Patents by Inventor Oliver Boehmer

Oliver Boehmer 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).

  • Dynamically enabling a transport control protocol proxy for satellite networks
    Patent number: 11936564
    Abstract: Techniques for a TCP proxy to communicate over a LEO satellite network on behalf of a client device by selecting a TCP congestion-control algorithm that is optimal for the LEO satellite network based on the time of day and/or location of the TCP proxy. Based on the locations of satellites during the day as they traverse predefined and patterned orbital paths, different TCP congestion-control algorithms may be more optimized to communicate data through the LEO satellite network. However, client devices generally use a single TCP congestion-control algorithm to communicate over WAN networks. Accordingly, a TCP proxy may be inserted on, for example, a router to communicate with the client device using a TCP congestion-control algorithm that the client device is configured to use, but then communicate over the LEO satellite network using a different TCP congestion-control algorithm that is optimal based on the time of day and/or other factors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: David John Zacks, Jeff Apcar, Oliver Boehmer, Thomas Szigeti
  • Dynamically Enabling a Transport Control Protocol Proxy for Satellite Networks
    Publication number: 20230379258
    Abstract: Techniques for a TCP proxy to communicate over a LEO satellite network on behalf of a client device by selecting a TCP congestion-control algorithm that is optimal for the LEO satellite network based on the time of day and/or location of the TCP proxy. Based on the locations of satellites during the day as they traverse predefined and patterned orbital paths, different TCP congestion-control algorithms may be more optimized to communicate data through the LEO satellite network. However, client devices generally use a single TCP congestion-control algorithm to communicate over WAN networks. Accordingly, a TCP proxy may be inserted on, for example, a router to communicate with the client device using a TCP congestion-control algorithm that the client device is configured to use, but then communicate over the LEO satellite network using a different TCP congestion-control algorithm that is optimal based on the time of day and/or other factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: David John Zacks, Jeff Apcar, Oliver Boehmer, Thomas Szigeti