Patents by Inventor Vinod N. KUMAR

Vinod N. KUMAR 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).

  • Selective multicasting of traffic flows in multiprotocol label switching virtual private networks
    Patent number: 10608931
    Abstract: A first device may receive a traffic flow to be multicasted to at least two of a set of second devices. The first device may provide first messages to the set of second devices identifying the traffic flow. The first device may identify a set of interested second devices, of the set of second devices, based on respective second messages that are received from the set of interested second devices based on the first messages. The first device may determine whether a quantity of the set of interested second devices satisfies a threshold. The first device may selectively provide the traffic flow to the set of interested second devices, using a first type of multicast distribution tree or a second type of multicast distribution tree, based on whether the quantity satisfies the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinod N. Kumar, Sunil Kumar
  • Propagating leaf count information to facilitate switching between a segmented tunnel and a non-segmented tunnel
    Patent number: 9973389
    Abstract: A device may provide information associated with initiating a segmented tunnel to be used to transfer multicast traffic via a network covering a plurality of areas. The device may receive acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel. The acknowledgement information may include information that identifies a number of egress devices, associated with at least one area of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may determine, based on the acknowledgement information, a total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may selectively provide the multicast traffic via the segmented tunnel based on the total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Naga Hari Prasad V.V. Chintakunta, Sudarsanan Codandam, Vinod N. Kumar
  • PROPAGATING LEAF COUNT INFORMATION TO FACILITATE SWITCHING BETWEEN A SEGMENTED TUNNEL AND A NON-SEGMENTED TUNNEL
    Publication number: 20170180207
    Abstract: A device may provide information associated with initiating a segmented tunnel to be used to transfer multicast traffic via a network covering a plurality of areas. The device may receive acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel. The acknowledgement information may include information that identifies a number of egress devices, associated with at least one area of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may determine, based on the acknowledgement information, a total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may selectively provide the multicast traffic via the segmented tunnel based on the total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Naga Hari Prasad V.V. CHINTAKUNTA, Sudarsanan CODANDAM, Vinod N. KUMAR