Patents by Inventor Markus Wandel

Markus Wandel 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).

  • Credit recovery in a credit based flow control system
    Patent number: 7480730
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sender-initiated credit recovery in a closed-loop credit based flow control system, includes assigning a number of credits to a sender unit in the credit based flow control system. The method also includes decrementing a credit count in the sender unit in response to the sender sending data to the receiver and incrementing the credit count in the sender unit in response to receiving returned credits from the receiver unit. The method also includes determining if a loss or gain in the number of credits in the credit based flow control system has occurred and adjusting the credit count based on the determined loss or gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: David Stuart, Markus Wandel, Blake Toplis
  • Credit recovery in a credit based flow control system
    Publication number: 20050228900
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for sender-initiated credit recovery in a closed-loop credit based flow control system, includes assigning a number of credits to a sender unit in the credit based flow control system. The method also includes decrementing a credit count in the sender unit in response to the sender sending data to the receiver and incrementing the credit count in the sender unit in response to receiving returned credits from the receiver unit. The method also includes determining if a loss or gain in the number of credits in the credit based flow control system has occurred and adjusting the credit count based on the determined loss or gain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: David Stuart, Markus Wandel, Blake Toplis