JOHN WALTER DRAKE
Cosmetology in Pittsburgh, PA

6282171, Aug 28, 2001

Dec 23, 1997

8/996828

Jay Adams - Grove City PA
John E. Drake - Pittsburgh PA

Marconi Communications, Inc. - Warrendale PA

H04L 1256

370229

The present invention pertains to a system for sending ATM cells. The system comprises an ATM network along which ATM cells travel. The system comprises source nodes connected to the ATM network which produce packets having cells and transmit the cells on the ATM network. The system comprises I input switches connected to the ATM network, where I is greater than or equal to 1 and is an integer, which receive cells from the ATM network transmitted by the source node. The system comprises M intermediate switches connected to the ATM network, where M is greater than or equal to 1, which receive signals from the ATM network transmitted by at least one input switch. The intermediate switch discards cells only of a same packet when a predetermined event occurs so the discarded cells are not transmitted by the intermediate switch. The system comprises destination nodes connected to the ATM network which receive non-discarded ATM cells from the intermediate switch. The present invention pertains to a method for sending ATM cells.

2004007, Apr 22, 2004

Oct 21, 2002

10/274823

Walter Fant - Los Gatos CA, US
Ayan Banerjee - Mountain View CA, US
John Drake - Pittsburgh PA, US

H04L012/66

370/389000, 370/395500

A method is described that includes accessing a signaling message for a frame to be transmitted through an optical network along a path, deriving an identifier of the path using the signaling message, attaching the identifier to an overhead section of the frame, and transmitting the frame through the optical network on the path with the attached identifier. For another embodiment, an apparatus is described that includes a controller coupled to a control plane of an optical network to receive a signaling message on a control plane, the signaling message specifying a change in a connection for a specified optical network communications circuit, and to forward the signaling message on the control plane, and an interface to an optical switching matrix to change the connection for the specified circuit after forwarding the signaling message.

6094687, Jul 25, 2000

Jan 17, 1998

9/008406

John E. Drake - Pittsburgh PA
Anix Anbiah - Cranberry PA
Theodore Ernest Tedijanto - Wexford PA
Antoni B. Przygienda - Rockville MD

FORE Systems, Inc. - Warrendale PA

G06F 1300

709241

A system for connecting source nodes and destination nodes. The system includes an ATM network along which ATM cells travel. The system includes source nodes connected to the ATM network which produce ATM cells that travel along the ATM network. The system includes destination nodes connected to the ATM network which receive ATM cells from the ATM network. The system also includes a switching mechanism connected to the ATM network for directing an ATM cell from a first source node of the source nodes to a first destination node of the destination nodes. The switch mechanism has a mechanism for holding predetermined connection profiles between source nodes and destination nodes. The switch mechanism connects the first source node to the first destination node based on a desired connection profile from the holding mechanism after the first source node makes a request on the switch mechanism to be connected with the first destination node. A method for connecting source nodes and destination nodes. The method includes the steps of predetermining connection profiles between source nodes and destination nodes.

2013028, Oct 31, 2013

Jun 28, 2012

13/536487

Alia Karin Atlas - Arlington MA, US
John E. Drake - Pittsburgh PA, US
David Ward - Los Gatos CA, US
Ross W. Callon - Westford MA, US

JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. - Sunnyvale CA

H04L 12/24, H04L 12/26

370236, 370235

Routers balance network traffic among multiple paths through a network according to an amount of bandwidth that can be sent on an outgoing interface computed for each of the paths. For example, a router receives a link bandwidth for network links that are positioned between the first router and a second router of the network, and selects a plurality of forwarding paths from the first router to the second router. Upon determining that one of the network links is shared by multiple of the plurality of forwarding paths, the router computes a path bandwidth for each of the plurality of forwarding paths so as to account for splitting of link bandwidth of the shared network link across the multiple forwarding paths that share the network link. The router assigns packet flows to the forwarding paths based at least on the computed amount of bandwidth for each of the forwarding paths.