Patents by Inventor Sofronis Sofroniou

Sofronis Sofroniou 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).

  • Assigning packet queue priority
    Patent number: 7522523
    Abstract: Setting packet queue priority is disclosed. A rate associated with a packet queue is measured. The rate is compared to a quality of service metric. A priority is assigned to the packet queue based at least in part on the comparison between the rate and the quality of service metric. The quality of service metric may be a committed information rate and/or a peak information rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. L. Smallwood, Joe Regan, Akhil Duggal, Sofronis Sofroniou, Richard Todd
  • Assigning packet queue priority
    Publication number: 20040213156
    Abstract: Setting packet queue priority is disclosed. A rate associated with a packet queue is measured. The rate is compared to a quality of service metric. A priority is assigned to the packet queue based at least in part on the comparison between the rate and the quality of service metric. The quality of service metric may be a committed information rate and/or a peak information rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Alcatel IP Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. L. Smallwood, Joe Regan, Akhil Duggal, Sofronis Sofroniou, Richard Todd