Patents by Inventor Umesh Mahajan

Umesh Mahajan 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).

  • Dynamic trunk protocol
    Patent number: 6445715
    Abstract: A dynamic trunk protocol enables dynamic negotiation of trunk encapsulation types between ports connecting intermediate stations in a computer network. The stations are preferably interconnected by a point-to-point link. Negotiation between a local port and a neighbor port of the switches results in synchronization of the port configurations to a common trunk encapsulation type, such as an Interswitch Link (ISL), IEEE 802.1Q or non-trunk port configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alagu Annaamalai, Umesh Mahajan