Patents by Inventor Norbert Eicker

Norbert Eicker 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).

  • Data communication system with multiple input/outputs and method of processing data packets
    Patent number: 9077648
    Abstract: A data communication system having a plurality of input/output ports, a first group and a second group of switching units. Each switching unit has a plurality of input/output interfaces, whereby at least one of the plurality of input/output interfaces of each switching unit of the first group forms an input/output port of the communications system, and at least one other input/output interface of each of the switching units of the first group is connected via a communication link with an input/output interface of one of the switching units of the second group, so that a network is formed having at least one loop. The network is logically divided in at least two virtual subnetworks, each forming a spanning tree. Each switching unit of the first group is configured to assign an incoming data packet arriving at a particular input/output port to a predetermined one of the at least two virtual sub-networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: PARTEE CLUSTER COMPENTENCE CENTER GMBH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Eicker, Thomas Lippert, Jens Hauke
  • Data Communication System And Method
    Publication number: 20090213866
    Abstract: A data communication system having a plurality of input/output ports, a first group and a second group of switching units. Each switching unit has a plurality of input/output interfaces, whereby at least one of the plurality of input/output interfaces of each switching unit of the first group forms an input/output port of the communications system, and at least one other input/output interface of each of the switching units of the first group is connected via a communication link with an input/output interface of one of the switching units of the second group, so that a network is formed having at least one loop. The network is logically divided in at least two virtual subnetworks, each forming a spanning tree. Each switching unit of the first group is configured to assign an incoming data packet arriving at a particular input/output port to a predetermined one of the at least two virtual sub-networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicants: PARTEC CLUSTER COMPENTENCE CENTER GMBH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Eicker, Thomas Lippert, Jens Hauke