Patents by Inventor Michael Emmendorfer

Michael Emmendorfer 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).

  • Patent number: 9338024
    Abstract: A device, deployed at the edge of a provider network, includes logic to receive traffic from one or more customer edge devices, and to encapsulate the customer traffic into a Layer 2 tunnel of an IP frame. The IP frame in further included within an Ethernet frame, and quality of service priority bits are promoted from the customer traffic into both the IP frame and the Ethernet frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Emmendorfer, Tom Cloonan, Erich Arnold
  • Patent number: 8630540
    Abstract: A translation agent adapts DOCSIS information, primarily QoS information, for transmission over a PON. The agent places into an IP address field of a DHCP message the MAC address of an ONU associated with a CPE device attempting to register with a CMTS. The translation agent intercepts DHCP reply messages from the DHCP server using the MAC address of the ONU. The translation agent extracts information, including an IP address of the client CPE assigned by the DHCP server. The agent downloads a configuration file for the CPE device using the configuration filename and configuration file server contained in a DHCP reply message. Information contained in the configuration file is converted from content in a format used by DOCSIS, to content in a format used by PON devices. The translated content includes QoS parameters, functions related to which are controlled at the ONU by an OLT coupled to the CMTS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Erich Arnold, Jeffrey Howe, Thomas Cloonan, Michael Emmendorfer
  • Patent number: 8005095
    Abstract: A network includes a provider edge device with logic to encapsulate Ethernet frames received from customer equipment into Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) frames using Layer Two Tunneling Protocol. The provider edge device further includes logic to implement a virtual switch instance (VSI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: ARRIS Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Emmendorfer, Thomas J. Cloonan, Erich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20090274156
    Abstract: A network includes a provider edge device with logic to encapsulate Ethernet frames received from customer equipment into Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) frames using Layer Two Tunneling Protocol. The provider edge device further includes logic to implement a virtual switch instance (VSI).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: ARRIS
    Inventors: Michael Emmendorfer, Thomas J. Cloonan, Erich Arnold
  • Publication number: 20080285592
    Abstract: A device, deployed at the edge of a provider network, includes logic to receive traffic from one or more customer edge devices, and to encapsulate the customer traffic into a Layer 2 tunnel of an IP frame. The IP frame in further included within an Ethernet frame, and quality of service priority bits are promoted from the customer traffic into both the IP frame and the Ethernet frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicant: ARRIS
    Inventors: Michael Emmendorfer, Tom Cloonan, Erich Arnold