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BOERTJES DAVID W
CA63 patents
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CIENA CORP
41 patentsUS10715888B2Jul 14, 2020
Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networks
CIENA CORP22 citations94
US10680739B2Jun 9, 2020
Systems and methods to increase capacity in optical networks based on excess margin
CIENA CORP22 citations94
US10536235B2Jan 14, 2020
Logical control seams in optical networks to improve restoration speed or timing for capacity adds
CIENA CORP29 citations94
US10277311B2Apr 30, 2019
Dual wavelength optical time domain reflectometer systems and methods embedded in a WDM system
CIENA CORP18 citations94
US9276696B2Mar 1, 2016
Systems and methods for channel additions over multiple cascaded optical nodes
CIENA CORP40 citations94
US10746602B2Aug 18, 2020
Integrated polarimeter in an optical line system
CIENA CORP13 citations93
US10455300B2Oct 22, 2019
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP15 citations93
US10237011B2Mar 19, 2019
Methods and apparatus for pre-programming layer-0 service turn up speeds for photonic service provisioning or restoration
CIENA CORP33 citations93
US10148384B2Dec 4, 2018
Systems and methods to increase capacity in optical networks based on excess margin
CIENA CORP11 citations93
US9831947B2Nov 28, 2017
Margin determination systems and methods in optical networks
CIENA CORP19 citations93
US9419708B2Aug 16, 2016
Live monitoring of raman and fiber degradation in DWDM networks using in-service OTDR
CIENA CORP38 citations93
US10587339B1Mar 10, 2020
Systems and methods for achieving best effort home route capacity on protection paths during optical restoration
CIENA CORP32 citations92
US9973295B2May 15, 2018
Systems and methods for channel additions over multiple cascaded optical nodes
CIENA CORP31 citations92
US9577763B2Feb 21, 2017
Spectrum controller systems and methods in optical networks
CIENA CORP47 citations91
US10958993B2Mar 23, 2021
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP9 citations85
US11070286B1Jul 20, 2021
Opportunistic network defragmentation and optimization
CIENA CORP8 citations84
US10868614B2Dec 15, 2020
Optical power replacement for faulted spectrum in channel holder based optical links
CIENA CORP8 citations84
US10461880B2Oct 29, 2019
Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
CIENA CORP11 citations84
US10257596B2Apr 9, 2019
Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networks
CIENA CORP10 citations84
US9847831B2Dec 19, 2017
Dual wavelenth optical time domain reflectometer systems and methods embedded in a WDM system
CIENA CORP15 citations84
US11209315B2Dec 28, 2021
Integrated polarimeter in an optical line system
CIENA CORP4 citations83
US11139633B2Oct 5, 2021
In-situ fiber characterization using nonlinear skirt measurement
CIENA CORP7 citations83
US10200770B2Feb 5, 2019
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP6 citations83
US10161798B2Dec 25, 2018
Integrated polarimeter in an optical line system
CIENA CORP11 citations83
US10050737B1Aug 14, 2018
Methods and apparatus for pre-programming layer-0 service turn up speeds for photonic service provisioning or restoration
CIENA CORP10 citations83
US9344193B2May 17, 2016
Digital optical spectral shaping
CIENA CORP5 citations82
US11575431B2Feb 7, 2023
Opportunistic network defragmentation and optimization
CIENA CORP2 citations73
US11343011B2May 24, 2022
Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
CIENA CORP2 citations73
US11196504B1Dec 7, 2021
Extending the optical spectrum of an optical network
CIENA CORP5 citations73
US10887041B2Jan 5, 2021
Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
CIENA CORP1 citations73
US10200145B2Feb 5, 2019
Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
CIENA CORP4 citations73
US11272269B1Mar 8, 2022
Integrated band splitter for scaling dual-band ROADM
CIENA CORP5 citations72
US11496817B2Nov 8, 2022
Proactively detecting failures on restoration paths in an optical network and visualizations thereof
CIENA CORP4 citations71
US11507262B2Nov 22, 2022
Methods and systems for managing optical network services including capacity mining and scheduling
CIENA CORP4 citations68
US12494842B2Dec 9, 2025
Optical link optimization based on signal and interferer power discrimination
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US11799546B2Oct 24, 2023
Optical fiber characterization using a nonlinear skirt measurement
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US11553259B2Jan 10, 2023
Extending the optical spectrum of an optical network
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US11424848B2Aug 23, 2022
Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US12231163B2Feb 18, 2025
Optical fiber characterization using transmission of shaped ASE
CIENA CORP0 citations61
US11967986B2Apr 23, 2024
Power optimization of point-to-point optical systems without visibility of intermediate system parameters
CIENA CORP0 citations61
US11747208B2Sep 5, 2023
Integrated polarimeter in an optical line system
CIENA CORP0 citations61
SWINKELS GERARD L
4 patentsUS9438369B2Sep 6, 2016
Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks for capacity boosting
SWINKELS GERARD L20 citations92
US9438370B2Sep 6, 2016
Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks to unblock superchannels
SWINKELS GERARD L12 citations92
US9258190B2Feb 9, 2016
Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networks
SWINKELS GERARD L22 citations92
US9509434B2Nov 29, 2016
Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks by intentionally reducing margin
SWINKELS GERARD L5 citations84
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD
3 patentsUS7221820B2May 22, 2007
High spectral efficiency, high performance optical MUX and DEMUX architecture
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD24 citations93
US6618193B1Sep 9, 2003
Optical amplification systems and methods
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD18 citations84
US6660990B2Dec 9, 2003
Optical amplification and receiving system and method
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD3 citations62
BOERTJES DAVID W
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