Patents by Inventor David Gregory Eckard

David Gregory Eckard 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).

  • Gigabit passive optical network strict priority weighted round robin scheduling mechanism
    Patent number: 8289972
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for strict priority weighted round robin scheduling includes selecting a set of bandwidth allocation table filled entries having a common destination address, each filled entry associated with a received data packet and determining a scheduling weight for each bandwidth allocation table entry in the selected set, the scheduling weight determined first by a priority and then by an assigned weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Mehmet Zeki Kelesoglu, David Gregory Eckard