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Alexander A. Smith
Also filed as: SMITH ALEXANDER · SMITH ALEXANDER A
15 granted patents·524 citations·filing 1995–2019
94Inventor score
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15 records- 0194US8774232B2Systems and methods of measuring latency and routing thereon in optical networksSMITH ALEXANDER A·Filed 2010·Granted Jul 8, 2014·24 cites·17 claims
- 0290US8417111B2Optical network in-band control plane signaling, virtualized channels, and tandem connection monitoring systems and methodsMOYNIHAN JEFFREY SCOTT·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 9, 2013·19 cites·20 claims
- 0386US5519701AArchitecture for high performance management of multiple circular FIFO storage meansIBM·Filed 1995·Granted May 21, 1996·208 cites·11 claims
- 0484US8089866B2Spanning tree flooding backbone systems and methods for link state routed networksSMITH ALEXANDER A·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 3, 2012·13 cites·16 claims
- 0582US7554975B2Protocol agnostic switchingINTEL CORP·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 30, 2009·11 cites·21 claims
- 0679US8553586B2Systems and methods for automatically building and repairing a spanning tree flooding backbone in link state routed networksSMITH ALEXANDER A·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 8, 2013·6 cites·16 claims
- 0778US8682158B2Systems and methods for detecting line flapping in optical networksSMITH ALEXANDER A·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 25, 2014·6 cites·15 claims
- 0878US6359858B1Switching redundancy controlFUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·101 cites·50 claims
- 0973US6700868B2Switching redundancy controlFUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 2, 2004·17 cites·22 claims
- 1064US5604742ACommunications system and method for efficient management of bandwidth in a FDDI stationIBM·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 18, 1997·71 cites·19 claims
- 1161US7245585B2Method and system for transmitting traffic in a virtual tunnel of a transmission lineFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 17, 2007·7 cites·21 claims
- 1254US8572485B2Splitting and merging routing domainsSMITH ALEXANDER·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 29, 2013·1 cites·20 claims
- 1353US11146073B2System and method for optimization of engines on a common variable frequency busCATERPILLAR INC·Filed 2019·Granted Oct 12, 2021·0 cites·20 claims
- 1453US6658006B1System and method for communicating data using modified header bits to identify a portFUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 2, 2003·31 cites·17 claims
- 1535US6370115B1Ethernet device and method for applying back pressureST MICROELECTRONICS INC·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 9, 2002·9 cites·31 claims
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