Inventor
SWINKELS GERARD LEO
CA20 patents
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CIENA CORP
15 patentsUS9906294B2Feb 27, 2018
Systems and methods improving optical restoration time in networks
CIENA CORP38 citations94
US9918148B2Mar 13, 2018
Control plane assisted optical switch
CIENA CORP19 citations92
US9124960B2Sep 1, 2015
Intelligent and scalable routing in multi-domain optical networks
CIENA CORP9 citations84
US9357278B2May 31, 2016
In-skin wavelength division multiplex (WDM) path computation
CIENA CORP10 citations76
US10110423B2Oct 23, 2018
System and method for managing network connections
CIENA CORP2 citations73
US9832548B2Nov 28, 2017
Flexible behavior modification during restoration in optical networks
CIENA CORP6 citations72
US9313121B2Apr 12, 2016
Method and system for traffic engineered MPLS ethernet switch
CIENA CORP4 citations72
US9756405B2Sep 5, 2017
Control plane assisted optical switch
CIENA CORP4 citations71
US12267102B2Apr 1, 2025
Prioritizing optical routes for restoration based on failure impact on an IP layer
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US9838763B2Dec 5, 2017
TDM network call with compound service layer agreement
CIENA CORP2 citations62
US11785365B2Oct 10, 2023
Interworking between variable capacity optical layer and ethernet/IP/MPLS layer
CIENA CORP1 citations61
US10334539B2Jun 25, 2019
Metered interface
CIENA CORP1 citations57
US10333777B2Jun 25, 2019
Configuring a secure network infrastructure device
CIENA CORP1 citations53
US9819586B2Nov 14, 2017
Network-based ethernet switching packet switch, network, and method
CIENA CORP1 citations51
US9769059B2Sep 19, 2017
Fast interlayer forwarding
CIENA CORP0 citations42