Patents by Inventor Frank S. Yang

Frank S. Yang 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).

  • Source-based congestion detection and control
    Patent number: 8824294
    Abstract: Congestion control techniques based upon resource utilization information stored by a network device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a network device is configured to identify a data source causing congestion based upon information stored by the network device identifying a set of data sources, and for each data source, information identifying the amount of a resource of the network device being used for processing data received by the network device from the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Brocade Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitri Halabi, Yuen Fai Wong, Robert Colvin, Frank S. Yang
  • SOURCE-BASED CONGESTION DETECTION AND CONTROL
    Publication number: 20110235518
    Abstract: Congestion control techniques based upon resource utilization information stored by a network device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a network device is configured to identify a data source causing congestion based upon information stored by the network device identifying a set of data sources, and for each data source, information identifying the amount of a resource of the network device being used for processing data received by the network device from the data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitri Halabi, Yuen Fai Wong, Robert Colvin, Frank S. Yang
  • SERDES LINK ERROR MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20110179315
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically measuring and monitoring error rate in Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) links In one set of embodiments, a method includes polling a SerDes link status of a SerDes link at a predetermined rate. The method also includes storing a predetermined polling results in a memory, determining a number of polling results indicating one or more errors occurred in said SerDes link, determining an action to be taken if said number of polling results exceed a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Frank S. Yang
  • Source-based congestion detection and control
    Patent number: 7978607
    Abstract: Congestion control techniques based upon resource utilization information stored by a network device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a network device is configured to identify a data source causing congestion based upon information stored by the network device identifying a set of data sources, and for each data source, information identifying the amount of a resource of the network device being used for processing data received by the network device from the data source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitri Halabi, Yuen Fai Wong, Robert Colvin, Frank S. Yang