Patents by Inventor Nima AFRAZ

Nima AFRAZ 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).

  • System and method for dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) virtualization in a multi-tenant passive optical network
    Patent number: 11115736
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) Virtualization in a Passive Optical Network, comprising an Optical Line Termination (OLT) point and a plurality of Optical Network Units (ONU) and a plurality of Virtual Network Units (VNO), wherein each VNO is configured with a virtual Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment module to schedule a bandwidth assignment independently of the other VNOs and using a merging engine to implement a detailed bandwidth scheduling allocation over the Passive Optical Network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF OUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN
    Inventors: Marco Ruffini, Amr Elrasad, Nima Afraz
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ASSIGNMENT (DBA) VIRTUALIZATION IN A MULTI-TENANT PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20210120321
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) Virtualization in a Passive Optical Network, comprising an Optical Line Termination (OLT) point and a plurality of Optical Network Units (ONU) and a plurality of Virtual Network Units (VNO), wherein each VNO is configured with a virtual Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment module to schedule a bandwidth assignment independently of the other VNOs and using a merging engine to implement a detailed bandwidth scheduling allocation over the Passive Optical Network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: The Provost, Fellows,Foundation Scholars and the other members of Board, of the College of the Holy
    Inventors: Marco RUFFINI, Amr ELRASAD, Nima AFRAZ