Patents by Inventor Mark Cassada

Mark Cassada 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).

  • Publication number: 20090080885
    Abstract: An optical network scheduling device (10) including a plurality of schedulers (16) each corresponding to a respective channel in the optical burst switch network and configured to maintain a transmission schedule for the respective channel; and a controller (12) configured to receive a burst transmission request and to select at least one of the schedulers as a selected scheduler schedule a burst transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: Research Triangel Institute
    Inventors: Pronita Mehrotra, Dan Stevenson, Mark Cassada, Wayne Dettloff
  • Publication number: 20050013613
    Abstract: Optical burst switch network system and method with Just-in-Time (JIT) signaling and advanced data transmission and memory access and management. The system and method allow concurrent data transmission having arbitrary signal types, such as analog and digital signal types, in which the JIT signaling allows for subsequent simultaneous transmission of optical signals that do not require electro-optical conversion. The system includes an optical signal bus having a passive star coupler. A plurality of network adapters that are in optical communication with the optical signal bus and in network communication with network terminal devices are provided. The network adapters include receivers, transmitters and control logic that allows for bi-directional movement of data signals as bursts between the terminal equipment and the network system. The transmitter and receiver may be fixed or tunable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Stevenson, Mark Cassada, Pronita Mehrotra