Patents by Inventor Selvam Muthiah

Selvam Muthiah 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).

  • Spanning tree in fabric switches
    Patent number: 10462049
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet processor and a spanning tree management module. The packet processor obtains information associated with a spanning tree from a message. The spanning tree management module, in response to the obtained information being superior to locally available information of the spanning tree, determines the port role of a local port of the switch for the spanning tree to be the root port and the port state of the local port for the spanning tree to be blocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
    Inventors: Ganesh D. Venkata, Amit Gupta, Prabu Thayalan, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Mythilikanth Raman, Selvam Muthiah
  • SPANNING TREE IN FABRIC SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20170134266
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet processor and a spanning tree management module. The packet processor obtains information associated with a spanning tree from a message. The spanning tree management module, in response to the obtained information being superior to locally available information of the spanning tree, determines the port role of a local port of the switch for the spanning tree to be the root port and the port state of the local port for the spanning tree to be blocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ganesh D. Venkata, Amit Gupta, Prabu Thayalan, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Mythilikanth Raman, Selvam Muthiah
  • Spanning tree in fabric switches
    Patent number: 9565099
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet processor and a spanning tree management module. The packet processor obtains information associated with a spanning tree from a message. The spanning tree management module, in response to the obtained information being superior to locally available information of the spanning tree, determines the port role of a local port of the switch for the spanning tree to be the root port and the port state of the local port for the spanning tree to be blocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ganesh D. Venkata, Amit Gupta, Prabu Thayalan, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Mythilikanth Raman, Selvam Muthiah
  • SPANNING TREE IN FABRIC SWITCHES
    Publication number: 20140247754
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a packet processor and a spanning tree management module. The packet processor obtains information associated with a spanning tree from a message. The spanning tree management module, in response to the obtained information being superior to locally available information of the spanning tree, determines the port role of a local port of the switch for the spanning tree to be the root port and the port state of the local port for the spanning tree to be blocking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ganesh D. Venkata, Amit Gupta, Prabu Thayalan, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Mythilikanth Raman, Selvam Muthiah