Patents by Inventor Aatash Patel

Aatash Patel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optically boosted router
    Patent number: 7369766
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to optically boost a router. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: receiving an optical signal defining a packet of data, initiating electronic routing of the optical packet, and initiating optical routing of the optical packet. The optical routing involves determining forwarding information based on a routing field in the optical packet, and if optical forwarding is available, terminating the electronic routing of the packet before completion of the electronic routing, and forwarding the optical signal, which defines the packet, based on the determined forwarding information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Joseph A. Bannister, Joseph D. Touch, Purushotham Kamath, Aatash Patel, John E. McGeehan, Alan E. Willner
  • Optically boosted router
    Publication number: 20040022539
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to optically boost a router. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: receiving an optical signal defining a packet of data, initiating electronic routing of the optical packet, and initiating optical routing of the optical packet. The optical routing involves determining forwarding information based on a routing field in the optical packet, and if optical forwarding is available, terminating the electronic routing of the packet before completion of the electronic routing, and forwarding the optical signal, which defines the packet, based on the determined forwarding information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph Bannister, Joseph D. Touch, Purushotam Kamath, Aatash Patel