Patents by Inventor Wei-Chiuan Chen

Wei-Chiuan Chen 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: 10164873
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilize an all-or-none switchover to prevent split-brain problems in a Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) network. A standby node in the MC-LAG network can perform the steps of remaining in a standby state responsive to a loss of adjacency with an active node, wherein, in the standby state, all standby links between the standby node and a common endpoint are non-distributing; monitoring frames transmitted by the common endpoint to the standby node over the standby links; and determining based on the monitoring frames whether all active links between the active node and the common endpoint have failed and entering an active state with all the standby links distributing based thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Ankit Sood, Hossein Baheri, Leela Sankar Gudimetla, Vijay Mohan Chandra Mohan, Wei-Chiuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20180351855
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilize an all-or-none switchover to prevent split-brain problems in a Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation Group (MC-LAG) network. A standby node in the MC-LAG network can perform the steps of remaining in a standby state responsive to a loss of adjacency with an active node, wherein, in the standby state, all standby links between the standby node and a common endpoint are non-distributing; monitoring frames transmitted by the common endpoint to the standby node over the standby links; and determining based on the monitoring frames whether all active links between the active node and the common endpoint have failed and entering an active state with all the standby links distributing based thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Ankit SOOD, Hossein BAHERI, Leela Sankar GUDIMETLA, Vijay Mohan CHANDRA MOHAN, Wei-Chiuan CHEN
  • Patent number: 10122619
    Abstract: Systems and methods for L2 Ethernet resilient hand-off include an access network configured between a first end point and a second end point, a first communication path and a second communication path for data flow between the first end point and the second end point, wherein the first communication path is active and the second communication path is inactive, and if a fault is detected in the first communication path, logic configured to activate the second communication path and perform a resilient hand-off of the data flow from the first communication path to the second communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Holness, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Asheesh Jadav
  • Patent number: 9893937
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to configuring an internetworking of a first network and a second network. Data representing one or more network events is received at a network element, data representing one or more actions to be performed by the second network in response to detection of the one or more events on the first network is received at the network element, and a mapping of the one or more network events to the one or more actions is stored by the network element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Holness, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Asheesh Jadav
  • Publication number: 20170359249
    Abstract: Systems and methods for L2 Ethernet resilient hand-off include an access network configured between a first end point and a second end point, a first communication path and a second communication path for data flow between the first end point and the second end point, wherein the first communication path is active and the second communication path is inactive, and if a fault is detected in the first communication path, logic configured to activate the second communication path and perform a resilient hand-off of the data flow from the first communication path to the second communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Marc HOLNESS, Wei-Chiuan CHEN, Asheesh JADAV
  • Patent number: 9769058
    Abstract: Systems and methods for L2 Ethernet resilient hand-off include an access network configured between a first end point and a second end point, a first communication path and a second communication path for data flow between the first end point and the second end point, wherein the first communication path is active and the second communication path is inactive, and if a fault is detected in the first communication path, logic configured to activate the second communication path and perform a resilient hand-off of the data flow from the first communication path to the second communication path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Holness, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Asheesh Jadav
  • Publication number: 20140341012
    Abstract: Systems and methods for L2 Ethernet resilient hand-off include an access network configured between a first end point and a second end point, a first communication path and a second communication path for data flow between the first end point and the second end point, wherein the first communication path is active and the second communication path is inactive, and if a fault is detected in the first communication path, logic configured to activate the second communication path and perform a resilient hand-off of the data flow from the first communication path to the second communication path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc HOLNESS, Wei-Chiuan CHEN, Asheesh JADAV
  • Patent number: 8879549
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an ownership management mechanism and a notification mechanism. The ownership management mechanism maintains a local ownership association between the switch, and a medium access control (MAC) address learned at the switch and terminates the local ownership association for the MAC address. The notification mechanism generates a first notification indicating the local ownership association and a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mythilikanth Raman, Mary Manohar, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Gangadhar Vegesana, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Raju Shekarappa
  • Publication number: 20140317248
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to configuring an internetworking of a first network and a second network. Data representing one or more network events is received at a network element, data representing one or more actions to be performed by the second network in response to detection of the one or more events on the first network is received at the network element, and a mapping of the one or more network events to the one or more actions is stored by the network element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Marc Holness, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Asheesh Jadav
  • Publication number: 20130003729
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes an ownership management mechanism and a notification mechanism. The ownership management mechanism maintains a local ownership association between the switch, and a medium access control (MAC) address learned at the switch and terminates the local ownership association for the MAC address. The notification mechanism generates a first notification indicating the local ownership association and a second notification indicating the termination of the local ownership association.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mythilikanth Raman, Mary Manohar, Wei-Chiuan Chen, Gangadhar Vegesana, Vardarajan Venkatesh, Raju Shekarappa