Patents by Inventor Peter John Atterton

Peter John Atterton 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).

  • Network path protection
    Patent number: 6925054
    Abstract: Path protection of high priority traffic is provided between network nodes in a packet network carrying lower priority traffic in addition to the high priority traffic. First and second traffic paths are provided between the nodes, the high priority traffic being allocated to the first path and the lower priority traffic to the second path. In the event of a failure or degradation of the first path carrying the high priority traffic, this traffic is switched from the first path on to the second path and the lower priority traffic is switched to the first path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Peter John Atterton, Brian Michael Unitt