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BAY NETWORKS INC
US66 patents
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US6182214B1Jan 30, 2001
Exchanging a secret over an unreliable network
BAY NETWORKS INC280 citations99
US5633866AMay 27, 1997
Method and apparatus for routing packets in networks having connection-oriented subnetworks
BAY NETWORKS INC140 citations99
US5583862ADec 10, 1996
Method and apparatus for routing for virtual networks
BAY NETWORKS INC240 citations99
US5959990ASep 28, 1999
VLAN frame format
BAY NETWORKS INC291 citations98
US5729685AMar 17, 1998
Apparatus for determining the topology of an ATM network or the like Via communication of topology information between a central manager and switches in the network over a virtual service path
BAY NETWORKS INC340 citations98
US5881246AMar 9, 1999
System for generating explicit routing advertisements to specify a selected path through a connectionless network to a destination by a specific router
BAY NETWORKS INC158 citations97
US5867660AFeb 2, 1999
Method and apparatus for communicating between a network workstation and an internet
BAY NETWORKS INC139 citations97
US5857196AJan 5, 1999
Method for storing a tree of potential keys in a sparse table
BAY NETWORKS INC107 citations97
US5790554AAug 4, 1998
Method and apparatus for processing data packets in a network
BAY NETWORKS INC231 citations97
US5636345AJun 3, 1997
Method and apparatus for detecting and preventing broadcast storms on an emulated local area network
BAY NETWORKS INC149 citations97
US5864539AJan 26, 1999
Method and apparatus for a rate-based congestion control in a shared memory switch
BAY NETWORKS INC69 citations96
US5854899ADec 29, 1998
Method and apparatus for managing virtual circuits and routing packets in a network/subnetwork environment
BAY NETWORKS INC184 citations96
US5761084AJun 2, 1998
Highly programmable backup power scheme
BAY NETWORKS INC149 citations96
US5732080AMar 24, 1998
Method and apparatus for controlling data flow within a switching device
BAY NETWORKS INC116 citations96
US5699347ADec 16, 1997
Method and apparatus for routing packets in networks having connection-oriented subnetworks
BAY NETWORKS INC61 citations96
US5682487AOct 28, 1997
Method and apparatus providing resizable views
BAY NETWORKS INC63 citations96
US5995503ANov 30, 1999
Method and apparatus for providing quality of service routing in a network
BAY NETWORKS INC333 citations95
US5838960ANov 17, 1998
Apparatus for performing an atomic add instructions
BAY NETWORKS INC69 citations95
US5825775AOct 20, 1998
Method and apparatus for managing an integrated router/hub
BAY NETWORKS INC149 citations95
US5819028AOct 6, 1998
Method and apparatus for determining the health of a network
BAY NETWORKS INC446 citations95
US5809024ASep 15, 1998
Memory architecture for a local area network module in an ATM switch
BAY NETWORKS INC91 citations95
US5734824AMar 31, 1998
Apparatus and method for discovering a topology for local area networks connected via transparent bridges
BAY NETWORKS INC144 citations95
US5715396AFeb 3, 1998
Method for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like
BAY NETWORKS INC45 citations95
US5664107ASep 2, 1997
Method for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like
BAY NETWORKS INC58 citations95
US5586267ADec 17, 1996
Apparatus for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like
BAY NETWORKS INC57 citations95
US5574910ANov 12, 1996
Method for segmenting data packets to form binary decision trees which determine filter masks combined to filter the packets for forwarding
BAY NETWORKS INC88 citations95
US5914938AJun 22, 1999
MAC address table search unit
BAY NETWORKS INC175 citations94
US5870629AFeb 9, 1999
System for servicing plurality of queues responsive to queue service policy on a service sequence ordered to provide uniform and minimal queue interservice times
BAY NETWORKS INC54 citations94
US5852606ADec 22, 1998
Method and apparatus for transmitting cells across an ATM switch bus
BAY NETWORKS INC79 citations94
US5845091ADec 1, 1998
Forwarding of internetwork packets to a destination network via a selected one of a plurality of paths
BAY NETWORKS INC158 citations94
US5825755AOct 20, 1998
Method and apparatus for switching between full-duplex and half-duplex CSMA/CD systems
BAY NETWORKS INC68 citations94
US5802286ASep 1, 1998
Method and apparatus for configuring a virtual network
BAY NETWORKS INC75 citations94
US5740375AApr 14, 1998
Forwarding internetwork packets by replacing the destination address
BAY NETWORKS INC149 citations94
US5734656AMar 31, 1998
Method and apparatus for dynamically allocating bandwidth on a TDM bus
BAY NETWORKS INC84 citations94
US5680585AOct 21, 1997
Method and apparatus for defining data packet formats
BAY NETWORKS INC70 citations94
US5606664AFeb 25, 1997
Apparatus and method for automatically determining the topology of a local area network
BAY NETWORKS INC226 citations94
US5600794AFeb 4, 1997
Method and apparatus for managing exchange of metrics in a computer network by exchanging only metrics used by a node in the network
BAY NETWORKS INC64 citations94
US5805819ASep 8, 1998
Method and apparatus for generating a display based on logical groupings of network entities
BAY NETWORKS INC74 citations93
US5724532AMar 3, 1998
Method and apparatus for exchanging information between application programs according to a drag and drop operation
BAY NETWORKS INC39 citations93
US6006016ADec 21, 1999
Network fault correlation
BAY NETWORKS INC470 citations92
US5873078AFeb 16, 1999
Radix tree search logic
BAY NETWORKS INC45 citations92
US5848257ADec 8, 1998
Method and apparatus for multitasking in a computer system
BAY NETWORKS INC20 citations92
US5774739AJun 30, 1998
Using a lockup processor to search a table of keys whose entries contain instruction pointer values of code to execute if key is found
BAY NETWORKS INC30 citations92
US5761506AJun 2, 1998
Method and apparatus for handling cache misses in a computer system
BAY NETWORKS INC33 citations92
US5694547ADec 2, 1997
System for registration of clients in an ATM network providing for communication of client registration messages to a central manager
BAY NETWORKS INC46 citations92
US5684988ANov 4, 1997
MIB database and generic popup window architecture
BAY NETWORKS INC89 citations92
US5583991ADec 10, 1996
Method for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like
BAY NETWORKS INC26 citations92
US5398245AMar 14, 1995
Packet processing method and apparatus
BAY NETWORKS INC53 citations92
US5930257AJul 27, 1999
Network router that routes internetwork packets between distinct networks coupled to the same physical interface using the physical interface
BAY NETWORKS INC49 citations91
US5737334AApr 7, 1998
Pipeline architecture for an ATM switch backplane bus
BAY NETWORKS INC39 citations91
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