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BROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC
US·314 granted patents·94 pending applications·4,919 citations·filing 1997–2017
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408 records- 0199US8024441B2Global server load balancingBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Sep 20, 2011·222 cites·33 claims
- 0297US8369335B2Method and system for extending routing domain to non-routing end stationsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2010·Granted Feb 5, 2013·109 cites·22 claims
- 0397US7949757B2Host-level policies for global server load balancingBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2010·Granted May 24, 2011·39 cites·14 claims
- 0497US7885188B2Smoothing algorithm for round trip time (RTT) measurementsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Feb 8, 2011·33 cites·24 claims
- 0597US7840678B2Host-level policies for global server load balancingBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 23, 2010·56 cites·19 claims
- 0696US9401818B2Scalable gateways for a fabric switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 26, 2016·48 cites·25 claims
- 0795US9800471B2Network extension groups of global VLANs in a fabric switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 24, 2017·17 cites·23 claims
- 0895US9088496B2Packet tracing through control and data plane operationsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 21, 2015·48 cites·17 claims
- 0995US9027129B1Techniques for protecting against denial of service attacksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted May 5, 2015·26 cites·18 claims
- 1095US9019976B2Redundant host connection in a routed networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 28, 2015·33 cites·23 claims
- 1195US7120728B2Hardware-based translating virtualization switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·251 cites·30 claims
- 1294US10003552B2Distributed bidirectional forwarding detection protocol (D-BFD) for cluster of interconnected switchesBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jun 19, 2018·27 cites·25 claims
- 1394US9350680B2Protection switching over a virtual link aggregationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 24, 2016·51 cites·21 claims
- 1494US8995272B2Link aggregation in software-defined networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 31, 2015·93 cites·20 claims
- 1594US8767561B2Manageability tools for lossless networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 1, 2014·33 cites·21 claims
- 1693US10063473B2Method and system for facilitating switch virtualization in a network of interconnected switchesBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 28, 2018·27 cites·21 claims
- 1793US9705783B2Techniques for end-to-end network bandwidth optimization using software defined networkingBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 11, 2017·12 cites·18 claims
- 1893US9628407B2Multiple software versions in a switch groupBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 18, 2017·37 cites·26 claims
- 1993US9591781B2Floating daughter card systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 7, 2017·13 cites·19 claims
- 2093US8677042B2Interrupt moderationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Mar 18, 2014·23 cites·20 claims
- 2193US7978607B1Source-based congestion detection and controlBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jul 12, 2011·36 cites·19 claims
- 2293US7466712B2System and method for providing proxy and translation domains in a fibre channel routerBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 16, 2008·92 cites·27 claims
- 2392US10038592B2Identifier assignment to a new switch in a switch groupBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 31, 2018·17 cites·21 claims
- 2492US9648542B2Session-based packet routing for facilitating analyticsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted May 9, 2017·22 cites·16 claims
- 2592US9626255B2Online restoration of a switch snapshotBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 18, 2017·30 cites·24 claims
- 2692US9565138B2Rule-based network traffic interception and distribution schemeBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 7, 2017·21 cites·12 claims
- 2792US9524173B2Fast reboot for a switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Dec 20, 2016·30 cites·26 claims
- 2892US9450870B2System and method for flow management in software-defined networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Sep 20, 2016·22 cites·20 claims
- 2992US8792354B2Manageability tools for lossless networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Jul 29, 2014·17 cites·25 claims
- 3091US9912614B2Interconnection of switches based on hierarchical overlay tunnelingBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Mar 6, 2018·9 cites·20 claims
- 3191US9729387B2Link aggregation in software-defined networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 8, 2017·16 cites·20 claims
- 3291US9712334B2Efficient multicast topology construction in a routed networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 18, 2017·17 cites·26 claims
- 3391US9461768B2Terabit top-of-rack switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 4, 2016·19 cites·20 claims
- 3491US8009693B2Method and apparatus for transparent communication between a fibre channel network and an Infiniband networkBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2007·Granted Aug 30, 2011·25 cites·28 claims
- 3591US7269168B2Host bus adaptor-based virtualization switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 11, 2007·114 cites·24 claims
- 3691US7194652B2High availability synchronization architectureBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 20, 2007·83 cites·19 claims
- 3791US7050392B2In-order delivery of frames during topology changeBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted May 23, 2006·96 cites·25 claims
- 3891US6160813AFibre channel switching system and methodBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 12, 2000·237 cites·20 claims
- 3990US9154416B2Overlay tunnel in a fabric switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 6, 2015·11 cites·22 claims
- 4090US8014301B2System and method for providing network route redundancy across layer 2 devicesBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 6, 2011·13 cites·21 claims
- 4190US7301898B1Credit sharing for fibre channel links with multiple virtual channelsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 27, 2007·72 cites·31 claims
- 4290US7239641B1Quality of service using virtual channel translationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 3, 2007·79 cites·40 claims
- 4389US9699001B2Scalable and segregated network virtualizationBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 4, 2017·35 cites·25 claims
- 4489US6980525B2Method and system for creating and implementing zones in hardware within a fiber channel systemBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Dec 27, 2005·47 cites·79 claims
- 4588US9871676B2Scalable gateways for a fabric switchBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 16, 2018·6 cites·20 claims
- 4688US9703796B2Shared dictionary between devicesBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 11, 2017·17 cites·43 claims
- 4788US9461941B2128 Gigabit fibre channel physical architectureBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 4, 2016·12 cites·18 claims
- 4888US9185049B2Techniques for simplifying stacking trunk creation and managementBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 10, 2015·10 cites·19 claims
- 4988US9148387B2Hardware hash table virtualization in multi-packet processor networking systemsBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 29, 2015·19 cites·20 claims
- 5088US7577134B2Port expander for fibre channel fabrics in storage area networksBROCADE COMM SYSTEMS INC·Filed 2005·Granted Aug 18, 2009·23 cites·66 claims
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