Patents by Inventor Jamal Golestani

Jamal Golestani 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 using a window mechanism to control multicast data congestion
    Patent number: 6115749
    Abstract: A system and method for using a window mechanism to control transmission of a multicast in a computer network to curb congestion. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a packet monitor that tracks, for each receiver of the multicast, unacknowledged packets transmitted to each receiver and (2) a multicast manager, associated with the packet monitor, that controls transmission of further packets of the multicast to prevent the unacknowledged packets transmitted to any of each receiver from exceeding a maximum number associated with each receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jamal Golestani, Krishan K. Sabnani