Edward W. Boyd
62Patents
9h-index
51Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Nov 24, 1998 → Dec 16, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US6449291B1 | Method and apparatus for time synchronization in a communication system | Electricity | 133 | Expired |
| US6967949B2 | Method and apparatus for forwarding packets in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 37 | Expired |
| US7436765B2 | Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating upstream bandwidth in passive optical networks | Electricity | 27 | Active |
| US7362704B2 | Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating upstream bandwidth in passive optical networks | Electricity | 25 | Expired |
| US8942561B2 | Synchronization transport over passive optical networks | Electricity | 23 | Active |
| US7349537B2 | Method for data encryption in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 13 | Expired |
| US7630639B2 | Method and apparatus for transmission control in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 12 | Expired |
| US8498534B2 | Epon with power-saving features | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US9319758B2 | Method and system for protection switching in ethernet passive optical networks | Electricity | 10 | Active |
| US8335235B2 | Methods and apparatus for extending MAC control message in EPON | Electricity | 9 | Active |
| US7719977B2 | Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating upstream bandwidth in passive optical networks | Electricity | 8 | Active |
| US6700903B1 | Upstream scrambler seeding system and method in a passive optical network | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US6801547B1 | Ranging cell detection in a noisy environment | Electricity | 8 | Expired |
| US7590139B2 | Method and apparatus for accommodating TDM traffic in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 7 | Active |
| US9369206B2 | Channel bonding for Ethernet Passive Optical Network over Coax (EPoC) networks | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7664019B2 | Method and apparatus for facilitating differentiated service qualities in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8554082B2 | Ethernet passive optical network over coaxial (EPOC) | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US8798470B2 | RF signal transport over passive optical networks | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US9935727B2 | Method and system for scheduling cascaded PON | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8600234B2 | Method and apparatus for link sharing among multiple epons | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US8848523B2 | Method for sub-rating an ethernet passive optical network (EPON) medium access control (MAC) based communication link | Electricity | 4 | Active |
| US7929576B2 | Method and system for accommodating different clock frequencies in an ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7505459B2 | Method and apparatus for switching packets in a passive optical network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7443850B2 | Method and apparatus for L3-aware switching in an Ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
| US7525982B2 | Method and apparatus for facilitating asymmetric line rates in an Ethernet passive optical network | Electricity | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.