Patents by Inventor Jürgen Bos
Jürgen Bos 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).
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Patent number: 9699021Abstract: For performing link adaptation in an Ethernet ring protection system, a link management controller (180) determines a ring protection state of an Ethernet protection ring. Further, the link management controller (180) adapts bandwidth of a link (25) of the Ethernet protection ring. Depending on the adapted bandwidth and the determined ring protection state, the link management controller (180) deactivates the link of the Ethernet protection ring. In particular, if the adapted bandwidth is below a threshold value and the ring protection state indicates that there is no link failure in the Ethernet protection ring, the link management controller (180) may deactivate the link (25).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Stefan Behrens, Jüergen Bos
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Patent number: 9331861Abstract: The invention relates to an Ethernet ring node (100) comprising a plurality of ports including at least two ring ports and at least one non-ring port. The Ethernet ring node comprises a multicast list including information on which port multicast traffic belonging to a multicast group should be sent. A control unit is provided configured to control a traffic distribution of multicast traffic to the different ports of the Ethernet ring node based on the information provided in the multicast list. Furthermore, a detector is provided detecting a topology change of the Ethernet ring in which the Ethernet ring node is provided. When such a topology change is detected, all multicast traffic is transmitted to the at least two ring ports for a predefined period of time, and multicast traffic transmitted to the non-ring ports is transmitted in accordance with the information provided in the multicast list.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Juergen Bos, Stefan Behrens
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Patent number: 9276767Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a first ring node is arranged to protect against loops in an Ethernet ring by performing Ethernet ring protection (ERP) according to an Ethernet ring protection protocol (ERP) standard. The first ring node is located directly adjacent to at least one second ring node in the Ethernet ring which is not configured to perform ERP according to the same ERP protocol standard. The first ring node is configured to, upon detection of a link failure or recovery event in the Ethernet ring resulting in a flush operation of the filtering database (FDB) in the first ring node in accordance with the ERP protocol standard, send a message to the at least one second ring node which is operable to cause said at least one second ring node to perform a flush operation of its filtering database (FDB). Embodiments of the invention also include an Ethernet ring, a broadband communications network and methods for use in the first ring node and in the Ethernet ring.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2010Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSONInventors: Jüergen Bos, John Volkering, Love Thyresson, Richard Gough
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Publication number: 20140293774Abstract: For performing link adaptation in an Ethernet ring protection system, a link management controller (180) determines a ring protection state of an Ethernet protection ring. Further, the link management controller (180) adapts bandwidth of a link (25) of the Ethernet protection ring. Depending on the adapted bandwidth and the determined ring protection state, the link management controller (180) deactivates the link of the Ethernet protection ring. In particular, if the adapted bandwidth is below a threshold value and the ring protection state indicates that there is no link failure in the Ethernet protection ring, the link management controller (180) may deactivate the link (25).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2011Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Stefan Behrens, Jüergen Bos
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Patent number: 8780700Abstract: Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments enable improved switch or link failure handling. A redundant router master/backup status change may be triggered based on switch connectivity. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes monitoring a connectivity of a network, detecting a failure, and based on the detected failure, changing the redundant router master/backup status of both a first router and at least a second of router.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Xia Xiaoyong, Yang Shuguang, Jürgen Bos
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Publication number: 20130258855Abstract: The invention relates to an Ethernet ring node (100) comprising a plurality of ports including at least two ring ports and at least one non-ring port. The Ethernet ring node comprises a multicast list including information on which port multicast traffic belonging to a multicast group should be sent. A control unit is provided configured to control a traffic distribution of multicast traffic to the different ports of the Ethernet ring node based on the information provided in the multicast list. Furthermore, a detector is provided detecting a topology change of the Ethernet ring in which the Ethernet ring node is provided. When such a topology change is detected, all multicast traffic is transmitted to the at least two ring ports for a predefined period of time, and multicast traffic transmitted to the non-ring ports is transmitted in accordance with the information provided in the multicast list.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Juergen Bos, Stefan Behrens
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Publication number: 20130201820Abstract: Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments enable improved switch or link failure handling. A redundant router master/backup status change may be triggered based on switch connectivity. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes monitoring a connectivity of a network, detecting a failure, and based on the detected failure, changing the redundant router master/backup status of both a first router and at least a second of router.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Xia Xiaoyong, Yang Shuguang, Jürgen Bos
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Patent number: 8442486Abstract: A method and apparatus for invoking online charging of a service requested via a communications network and to be accessed according to a first protocol, wherein subscriber information is received from a first network element (102) including information for invoking the online charging, and the received subscriber information is interpreted and in response to a service request online charging is invoked from a second network element (103) for the service by means of a second protocol.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Robert Tornkvist, Juergen Bos, Stefan Karlsson, Damir Svoboda, Christoph Sous
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Publication number: 20130064071Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a first ring node is arranged to protect against loops in an Ethernet ring by performing Ethernet ring protection (ERP) according to an Ethernet ring protection protocol (ERP) standard. The first ring node is located directly adjacent to at least one second ring node in the Ethernet ring which is not configured to perform ERP according to the same ERP protocol standard. The first ring node is configured to, upon detection of a link failure or recovery event in the Ethernet ring resulting in a flush operation of the filtering database (FDB) in the first ring node in accordance with the ERP protocol standard, send a message to the at least one second ring node which is operable to cause said at least one second ring node to perform a flush operation of its filtering database (FDB). Embodiments of the invention also include an Ethernet ring, a broadband communications network and methods for use in the first ring node and in the Ethernet ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Jüergen Bos, John Volkering, Love Thyresson, Richard Gough
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Publication number: 20090163172Abstract: A method and apparatus for invoking online charging of a service requested via a communications network and to be accessed according to a first protocol, wherein subscriber information is received from a first network element (102) including information for invoking the online charging, and the received subscriber information is interpreted and in response to a service request online charging is invoked from a second network element (103) for the service by means of a second protocol.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventors: Robert Tornkvist, Juergen Bos, Stefan Karlsson, Damir Svoboda, Christoph Sous