Patents by Inventor Gerald L. SWINKELS

Gerald L. SWINKELS 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).

  • Optical transport network transient management systems and methods
    Patent number: 8718471
    Abstract: An Optical Transport Network (OTN) transient management method, OTN node, and OTN network includes operating an OTN connection in a first mode in a network, the OTN connection traverses at least two nodes in the network, requesting a change in the OTN connection to a second mode which will cause a network transient, the change includes a timing change on the OTN connection affecting the at least two nodes, and performing transient management at the at least two nodes to mitigate the network transient, the transient management prevents spurious alarms due to the change between the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Anurag Prakash, Sebastien Gareau, Alexander Gurd Young, Gerald L. Swinkels
  • OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20130266312
    Abstract: An Optical Transport Network (OTN) transient management method, OTN node, and OTN network includes operating an OTN connection in a first mode in a network, the OTN connection traverses at least two nodes in the network, requesting a change in the OTN connection to a second mode which will cause a network transient, the change includes a timing change on the OTN connection affecting the at least two nodes, and performing transient management at the at least two nodes to mitigate the network transient, the transient management prevents spurious alarms due to the change between the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anurag PRAKASH, Sebastien GAREAU, Alexander Gurd YOUNG, Gerald L. SWINKELS