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MANNING THOMAS A
US40 patents
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FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS
36 patentsUS6426957B1Jul 30, 2002
Asynchronous transfer mode based service consolidation switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS87 citations99
US5982771ANov 9, 1999
Controlling bandwidth allocation using a pace counter
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS130 citations99
US5978359ANov 2, 1999
Allocated and dynamic switch flow control
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS168 citations99
US5889956AMar 30, 1999
Hierarchical resource management with maximum allowable allocation boundaries
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS205 citations99
US5872769AFeb 16, 1999
Linked list structures for multiple levels of control in an ATM switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS185 citations99
US5870538AFeb 9, 1999
Switch fabric controller comparator system and method
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS115 citations99
US5867663AFeb 2, 1999
Method and system for controlling network service parameters in a cell based communications network
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS115 citations99
US5850395ADec 15, 1998
Asynchronous transfer mode based service consolidation switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS168 citations99
US5790770AAug 4, 1998
Method and apparatus for reducing information loss in a communications network
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS96 citations99
US5956342ASep 21, 1999
Priority arbitration for point-to-point and multipoint transmission
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS92 citations98
US6256674B1Jul 3, 2001
Method and apparatus for providing buffer state flow control at the link level in addition to flow control on a per-connection basis
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS63 citations97
US6141346AOct 31, 2000
Point-to-multipoint transmission using subqueues
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS42 citations97
US6115748ASep 5, 2000
Prioritized access to shared buffers
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS65 citations97
US6002667ADec 14, 1999
Minimum guaranteed cell rate method and apparatus
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS55 citations97
US5982776ANov 9, 1999
Multipoint-to-point arbitration in a network switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS70 citations97
US5983260ANov 9, 1999
Serial control and data interconnects for coupling an I/O module with a switch fabric in a switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS55 citations97
US5909427AJun 1, 1999
Redundant switch system and method of operation
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS88 citations97
US5822540AOct 13, 1998
Method and apparatus for discarding frames in a communications device
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS39 citations97
US5787086AJul 28, 1998
Method and apparatus for emulating a circuit connection in a cell based communications network
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS67 citations97
US6539025B1Mar 25, 2003
Priority arbitration for point-to-point and multipoint transmission
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS21 citations96
US6236655B1May 22, 2001
Port and link identification
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS24 citations96
US6088736AJul 11, 2000
Joint flow control mechanism in a telecommunications network
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS53 citations96
US6076112AJun 13, 2000
Prioritized access to shared buffers
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS28 citations96
US5996019ANov 30, 1999
Network link access scheduling using a plurality of prioritized lists containing queue identifiers
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS83 citations96
US5948067ASep 7, 1999
Converting between an internal cell and multiple standard asynchronous transfer mode cells
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS17 citations96
US5933429AAug 3, 1999
Multipoint-to-multipoint echo processing in a network switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS61 citations96
US5905729AMay 18, 1999
Mapping a data cell in a communication switch
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS25 citations96
US5896511AApr 20, 1999
Method and apparatus for providing buffer state flow control at the link level in addition to flow control on a per-connection basis
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS34 citations96
US5781533AJul 14, 1998
Link buffer sharing method and apparatus
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS26 citations96
US6452903B1Sep 17, 2002
Network switch supporting rate-based and credit-based flow control mechanisms on a link-by-link basis
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS75 citations95
US6167452ADec 26, 2000
Joint flow control mechanism in a telecommunications network
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS19 citations95
US5917805AJun 29, 1999
Network switch utilizing centralized and partitioned memory for connection topology information storage
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS32 citations95
US6628668B1Sep 30, 2003
Crosspoint switch bandwidth allocation management
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS82 citations94
US6198725B1Mar 6, 2001
Network element delay allocation for efficient use of network resources
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS23 citations88
US5862137AJan 19, 1999
Point-to-multipoint arbitration
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS13 citations85
US6483807B1Nov 19, 2002
Distributed control of service category request mapping
FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS1 citations46