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TROPIC NETWORKS INC
CA·72 granted patents·1 pending application·1,330 citations·filing 1999–2006
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73 records- 0193US6956824B2Extension of link aggregation protocols over the networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 18, 2005·115 cites·25 claims
- 0288US7126907B2Label switched communication network, a method of conditioning the network and a method of data transmissionTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Oct 24, 2006·94 cites·15 claims
- 0387US7158723B2Channel identification in communications networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 2, 2007·26 cites·30 claims
- 0486US7051112B2System and method for distribution of softwareTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·69 cites·10 claims
- 0586US6983294B2Redundancy systems and methods in communications systemsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 3, 2006·59 cites·28 claims
- 0685US6757177B2Stacked backplane assemblyTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 29, 2004·44 cites·1 claims
- 0783US7317731B2System and method for distributed resource reservation protocol-traffic engineering (RSVP-TE) hitless restart in multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 8, 2008·40 cites·24 claims
- 0882US7187652B2Multi-constraint routing system and methodTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 6, 2007·39 cites·50 claims
- 0980US7184434B2Label distribution protocol supporting multiple classes of service in a multi protocol label switching (MPLS) network, methods and MPLS network using thereofTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 27, 2007·43 cites·12 claims
- 1080US7142783B2Method and system for identification of channels in an optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 28, 2006·19 cites·50 claims
- 1179US7054556B2Channel identification in communications networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 30, 2006·21 cites·15 claims
- 1278US7120165B2Method and system for allocating and controlling labels in multi-protocol label switched networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·34 cites·35 claims
- 1378US7031606B2Method and system for monitoring performance of optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 18, 2006·22 cites·3 claims
- 1478US6925061B2Multi-constraint routing system and methodTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 2, 2005·28 cites·25 claims
- 1577US6674935B2Optical connection arrangementsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 6, 2004·14 cites·19 claims
- 1677US6570849B1TDM-quality voice over packetTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 27, 2003·111 cites·16 claims
- 1776US7126921B2Packet network providing fast distribution of node related information and a method thereforTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·31 cites·23 claims
- 1875US7274656B2Protection system and method for resilient packet ring (RPR) interconnectionTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 25, 2007·21 cites·15 claims
- 1975US7127508B2Method and system of measuring latency and packet loss in a network by using probe packetsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·28 cites·24 claims
- 2075US7047496B2Method for visualization of optical network topologyTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 16, 2006·26 cites·19 claims
- 2175US6785737B2Network resource allocation methods and systemsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 31, 2004·26 cites·15 claims
- 2274US6981200B2Interconnect system with error correctionTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 27, 2005·26 cites·43 claims
- 2374US6968131B2Topology discovery in optical WDM networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Nov 22, 2005·13 cites·15 claims
- 2474US6829438B2Add/drop multiplexing in WDM optical networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 7, 2004·12 cites·13 claims
- 2573US7184660B2Method and system for monitoring performance of optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 27, 2007·11 cites·6 claims
- 2673US7155122B2Channel identification in communications networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 26, 2006·14 cites·23 claims
- 2771US6931176B2Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer with buried dispersion compensation moduleTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 16, 2005·9 cites·13 claims
- 2870US7126959B2High-speed packet memoryTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·18 cites·45 claims
- 2969US6987922B2Method and apparatus for controlling a variable optical attenuator in an optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 17, 2006·12 cites·26 claims
- 3068US7092360B2Monitor, system and method for monitoring performance of a schedulerTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Aug 15, 2006·20 cites·49 claims
- 3166US7266606B2Cascaded policing systems and methodsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 4, 2007·11 cites·8 claims
- 3266US7046634B2Method and apparatus for selecting maximally disjoint shortest paths in a networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted May 16, 2006·12 cites·24 claims
- 3366US6788844B2All-optical dynamic gain equalizerTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 7, 2004·10 cites·23 claims
- 3465US7038837B2Method for determining location and gain settings of amplifiers in an optical network by using a genetic algorithmTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 2, 2006·7 cites·14 claims
- 3565US6912340B2Optical ring interconnectTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 28, 2005·9 cites·22 claims
- 3664US7321727B2Method for network commissioning using amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) sourcesTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 22, 2008·3 cites·23 claims
- 3764US7012933B2Enhanced packet network and method for carrying multiple packet streams within a single label switched pathTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Mar 14, 2006·11 cites·20 claims
- 3864US6977943B2Method and system for traffic management in packet networks using random early markingTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Dec 20, 2005·11 cites·4 claims
- 3964US6782159B2Method for determining optimal location and value of dispersion compensation modules in an optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Aug 24, 2004·7 cites·13 claims
- 4064US6594045B2Flexible optical network architecture and optical add/drop multiplexer/demultiplexer thereforTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 15, 2003·10 cites·24 claims
- 4163US7046426B2Method for determining locations and gain settings of amplifiers in an optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted May 16, 2006·6 cites·18 claims
- 4262US7170895B2Switch and a switching apparatus for a communication networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 30, 2007·9 cites·15 claims
- 4362US6567406B1Method of labeling data units with a domain fieldTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 1999·Granted May 20, 2003·55 cites·21 claims
- 4461US7289734B2Method and system for multi-level power management in an optical networkTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 30, 2007·5 cites·15 claims
- 4561US7035209B2Control communications in communications networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Apr 25, 2006·14 cites·18 claims
- 4660US7139486B2Method and apparatus for optical add/drop multiplexing in optical networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Nov 21, 2006·4 cites·25 claims
- 4760US7126970B2Communication system with balanced transmission bandwidthTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 24, 2006·8 cites·20 claims
- 4860US7127165B2Method and system for compensating for side effects of cross gain modulation in amplified optical networksTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 24, 2006·6 cites·13 claims
- 4960US6903867B2Method and apparatus for gain excursion minimization in automatic gain controlled optical systemsTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 7, 2005·7 cites·26 claims
- 5059US6982977B2Label switched routing system and methodTROPIC NETWORKS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jan 3, 2006·9 cites·21 claims
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