Patents by Inventor Al Agha Khaldoun

Al Agha Khaldoun 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 for turning off routers in a communications network and router implementing this method
    Patent number: 9450835
    Abstract: A method for turning off routers, operating according to a link-state protocol, in a communications network, said network linking a plurality of devices, said method being executed simultaneously over a plurality of routers of the network, includes: a step of initializing; a step of monitoring verifying a list of predefined conditions to be met to allow the turning off of the router; a step of waiting; a step of turning off, including the transmission of a message destined for other routers executing said method to signal the turning off of said router to them; the waiting step being carried out before the turning-off step, the turning-off step being carried out only if no turning-off message originating from other routers is received during the waiting step, if a turning-off message coming from other routers is received during the waiting step then the return to the monitoring step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Universite Paris—Sud 11, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventor: Al Agha Khaldoun
  • METHOD FOR TURNING OFF ROUTERS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND ROUTER IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20140293805
    Abstract: A method for turning off routers, operating according to a link-state protocol, in a communications network, said network linking a plurality of devices, said method being executed simultaneously over a plurality of routers of the network, includes: a step of initializing; a step of monitoring verifying a list of predefined conditions to be met to allow the turning off of the router; a step of waiting; a step of turning off, including the transmission of a message destined for other routers executing said method to signal the turning off of said router to them; the waiting step being carried out before the turning-off step, the turning-off step being carried out only if no turning-off message originating from other routers is received during the waiting step, if a turning-off message coming from other routers is received during the waiting step then the return to the monitoring step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS, UNIVERSITE PARIS-SUD 11
    Inventor: Al Agha Khaldoun