Patents by Inventor Glenn C. Wenig

Glenn C. Wenig 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 and system for facilitating switch virtualization in a network of interconnected switches
    Patent number: 10063473
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that are executed by the processor. The computing system stores in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier, and stores in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device. The computing system encapsulates a first packet, which has first MAC address as a destination address, in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header. This encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventor: Glenn C. Wenig
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING SWITCH VIRTUALIZATION IN A NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20150319088
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that are executed by the processor. The computing system stores in a first table a first mapping between a first switch identifier and a next-hop switch identifier for the first switch identifier, and stores in a second table a second mapping between the first switch identifier and a first media access control (MAC) address of a remote device. The computing system encapsulates a first packet, which has first MAC address as a destination address, in a first encapsulation header with the first switch identifier as an egress switch identifier of the first encapsulation header. This encapsulated packet is forwarded in a network of interconnected switches based on the first encapsulation header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventor: Glenn C. Wenig