Patents by Inventor John Lester Strand
John Lester Strand 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: 10171197Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Patent number: 10148349Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Publication number: 20170346590Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Publication number: 20170264361Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Patent number: 9735912Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Patent number: 9705590Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY II, L.P.Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Publication number: 20160344506Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: BALAGANGADHAR G. BATHULA, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Patent number: 9413640Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Publication number: 20160119222Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Patent number: 9246623Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Balagangadhar G. Bathula, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Publication number: 20150229387Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Publication number: 20150155962Abstract: A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: BALAGANGADHAR G. BATHULA, Angela L. Chiu, Mark David Feuer, Rakesh Kumar Sinha, John Lester Strand, Sheryl Leigh Woodward, Weiyi Zhang
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Patent number: 9042720Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Angela L Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Publication number: 20090257742Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2005Publication date: October 15, 2009Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Patent number: 7088676Abstract: Communication is restored in a fiber optic network by placing error detection circuitry at the add/drop ports of the network nodes of the network. If the error detection circuitry detects an error condition for a communication signal traversing a normal communication path within the network, the communication signal is rerouted along a restoration communication path that is node and span disjoint from the first communication path. By requiring a restoration path to be node and span disjoint from the normal communication path, error detection circuitry need only be placed at the end nodes of the normal communication path. By allowing each node in the restoration path to dynamically choose the particular channels that can accommodate a particular communication signal at the time of the restoration, efficient use of available resources is gained. The result is a cost effective network that restores communication in times competitive to that of SONET rings.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2005Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Robert Duncan Doverspike, Gokhan Sahin, John Lester Strand, Robert William Tkach
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Patent number: 6970417Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for restoring communication in a fiber optic network by placing error detection circuitry at the add/drop ports of the network nodes of the network. If the error detection circuitry detects an error condition for a communication signal traversing a normal communication path within the network, the communication signal is rerouted along a restoration communication path that is node and span disjoint from the first communication path. By requiring a restoration path to be node and span disjoint from the normal communication path, error detection circuitry need only be placed at the end nodes of the normal communication path. By allowing each node in the restoration path to dynamically choose the particular channels that can accommodate a particular communication signal at the time of the restoration, efficient use of available resources is gained. The result is a cost effective network that restores communication in times competitive to that of SONET rings.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Robert Duncan Doverspike, Gokhan Sahin, John Lester Strand, Robert William Tkach
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Publication number: 20020063916Abstract: A method and system for providing joint IP/Optical Layer restoration mechanisms for the IP over Optical Layer architecture, particularly for protecting against router failure within such architecture, includes any one of plural node elements participating in the detection and restoration of the joint IP/Optical Layer architecture upon the failure of a router in one of the nodes. The plural node elements may include, but are not limited to, one of plural routers and an optical cross-connect.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2001Publication date: May 30, 2002Inventors: Angela L. Chiu, John Lester Strand
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Patent number: 6278689Abstract: An alarm and restoration system (28) accomplishes restoration in a ring network (10l) by monitoring network traffic to detect the occurrence of a single failure arising from a failed optical service path (14i) and the occurrence of a double failure arising from a failed optical service path and an occupied optical protection path (16i). In case of a single failure, the alarm and restoration system (28) restores traffic in the network itself by routing traffic on a restoration path. In the even of a double failure, the alarm and restoration system (28) routes traffic from the failed ring network through an Optical Cross-Connect mesh (22) to transform the double failure into a single failure that can be restored in the network itself.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 1998Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: AT&T Corp.Inventors: Thomas S. Afferton, John Lester Strand