Patents by Inventor Hitha Shetty

Hitha Shetty 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 of shrinking a data loss window in a packet network device
    Patent number: 8565069
    Abstract: A packet network device includes a control module, one or more line cards each one or which includes a plurality of ingress and egress ports, and each of the ingress and egress ports are connected to external network links. The line cards maintain forwarding tables and include functionality that employs information in the forwarding tables to determine how incoming packets of information should be forwarded. The control module includes functionality that operates to learn reachability information about other devices connected to the network that are and to use this reachability information to update forwarding tables maintained on the line cards. The control module also includes an enhance ARP functionality that operates in cooperation with standard ARP functionality and other network protocols included on the control module to diminish the amount of data lost in the event that a link connected to one of the egress ports fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Force10 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Khetan, Hitha Shetty
  • METHOD OF SHRINKING A DATA LOSS WINDOW IN A PACKET NETWORK DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120127854
    Abstract: A packet network device includes a control module, one or more line cards each one or which includes a plurality of ingress and egress ports, and each of the ingress and egress ports are connected to external network links. The line cards maintain forwarding tables and include functionality that employs information in the forwarding tables to determine how incoming packets of information should be forwarded. The control module includes functionality that operates to learn reachability information about other devices connected to the network that are and to use this reachability information to update forwarding tables maintained on the line cards. The control module also includes an enhance ARP functionality that operates in cooperation with standard ARP functionality and other network protocols included on the control module to diminish the amount of data lost in the event that a link connected to one of the egress ports fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Force 10 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: VIKAS KHETAN, Hitha Shetty