Patents by Inventor Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy 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).

  • Publication number: 20260005757
    Abstract: Systems and methods for hitless readmittance of recovered traffic to a group supporting partial survivability include receiving a plurality of components, wherein each component of the plurality of components is a traffic flow having a frequency and phase of associated frame position, and wherein the plurality of components represent an aggregate signal; equalizing skew of the plurality of components; responsive to one or more failed components of the plurality of components, replacing the one or more failed components with an associated replacement signal; and, subsequent to the one or more failed components becoming one or more recovered components, hitlessly readmitting the one or more recovered components by modifying the skew until non-failed components and the one or more recovered components are phase aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20250343612
    Abstract: An optical module includes a receiver configured to receive an optical signal, and processing circuitry configured to obtain data associated with the optical signal, periodically generate a reference signal, at a first point in the processing circuitry, each reference signal has an associated time, detect a significant event requiring a timestamp at a second point in the processing circuitry, and utilize a corresponding reference signal and its associated bit offset to determine the timestamp for the significant event. The first point is after the optical signal is converted to the data as bits, but where there is no data awareness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew McCarthy
  • Patent number: 12289391
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a phase rotator configured to receive a read clock, a flip flop configured to obtain an incoming data stream, and a controller. The controller may be configured to control the phase rotator to perform phase rotation of the read clock based on information-carrying level transitions in the incoming data stream, cause a gapped read clock and an inversion of the gapped read clock to be derived in accordance with the phase rotation, where the gapped read clock being derived via gapping operations associated with the read clock, and output clock selection signals that enable the flip flop to selectively sample the incoming data stream using the gapped read clock and the inversion, thereby facilitating a data handoff between asynchronous clock domains. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew McCarthy, Sadok Aouini, Manoj Verghese, Naim Ben-Hamida
  • Publication number: 20240080178
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a phase rotator configured to receive a read clock, a flip flop configured to obtain an incoming data stream, and a controller. The controller may be configured to control the phase rotator to perform phase rotation of the read clock based on information-carrying level transitions in the incoming data stream, cause a gapped read clock and an inversion of the gapped read clock to be derived in accordance with the phase rotation, where the gapped read clock being derived via gapping operations associated with the read clock, and output clock selection signals that enable the flip flop to selectively sample the incoming data stream using the gapped read clock and the inversion, thereby facilitating a data handoff between asynchronous clock domains. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrew McCarthy, Sadok Aouini, Manoj Verghese, Naim Ben-Hamida
  • Patent number: 11916661
    Abstract: Systems and methods for timing over a Metro Transport Networking (MTN) path include detecting a specific block in a stream of blocks, wherein each block is encoded based on a line code, and sampling an output of a clock to determine a timestamp reference based on detection of the specific block, and transmitting timing information based on the timestamp reference. The specific block can be a control block. The timing information can be transmitted via a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) message. The timing information can be transmitted via a plurality of subsequent specific blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Andrew McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11695494
    Abstract: An asynchronous adaptation process includes receiving a first plurality of frames of a first interface group at a first rate, determining idle/stuffing data to be added in each of the first plurality of frames based on a second rate associated with a second plurality of frames of a second interface group, adding information about the idle/stuffing data in each frame of the first plurality of frames in a preceding frame, and transmitting the second plurality of frames of the second interface group with the idle/stuffing data included therein, wherein the second plurality of frames includes the first plurality of frames with the idle/stuffing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew McCarthy, Sebastien Gareau
  • Patent number: 11552722
    Abstract: A coherent optical modem includes an optical interface; and circuitry connected to the optical interface and configured to detect a first timing reference point in a transmit Digital Signal Processor (DSP) frame in a transmit direction from a first node to a second node, and detect a second timing reference point in a receive DSP frame in a receive direction from the second node to the first node, wherein the first timing reference point and the second timing reference point are determined based on a pattern in any DSP frame field including i) padding area, ii) a reserved area, and iii) a DSP Multi-Frame Alignment Signal (MFAS) area. The pattern can be input in select DSP frames for a time period that is greater than a time period for each DSP frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Manoj Verghese, Andrew McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20230006759
    Abstract: An asynchronous adaptation process includes receiving a first plurality of frames of a first interface group at a first rate, determining idle/stuffing data to be added in each of the first plurality of frames based on a second rate associated with a second plurality of frames of a second interface group, adding information about the idle/stuffing data in each frame of the first plurality of frames in a preceding frame, and transmitting the second plurality of frames of the second interface group with the idle/stuffing data included therein, wherein the second plurality of frames includes the first plurality of frames with the idle/stuffing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew McCarthy, Sebastien Gareau
  • Publication number: 20220190946
