Patents by Inventor Stuart R. Soloway

Stuart R. Soloway 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).

  • Trunking inter-switch links
    Patent number: 6819654
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for routing frames through a fiber channel fabric to make the most efficient possible use of redundant inter-switch links between neighboring switches. The inter-switch links may have different bandwidths. The flow between adjacent switches is monitored to determine various local usage statistics and periodically adjust routing tables to move data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: McData Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart R. Soloway, Henry S. Yang, David D. Beal
  • Trunking inter-switch links
    Publication number: 20030165137
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for routing frames through a fibre channel fabric to make the most efficient possible use of redundant inter-switch links between neighboring switches. The inter-switch links may have different bandwidths. The flow between adjacent switches is monitored to determine various local usage statistics and periodically adjust routing tables to move data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Stuart R. Soloway, Henry S. Yang, David D. Beal
  • Trunking inter-switch links
    Patent number: 6532212
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for routing frames through a fibre channel fabric to make the most efficient possible use of redundant inter-switch links between neighboring switches. The inter-switch links may have different bandwidths. The flow between adjacent switches is monitored to determine various local usage statistics and periodically adjust routing tables to move data flows from congested links to lightly loaded links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: McData Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart R. Soloway, Henry S. Yang, David D. Beal
  • Synchronization mechanism for link state packet routing
    Patent number: 5265092
    Abstract: A method of providing loop free and shortest path routing of data packets in a network having a plurality of switches, routing messages for communicating network topology information between the switches, a plurality of links connecting the switches and a plurality of channels connecting the switches to the links. The loop free routing of data packets is achieved through modifications to known link state packet (LSP) routing protocols and permits each switch to inform adjacent switches in the network of the information in the switch's database used to compute forwarding tables. A switch uses a received LSP to compute a forwarding table and informs neighboring switches on attached links of the routing change. The switch discards any subsequent data packets whose path would be affected by the changed routing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart R. Soloway, Anthony G. Lauck, George Varghese
  • Network data flow control technique
    Patent number: 4901277
    Abstract: Data flow in a communications network is controlled by a downstream node specifying the maximum average speeds of a plurality of data streams sent from an upstream node on a plurality of data paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Codex Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart R. Soloway, Bradford R. Steinka, Pierre A. Humblet