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SWINKELS GERARD L
CA31 patents
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CIENA CORP
18 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
US10455300B2Oct 22, 2019
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP15 citations93
US10148384B2Dec 4, 2018
Systems and methods to increase capacity in optical networks based on excess margin
CIENA CORP11 citations93
US11101884B1Aug 24, 2021
Localizing anomalies of a fiber optic network within the context of a geographic map
CIENA CORP16 citations90
US10958993B2Mar 23, 2021
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP9 citations85
US10541923B2Jan 21, 2020
Segment routing traffic engineering based on link utilization
CIENA CORP10 citations84
US10257596B2Apr 9, 2019
Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networks
CIENA CORP10 citations84
US9876865B1Jan 23, 2018
Efficient prioritized restoration of services in a control plane-based optical network
CIENA CORP8 citations84
US9800325B1Oct 24, 2017
Mesh restorable service systems and methods with preemptible established backup paths
CIENA CORP13 citations84
US10200770B2Feb 5, 2019
Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data model
CIENA CORP6 citations83
US10284661B2May 7, 2019
Efficient prioritized restoration of services in a control plane-based optical network
CIENA CORP5 citations73
US10341258B2Jul 2, 2019
Dynamic adjustment of connection priority in networks
CIENA CORP5 citations72
US11507262B2Nov 22, 2022
Methods and systems for managing optical network services including capacity mining and scheduling
CIENA CORP4 citations68
US11909645B2Feb 20, 2024
Segment routing traffic engineering based on link utilization
CIENA CORP0 citations62
US11563486B2Jan 24, 2023
Logical to physical link mapping in a fiber optic network
CIENA CORP0 citations59
US11914855B2Feb 27, 2024
Methods and systems for managing optical network services including capacity mining and scheduling
CIENA CORP0 citations58
US10116552B2Oct 30, 2018
Efficient shared risk group representation as a bit vector
CIENA CORP1 citations52
SWINKELS GERARD L
8 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
US8553707B2Oct 8, 2013
Administrative boundaries in single or multiple domain optical networks
SWINKELS GERARD L23 citations90
US9509434B2Nov 29, 2016
Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks by intentionally reducing margin
SWINKELS GERARD L5 citations84
US9191280B2Nov 17, 2015
System, device, and method for a voiding bandwidth fragmentation on a communication link by classifying bandwidth pools
SWINKELS GERARD L8 citations84
US9118421B2Aug 25, 2015
Extending control plane functions to the network edge in an optical transport network
SWINKELS GERARD L14 citations84
US8166183B2Apr 24, 2012
Method and system for fast virtual concatenation setup in a communication network
SWINKELS GERARD L6 citations73
SKALECKI DAREK
3 patentsUS8402121B2Mar 19, 2013
Method of network reconfiguration in optical transport networks
SKALECKI DAREK24 citations92
US8817798B2Aug 26, 2014
Constraining topology size and recursively calculating routes in large networks
SKALECKI DAREK10 citations84
US8085676B2Dec 27, 2011
Method and system for looping back traffic in QIQ ethernet rings and 1:1 protected PBT trunks
SKALECKI DAREK15 citations83