Patents by Inventor Steve Richard Morse

Steve Richard Morse 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).

  • MPLS diagnostics tool
    Patent number: 8345559
    Abstract: A method, system and diagnostic tool for diagnosing a problem in CSPF and non-CSPF MPLS networks, including problems with LDP tunnels. This includes one or more of the following: hopping from network element to network element; determining whether an LSP between elements is operational; determining whether the hop was strict or loose; evaluating whether there is an existing path between the elements; finding and remembering an IGP link between the elements; recognizing whether the LSP is an FRR LSP; diagnosing a cause of the LSP between the elements being down; and altering a display of a topology map of the network to indicate the cause of the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Steve Richard Morse, Attaullah Zabihi, Chuong Ngoc Ngo, Christopher Warren Murray
  • MPLS diagnostics tool
    Publication number: 20090037771
    Abstract: A method, system and diagnostic tool for diagnosing a problem in CSPF and non-CSPF MPLS networks, including problems with LDP tunnels. This includes one or more of the following: hopping from network element to network element; determining whether an LSP between elements is operational; determining whether the hop was strict or loose; evaluating whether there is an existing path between the elements; finding and remembering an IGP link between the elements; recognizing whether the LSP is an FRR LSP; diagnosing a cause of the LSP between the elements being down; and altering a display of a topology map of the network to indicate the cause of the problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Steve Richard Morse, Attaullah Zabihi, Chuong Ngoc Ngo, Christopher Warren Murray