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NEC EUROPE LTD.

86Patents
86Active
86Granted
55Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 6, 2006 → Jul 21, 2014 · 53 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9231876B2 User traffic accountability under congestion in flow-based multi-layer switches Electricity 45 Active
US8675557B2 Method for communication between nodes in a wireless network Electricity 18 Active
US8412221B2 Method for interference mitigation for femtocell base stations of a WiMAX network Electricity 11 Active
US8953472B2 Method for monitoring a network and network including a monitoring functionality Electricity 10 Active
US8458456B2 Method and system for verifying the identity of a communication partner Electricity 10 Active
US8606879B2 Method for supporting management and exchange of distributed data of user or an entity Electricity 8 Active
US8005074B2 Method for identifying undesired telephone calls Electricity 7 Active
US8295491B2 Method for aggregating data in a network Electricity 6 Active
US8880009B2 Method for performing communication in a self-organized wireless network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US9753792B2 Method and system for byzantine fault tolerant data replication Physics 6 Active
US8442002B2 Method for operating a multi-cell radio system and a multi-cell radio system Electricity 5 Active
US8824410B2 Method for operating a network and a network Electricity 5 Active
US8811178B2 Method for resource management within a wireless network and a wireless network Electricity 5 Active
US8422452B2 Communication system and communication controlling method Electricity 5 Active
US8958339B2 Method for supporting routing decisions in a wireless mesh network and wireless mesh network Electricity 5 Active
US8756703B2 Method and communication device for protecting a user's privacy Electricity 5 Active
US9210542B2 Method and computer system for detecting crowds in a location tracking system Physics 5 Active
US9084234B2 Method and base station for supporting a connection between a communication device and a destination device in a target network Electricity 4 Active
US9021018B2 Method and system for supporting the selection of communication peers in an overlay network Physics 4 Active
US8897264B2 Method and apparatus for performing relay node configuration re-configuration in relay enhanced networks Electricity 4 Active
US8565824B2 Method for operating a base station and base station Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US8559315B2 Communication network and method for operating a communication network Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8458743B2 Method and a system for distributing TV content over a network Electricity 3 Active
US9107110B2 Apparatus and method for local mobility management in a clustered femtocell network Electricity 3 Active
US8750221B2 Communication system and communication controlling method Electricity 3 Active

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