BIORTHOGONAL WINDINGS ON TRANSFORMER AND COMMON MODE CHOKE FOR NETWORK PORT
Granted: June 24, 2021
Application Number:
20210193377
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an array of transformers and common mode chokes each comprising a magnetic core and windings wound around the magnetic core at opposing locations on the magnetic core, and a retaining groove on each of the magnetic cores to maintain the windings in their opposing locations on the magnetic core. The transformers and common mode chokes are positioned in the array with the windings on each of the magnetic cores located offset to the windings of…
ADJUSTABLE CABLE MANAGEMENT BRACKET FOR MODULAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
Granted: June 3, 2021
Application Number:
20210168961
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a module receivable in a modular electronic system, arms extending from a front panel of the module, and a cable support bracket connected to the arms. The cable support bracket is slidably connected to the arms to change a distance between the cable support bracket and the front panel of the module.
WIRE FAULT AND ELECTRICAL IMBALANCE DETECTION FOR POWER OVER COMMUNICATIONS CABLING
Granted: June 3, 2021
Application Number:
20210167976
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting power in a power and data distribution system comprising at least two pairs of wires, negotiating a power level between Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and a Powered Device (PD) in the power and data distribution system, transmitting the power at a power level greater than 100 watts, periodically checking each of the wires for a fault, and checking for an electrical imbalance at the wires.
INITIALIZATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR PULSE POWER IN A NETWORK SYSTEM
Granted: June 3, 2021
Application Number:
20210167814
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at a first powered device in communication with power sourcing equipment, a second powered device in communication with the first powered device, wherein the first powered device is receiving high voltage pulse power from the power sourcing equipment, notifying the power sourcing equipment of the second powered device at the first powered device, and performing a low voltage power initialization at the first powered device with the second…
INITIALIZATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR PULSE POWER IN A NETWORK SYSTEM
Granted: June 3, 2021
Application Number:
20210167813
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving low voltage pulse power from power sourcing equipment at a powered device, synchronizing the powered device with a waveform of the low voltage pulse power received from the power sourcing equipment, and operating the powered device with high voltage pulse power received from the power sourcing equipment.
FRONT ACCESSIBLE FAN TRAY WITH FRONT-TO-BACK COOLING IN A MODULAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM
Granted: May 20, 2021
Application Number:
20210153387
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a fan tray comprising a plurality of fans for cooling modules within a modular electronic system with airflow from a front of the modular electronic system to a back of the modular electronic system, and a hinge member for connecting the fan tray to a front panel of the modular electronic system with the fans positioned in front of the modules. The fan tray is rotatable on the hinge member for movement away from the front panel to allow for…
LOCATION-AWARE SPATIAL REUSE
Granted: May 20, 2021
Application Number:
20210153026
Location-aware spatial reuse may be provided. First, an Overlapping Basic Service Set (OBSS) transmission to be received at a device may be detected by a first Access Point (AP). Then the location of the device may be determined. Next, based on the determined location, it may be determined that the device is out of range of the first AP. Then, in response to determining that the device is out of range of the first AP, the first AP may perform an OBSS Packet Detect (PD) based Spatial…
PARALLEL REDUNDANCY PROTOCOL (PRP) USING NON-OVERLAPPING RESOURCE UNIT (RU) GROUPINGS ON A RADIO
Granted: May 13, 2021
Application Number:
20210144239
Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) using non-overlapping Resource Unit (RU) groupings may be provided. A first computing device may associate to a first Access Point (AP) at a virtual Media Access Control (MAC) address. Next, the first computing device may associate to a second AP at the virtual MAC address. Then data from a data frame may be replicated to a first one or more RUs in a channel. The first one or more RUs may be assigned to the first AP. Data from the data frame may then be…
INITIALIZATION AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR PULSE POWER IN A NETWORK SYSTEM
Granted: May 6, 2021
Application Number:
20210135890
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting from power sourcing equipment, low voltage pulse power to a powered device in a communications network, performing a safety test, enabling high voltage pulse power operation at the power sourcing equipment upon passing the safety test, and transmitting high voltage pulse power from the power sourcing equipment to the powered device. The powered device synchronizes with a waveform of the low voltage pulse power.
