Patents by Inventor Reginald Wilcox

Reginald Wilcox 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).

  • Systems and methods for Ethernet extension and demarcation
    Patent number: 8107821
    Abstract: The present invention provides Ethernet extension and demarcation functionality through a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) pluggable transceiver in a customer or remote device. The pluggable transceiver is configured to frame an Ethernet client signal and to provide OAM&P functionality, such as with G.709 framing. The pluggable transceiver operates within existing multi-source agreement (MSA) specifications. Accordingly, the pluggable transceiver can operate in any customer device compliant to the MSA specifications. Additionally, the framing and OAM&P functionality are transparent to the customer device, but instead utilized by a service provider for demarcation functionality, eliminating the requirements for external demarcation equipment and for external transponders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Menara Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi, Adam R Hotchkiss, Salam El Ahmadi, Reginald Wilcox
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ETHERNET EXTENSION AND DEMARCATION
    Publication number: 20090317073
    Abstract: The present invention provides Ethernet extension and demarcation functionality through a Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) pluggable transceiver in a customer or remote device. The pluggable transceiver is configured to frame an Ethernet client signal and to provide OAM&P functionality, such as with G.709 framing. The pluggable transceiver operates within existing multi-source agreement (MSA) specifications. Accordingly, the pluggable transceiver can operate in any customer device compliant to the MSA specifications. Additionally, the framing and OAM&P functionality are transparent to the customer device, but instead utilized by a service provider for demarcation functionality, eliminating the requirements for external demarcation equipment and for external transponders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: MENARA NETWORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam R. Hotchkiss, Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi, Salam El-Ahmadi, Reginald Wilcox