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Linda Dunbar
Also filed as: DUNBAR LINDA · DUNBAR LINDA L
55 granted patents·16 pending applications·540 citations·filing 2004–2025
98Inventor score
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71 records- 0197US9634867B2Computing service chain-aware pathsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 25, 2017·53 cites·20 claims
- 0296US9825856B2Service function chaining in a packet networkFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 21, 2017·54 cites·19 claims
- 0396US9660905B2Service chain policy for distributed gateways in virtual overlay networksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 23, 2017·59 cites·17 claims
- 0495US9426068B2Balancing of forwarding and address resolution in overlay networksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 23, 2016·109 cites·20 claims
- 0593US8937950B2Asymmetric network address encapsulationDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 20, 2015·21 cites·11 claims
- 0693US8837281B2Use of partitions to reduce flooding and filtering database size requirements in large layer two networksSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 0790US8018843B2Faults propagation and protection for connection oriented data paths in packet networksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 13, 2011·25 cites·22 claims
- 0889US10389629B2Asymmetric network address encapsulationFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 20, 2019·9 cites·12 claims
- 0988US10367730B2Layer two over multiple sitesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 30, 2019·6 cites·14 claims
- 1088US9160609B2Virtual Layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalableDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 13, 2015·12 cites·17 claims
- 1188US9014054B2Layer two over multiple sitesDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 21, 2015·9 cites·26 claims
- 1288US8477600B2Composite transport functionsYONG LUCY·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 2, 2013·18 cites·17 claims
- 1387US10587698B2Service function registration mechanism and capability indexingFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 10, 2020·7 cites·20 claims
- 1487US8897303B2Delegate gateways and proxy for target hosts in large layer 2 and address resolution with duplicated internet protocol addressesXIONG YIJUN·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 25, 2014·13 cites·12 claims
- 1586US8000346B2ASON/GMPLS architecture extension for reservation based and time based automatic bandwidth serviceFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 16, 2011·15 cites·20 claims
- 1685US9722927B2Service chain topology map constructionFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 1, 2017·6 cites·12 claims
- 1784US10469359B2Global resource orchestration system for network function virtualizationFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 5, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 1884US9871719B2Computing service chain-aware pathsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 16, 2018·4 cites·20 claims
- 1984US8665746B2Method for measuring throughput for a packet connectionMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 4, 2014·8 cites·25 claims
- 2084US8238340B2Transport multiplexer—mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domainMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·7 cites·13 claims
- 2182US11398921B2SDN facilitated multicast in data centerFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2021·Granted Jul 26, 2022·1 cites·32 claims
- 2281US9236972B2Optical impairment aware path computation architecture in PCE based networkLEE YOUNG·Filed 2012·Granted Jan 12, 2016·6 cites·16 claims
- 2378US9686167B2Ingress node controlled path impairment protocolFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jun 20, 2017·4 cites·11 claims
- 2475US8059540B2Policy based and link utilization triggered congestion controlYONG LUCY·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 15, 2011·6 cites·6 claims
- 2573US8005113B2Encapsulating large Ethernet framesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 23, 2011·4 cites·19 claims
- 2672US12500788B2SDN facilitated multicast in data centerFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2022·Granted Dec 16, 2025·0 cites·16 claims
- 2772US7881192B2System for providing aggregate-rate communication servicesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·5 cites·38 claims
- 2872US7599295B2System for passive alarm propagation and suppression for packet based networksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 6, 2009·5 cites·26 claims
- 2971US8050270B2Transparent bypass and associated mechanismsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 1, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 3070US8238334B2Optimal path selection for accessing networked applicationsDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 7, 2012·4 cites·20 claims
- 3170US8169912B2System for dynamic bandwidth adjustment and trading among peersLEE YOUNG·Filed 2006·Granted May 1, 2012·4 cites·22 claims
- 3268US8619583B2Ingress node controlled path impairment protocolDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 31, 2013·2 cites·6 claims
- 3368US7158613B2Method and system for enabling circuit testing services on a multi-service provisioning platformFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 2, 2007·9 cites·15 claims
- 3467US8140654B2Verifying management virtual local area network identifier provisioning consistencySULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 20, 2012·3 cites·23 claims
- 3566US8472325B2Network availability enhancement technique for packet transport networksYONG LUCY·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 25, 2013·3 cites·24 claims
- 3666US8451842B2Media access control bridging in a mesh networkMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2010·Granted May 28, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 3766US7881207B2Method and system for loop-back and continue in packet-based networkFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 1, 2011·3 cites·55 claims
- 3865US10225094B2SDN facilitated multicast in data centerFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 5, 2019·1 cites·35 claims
- 3964US8149837B2Method of supporting an open provider backbone networkSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 4063US8547999B2Encapsulating large ethernet framesSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 1, 2013·1 cites·13 claims
- 4162US11792045B2Elastic VPN that bridges remote islandsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 17, 2023·0 cites·19 claims
- 4262US8767530B2Hierarchical processing and propagation of partial faults in a packet networkYONG LUCY·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 1, 2014·2 cites·22 claims
- 4360US10958461B2SDN facilitated multicast in data centerFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·0 cites·15 claims
- 4459US8442072B2Method of preventing transport leaks in hybrid switching networks by extension of the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)SULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted May 14, 2013·1 cites·28 claims
- 4559US8015320B2Load distribution and redundancy using tree aggregationFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 6, 2011·1 cites·21 claims
- 4653US10938599B2Elastic VPN that bridges remote islandsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2018·Granted Mar 2, 2021·0 cites·19 claims
- 4752US2025168099A1Mechanism to optimize mass switching triggered by cloud dc site failures or degradationHUAWEI TECH CO LTD·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 4851US7969888B2Data communications network for the management of an ethernet transport networkFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 4951US2008225723A1Optical Impairment Aware Path Computation Architecture in PCE Based NetworkFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 5050US9912495B2Virtual layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalableFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·12 claims
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