Inventor
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN
US36 patents
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FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC
13 patentsUS10367730B2Jul 30, 2019
Layer two over multiple sites
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations83
US9294395B2Mar 22, 2016
Media access control bridging in a mesh network
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC3 citations73
US8345542B2Jan 1, 2013
Method of M:1 protection
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations63
US8050270B2Nov 1, 2011
Transparent bypass and associated mechanisms
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC4 citations63
US10798001B2Oct 6, 2020
Software defined networking (SDN) controller orchestration and network virtualization for data center interconnection
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations52
US9973429B2May 15, 2018
Software defined networking (SDN) controller orchestration and network virtualization for data center interconnection
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC1 citations52
US8015320B2Sep 6, 2011
Load distribution and redundancy using tree aggregation
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC1 citations52
US7969888B2Jun 28, 2011
Data communications network for the management of an ethernet transport network
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations52
US9912495B2Mar 6, 2018
Virtual layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalable
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations51
US9331908B2May 3, 2016
Specifying priority on a virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol response
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations51
US8730975B2May 20, 2014
Method to pass virtual local area network information in virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations51
US9647876B2May 9, 2017
Linked identifiers for multiple domains
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC1 citations46
US8351348B2Jan 8, 2013
Value-adoption and value-translation for automatic provisioning of port parameters
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC0 citations42
SULTAN ROBERT
6 patentsUS8837281B2Sep 16, 2014
Use of partitions to reduce flooding and filtering database size requirements in large layer two networks
SULTAN ROBERT27 citations92
US8953621B2Feb 10, 2015
Specifying priority on a virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol response
SULTAN ROBERT4 citations83
US8549178B2Oct 1, 2013
Using provider backbone bridged network to reduce the number of media access control addresses visible to core bridges in the data center
SULTAN ROBERT6 citations72
US8140654B2Mar 20, 2012
Verifying management virtual local area network identifier provisioning consistency
SULTAN ROBERT3 citations62
US8442072B2May 14, 2013
Method of preventing transport leaks in hybrid switching networks by extension of the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)
SULTAN ROBERT1 citations51
US8427940B2Apr 23, 2013
Method of M:1 protection
SULTAN ROBERT0 citations51
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN
6 patentsUS8665746B2Mar 4, 2014
Method for measuring throughput for a packet connection
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN8 citations83
US8238340B2Aug 7, 2012
Transport multiplexer—mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domain
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN7 citations83
US9130875B2Sep 8, 2015
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN4 citations82
US8125891B2Feb 28, 2012
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN7 citations82
US8451842B2May 28, 2013
Media access control bridging in a mesh network
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN2 citations62
US8315260B2Nov 20, 2012
Transport multiplexer-mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domain
MACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN0 citations51
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC
5 patentsUS7301911B2Nov 27, 2007
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC37 citations94
US7889675B2Feb 15, 2011
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC49 citations93
US7821946B2Oct 26, 2010
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC11 citations82
US7983182B2Jul 19, 2011
Methods and apparatus for exchanging network connectivity and capability information
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC4 citations62
US7502325B2Mar 10, 2009
Method and system for managing networks, network fragments and subnetworks
TELLABS OPERATIONS INC1 citations52