Patents by Inventor Lakshmi Rajasekaran

Lakshmi Rajasekaran 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).

  • Distinguishing SRv6 micro-SID destination address from IPv6 destination address
    Patent number: 11831548
    Abstract: A node configured to operate in a network that operates one or more of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6), the node includes circuitry configured to determine a packet is to be sent to a second node in the network, with both the node and the second node utilizing Reduced Mode micro-Segment Identifiers (uSIDs), and include an identifier in an IPv6 header of the packet denoting a destination address of the packet includes uSIDs. The circuitry can be further configured to include the identifier responsive to a determination the second node supports the identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Ashwath Narasimhan, Muthurajah Sivabalan, Tao Wang, Lakshmi Rajasekaran