Patents by Inventor Scott W. Shumate

Scott W. Shumate 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).

  • System and method for assignment of ATM virtual circuits to queues in a DSLAM
    Patent number: 7376140
    Abstract: A method for distributing digital subscriber line (xDSL) data traffic includes receiving xDSL traffic at a DSLAM including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output queues. Each input port includes a plurality of virtual circuits. Each of the plurality of virtual circuits are dynamically assigned to one of the plurality of output queues. The assignment of any particular virtual circuit to one of the plurality of output queues is independent of which of the plurality of input ports the particular virtual circuit is associated with. In accordance with the particular embodiment, the total number of virtual circuits is greater than a total number of output queues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo A. Franco, Scott W. Shumate, James W. Edwards, III, Michael R. Woodard