DR. ASHWIN ANIL GUMASTE

 

 

 

PATENTS (APPROVED OR PENDING- LIST INCLUDES BOTH US AND EU PATENTS)

PHOTONIC DATA NETWORK :

1. Business continuance and Disaster Recovery in Hub and Spoke WDM networks, Fujitsu Laboratories of America IDR # 460

2. VLAN Mapping for Broadcast and Select Photonic Hub and Spoke Networks using Layer 2 Switches Fujitsu laboratories of America IDR # 453

3. Sub-lambda Network for Hub and Spoke WDM rings Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 451

4. Efficient Traffic Management and Reducing Switch Complexity in Hub and Spoke Data Networks, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 454

5. Method and Apparatus to Managing and Provisioning Heterogeneous Optical Networks, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 448

6. WABDX: Waveband Dual Cross Connect for Multi-granular Traffic Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 444

7. VLAN Mapping for Broadcast and Select Photonic Hub and Spoke Networks using Layer 2 Switches, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 459

8. Virtual Fairness and Design Considerations in Shared Wavelength Bus Networks, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 467

9. Protection mechanisms in shared wavelength bus, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 469

INDEPENDENT FILINGS (During Ph. D):

1. Light-trails: Method and apparatus for dynamic provisioning in Ring Optical networks (Independent) Lawyer: None

2. Light-frames: Method and apparatus for optical packet transport. (Independent filing) Lawyer: None

3. Method and procedure for designing Community area networks. (Independent) - provisional only.

4. Light-frame Communication for access networks: Method and Interconnection profile (Provisional patent issued, final patent filed in June 2004) USPTO and EU

5. An Auction Scheme for Bandwidth Arbitration in Shared Wavelength Networks

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE:

1. Hybrid Protection in Ring Optical Networks using Limited Wavelength Conversion: Method (for Fujitsu Laboratories) (FLA Docket # FJ/US/XXX (confidential - available on request)

2. Interconnection of nodes in an optical network- Fujitsu Network Communications: FNC Docket # US: 15437 (through Baker Bott LLP) IDR # 214

3. Routing and Channel Assignment to metro Rings- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket # XX: US: 15419 (through Baker Bott LLP) IDR # 230

4. Optical Subnets: A unique way to increase bandwidth in optical rings- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket #: 15422 (through Baker Bott LLP) IDR # 231

5. Wavelength Conversion in Optical Subnets- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket #: 15481 IDR # 333

6. In-Service procedure to upgrade network elements in WDM ring network- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket # XXX: 15402 IDR # 386

7. Protection in Optical networks using inter-leavers- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket # 15466 IDR # 370

8. Daughter node configuration for FLEXTOP architectures- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC docket # 15491 IDR # 311

9. An architecture to match core networks at lower price and better performance- Fujitsu Network Communications FNC Docket no not available as on Jan 04 IDR # 344

10. Optical Subnets: A Unique Method to Increase Capacity of Drop and Continue Networks, Fujitsu Network Communications and Fujitsu Laboratories, America, Europe and Japan. FNC IDR # 300 , IDR # 301

11. Alternate Node Configuration for Maximizing Capacity in Flexible Optical Networks, Fujitsu Laboratories of America FLA Docket IDR # 424