Patents by Inventor Anand V. Akella

Anand V. Akella 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).

  • Power aware switching using analytics
    Patent number: 10209763
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes, for each of a plurality of outgoing ports of a first network element: collecting data comprising a number of packets arriving the outgoing port and an amount of power consumed by the outgoing port for a first time interval; calculating a packet per watt (“P/W”) metric for the port for the first time interval, wherein the P/W metric comprises the number of packets coming into the port divided by the amount of power consumed by the port during the first time interval; repeating the collecting and calculating for a number of successive time intervals; calculating a mean P/W metric for a time period comprising the first time interval and the successive time intervals; and calculating a variance for the time period comprising the first time interval and the successive time intervals. The method further includes redirecting traffic received at the network element to the outgoing port having the lowest variance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand V. Akella, Praveen Parthasarathy Iyengar, Rajendra Kumar Thirumurthi, Samar Sharma, Krishna Bharadwaj Dharwada, Vivek Purushotham
  • POWER AWARE SWITCHING USING ANALYTICS
    Publication number: 20180074570
    Abstract: A method is described and in one embodiment includes, for each of a plurality of outgoing ports of a first network element: collecting data comprising a number of packets arriving the outgoing port and an amount of power consumed by the outgoing port for a first time interval; calculating a packet per watt (“P/W”) metric for the port for the first time interval, wherein the P/W metric comprises the number of packets coming into the port divided by the amount of power consumed by the port during the first time interval; repeating the collecting and calculating for a number of successive time intervals; calculating a mean P/W metric for a time period comprising the first time interval and the successive time intervals; and calculating a variance for the time period comprising the first time interval and the successive time intervals. The method further includes redirecting traffic received at the network element to the outgoing port having the lowest variance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Anand V. Akella, Praveen Parthasarathy Iyengar, Rajendra Kumar Thirumurthi, Samar Sharma, Krishna Bharadwaj Dharwada, Vivek Purushotham