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Peter Ashwood Smith
Also filed as: ASHWOOD SMITH PETER · ASHWOOD-SMITH PETER J
40 granted patents·6 pending applications·866 citations·filing 2000–2014
98Inventor score
Files withNORTEL NETWORKS LTD17ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP9ASHWOOD SMITH PETER5ALLAN DAVID4CASEY LIAM2
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46 records- 0199US6968994B1RF-ID for cable management and port identificationNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 29, 2005·198 cites·26 claims
- 0298US8630167B2Distributed failure recovery in a routed ethernet networkASHWOOD SMITH PETER·Filed 2011·Granted Jan 14, 2014·95 cites·15 claims
- 0395US8223660B2Failure notification in a network having serially connected nodesALLAN DAVID·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 17, 2012·41 cites·14 claims
- 0495US7042912B2Resynchronization of control and data path state for networksNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2001·Granted May 9, 2006·113 cites·30 claims
- 0595US6839322B1Method and system for optical routing of variable-length packet dataNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 4, 2005·64 cites·37 claims
- 0694US9059920B2Method and apparatus for selecting between available neighbors in a RAPID alternate path calculationRAVINDRAN RAVI·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 16, 2015·36 cites·19 claims
- 0794US7450527B2Method and apparatus for implementing multiple portals into an Rbridge networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 11, 2008·29 cites·20 claims
- 0893US7911944B2Tie-breaking in shortest path determinationNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Mar 22, 2011·23 cites·30 claims
- 0992US7623446B1MPLS virtual ringsNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 24, 2009·27 cites·15 claims
- 1091US8923292B2Differential forwarding in address-based carrier networksFRISKNEY ROBERT·Filed 2005·Granted Dec 30, 2014·23 cites·70 claims
- 1190US7656792B2Method and apparatus for computing alternate multicast/broadcast paths in a routed networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 2, 2010·24 cites·17 claims
- 1288US6738354B1Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2000·Granted May 18, 2004·51 cites·24 claims
- 1383US8270290B2Resilient attachment to provider link state bridging (PLSB) networksCASEY LIAM·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 18, 2012·9 cites·16 claims
- 1480US8619785B2Pre-computing alternate forwarding state in a routed ethernet mesh networkALLAN DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted Dec 31, 2013·8 cites·20 claims
- 1579US8264949B2Method and apparatus for selecting between available neighbors in a rapid alternate path calculationRAVINDRAN RAVI·Filed 2006·Granted Sep 11, 2012·8 cites·12 claims
- 1679US7296087B1Dynamic allocation of shared network resources between connection-oriented and connectionless trafficNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 13, 2007·28 cites·30 claims
- 1778US8533267B2Distribution of XML documents/messages to XML appliances/routersROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 10, 2013·3 cites·20 claims
- 1877US8194668B2Differential forwarding in address-based carrier networksFRISKNEY ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 5, 2012·5 cites·35 claims
- 1976US8830033B1Active EMI shielding for protection of medical instrumentsDUXBURY GUY MICHAEL ANYON FARGUHARSON·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 9, 2014·8 cites·12 claims
- 2075US8699329B2Tie-breaking in shortest path determinationCHIABAUT JEROME·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 15, 2014·3 cites·46 claims
- 2175US8438305B2Method and apparatus for implementing multiple portals into an RBRIDGE networkASHWOOD SMITH PETER·Filed 2008·Granted May 7, 2013·4 cites·11 claims
- 2270US8040906B2Utilizing betweenness to determine forwarding state in a routed networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 18, 2011·3 cites·24 claims
- 2369US9100316B2Resilient provider link state bridging (PLSB) virtual private LAN service (VPLS) interworkingROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 4, 2015·2 cites·23 claims
- 2469US7664123B2Generalized virtual routerNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Feb 16, 2010·13 cites·7 claims
- 2569US7382738B2Method and apparatus for computing metric information for abstracted network linksNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 3, 2008·14 cites·20 claims
- 2668US8330601B2Three dimensional RF signaturesASHWOOD SMITH PETER·Filed 2006·Granted Dec 11, 2012·4 cites·11 claims
- 2767US8184648B2Method and apparatus for implementing control of multiple physically dual homed devicesALLAN DAVID·Filed 2009·Granted May 22, 2012·2 cites·16 claims
- 2864US8885490B2Failure notification in a network having serially connected nodesALLAN DAVID·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 11, 2014·1 cites·21 claims
- 2964US8861335B2Resilient attachment to provider link state bridging (PLSB) networksCASEY LIAM·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 14, 2014·1 cites·20 claims
- 3064US8369322B2Tandem call admission control by proxy for use with non-hop-by-hop VoIP signaling protocolsROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2005·Granted Feb 5, 2013·2 cites·16 claims
- 3164US8254263B2Method and apparatus for simplifying the computation of alternate network pathsASHWOOD SMITH PETER·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 28, 2012·2 cites·18 claims
- 3264US7400589B2Method and apparatus for deriving optimal paths through a network subject to a subset sequence constraintNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Jul 15, 2008·9 cites·21 claims
- 3363US8321507B2Distribution of XML documents/messages to XML appliances/routersASHWOOD SMITH PETER·Filed 2006·Granted Nov 27, 2012·1 cites·9 claims
- 3461US8565244B2Resilient provider link state bridging (PLSB) virtual private LAN service (VPLS) interworkingBRAGG NIGEL L·Filed 2008·Granted Oct 22, 2013·2 cites·23 claims
- 3557US7590067B2Method and apparatus for deriving allowable paths through a network with intransitivity constraintsNORTEL NETWORKS LIMTIED·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 15, 2009·7 cites·19 claims
- 3656US8964531B2Resilient attachment to provider link state bridging (PLSB) networksROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 24, 2015·0 cites·42 claims
- 3756US8838692B2Distribution of XML documents/messages to XML appliances/routersROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2013·Granted Sep 16, 2014·0 cites·19 claims
- 3855US2014269433A1Failure Notification in a Network having Serially Connected NodesROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 3955US2014153579A1Distributed Storage of Routing Information in a Link State Protocol Controlled NetworkROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2014·Application pending·0 cites
- 4054US2014140347A1Tie-breaking in shortest path determinationROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4153US7319672B2Label selection for end-to-end label-switched traffic through a communications networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2004·Granted Jan 15, 2008·1 cites·24 claims
- 4253US2014064273A1Utilizing Betweenness to Determine Forwarding State in a Routed NetworkROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM US LP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 4347US7525907B2Method, device and software for establishing protection paths on demand and revertive protection switching in a communications networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Apr 28, 2009·2 cites·16 claims
- 4446US2007008130A1Telecommunications device using RFID data for device function executionNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 4545US2008107027A1Engineered paths in a link state protocol controlled Ethernet networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4644US8605628B2Utilizing betweenness to determine forwarding state in a routed networkDASYLVA ABEL·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 10, 2013·0 cites·19 claims
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