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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Oded Hauser, Matawan, NJ (US);
Muralidharan Sampath Kodialam, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Tirunell V. Lakshman, Morganville, NJ (US);
Wing Cheong Lau, Middletown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Oded Hauser, Matawan, NJ (US);
Muralidharan Sampath Kodialam, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Tirunell V. Lakshman, Morganville, NJ (US);
Wing Cheong Lau, Middletown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A network element maintains failure information for a packet-based network and usage information for a backup path. Upon receipt of a new demand, with an associated bandwidth, d, the network element determines if the backup path can be shared as a function of the failure information and the usage information associated with the backup path.