Patents by Inventor Bernard Lemieux

Bernard Lemieux 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).

  • Method and apparatus for establishing dedicated local area network N) connections in an optical transmission network
    Patent number: 6829247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for establishing dedicated local area network (LAN) connectivity between network elements (NEs) in an optical transmission network without using any of the payload transport capacity available. In order to provision dedicated LAN connections between NEs, the invention reallocates existing overhead functionality to provide dedicated bandwidth for LAN communications between NEs. At each NE, a respective LAN interface unit provides access to this dedicated bandwidth and allows LAN devices such as personal computers (PCs), servers and monitoring equipment to communicate across NEs of an optical transmission network without consuming any payload transport capacity available therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Trevor D. Corkum, Bernard Lemieux, Mark S. Wight