Patents by Inventor Joseph Rorai
Joseph Rorai 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: 9104410Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which allow telecommunication equipment to adjust its power consumption. By replicating the functionality of a standard component for processing traffic on a general purpose CPU, traffic can be routed within the equipment to the general purpose CPU for processing instead of the component under certain conditions. If the maximum bandwidth supported by the functionality on the general purpose CPU is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the component, then the component can be powered down during times of low traffic and the traffic routed to the general purpose CPU instead. Since the maximum bandwidth supported by the functionality on the general purpose CPU is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the component, less power is necessary to operate the telecommunication equipment and hence cost is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Kin-Yee Wong, Joseph Rorai
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Publication number: 20140095902Abstract: A method and system are provided for reducing power usage in a telecommunications network. Policies are applied during traffic management of packets, the policies taking into account the power cost of transmitting a packet onward, including over a network. Embodiments are provided in which such policies are used during classification, scheduling, and traffic shaping of packets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Joseph Rorai, Kin-Yee Wong
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Publication number: 20140075217Abstract: A method and system are provided for reducing power usage in a telecommunications network. An intelligent network manager within a network operations center determines whether to change the power usage of the network, such as reducing power usage at limes of low network activity. The network operations center is in communication with the network elements of the network, and using the communication channels between the network operations center and the network elements the intelligent network manager instructs various ones of the network elements to operate at a lower capacity or even not at all.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Kin-Yee Wong, Joseph Rorai
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Publication number: 20130329566Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for determining the power cost of transmitting packets along a specified path. A particular type of OAM packet is transmitted along the path by a first node, and each node along the path adds its power cost of transmitting packets to the OAM packet. Upon reaching the end of the path, the OAM packet is returned to the first node where the power cost of the total path is determined and stored in association with the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Kin-Yee Wong, Joseph Rorai
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Patent number: 8498199Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a provider edge node and a related method. The provider edge node may include a receiver that receives at least one packet transmitted over a TDM pseudowire using a structure-agnostic transmission mechanism. The provider edge node may also include a physical interface configured to output frames to a corresponding customer edge (CE) device and a machine-readable storage medium that stores a TDM framing type corresponding to the physical interface. Finally, the provider edge node may include a circuit emulation engine that, during periods in which a network error has occurred, transmits a plurality of frames to the CE device over the physical interface. A TDM data payload of each frame may include an idle pattern, while a group of framing bits of the plurality of frames may define a framing pattern corresponding to the TDM framing type stored for the physical interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Joseph Rorai, Claude Parent
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Publication number: 20130061072Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which allow telecommunication equipment to adjust its power consumption. A controller within a telecommunication node uses data to determine whether to reduce the power consumption of components within the node. The data can be real-time data fed to the node or controller, or data read from storage, or both, depending on the particular implementation. Various examples of data and decision-making are given.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Kin-Yee Wong, Joseph Rorai
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Publication number: 20120173660Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided in which a new input to a telecommunications node is provided, namely the real-time cost of power. By providing this information, the node may make more informed decisions as to power cost of various options. For example, the node may alter its operating parameters based on the current cost of power to implement various features. The real-time cost of power is provided to the node by the power provider. The real-time cost of the power is provided to the node using any method, such as by packets through a dedicated interface of the node, packets through a UDP port, or as packets over the electricity grid. The telecommunications node is just one example of end user equipment, and the real-time cost of power may be provided to any power-consuming equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Joseph Rorai, Kin-Yee Wong
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Publication number: 20120173889Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided which allow telecommunication equipment to adjust its power consumption. By replicating the functionality of a standard component for processing traffic on a general purpose CPU, traffic can be routed within the equipment to the general purpose CPU for processing instead of the component under certain conditions. If the maximum bandwidth supported by the functionality on the general purpose CPU is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the component, then the component can be powered down during times of low traffic and the traffic routed to the general purpose CPU instead. Since the maximum bandwidth supported by the functionality on the general purpose CPU is less than the maximum bandwidth supported by the component, less power is necessary to operate the telecommunication equipment and hence cost is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.Inventors: Kin-Yee WONG, Joseph RORAI
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Publication number: 20100315941Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a provider edge node and a related method. The provider edge node may include a receiver that receives at least one packet transmitted over a TDM pseudowire using a structure-agnostic transmission mechanism. The provider edge node may also include a physical interface configured to output frames to a corresponding customer edge (CE) device and a machine-readable storage medium that stores a TDM framing type corresponding to the physical interface. Finally, the provider edge node may include a circuit emulation engine that, during periods in which a network error has occurred, transmits a plurality of frames to the CE device over the physical interface. A TDM data payload of each frame may include an idle pattern, while a group of framing bits of the plurality of frames may define a framing pattern corresponding to the TDM framing type stored for the physical interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent Canada Inc.Inventors: Joseph Rorai, Claude Parent