Patents by Inventor Avail Joy Smith

Avail Joy Smith 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).

  • Broadband switching network with automatic bandwidth allocation in response to data cell detection
    Patent number: 5784358
    Abstract: A broadband switching system and method switches asynchronously transferred cells of data using a dynamic bandwidth controller to control application of data cells from a number of transmitting end systems to an input port of the system. The dynamic bandwidth controller provides cell buffering from each source and controls output of data cells to the system according to a current cell rate assigned to cells from the respective end system. When an end system begins transmitting data cells, the controller detects the presence of incoming cells and requests bandwidth from a connection admission control forming part of the system. A default cell rate is provided for the end system so that transmission can continue until an appropriate bandwidth is allocated. The controller contains a buffer for buffering cells in this situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignees: Oxford Brookes University, British Telecommunications public limited company
    Inventors: Avail Joy Smith, John Leonard Adams