Patents by Inventor Mark Szczesniak

Mark Szczesniak 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).

  • Distributed imposition of multi-level label stack using local label
    Patent number: 7319699
    Abstract: Improved scalability and performance for label switched routers are provided. Large numbers of interfaces may be readily accommodated. In one implementation, label imposition is divided between ingress and egress linecards so that the interface supporting a given service can be the one to impose any needed corresponding label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Provine, Mark Szczesniak
  • Method and apparatus for enabling routing of label switched data packets
    Publication number: 20070030852
    Abstract: A method of enabling routing of label switched data packets in a data communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and supporting multiple topologies, is performed at an enabling node and comprises constructing a per-topology label forwarding table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Szczesniak, Francois Le Faucheur, Johnny Poulin
  • Method and apparatus for enabling routing of label switched data packets
    Publication number: 20070030846
    Abstract: A method of enabling routing of label switched data packets in a data communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and supporting multiple topologies, comprises processing a label value advertisement comprising an association between a label value and a corresponding forwarding class and topology and carrying out a routing enabling step in relation to the label value advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Publication date: February 8, 2007
    Inventors: Mark Szczesniak, Francois Le Faucheur, Johnny Poulin