Patents by Inventor Parviz Ghalambor

Parviz Ghalambor 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 system for link aggregation across multiple switches
    Patent number: 9143445
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a forwarding mechanism and a control mechanism. During operation, the forwarding mechanism forwards frames based on their Ethernet headers. The control mechanism operates the switch in conjunction with a separate physical switch as a single logical switch and assigns a virtual switch identifier to the logical switch, wherein the virtual switch identifier is associated with a link aggregation group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Juh-En Cheng, Wing Cheung, John Michael Terry, Suresh Vobbilisetty, Surya P. Varanasi, Parviz Ghalambor
  • Method and system for link aggregation across multiple switches
    Patent number: 8446914
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a forwarding mechanism and a control mechanism. During operation, the forwarding mechanism forwards frames based on their Ethernet headers. The control mechanism operates the switch in conjunction with a separate physical switch as a single logical switch and assigns a virtual switch identifier to the logical switch, wherein the virtual switch identifier is associated with a link aggregation group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Juh-En Cheng, Wing Cheung, John Michael Terry, Suresh Vobbilisetty, Surya P. Varanasi, Parviz Ghalambor
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LINK AGGREGATION ACROSS MULTIPLE SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20110299536
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a forwarding mechanism and a control mechanism. During operation, the forwarding mechanism forwards frames based on their Ethernet headers. The control mechanism operates the switch in conjunction with a separate physical switch as a single logical switch and assigns a virtual switch identifier to the logical switch, wherein the virtual switch identifier is associated with a link aggregation group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Juh-En Cheng, Wing Cheung, John Michael Terry, Suresh Vobbilisetty, Surya P. Varanasi, Parviz Ghalambor