Patents by Inventor Bernd Markus Bleisteiner

Bernd Markus Bleisteiner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for synchronous switching of optical transport network signals
    Patent number: 7711007
    Abstract: The invention includes a method and apparatus for synchronously switching at least one plesiochronous signal within a network element. Specifically, a method according to one embodiment of the invention includes receiving the at least one plesiochronous signal, and mapping the at least one plesiochronous signal into at least one synchronous signal. The at least one synchronous signal includes at least one virtually-concatenated signal, where each of the at least one virtually-concatenated signal includes a plurality of sub-signals, and each of the sub-signals is adapted for being synchronously switched within the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Bernd Markus Bleisteiner, Manfred Alois Loeffler, Gerhard Meyer