Patents by Inventor Sumant CHANDAVARKAR

Sumant CHANDAVARKAR 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).

  • Fast interlayer forwarding
    Patent number: 9769059
    Abstract: A method, implemented in a packet switch system, for fast interlayer forwarding includes constructing a master Forwarding Information Base (FIB) which associates each of a plurality of packet source addresses with a corresponding member port among a plurality of member ports interconnected by a fabric; and distributing the master FIB to the member ports interconnected by the fabric and to at least one alternate logical port that is not connected to the fabric, wherein the at least one alternate logical port is configured to protect one of the member ports interconnected by the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard Leo Swinkels, Sumant Chandavarkar
  • FAST INTERLAYER FORWARDING
    Publication number: 20160380880
    Abstract: A method, implemented in a packet switch system, for fast interlayer forwarding includes constructing a master Forwarding Information Base (FIB) which associates each of a plurality of packet source addresses with a corresponding member port among a plurality of member ports interconnected by a fabric; and distributing the master FIB to the member ports interconnected by the fabric and to at least one alternate logical port that is not connected to the fabric, wherein the at least one alternate logical port is configured to protect one of the member ports interconnected by the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Gerard Leo SWINKELS, Sumant CHANDAVARKAR