Patents by Inventor Syed A. AHMAD

Syed A. AHMAD 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).

  • Patent number: 11146477
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20200244565
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10652132
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10505844
    Abstract: A controller network device receives command input for providing services over a service provider network and receives a verification request to verify an initial output of a control communication sent to a forwarding network device by a second controller network device in a group of peer controller network devices. The controller network device receives, from other controller network devices in the group of peer controller network devices, results that are responsive to the verification request and based on the command input and identifies a majority output from the results. The controller network device compares the initial output from the second controller network device to the majority output to determine that the initial output failed a verification vote and determines when a threshold number of control communications from the second controller network device, including the initial output, have failed verification votes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10104167
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a request to provide at least one application session, and generating a networking architecture that includes at least one virtual route reflector front end (VRR FE), at least one back end work unit, and at least one routing information base (RIB) in a virtualization environment. The method includes implementing the at least one application session via the at least one VRR FE, the at least one back end work unit, and the at least one RIB. The at least one VRR FE is to perform as a proxy for traffic to the at least one back end work unit. The method also includes monitoring a load associated with the at least one application session, and performing load balancing on the networking architecture based on assignment of the load to the at least one back end work unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 10015278
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a job request to schedule an execution of a process in a networked environment; generate a schedule for the execution of the process based on one or more current schedules directed to concurrent execution of one or more other processes; obtain resource utilization data indicating resource usage stemming from the concurrent execution of the process and the one or more other processes; analyze the resource utilization data; determine whether a resource inefficiency occurred during the concurrent execution based on an analysis of the resource utilization data; generate resource inefficiency data in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred; and generate an adapted schedule for at least one of the process or the one or more other processes in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad, Lawrence Richard Rau
  • Publication number: 20180131597
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20180013672
    Abstract: A controller network device receives command input for providing services over a service provider network and receives a verification request to verify an initial output of a control communication sent to a forwarding network device by a second controller network device in a group of peer controller network devices. The controller network device receives, from other controller network devices in the group of peer controller network devices, results that are responsive to the verification request and based on the command input and identifies a majority output from the results. The controller network device compares the initial output from the second controller network device to the majority output to determine that the initial output failed a verification vote and determines when a threshold number of control communications from the second controller network device, including the initial output, have failed verification votes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9866468
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9853870
    Abstract: A controller network device, in a network control layer of a service provider network, receives one or more parameters for providing particular services over a service provider network and provides, to a forwarding network device in a network resources layer of the service provider network, a capabilities query. The capabilities query includes a feature type identifier for a feature required to support the parameters. The controller network device receives, from the forwarding network device, a response to the capabilities query, wherein a format for the response is one of a binary response format, a conditional response format, or a value response format. The controller network device compiles the response with responses from other forwarding network devices to define a network map for supporting the particular services.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9813334
    Abstract: A controller network device, in a network control layer of a service provider network, receives command input for providing services over a service provider network and provides, to a forwarding network device, a first control communication. The first control communication includes an initial output to implement the command input. The controller network device provides, to peer controller network devices, a verification request to verify the initial output of the first control communication; receives, from the peer controller network devices, responses to the verification request that each include a calculated output based on the command input; and applies a verification schema to determine a majority output from the responses. The controller network device compares the initial output to the majority output and sends a second control communication, with a verified output indication, to implement the command input when the initial output matches the majority output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20170093961
    Abstract: A method may include receiving a request to provide at least one application session, and generating a networking architecture that includes at least one virtual route reflector front end (VRR FE), at least one back end work unit, and at least one routing information base (RIB) in a virtualization environment. The method includes implementing the at least one application session via the at least one VRR FE, the at least one back end work unit, and the at least one RIB. The at least one VRR FE is to perform as a proxy for traffic to the at least one back end work unit. The method also includes monitoring a load associated with the at least one application session, and performing load balancing on the networking architecture based on assignment of the load to the at least one back end work unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20170078442
