding node supports the operation of a teleconference across a telecommunications network. The telecommunications network comprises a plurality of nodes including one or more source locations and one or more remote locations. The teleconference includes teleconference participants at each of the source and remote locations. The peer-to-peer forwarding node is located at a given one of the plurality of nodes. The peer-to-peer forwarding node comprises a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives a request from a telecommunications controller to provide peer-to-peer forwarding of a media signal to be received from a first one of the source locations to a first one of the remote locations and which further receives the media signal from the first one of said source locations. The transmitter forwards the media signal from the first one of the source locations to the first one of the remote locations.

Apparatus for the efficient transmission of multimedia streams for teleconferencing

A service quality metrics selection capability is presented. The selection of service quality metrics for a service may include selecting a plurality of candidate service quality metrics for a service from a set of available service quality metrics, associating each of the candidate service quality metrics with a respective one of a plurality of user experience categories and a respective one of a plurality of service user functions of the service, and selecting at least a portion of the candidate service quality metrics to be associated with the service. The selection of candidate service quality metrics to be associated with the service produces a set of selected service quality metrics for the service, which may be used to manage service quality assurance for the service.

Apparatus and method for selecting service quality metrics for managed services quality assurance

In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, by a processor, subscriber usage data for a plurality of subscribers and performance metrics data for a plurality of cells of a wireless network. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, a set of subscribers that have one or more peak usage time intervals that are periodic. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, one or more peak usage time intervals of the plurality of cells in the wireless network. The method further includes classifying, by the processor, a first subset of the set of subscribers based on a correlation of the one or more peak usage time intervals of respective ones of the set of subscribers to the peak usage time intervals of the cell.

Method and apparatus for classifying mobile network usage patterns

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to cordless video conferencing camera adaptors and video conferencing systems including the camera adaptors. Embodiments of the present invention overcome some of the inherent problems of known video conferencing products by being a part of a portable and configurable video conferencing system, which can be used in various meeting rooms, laboratories, training rooms, and conference halls. For example, embodiments of the invention allow use of low cost (e.g., under $100) cameras to provide any angle of video coverage in any conference room setting.

System to freely configure video conferencing camera placement

A teleconferencing system in which a teleconference controller advantageously uses information relating to the network topology layout of remote nodes which are to participate in a teleconference, and then advantageously directs the transmission of video and/or audio streams from a source node to an identified subset of the remote nodes based on the capabilities of the nodes and the network links. These nodes which initially receive the video and/or audio streams then advantageously forward the streams in turn to other nodes in their vicinity using peer-to-peer network connectivity techniques. The identification of the subset of nodes which serve as peer-to-peer forwarding nodes may be based on node activity, node service capacity, the impact on network links between the node and the requester, the distance and/or latency between the node and the requester, and the ability of the node to meet requests including video transcoding requests.

Method and apparatus for the efficient transmission of multimedia streams for teleconferencing

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compact portable video conferencing systems, which eliminate the need for other meeting room appliances for a video conference. The systems provide the freedom to hold video conferences with a few participants in any setting, e.g., a manager's office, a conference room, multiple locations, etc. Embodiments provide portable video conferencing systems, which allow all the meeting participants, including local and remote users, to maintain constant eye contact throughout the meeting. An embodiment of the invention provides a portable video conferencing system including a base, a dual-sided display and a camera unit.

Portable video conferencing system with universal focal point

A method and system for using key performance indicators of a transport channel to determine key quality indicators associated with information transported there through.

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Whitehouse Station, NJ, United States of America

Vanita K Katkar