Patents by Inventor Kiran K. Gavini

Kiran K. Gavini 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).

  • Scalable and segregated network virtualization
    Patent number: 9699001
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a virtual network module and a forwarding module. The virtual network module includes a global virtual local area network (VLAN) tag in a packet. The global VLAN tag is mapped to an edge VLAN tag in the packet and is associated with a datacenter domain. The datacenter domain indicates a set of ports associated with a datacenter. The forwarding module identifies an egress edge port for the packet based on the global VLAN tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Venkata R. K. Addanki, Sadasivudu Malladi, Chi L. Chong, Kiran K. Gavini
  • SCALABLE AND SEGREGATED NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION
    Publication number: 20140362859
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a virtual network module and a forwarding module. The virtual network module includes a global virtual local area network (VLAN) tag in a packet. The global VLAN tag is mapped to an edge VLAN tag in the packet and is associated with a datacenter domain. The datacenter domain indicates a set of ports associated with a datacenter. The forwarding module identifies an egress edge port for the packet based on the global VLAN tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Venkata R. K. Addanki, Sadasivudu Malladi, Chi L. Chong, Kiran K. Gavini