Patents by Inventor Punit Jaiswal

Punit Jaiswal 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).

  • Using fields in an encapsulation header to track a sampled packet as it traverses a network
    Patent number: 12199843
    Abstract: In general, one aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for sampling packets in a network. The method includes receiving, by a first network device, a packet, making a first determination, by the first network device, that the packet is to be sampled, in response to the first determination: sampling the packet to obtain sampling data, storing sampling metadata associated with the packet, encapsulating, after the sampling, the packet to obtain an encapsulated packet, where the encapsulated packet comprises a bit that is set in an encapsulation header, wherein the bit is set based on the presence of the sampling metadata, and transmitting the encapsulated packet to a second network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijay Rangarajan, Padmanabh Ratnakar, Punit Jaiswal, T B Binoshmon, Ashutosh Shukla
  • USING FIELDS IN AN ENCAPSULATION HEADER TO TRACK A SAMPLED PACKET AS IT TRAVERSES A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20220294712
    Abstract: In general, one aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for sampling packets in a network. The method includes receiving, by a first network device, a packet, making a first determination, by the first network device, that the packet is to be sampled, in response to the first determination: sampling the packet to obtain sampling data, storing sampling metadata associated with the packet, encapsulating, after the sampling, the packet to obtain an encapsulated packet, where the encapsulated packet comprises a bit that is set in an encapsulation header, wherein the bit is set based on the presence of the sampling metadata, and transmitting the encapsulated packet to a second network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Vijay Rangarajan, Padmanabh Ratnakar, Punit Jaiswal, T B Binoshmon, Ashutosh Shukla