Patents by Inventor Steve Melahn

Steve Melahn 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).

  • Local area network with one or more virtual groups of core equipments appropriate for layer 2 switching
    Patent number: 7457256
    Abstract: A local area network comprises a peripheral equipment effecting layer 2 switching and including physical link aggregation means, and first and second core equipments effecting layer 2 switching and including physical link aggregation means. The peripheral equipment is connected to the first and second core equipments by first and second physical links, and the first and second core equipments are connected to each other by a third physical link. The first and second core equipments also respectively comprise first and second management means each adapted to detect the presence of the core equipment in which they are not installed via the third physical link coupling them and in the event of mutual detection to instruct the transmission of a common identifier to the peripheral equipment so that it considers the first and second core equipments as a single layer 2 switch and its aggregation means aggregate the first and second physical links with the aggregation means of the first and second core equipments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Guillaume Ivaldi, Steve Melahn
  • Local area network with one or more virtual groups of core equipments appropriate for layer 2 switching
    Publication number: 20060018302
    Abstract: A local area network comprises a peripheral equipment effecting layer 2 switching and including physical link aggregation means, and first and second core equipments effecting layer 2 switching and including physical link aggregation means. The peripheral equipment is connected to the first and second core equipments by first and second physical links, and the first and second core equipments are connected to each other by a third physical link. The first and second core equipments also respectively comprise first and second management means each adapted to detect the presence of the core equipment in which they are not installed via the third physical link coupling them and in the event of mutual detection to instruct the transmission of a common identifier to the peripheral equipment so that it considers the first and second core equipments as a single layer 2 switch and its aggregation means aggregate the first and second physical links with the aggregation means of the first and second core equipments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Guillaume Ivaldi, Steve Melahn