The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Tushar Desai, Foster City, CA (US);
Shashank Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Praveen Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Kalyan K. Ghosh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tushar Desai, Foster City, CA (US);
Shashank Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Praveen Jain, San Jose, CA (US);
Kalyan K. Ghosh, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices are provided for detecting whether peer ports interconnecting two network devices can perform a novel protocol called Exchange Peer Parameters ('EPP'). If the peer ports are so configured to perform EPP, EPP services are exchanged between the peer ports. In a first phase, information is exchanged about peer port configurations of interest. In a second phase, the results of the exchange of information are applied to hardware and/or software of the respective ports, as needed.