Patents by Inventor Rajesh Gopal Nair

Rajesh Gopal Nair 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 transporting and aligning data across multiple serial data streams
    Patent number: 6792003
    Abstract: A method for transporting and aligning data across a set of serial data streams. The method includes creating a predetermined number of data streams from a first data stream. The first data stream has a first predetermined bit width and each data stream of the predetermined number of data streams has a second predetermined bit width smaller than the first predetermined bit width. In addition, the method includes inserting an alignment pattern in each of the predetermined number of smaller data streams. The predetermined number of smaller data streams are combinable into a data stream having the first predetermined bit width based on the alignment pattern. The method also includes preparing the predetermined number of smaller data streams for transmission. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Somasekhar Potluri, Rajesh Gopal Nair, Van A. Hunter