Company Filing History:
Years Active: 2017-2020
Title: Innovations by Julius W. Francis
Introduction
Julius W. Francis is an accomplished inventor based in Boxborough, MA (US). He has made significant contributions to the field of computer networking, holding 2 patents that focus on enhancing network services.
Latest Patents
His latest patents include innovative techniques for service chaining within computer networks. These techniques provide session-aware, stateful network services to subscriber packet flows. Devices within a service provider network direct subscriber packets along service chains. Each tunnel is established to direct traffic according to a particular ordered set of network services for the corresponding service chain. An ingress device for the tunnels encapsulates the subscriber packets and embeds opaque session cookies that uniquely identify a collection of packet flows of a subscriber session among other packet flows transported by a given service tunnel. Each service node only needs to identify the tunnel on which a tunnel packet was received and the session cookie embedded within the tunnel packet to uniquely associate the encapsulated subscriber packet with a subscriber session. This process eliminates the need to further inspect the encapsulated subscriber packet and allows for the indexing or retrieval of state and statistics required to enforce the network service the service node is programmed to deliver.
Career Highlights
Julius W. Francis is currently employed at Juniper Networks, Inc., where he continues to innovate and develop advanced networking solutions. His work has significantly impacted the efficiency and effectiveness of network services.
Collaborations
He collaborates with talented professionals in the field, including his coworker Jerome Pascal Moisand, to drive forward-thinking solutions in networking technology.
Conclusion
Julius W. Francis is a notable inventor whose work in service chaining within computer networks has paved the way for more efficient network services. His contributions continue to influence the industry and enhance the capabilities of modern networking.