Patent assignee · CA · COMPANY

ALCATEL-LUCENT CANADA INC.

58Patents
28Active
58Granted
44Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 2, 1998 → May 25, 2017 · 26 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7583665B1 Method and apparatus for forwarding packets Electricity 89 Expired
US7212536B2 User priority mapping in bridged VLANS Electricity 57 Expired
US7835314B2 Physical layer interface system and method for a wireless communication system Electricity 45 Active
US7742459B2 Method for distributing aggregate route information Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 41 Active
US7562129B1 Subscription management system for data communication network Electricity 35 Expired
US7406035B2 Method and apparatus for providing redundant protocol processes in a network element Electricity 34 Expired
US7328314B2 Multiprocessor computing device having shared program memory Physics 29 Expired
US7730201B1 Method and apparatus for congestion avoidance in source routed signaling protocol communication networks Electricity 17 Expired
US7664115B1 Method and apparatus for merging virtual connections Electricity 15 Expired
US7733860B2 Method for advertising reachable address information in a network Electricity 15 Active
US7515546B2 Method and apparatus for automatic discovery of network devices with data forwarding capabilities Electricity 14 Expired
US7236492B2 Configurable packet processor Electricity 12 Expired
US7596094B2 System and method for transmission of operations, administration, and maintenance packets between ATM and switching networks upon failures Electricity 11 Active
US7584472B1 Method and apparatus for processing call signaling messages Electricity 11 Expired
US7418002B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring buffer contents in a data communication system Electricity 11 Active
US7286565B1 Method and apparatus for packet reassembly in a communication switch Electricity 11 Expired
US7710866B2 Method and apparatus for optimization of redundant link usage in a multi-shelf network element Electricity 10 Active
US7599315B2 Topology discovery in a dual ring network Electricity 10 Expired
US7619886B2 Method and apparatus for providing a common support services infrastructure for a network element Electricity 9 Expired
US7379061B2 Method and system for fault isolation within a network element in an optical network Electricity 8 Expired
US7961727B2 Method and apparatus for forwarding packets Electricity 7 Active
US7385965B2 Multiprocessor control block for use in a communication switch and method therefore Electricity 6 Expired
US7406260B2 Method and system for network wide fault isolation in an optical network Electricity 6 Active
US7551858B2 Signal identification in optical communications networks Electricity 5 Active
US7525960B2 Methods and systems preventing frame mis-ordering in explicitly routed networks Electricity 5 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.