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ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER
CA126 patents
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NORTEL NETWORKS LTD
15 patentsUS6968994B1Nov 29, 2005
RF-ID for cable management and port identification
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD198 citations99
US7466681B2Dec 16, 2008
Method and apparatus for sensor network routing
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD127 citations98
US6560654B1May 6, 2003
Apparatus and method of maintaining timely topology data within a link state routing network
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD73 citations94
US7623446B1Nov 24, 2009
MPLS virtual rings
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD27 citations93
US7450527B2Nov 11, 2008
Method and apparatus for implementing multiple portals into an Rbridge network
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD29 citations93
US7995569B2Aug 9, 2011
Virtual routers for GMPLS networks
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD30 citations92
US7911944B2Mar 22, 2011
Tie-breaking in shortest path determination
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD23 citations92
US7656792B2Feb 2, 2010
Method and apparatus for computing alternate multicast/broadcast paths in a routed network
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD24 citations92
US7283477B1Oct 16, 2007
Allocating network resources
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD44 citations92
US7400589B2Jul 15, 2008
Method and apparatus for deriving optimal paths through a network subject to a subset sequence constraint
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD9 citations84
US7382738B2Jun 3, 2008
Method and apparatus for computing metric information for abstracted network links
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD14 citations84
US7366109B2Apr 29, 2008
Virtual private networks within a packet network having a mesh topology
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD18 citations84
US7664123B2Feb 16, 2010
Generalized virtual router
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD13 citations83
US7774474B2Aug 10, 2010
Communication of control and data path state for networks
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD10 citations78
US7440438B2Oct 21, 2008
Refresh and filtering mechanisms for LDP based VPLS and L2VPN solutions
NORTEL NETWORKS LTD8 citations74
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
7 patentsUS9736063B2Aug 15, 2017
Service chaining using source routing
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD22 citations93
US9832681B2Nov 28, 2017
Higher layer compression with lower layer signaling
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD7 citations84
US10425319B2Sep 24, 2019
Transport software defined networking (SDN)—zero configuration adjacency via packet snooping
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD3 citations73
US9967183B2May 8, 2018
Source routing with entropy-header
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD3 citations73
US9923874B2Mar 20, 2018
Packet obfuscation and packet forwarding
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD3 citations73
US9860350B2Jan 2, 2018
Transport software defined networking (SDN)—logical to physical topology discovery
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD4 citations73
US9838311B2Dec 5, 2017
Node, network controller, and associated methods for routing data packets in a network
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD3 citations73
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER
6 patentsUS8873401B2Oct 28, 2014
Service prioritization in link state controlled layer two networks
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER64 citations92
US8081566B1Dec 20, 2011
Method and apparatus for indicating congestion in a source routed network
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER30 citations92
US8331360B1Dec 11, 2012
Method and apparatus for layer 2 fast re-configuration in a routing bridge network
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER22 citations88
US9008088B2Apr 14, 2015
Multicast implementation in a link state protocol controlled ethernet network
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER10 citations84
US8767730B2Jul 1, 2014
Virtual local area network identifier substitution as time to live method
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER7 citations84
US8059647B2Nov 15, 2011
Multicast implementation in a link state protocol controlled ethernet network
ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER12 citations84
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC
4 patentsUS10063464B2Aug 28, 2018
Protection switched source routing
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC9 citations84
US8971321B2Mar 3, 2015
System and method for accelerating and decelerating packets
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC10 citations84
US10367730B2Jul 30, 2019
Layer two over multiple sites
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC6 citations83
US9847915B2Dec 19, 2017
Network function virtualization for a network device
FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC13 citations83
ALLAN DAVID
3 patentsUS8223668B2Jul 17, 2012
Method and apparatus for exchanging routing information and the establishment of connectivity across multiple network areas
ALLAN DAVID346 citations98
US8223660B2Jul 17, 2012
Failure notification in a network having serially connected nodes
ALLAN DAVID41 citations94
US8619785B2Dec 31, 2013
Pre-computing alternate forwarding state in a routed ethernet mesh network
ALLAN DAVID8 citations84
RAVINDRAN RAVI
2 patentsUS9059920B2Jun 16, 2015
Method and apparatus for selecting between available neighbors in a RAPID alternate path calculation
RAVINDRAN RAVI36 citations93
US8264949B2Sep 11, 2012
Method and apparatus for selecting between available neighbors in a rapid alternate path calculation
RAVINDRAN RAVI8 citations82
DUNBAR LINDA
2 patentsASHWOOD SMITH PETER
1 patentFRISKNEY ROBERT
1 patentFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO
1 patentCALLARD AARON
1 patentSKALECKI DAREK
1 patentCIENA CORP
1 patentCASEY LIAM
1 patentHALABIAN HASSAN
1 patentCHU XINGJUN
1 patentDUXBURY GUY MICHAEL ANYON FARGUHARSON
1 patentMEHRVAR HAMID
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