Patents by Inventor Padavala Rao

Padavala Rao 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).

  • Minimizing spanning-tree protocol event processing and flooding in distribution networks
    Patent number: 7995499
    Abstract: In one embodiment, configuring one or more ports of an access layer entity connected to a distribution layer entity to suppress one or more network topology change information from transmitting to the distribution layer entity of a data network, detecting a state change to a forwarding state on the one or more ports of the access layer entity, and configuring the one or more ports of the access layer entity in the data network connected to the distribution layer entity to transmit a predetermined data packet on the one or more ports of the access layer entity whose state has changed to the forwarding state are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohit Sharma, Mandar Joshi, Padavala Rao, Gokul Tirumalai
  • Minimizing Spanning-Tree Protocol Event Processing and Flooding in Distribution Networks
    Publication number: 20080123561
    Abstract: In one embodiment, configuring one or more ports of an access layer entity connected to a distribution layer entity to suppress one or more network topology change information from transmitting to the distribution layer entity of a data network, detecting a state change to a forwarding state on the one or more ports of the access layer entity, and configuring the one or more ports of the access layer entity in the data network connected to the distribution layer entity to transmit a predetermined data packet on the one or more ports of the access layer entity whose state has changed to the forwarding state are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Rohit Sharma, Mandar Joshi, Padavala Rao, Gokul Tirumalai