Patents by Inventor Wilfred Sullivan

Wilfred Sullivan 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).

  • Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques
    Patent number: 7583689
    Abstract: Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques are disclosed. A host system includes an expansion unit through which control information and communication traffic may be exchanged with an expansion system. The expansion system is thereby controllable by a controller at the host system, significantly simplifying the design and reducing the cost of the expansion system. The expansion unit for a host system may also provide one or more configurable communication link interfaces. Each configurable interface may be independently configured as a network-side interface for connection to upstream communication equipment or as an access-side expansion interface for connection to an expansion system, allowing provisioning of network and access interfaces at the host system as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Bakri Aboukarr, Arkin Aydin, Mary Ann Condie, Wilfred Sullivan, Andrew Gordon Tomilson, Guy Landry, Bart Joseph Gerard Pauwels, Ronny Jozef Leon Peeters, Koen Hooghe
  • Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques
    Publication number: 20070100976
    Abstract: Distributed communication equipment architectures and techniques are disclosed. A host system includes an expansion unit through which control information and communication traffic may be exchanged with an expansion system. The expansion system is thereby controllable by a controller at the host system, significantly simplifying the design and reducing the cost of the expansion system. The expansion unit for a host system may also provide one or more configurable communication link interfaces. Each configurable interface may be independently configured as a network-side interface for connection to upstream communication equipment or as an access-side expansion interface for connection to an expansion system, allowing provisioning of network and access interfaces at the host system as needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Bakri Aboukarr, Arkin Aydin, Mary Condie, Wilfred Sullivan, Andrew Tomilson, Guy Landry, Bart Gerard Pauwels, Ronny Peeters, Koen Hooghe