Patents by Inventor Tilman WOLF

Tilman WOLF 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).

  • Versioning system for network states in a software-defined network
    Patent number: 10469320
    Abstract: A versioning system for network state of a network includes: a server, configured to execute a versioning controller, the versioning controller being configured to communicate with a plurality of data plane devices of the network and store a plurality of network states in a local non-transitory memory corresponding to the server, wherein the plurality of network states stored in the local non-transitory memory include a current authoritative network state and a plurality of previous network states each corresponding to a modification of a flow within the network; and the plurality of data plane devices, configured to notify the server of flow modifications made by respective data plane devices and to receive the current authoritative network state from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignees: DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, INFINERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhishek Dwaraki, Sriram Natarajan, Tilman Wolf, Srini Seetharaman
  • VERSIONING SYSTEM FOR NETWORK STATES IN A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK
    Publication number: 20170317887
    Abstract: A versioning system for network state of a network includes: a server, configured to execute a versioning controller, the versioning controller being configured to communicate with a plurality of data plane devices of the network and store a plurality of network states in a local non-transitory memory corresponding to the server, wherein the plurality of network states stored in the local non-transitory memory include a current authoritative network state and a plurality of previous network states each corresponding to a modification of a flow within the network; and the plurality of data plane devices, configured to notify the server of flow modifications made by respective data plane devices and to receive the current authoritative network state from the server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Abhishek DWARAKI, Sriram NATARAJAN, Tilman WOLF, Srini SEETHARAMAN