METHOD, NODE, AND MEDIUM FOR ESTABLISHING CONNECTION BETWEEN A SOURCE AND ENDPOINT VIA ONE OR MORE BORDER NODES
Granted: May 6, 2021
Application Number:
20210135984
In one embodiment, a method is performed at a node in a multi-site enterprise fabric. The method includes obtaining map entries from a fabric control plane of the multi-site enterprise fabric, where the map entries are associated with identifiers of endpoints in external networks, site and virtual network identifiers of sites in the multi-site enterprise fabric, location identifiers of border nodes, and characteristics of the border nodes. The method further includes receiving a request…
Managing Voice Calls in Heterogenous Network Environments
Granted: April 29, 2021
Application Number:
20210127314
A method is provided for handling a voice call in a heterogeneous network environment by a wireless device. The method includes sending a registration request to a network node in a Next Generation (5G) network. The wireless device has an existing voice call on a different network in the heterogeneous network environment. The method further includes receiving a registration acceptance from the network node in the 5G network. The registration acceptance indicates that IMS voice services…
ACCESS POINT (AP) PLACEMENT USING FINE TIME MEASUREMENT (FTM)
Granted: April 22, 2021
Application Number:
20210120515
Access Point (AP) placement using Fine Time Measurement (FTM) may be provided. First, a plurality of Time-of-Flight (ToF) values between a first service end point and a second service end point may be determined. Each one of the plurality of ToF values may be derived from packets transmitted via different beamforming vector patterns at the first service end point and the second service end point. Then a minimum ToF value of the plurality of ToF values may be determined. Next, a distance…
INCREASING SYNCHRONIZATION OF VIRTUAL REALITY SCENE ELEMENTS WITH SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK (SDN) ORIGINATED INFORMATION
Granted: April 22, 2021
Application Number:
20210120507
Aspects herein generally relate to a system and/or a method for enforcing synchronization of WiFi users interacting with a common hierarchical multi-element VR/AR scene. The aspects can use Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) and trigger frames to synchronize parallel updates to different scene elements. Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) can be used to analyze standard VR/AR streaming formats to identify those VR scene elements that are to be synchronized. The result is a…
INTER-PROTOCOL INTERFERENCE REDUCTION FOR HIDDEN NODES
Granted: April 22, 2021
Application Number:
20210119893
Inter-protocol interference reduction for hidden nodes may be provided. A first service end point may determine that an inter-protocol interference is present on a channel. Next, an initial packet failure count value on the channel may be determined. A transmit (Tx) power for selected packets may then be increased until a subsequent packet failure count value on the channel is less than the initial packet failure count value.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNLINK OFDMA FOR RELIABLE MULTICAST AND BROADCAST TO WORKGROUP BRIDGE (WGB) BRIDGED NETWORK
Granted: April 22, 2021
Application Number:
20210119815
Systems and methods herein can convert downstream group addressed packets to unicast packets and send them to Workgroup Bridges (WGBs) by Downlink (DL) Multiple-User (MU) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) (DL-MU-OFDMA). A Wireless Controller (WLC)/Access Point (AP) can extend current Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) messages for broadcast and deploy Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) processing for multicast messages. The APs can maintain WGB entries for each…
CORROSION PREVENTIVE HEATSINK FOR NETWORK DEVICE
Granted: April 15, 2021
Application Number:
20210112682
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a chassis base, a printed circuit board mounted on the chassis base, a heatsink positioned over the printed circuit board to prevent corrosion of components on the printed circuit board, wherein the heatsink comprises a plurality of upward extending fins and a plurality of downward extending walls, a seal interposed between an edge of the downward extending walls and the chassis base, and a cover extending over the heatsink.
HIGHLY-AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTED NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT) ARCHITECTURE WITH FAILOVER SOLUTIONS
Granted: April 8, 2021
Application Number:
20210103507
This disclosure describes techniques for providing a distributed scalable architecture for Network Address Translation (NAT) systems with high availability and mitigations for flow breakage during failover events. The NAT servers may include functionality to serve as fast-path servers and/or slow-path servers. A fast-path server may include a NAT worker that includes a cache of NAT mappings to perform stateful network address translation and to forward packets with minimal latency. A…
TIME SENSITIVE NETWORKING (TSN) IN WIRELESS ENVIRONMENTS
Granted: March 25, 2021
Application Number:
20210092754
Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) in wireless environments may be provided. First, a Radio Frequency (RF) profile associated with a station may be received by a computing device. Next, a number of Transmit Opportunities (TxOPs) to use for transmitting data between an Access Point (AP) and the station based on the received RF profile may be determined. The determined number of TxOPs may then be provided to a wireless controller associated with the AP.
Bin Packing of Flows in a Dynamic Bandwidth Underlay
Granted: March 25, 2021
Application Number:
20210092066
A method including: receiving a flow; for each interface in the plurality of interfaces, determining the preference of the interface for the flow; when only a single interface has a preference for the flow, assigning the flow to that single interface; when multiple interfaces having a preference for the flow have comparable headroom, assigning the flow to the interface of the multiple interfaces with the fewest flows currently assigned to it; and when multiple interfaces having a…
DISTANCE VECTOR NEGATIVE SOUTHBOUND TOPOLOGY INFORMATON FOR ROUTING IN FAT TREES (RIFT) ROUTE
Granted: March 11, 2021
Application Number:
20210075718
In one embodiment, a method is performed. A spine node in communication with a network may determine a subtree of a shadow cone of the spine node. The subtree may comprise a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links connecting pairs of the nodes. The spine node may determine a disaggregated route to a first leaf node to which a disaggregated prefix may be attached. The disaggregated route may be propagated to the plurality of the nodes of the subtree.
