Patents by Inventor Paul Merlo

Paul Merlo 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).

  • Method and apparatus for congestion avoidance in source routed signaling protocol communication networks
    Patent number: 7730201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating and utilizing control plane congestion information in a communication network that utilizes a source routed signaling protocol is presented. When control plane congestion is detected at a network element within the communication network, a congestion notification message is generated corresponding to the detected control plane congestion. The congestion notification is then provided to at least one additional network element within the communications network. The at least one additional network element can then utilize this knowledge of the congestion within the network to perform various network functions, including the routing a connection set-up message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent Canada, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn P. McAllister, Paul Merlo, Andrew Dolganow