Patents by Inventor Seth Higgins

Seth Higgins 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 an uplink over an access ring
    Patent number: 8792337
    Abstract: A method for providing an uplink over an access ring comprising access devices and at least one aggregation device, wherein each device of said access ring has ring interfaces connecting said device to neighboring devices in said access ring, wherein one access device of said access ring is configured as a ring master device which sends connectivity check messages on both its ring interfaces around said access ring to itself to detect a connectivity failure in said access ring, and wherein said ring master device changes a state of one of its ring interfaces depending on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Adva Optical Networking SE
    Inventor: Seth Higgins
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN UPLINK OVER AN ACCESS RING
    Publication number: 20130039170
    Abstract: A method for providing an uplink over an access ring comprising access devices and at least one aggregation device, wherein each device of said access ring has ring interfaces connecting said device to neighboring devices in said access ring, wherein one access device of said access ring is configured as a ring master device which sends connectivity check messages on both its ring interfaces around said access ring to itself to detect a connectivity failure in said access ring, and wherein said ring master device changes a state of one of its ring interfaces depending on the detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventor: Seth Higgins