Patents by Inventor Dean Houari

Dean Houari 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).

  • Guaranteeing bandwidth for dual-homed hosts in fabric extender topologies
    Patent number: 9473357
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing bandwidth in a network. Information describing a network bandwidth capacity of a port extender device is received at a switch. The port extender device is connected to the switch. The port extender device is configured to provide ports for the switch. The network bandwidth capacity of the port extender device is compared to a minimum network bandwidth guarantee threshold. If the switch determines that the network bandwidth capacity of the port extender device is below the minimum network guarantee threshold, the switch sends to the port extender device a message configured to cause the port extender to deactivate one or more links between the port extender device and one or more servers in communication with the port extender device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhuvan Mital, Rajagopal Subramaniyan, Lalitha Krishnan, Narasimhan G Mandeyam, Yiqing Zhu, Kalyan Ghosh, Dean Houari
  • Guaranteeing Bandwidth For Dual-Homed Hosts In Fabric Extender Topologies
    Publication number: 20150215169
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for optimizing bandwidth in a network. Information describing a network bandwidth capacity of a port extender device is received at a switch. The port extender device is connected to the switch. The port extender device is configured to provide ports for the switch. The network bandwidth capacity of the port extender device is compared to a minimum network bandwidth guarantee threshold. If the switch determines that the network bandwidth capacity of the port extender device is below the minimum network guarantee threshold, the switch sends to the port extender device a message configured to cause the port extender to deactivate one or more links between the port extender device and one or more servers in communication with the port extender device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhuvan Mital, Rajagopal Subramaniyan, Lalitha Krishnan, Narasimhan G. Mandeyam, Yiqing Zhu, Kalyan Ghosh, Dean Houari