Patents by Inventor Anand Aparna

Anand Aparna 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).

  • Patent number: 9148363
    Abstract: A method for multicast routing may include receiving, at a router of a receiving multicast domain, a data packet from a forwarding multicast domain. The method may further include configuring the router to operate as if a multicast forwarding information base entry is directly connected, and configuring the router with a reverse path forwarding override with source discovery such that a path used by multicast traffic is different from a path used for unicast traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Madhu Prashanth Kannan, Christopher Sean Affleck, Anand Aparna, Duane Edward Mentze
  • Publication number: 20130336318
    Abstract: A method for multicast routing may include receiving, at a router of a receiving multicast domain, a data packet from a forwarding multicast domain. The method may further include configuring the router to operate as if a multicast forwarding information base entry is directly connected, and configuring the router with a reverse path forwarding override with source discovery such that a path used by multicast traffic is different from a path used for unicast traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Madhu Prashanth Kannan, Christopher Sean Affleck, Anand Aparna, Duane Edward Mentze