Patents by Inventor Tom Farell

Tom Farell 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).

  • Random gap insertion in an optical ring network
    Patent number: 8494365
    Abstract: The invention provides a burst transmission optical fiber wavelength routed ring network and method comprising a plurality of nodes on a network ring where each node can drop and add a wavelength. The network has a control means to control the wavelength to be transmitted on the network ring in a burst transmit mode from each node over a scheduling interval. The invention provides a random generator for generating a plurality of gap intervals over the scheduling interval, such that the gap intervals allow for wavelengths from different nodes to transmit wavelengths in said gaps to achieve a fair access to bandwidth and fair latency in the ring network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intune Networks Limited
    Inventors: Tom Farell, Shane O'Neill
  • RANDOM GAP INSERTION IN AN OPTICAL RING NETWORK
    Publication number: 20130114958
    Abstract: The invention provides a burst transmission optical fibre wavelength routed ring network and method comprising a plurality of nodes on a network ring where each node can drop and add a wavelength. The network has a control means to control the wavelength to be transmitted on the network ring in a burst transmit mode from each node over a scheduling interval. The invention provides a random generator for generating a plurality of gap intervals over the scheduling interval, such that the gap intervals allow for wavelengths from different nodes to transmit wavelengths in said gaps to achieve a fair access to bandwidth and fair latency in the ring network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: Intune Networks Limited
    Inventors: Tom Farell, Shane O'Neill