Patents by Inventor Avinash Ratnavel Maharaj Ratnavel

Avinash Ratnavel Maharaj Ratnavel 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).

  • Authentication of passive devices
    Patent number: 11729166
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method, executable by a network device, that receives a first set of commands instructing the network device to allow network traffic to egress out of an authentication port of the network device. The authentication port is configured to belong to a first virtual local area network (VLAN). An unauthenticated device is connected to the authentication port. The method further receives a second set of commands instructing the network device to add ports belonging to the first VLAN to a broadcast domain of a second VLAN. The method also broadcasts an address request to the broadcast domain of the second VLAN. The method further receives, from the unauthenticated device, a response to the address request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Sweeney, Jifei Song, Avinash Ratnavel Maharaj Ratnavel, Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani
  • AUTHENTICATION OF PASSIVE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220014519
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a method, executable by a network device, that receives a first set of commands instructing the network device to allow network traffic to egress out of an authentication port of the network device. The authentication port is configured to belong to a first virtual local area network (VLAN). An unauthenticated device is connected to the authentication port. The method further receives a second set of commands instructing the network device to add ports belonging to the first VLAN to a broadcast domain of a second VLAN. The method also broadcasts an address request to the broadcast domain of the second VLAN. The method further receives, from the unauthenticated device, a response to the address request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Adam Sweeney, Jifei Song, Avinash Ratnavel Maharaj Ratnavel, Jaffar Hameed Abdul Kather Jilani