    Abstract: A coherent optical modem includes an optical interface; and circuitry connected to the optical interface and configured to detect a first timing reference point in a transmit Digital Signal Processor (DSP) frame in a transmit direction from a first node to a second node, and detect a second timing reference point in a receive DSP frame in a receive direction from the second node to the first node, wherein the first timing reference point and the second timing reference point are determined based on a pattern in any DSP frame field including i) padding area, ii) a reserved area, and iii) a DSP Multi-Frame Alignment Signal (MFAS) area. The pattern can be input in select DSP frames for a time period that is greater than a time period for each DSP frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Jeffery Thomas Nichols, Manoj Verghese, Andrew McCarthy
  • Patent number: 11038610
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Optical Transport Network (OTN) transmission include an adaptation circuit configured to receive a plurality of signals each from a corresponding optical modem of a plurality of optical modems, wherein each of the plurality of signals was received by the corresponding optical modem, and reassemble the plurality of signals into an Optical Transport Network (OTN) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Ronald Gagnon, Andrew McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20200412471
    Abstract: Systems and methods for timing over a Metro Transport Networking (MTN) path include detecting a specific block in a stream of blocks, wherein each block is encoded based on a line code, and sampling an output of a clock to determine a timestamp reference based on detection of the specific block, and transmitting timing information based on the timestamp reference. The specific block can be a control block. The timing information can be transmitted via a Precision Time Protocol (PTP) message. The timing information can be transmitted via a plurality of subsequent specific blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Andrew McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20200228221
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Optical Transport Network (OTN) transmission include an adaptation circuit configured to receive a plurality of signals each from a corresponding optical modem of a plurality of optical modems, wherein each of the plurality of signals was received by the corresponding optical modem, and reassemble the plurality of signals into an Optical Transport Network (OTN) signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Ronald Gagnon, Andrew McCarthy
  • Patent number: 10525314
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body in a weight mount. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member. The weight member includes a spring feature that is movably coupled to a weight body so that it is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the second configuration a portion of the spring feature extends outward from a side wall of the weight body. The weight mount includes an undercut and the spring feature extends into the undercut and is partially flexed by the abutment of the spring feature and a perimeter wall of weight mount when the weight member is disposed in the weight mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Andrew McCarthy, Noah de la Cruz, Grant M. Martens
  • Patent number: 10498476
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Optical Transport Network (OTN) transmission include receiving an OTN client signal for transmission via a plurality of line side modems; segmenting the OTN client signal into a plurality of flows; providing the plurality of flows to the plurality of line side modems, wherein the OTN client signal is a single client which is transmitted optically via the plurality of line side modems which are each different line interfaces. The OTN client can be an Optical channel Transport Unit (C=100)×n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ) OTUCn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Ronald Gagnon, Andrew McCarthy
  • Publication number: 20190329104
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Noah de la Cruz, Andrew McCarthy, Scott A. Knutson
  • Patent number: 10376756
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Noah de la Cruz, Andrew McCarthy, Scott A. Knutson
  • Publication number: 20190091529
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body in a weight mount. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member. The weight member includes a spring feature that is movably coupled to a weight body so that it is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the second configuration a portion of the spring feature extends outward from a side wall of the weight body. The weight mount includes an undercut and the spring feature extends into the undercut and is partially flexed by the abutment of the spring feature and a perimeter wall of weight mount when the weight member is disposed in the weight mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Andrew McCarthy, Noah de la Cruz, Grant M. Martens
  • Publication number: 20190036632
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Optical Transport Network (OTN) transmission include receiving an OTN client signal for transmission via a plurality of line side modems; segmenting the OTN client signal into a plurality of flows; providing the plurality of flows to the plurality of line side modems, wherein the OTN client signal is a single client which is transmitted optically via the plurality of line side modems which are each different line interfaces. The OTN client can be an Optical channel Transport Unit (C=100)×n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ) OTUCn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastien Gareau, Ronald Gagnon, Andrew McCarthy
  • Patent number: 10137342
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body in a weight mount. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member. The weight member includes a spring feature that is movably coupled to a weight body so that it is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the second configuration a portion of the spring feature extends outward from a side wall of the weight body. The weight mount includes an undercut and the spring feature extends into the undercut and is partially flexed by the abutment of the spring feature and a perimeter wall of weight mount when the weight member is disposed in the weight mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Hebreo, Andrew McCarthy, Noah de la Cruz, Grant M. Martens
  • Publication number: 20180326267
    Abstract: A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Noah de la Cruz, Andrew McCarthy, Scott A. Knutson