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REDBACK NETWORKS INC
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Use of IP address blocks with default interfaces in a router
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Method and apparatus for routing and forwarding between virtual routers within a single network element
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Domain isolation through virtual network machines
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MPLS traffic engineering for point-to-multipoint label switched paths
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US7020736B1Mar 28, 2006
Method and apparatus for sharing memory space across mutliple processing units
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US7007095B2Feb 28, 2006
Method and apparatus for unscheduled flow control in packet form
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US6567408B1May 20, 2003
Methods and apparatus for packet classification with multi-level data structure
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Cache retry request queue
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Packet scheduling methods and apparatus
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Methods and apparatus for packet classification with multiple answer sets
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Method and apparatus for out-of-order processing of packets using linked lists
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US6968393B1Nov 22, 2005
Method and apparatus for an attribute oriented routing update
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Methods and apparatus for deploying quality of service policies on a data communication network
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US7031304B1Apr 18, 2006
Method and apparatus for selective packet Mirroring
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Service provisioning methods and apparatus
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US6466591B1Oct 15, 2002
Method and apparatus for processing of multiple protocols within data and control channels in data transmission signals
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US7130304B1Oct 31, 2006
Method and apparatus for graceful restart
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US6980555B2Dec 27, 2005
Policy change characterization method and apparatus
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US6970998B1Nov 29, 2005
Decoding suffix instruction specifying replacement destination for primary instruction
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US7539131B2May 26, 2009
Nexthop fast rerouter for IP and MPLS
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Method and apparatus for out-of-order processing of packets
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US7124415B1Oct 17, 2006
Use of transaction agents to perform distributed transactions
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US6993047B1Jan 31, 2006
Any size and location of concatenated packet data across SONET frames in a SONET signal
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US6618793B2Sep 9, 2003
Free memory manager scheme and cache
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US6590868B2Jul 8, 2003
Method and apparatus for restart communication between network elements
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US7577146B2Aug 18, 2009
Network element modifying the DHCP lease timer
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US7281039B1Oct 9, 2007
Domain isolation through virtual network machines
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Dynamic binding of network services
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US7050395B1May 23, 2006
Method and apparatus for disabling an interface between network element data processing units
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US6975589B2Dec 13, 2005
Method and apparatus for a hybrid variable rate pipe
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US6920503B1Jul 19, 2005
Tunnel interworking
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Method and apparatus for virtual circuit routes
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US7352748B1Apr 1, 2008
Updating of routing data in a network element
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US6990121B1Jan 24, 2006
Method and apparatus for switching data of different protocols
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US7130263B1Oct 31, 2006
Heterogeneous connections on a bi-directional line switched ring
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US7035256B1Apr 25, 2006
Method and apparatus for a routing information base
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US6982984B1Jan 3, 2006
Method and apparatus for virtual private networks
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US6795441B1Sep 21, 2004
Hierarchy tree-based quality of service classification for packet processing
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US6765916B1Jul 20, 2004
Method and apparatus for processing of multiple protocols within data transmission signals
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US6976096B1Dec 13, 2005
Method and apparatus for controlling the admission of data into a network element
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Method and apparatus for PPPoE multicast
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US6901592B2May 31, 2005
Method and apparatus for the enumeration of sets of concurrently scheduled events
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US7512129B1Mar 31, 2009
Method and apparatus for implementing a switching unit including a bypass path
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Method and apparatus for route oscillation reduction
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US7203742B1Apr 10, 2007
Method and apparatus for providing scalability and fault tolerance in a distributed network
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US7082128B1Jul 25, 2006
Method and apparatus for non-stop forwarding with labels
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US7016300B2Mar 21, 2006
Protection mechanism for an optical ring
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US6959008B2Oct 25, 2005
Alignment of TDM-based signals for packet transmission using framed and unframed operations
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US7243253B1Jul 10, 2007
Repeating switching of a cross-connect and a timing source in a network element through the use of a phase adjuster
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US7206310B1Apr 17, 2007
Method and apparatus for replicating packet data with a network element
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