Patents by Inventor Giancarlo Vasta

Giancarlo Vasta 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).

  • Method for managing traffic in a network based upon ethernet switches, vehicle, communication interface, and corresponding computer program product
    Patent number: 10812397
    Abstract: A method for managing traffic in a network based upon Ethernet switches, which are compliant with the IEEE 802.1Q and TSN communication standards, including the steps of dividing frames received into queues; scheduling transmission of the frames contained in the queues on the basis of the respective priorities of the traffic classes; and, if frames are present belonging to a traffic class in the plurality of traffic classes that has a higher priority than frames belonging to the event-triggered traffic class and when at least one protected time window occurs, transmitting the frames that belong to the traffic class with higher priority and blocking transmission of the frames that belong to the remaining traffic classes; and if the queue dedicated to the event-triggered traffic class is empty, transmitting a frame belonging to one of the remaining traffic classes that have frames with a priority lower than the frames belonging to the event-triggered traffic class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Marelli Europe S.p.A., Università degli Studi di Catania
    Inventors: Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, Filippo Battaglia, Marco Arena, Giancarlo Vasta
  • METHOD FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC IN A NETWORK BASED UPON ETHERNET SWITCHES, VEHICLE, COMMUNICATION INTERFACE, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT
    Publication number: 20190199641
    Abstract: A method for managing traffic in a network based upon Ethernet switches, which are compliant with the IEEE 802.1Q and TSN communication standards, including the steps of dividing frames received into queues; scheduling transmission of the frames contained in the queues on the basis of the respective priorities of the traffic classes; and, if frames are present belonging to a traffic class in the plurality of traffic classes that has a higher priority than frames belonging to the event-triggered traffic class and when at least one protected time window occurs, transmitting the frames that belong to the traffic class with higher priority and blocking transmission of the frames that belong to the remaining traffic classes; and if the queue dedicated to the event-triggered traffic class is empty, transmitting a frame belonging to one of the remaining traffic classes that have frames with a priority lower than the frames belonging to the event-triggered traffic class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Lucia Lo Bello, Gaetano Patti, Filippo Battaglia, Marco Arena, Giancarlo Vasta