Patents by Inventor Georg Wenzel

Georg Wenzel 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).

  • Patent number: 7668081
    Abstract: A method, protection overlay and system in which different service streams are distributed via a plurality of links, comprising logically separating the service streams according to service type profile; allocating resources for working and backup capacity according to the service type profile; and defining a link aggregation group (LAG) including at least one worker link for carrying high priority service streams and at least one backup link for carrying low priority service streams; whereby in response to worker link failure, at least higher priority service streams are transitioned from a failed worker link to a backup link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Hermsmeyer, Barbara A. Kenney, Oliver Tamm, Georg Wenzel
  • Publication number: 20080112312
    Abstract: A method, protection overlay and system in which different service streams are distributed via a plurality of links, comprising logically separating the service streams according to service type profile; allocating resources for working and backup capacity according to the service type profile; and defining a link aggregation group (LAG) including at least one worker link for carrying high priority service streams and at least one backup link for carrying low priority service streams; whereby in response to worker link failure, at least higher priority service streams are transitioned from a failed worker link to a backup link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Christian Hermsmeyer, Barbara A. Kenney, Oliver Tamm, Georg Wenzel