Patents by Inventor Peter Tarrant

Peter Tarrant 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).

  • Congestion sense controlled access for a star configured network
    Patent number: 5726976
    Abstract: A method and approach for providing improved performance in a CSMA/CD-type network utilizing transmission of block encoded congestion sense signaling to allow full duplex transmission of data over a communication link segment. In addition, the method and apparatus for providing in-band signaling of congestion conditions is described. The improved method and apparatus are implemented with minimal changes to existing standards and allow for compatibility, above the MAC sublayer, with existing installed hardware and software bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Bay Networks Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey O. Thompson, Peter Tarrant, Som Sikdar