Patents by Inventor Stevan E. Plote

Stevan E. Plote 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).

  • Network addressing scheme for reducing protocol overhead in an optical network
    Patent number: 7724655
    Abstract: A method for operating a network and a network architecture implementing the method are described. The method, in one embodiment, begins by grouping a plurality of nodes into zones, where the network includes the plurality of nodes. At least one of the nodes in each one of the zones is one of a plurality of boundary nodes, and each of the boundary nodes in each one of the zones is coupled to a boundary node in another of the zones by one of a first number of inter-zone optical links. One of the zones includes a number of nodes, each of which is coupled to at least one other of the nodes by one of a second number of intra-zone optical links. Next, a non-boundary node is configured to transmit network information to other of the nodes. The non-boundary node is a node in the zone that is not a boundary node. Finally, a boundary node in the zone is configured to limit transmission of the network information through itself to other of the boundary nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Cisco Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Najib Saleh, Stevan E. Plote
  • Network addressing scheme for reducing protocol overhead in an optical network
    Patent number: 6801496
    Abstract: A method for operating a network and a network architecture implementing the method are described. The method, in one embodiment, begins by grouping a plurality of nodes into zones, where the network includes the plurality of nodes. At least one of the nodes in each one of the zones is one of a plurality of boundary nodes, and each of the boundary nodes in each one of the zones is coupled to a boundary node in another of the zones by one of a first number of inter-zone optical links. One of the zones includes a number of nodes, each of which is coupled to at least one other of the nodes by one of a second number of intra-zone optical links. Next, a non-boundary node is configured to transmit network information to other of the nodes. The non-boundary node is a node in the zone that is not a boundary node. Finally, a boundary node in the zone is configured to limit transmission of the network information through itself to other of the boundary nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Najib Saleh, Stevan E. Plote