Darrin L Gieger

US Patent:

7289532, Oct 30, 2007

Filed:

May 19, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/441091

Inventors:

Darrin L. Gieger - Hampton Cove AL, US
Phillip Stone Herron - Huntsville AL, US
Dennis B. McMahan - Huntsville AL, US

Assignee:

Adtran, Inc. - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

H04J 3/16

US Classification:

370466, 370419, 370538, 370545

Abstract:

A voice playout buffer for a dual PHY-based integrated access device platform has a plurality of voice signal buffer sections. A respective buffer section has a capacity in excess of the number of digitized voice signal bytes contained in a respective cell-based communication signal. The storage capacity of a buffer section accommodates a communications control processor writing new outgoing digitized voice signal bytes into the first portion of the voice signal buffer section for transport over a TDM communication link, prior to digitized voice signals newly received from the TDM communication link being written into the first portion of the voice signal buffer section.

US Patent:

8462654, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Jul 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/836659

Inventors:

Darrin L. Gieger - Huntsville AL, US
Kevin W. Schneider - Huntsville AL, US
Arlynn Wilson - Huntsville AL, US
Robert A. Barrett - Madison AL, US

Assignee:

Adtran, Inc. - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

G01R 31/08

US Classification:

370252, 370419

Abstract:

A communications system includes at least one telecommunications access module coupled to a plurality of communications subscriber line pairs and comprising at least one bonding engine. A module is configured to receive a provisioning request and determine the total number of communications subscriber line pairs available to form a bonding group and select at least one bonding engine for the bonding group. A data processor is configured to determine a maximum packet fragment size for the data packets based on the total number of available subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group. A maximum packet fragment size is adapted to the number of communications line pairs within the bonding group and the bonding engine fragments the data packets into the packet fragments. A transmitter receives the packet fragments and transmits the packet fragments over the communications subscriber line pairs forming the bonding group.

US Patent:

20050022092, Jan 27, 2005

Filed:

Jul 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/626022

Inventors:

Charles Polk - Athens AL, US
Darrin Gieger - Hampton Cove AL, US

International Classification:

G06K005/04
G11B005/00
G11B020/20
H03M013/00

US Classification:

714758000

Abstract:

A forward error correction system comprises a forward error correction (FEC) manager and a transmitter. The FEC manager is configured to receive a data stream and to define a plurality of FEC code words based on the data stream. Each of the FEC code words comprises a data portion and a checksum portion that may be used to recover at least one character of the data portion. The FEC manager is configured to interleave characters of the FEC code words such that the FEC code words are transmitted, by the transmitter, to a remote receiver in an interleaved fashion. The FEC manager is configured to provide characters from each of the FEC code words to the transmitter before a plurality of characters to be assigned to each of the FEC code words has been received by the FEC manager.

US Patent:

20120224573, Sep 6, 2012

Filed:

Mar 1, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/037477

Inventors:

Dennis B. McMAHAN - Huntsville AL, US
Jerry L. GREER - Huntsville AL, US
Darrin L. GIEGER - Huntsville AL, US
Thomas DETWILER - Huntsville AL, US

Assignee:

ADTRAN, INC. - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

H04L 12/56

US Classification:

370389

Abstract:

A system and method transmits data and receives data packets within a bonding engine. The data packets are fragmented into a plurality of packet fragments for communication across a bonded group of subscriber lines. A Frame Check Sequence (FCS) in the data packet is inverted on one direction of the bonding group to prevent any data packets from propagating towards the network during a loopback condition.

US Patent:

20130343188, Dec 26, 2013

Filed:

Jun 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/533647

Inventors:

Thomas Frederick Detwiler - Hunstville AL, US
Darrin L. Gieger - Huntsville AL, US

Assignee:

ADTRAN, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION - Huntsville AL

International Classification:

H04L 12/26

US Classification:

3702301

Abstract:

Egress of data packets from a packet switch is controlled in a manner that involves adjusting the shaper accumulators only when a packet egress event or accumulator credit threshold event occurs. A timeline having a number of timeslots is maintained in a memory to mark the times at which events are predicted to occur. If an egress event occurs, in which one or more data packets have been sent from a queue, or if the current timeslot contains a marker, then a count stored in an accumulator is adjusted. If an egress event has occurred or a threshold event in which a count stored in an accumulator has crossed a threshold has occurred, then a marker is stored in a future timeslot.

US Patent:

20220311694, Sep 29, 2022

Filed:

Mar 22, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/701057

Inventors:

- Huntsville AL, US
Darrin L. Gieger - Huntsville AL, US
Andrew T. Ruble - Athens AL, US
Brent Priddy - Huntsville AL, US

International Classification:

H04L 45/02
H04L 45/00
H04L 45/28
H04L 45/42
H04L 12/46

Abstract:

Methods and systems for resilient network communication are provided. In one aspect, a network includes multiple edge network elements, core network elements, and off-network network elements. Each network element has multiple ports. Communication paths exist between edge network elements, traversing core network elements. A maintenance domain maintains communication resiliency in the network through maintenance domain entities that detect network communication faults. Maintenance domain entities are associated with ports of edge network elements. VLAN service provision to subscribers occurs over the network by mapping services to VLAN tags such that the service VLAN includes information about the resilient network. VLAN service assignment to maintenance domains is balanced.