Patents by Inventor Bird C. Lo

Bird C. Lo 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).

  • Apparatus and method for medium access control in an optical packet-switched network and the network thereof
    Patent number: 8233795
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for medium access control (MAC) in an optical packet-switched network. The MAC apparatus may comprise a bandwidth allocation module and an MAC processor. The bandwidth allocation module determines a data transmission limit based on a probabilistic quota plus credit mechanism for each node of the network, dynamically informs all downstream nodes of unused quota and allows the downstream nodes to use remaining bandwidths of the upstream node. Through a control message carried by a control channel, the MAC processor determines uploading, downloading and data erasing for a plurality of data channels, and updates the corresponding contents in the control message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lee, Yu-Min Lin, Maria C. Yuang, I-Fen Chao, Bird C. Lo
  • Apparatus And Method For Medium Access Control In An Optical Packet-Switched Network And The Network Thereof
    Publication number: 20100034536
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for medium access control (MAC) in an optical packet-switched network. The MAC apparatus may comprise a bandwidth allocation module and an MAC processor. The bandwidth allocation module determines a data transmission limit based on a probabilistic quota plus credit mechanism for each node of the network, dynamically informs all downstream nodes of unused quota and allows the downstream nodes use remaining bandwidths of the upstream node. Through a control message carried by a control channel, the MAC processor determines uploading, downloading and data erasing for a plurality of data channels, and updates the corresponding contents in the control message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Lee, Yu-Min Lin, Maria C. Yuang, I-Fen Chao, Bird C. Lo