Patents by Inventor Rajeev V. Manur

Rajeev V. Manur 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 providing virtual point to point connections in a network
    Patent number: 6944159
    Abstract: Transparent point-to-point connectivity is provided between an incoming interface on an ingress node and an outgoing interface on an egress node in a network. An address associated with the egress node is circulated to the nodes in the network and a next hop address toward the egress node address is determined at each node. A label value is circulated along with the egress node address to the nodes. Examples of label values can include VLAN Ids or Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) labels. If data is received having the label value, the node receiving the data identifies the next hop address associated with that label value and transfers the data to the next hop associated with the identified next hop address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Force10 Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shivi Fotedar, Rajeev V. Manur, Somsubhra Sikdar