Patents by Inventor Bashar Bou-Dlab

Bashar Bou-Dlab 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).

  • Forwarding state sharing between multiple traffic paths in a communication network
    Patent number: 7570649
    Abstract: The sharing of forwarding states between multiple traffic paths is described. There is described a method for establishing a data traffic path in a communication network from a first node towards a second node. The method includes searching a set of pre-existing forwarding states for a pre-existing forwarding state associated with the first node for defining the traffic path from the first node towards the second node. If the pre-existing forwarding state for defining the traffic path cannot be found in the set of pre-existing forwarding states, then a new forwarding state for defining the traffic path from the first node towards the second node is generated the new forwarding state is used to establish the traffic path from the first node towards the second node. An apparatus implementing the method is described. The sharing of forwarding states as described may be used in MPLS enabled networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Lie Qian, Yiyan Tang, Yuke Wang, Bashar Bou-Dlab, Wladyslaw Olesinski
  • Forwarding state sharing between multiple traffic paths in a communication network
    Publication number: 20060193332
    Abstract: The sharing of forwarding states between multiple traffic paths is described. There is a described a method for establishing a data traffic path in a communication network from a first node towards a second node. The method includes searching a set of pre-existing forwarding states for a pre-existing forwarding state associated with the first node for defining the traffic path from the first node towards the second node. If the pre-existing forwarding state for defining the traffic path cannot be found in the set of pre-existing forwarding states, then a new forwarding state for defining the traffic path from the first node towards the second node is generated the new forwarding state is used to establish the traffic path from the first node towards the second node. An apparatus implementing the method is described. The sharing of forwarding states as described may be used in MPLS enabled networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Lie Qian, Yiyan Tang, Yuke Wang, Bashar Bou-Dlab, Wladyslaw Olesinski