Patents by Inventor David J. Mahar

David J. Mahar 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).

  • System and method for forwarding traffic data in an MPLS VPN
    Publication number: 20080080517
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for forwarding traffic data in a MPLS VPN network within a telecommunications network. The method comprise a technique for gateway selection in the MPLS VPN by using a combination of recursive floating static routes in the PE routers and conditional route advertisements from the gateway CE routers. This method allows for choice of gateway on a per-PE per-VRF basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Sumantra Roy, Joseph Wolfe, Phil Umeki, David J. Mahar