Patents by Inventor Lawrence W. Crom

Lawrence W. Crom 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).

  • Optimal expansion of a telecommunications network
    Patent number: 8265061
    Abstract: There is assigned at least one first cost for expanding at least one link to a circuit-switched network that is part of a hybrid network comprising the circuit switched network and a packet switched network. All paths in the packet switched network are represented with a virtual link. A cost is assigned to the virtual link. An integer programming problem is solved to determine a number of links to add to the network, the integer programming problem having as inputs a model of the hybrid network and a demand forecast matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Verizon Services Corp.
    Inventors: Donald E. Smith, Rina R. Schneur, Raghavendran Sivaraman, Lawrence W. Crom, Roger L. Tobin, Hui Liu