Inventor · Hicksville, NY, US

Zafar Ali

51Patents
11h-index
47Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 24, 1997 → Dec 5, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6597684B1 Distributed architecture and associated protocols for efficient quality of service-based route computation Electricity 61 Expired
US9258174B1 Server-layer path negotiation between client and server network layers Electricity 45 Active
US9391704B2 Replacing an existing network communications path with a new path using some exclusive physical resources of the existing path Electricity 41 Active
US9590850B2 Discovery of connectivity and compatibility in a communication network Electricity 40 Active
US9160652B2 Fast reroute for bidirectional co-routed traffic engineering tunnels Electricity 40 Active
US7457248B1 Graceful shutdown of network resources in data networks Electricity 24 Active
US10601724B1 Scalable network slice based queuing using segment routing flexible algorithm Electricity 24 Active
US7626925B1 Methods for finding a merge point node for MPLS fast re-route Electricity 24 Expired
US7835267B2 Dynamic path protection in an optical network Electricity 15 Active
US10868755B2 Implementing bi-directional paths in segment routing networks Electricity 13 Active
US10764175B1 Validating resource isolation between network slices in a mobile network Electricity 11 Active
US8233479B2 Protocol independent multicast in a point-to-multipoint network Electricity 10 Active
US10469367B2 Segment routing network processing of packets including operations signaling and processing of packets in manners providing processing and/or memory efficiencies Electricity 6 Active
US10841220B1 SRv6 with micro segment identifiers Electricity 5 Active
US11122346B1 Attestation in optical transport network environments Electricity 4 Active
US11296982B2 Initiator-based data-plane validation for segment routed, multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) networks Electricity 3 Active
US11627094B2 Scalable network slice based queuing using segment routing flexible algorithm Electricity 2 Active
US9450774B2 Fast protection switchover in a transport network Electricity 2 Active
US11012350B2 Network interworking with no cross-domain state Electricity 2 Active
US8798050B1 Re-optimization of loosely routed P2MP-TE sub-trees Electricity 2 Active
US11388088B2 Segment routing network signaling and packet processing Electricity 2 Active
US11818038B2 Initiator-based data-plane validation for segment routed, multiprotocol label switched (MPLS) networks Electricity 1 Active
US9444712B2 Bandwidth on-demand services in multiple layer networks Electricity 1 Active
US10932136B2 Resource partitioning for network slices in segment routing networks Electricity 1 Active
US11863435B2 Segment routing network signaling and packet processing Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.