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a job request to schedule an execution of a process in a networked environment; generate a schedule for the execution of the process based on one or more current schedules directed to concurrent execution of one or more other processes; obtain resource utilization data indicating resource usage stemming from the concurrent execution of the process and the one or more other processes; analyze the resource utilization data; determine whether a resource inefficiency occurred during the concurrent execution based on an analysis of the resource utilization data; generate resource inefficiency data in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred; and generate an adapted schedule for at least one of the process or the one or more other processes in response to a determination that the resource inefficiency occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad, Lawrence Richard Rau
  • Publication number: 20160294644
    Abstract: A controller network device, in a network control layer of a service provider network, receives one or more parameters for providing particular services over a service provider network and provides, to a forwarding network device in a network resources layer of the service provider network, a capabilities query. The capabilities query includes a feature type identifier for a feature required to support the parameters. The controller network device receives, from the forwarding network device, a response to the capabilities query, wherein a format for the response is one of a binary response format, a conditional response format, or a value response format. The controller network device compiles the response with responses from other forwarding network devices to define a network map for supporting the particular services.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20160294670
    Abstract: A controller, in a software-defined networking control layer, may determine auto-discovery parameters and may use the auto-discovery parameters to identify a first set of forwarding boxes within a network. The controller may identify a second set of forwarding boxes within the network that communicate with or are otherwise coupled to the first set of forwarding boxes. The controller may forward requests to the first and second sets of forwarding boxes to control traffic exchanged via the first and second sets of forwarding box. A third set of forwarding boxes located outside the network may request admissions into the software defined network, and requests from the third set of forwarding boxes may be forwarded to the controller via the first or second sets of forwarding boxes. The controller may authenticate the second and the third sets of forwarding boxes based on their relationship to the first set of forwarding boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20160294688
    Abstract: A controller network device, in a network control layer of a service provider network, receives command input for providing services over a service provider network and provides, to a forwarding network device, a first control communication. The first control communication includes an initial output to implement the command input. The controller network device provides, to peer controller network devices, a verification request to verify the initial output of the first control communication; receives, from the peer controller network devices, responses to the verification request that each include a calculated output based on the command input; and applies a verification schema to determine a majority output from the responses. The controller network device compares the initial output to the majority output and sends a second control communication, with a verified output indication, to implement the command input when the initial output matches the majority output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Dante J. Pacella, Mani Tadayon, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9036508
    Abstract: A network device may be configured to define a Layer 2 domain, wherein the Layer 2 domain defines a data link layer broadcast domain and assign an access interface to the Layer 2 domain. The network device may be further configured to assign a double Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier to the access interface in the Layer 2 domain, wherein the double VLAN identifier includes an inner VLAN identifier and an outer VLAN identifier, receive a data unit via the access interface, wherein the data unit includes the double VLAN identifier, and associate the data unit with the defined Layer 2 domain, based on the data unit being received via the access interface and based on the data unit including the assigned double VLAN identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventor: Syed A. Ahmad
  • Patent number: 8806606
    Abstract: A cloud center infrastructure system may include a service aggregator connected directly to a provider network. The service aggregator may be configured to receive, via the provider network, a data unit from a customer device, associated with a customer; identify a first device, associated with a first traffic processing service, based on a sequence of traffic processing services associated with the customer; and send the data unit to the first device, wherein the first device is located in a cloud services center, and wherein the first device is connected to the service aggregator over a Layer 2 connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Syed A. Ahmad, Juzer T. Kopti
  • Patent number: 8611233
    Abstract: A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may receive, from a management system, configuration data associated with a management protocol. In addition, the system and method may generate test data traffic at least based on the configuration data. Further, the system and method may transmit, to one or more network elements, the test data traffic. Even further, the system and method may receive, from the management system, a query associated with the management protocol that requests data traffic information associated with at least one of the generated test data traffic, transmitted test data traffic, and received test data traffic. The system and method may transmit, to the management system, the requested data traffic information in response to the query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Adam M. Davis, Syed A. Ahmad
  • Publication number: 20130227670
    Abstract: A cloud center infrastructure system may include a service aggregator connected directly to a provider network. The service aggregator may be configured to receive, via the provider network, a data unit from a customer device, associated with a customer; identify a first device, associated with a first traffic processing service, based on a sequence of traffic processing services associated with the customer; and send the data unit to the first device, wherein the first device is located in a cloud services center, and wherein the first device is connected to the service aggregator over a Layer 2 connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
    Inventors: Syed A. Ahmad, Juzer T. Kopti