Patents by Inventor Jon Thomas Carroll

Jon Thomas Carroll 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).

  • Systems and methods for parallel multi-core control plane processing
    Patent number: 8223779
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for parallel multi-core control plane processing with optical networks. This enables optical switches utilizing control planes, such as G.ASON, to meet scalability and performance requirements of evolving networks. The multi-core processing is configured to handle call control for sub-network connections (SNCs) (e.g., requests for creates, failures, restores, routing). Additional control plane functions, such as signaling and related interfaces, routing connection admission control (CAC), naming and addressing, and the like, can also be processed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Jon Thomas Carroll, Satish Mysore Gopalakrishna, Matthew Connolly
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL MULTI-CORE CONTROL PLANE PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20090202240
    Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods for parallel multi-core control plane processing with optical networks. This enables optical switches utilizing control planes, such as G.ASON, to meet scalability and performance requirements of evolving networks. The multi-core processing is configured to handle call control for sub-network connections (SNCs) (e.g., requests for creates, failures, restores, routing). Additional control plane functions, such as signaling and related interfaces, routing connection admission control (CAC), naming and addressing, and the like, can also be processed in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Jon Thomas Carroll, Satish Mysore Gopalakrishna, Matthew Connolly