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Robert Sultan
Also filed as: SULTAN ROBERT · SULTAN ROBERT A
39 granted patents·7 pending applications·693 citations·filing 1993–2015
97Inventor score
Technology areasH04L
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46 records- 0193US8837281B2Use of partitions to reduce flooding and filtering database size requirements in large layer two networksSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 16, 2014·27 cites·20 claims
- 0291US5511208ALocating resources in computer networks having cache server nodesIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Apr 23, 1996·335 cites·7 claims
- 0389US8718071B2Method to pass virtual local area network information in virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocolLI YIZHOU·Filed 2011·Granted May 6, 2014·15 cites·26 claims
- 0488US9160609B2Virtual Layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalableDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 13, 2015·12 cites·17 claims
- 0588US9014054B2Layer two over multiple sitesDUNBAR LINDA·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 21, 2015·9 cites·26 claims
- 0688US8477600B2Composite transport functionsYONG LUCY·Filed 2008·Granted Jul 2, 2013·18 cites·17 claims
- 0784US8238340B2Transport multiplexer—mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domainMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2010·Granted Aug 7, 2012·7 cites·13 claims
- 0883US6016306ARouting bandwidth-reserved connections in information networksIBM·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 18, 2000·113 cites·4 claims
- 0981US8953621B2Specifying priority on a virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol responseSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Feb 10, 2015·4 cites·28 claims
- 1080US8549178B2Using provider backbone bridged network to reduce the number of media access control addresses visible to core bridges in the data centerSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2010·Granted Oct 1, 2013·6 cites·15 claims
- 1177US8345542B2Method of M:1 protectionFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 1, 2013·4 cites·13 claims
- 1274US8873566B2Specifying priority on a virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol responseHUAWEI TECH CO LTD·Filed 2012·Granted Oct 28, 2014·2 cites·29 claims
- 1373US8005113B2Encapsulating large Ethernet framesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 23, 2011·4 cites·19 claims
- 1472US7881192B2System for providing aggregate-rate communication servicesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Feb 1, 2011·5 cites·38 claims
- 1572US7599295B2System for passive alarm propagation and suppression for packet based networksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2006·Granted Oct 6, 2009·5 cites·26 claims
- 1671US8050270B2Transparent bypass and associated mechanismsFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2009·Granted Nov 1, 2011·4 cites·20 claims
- 1770US8169912B2System for dynamic bandwidth adjustment and trading among peersLEE YOUNG·Filed 2006·Granted May 1, 2012·4 cites·22 claims
- 1868US7102997B2Aggregate rate transparent LAN service for closed user groups over optical ringsFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 5, 2006·21 cites·14 claims
- 1967US8140654B2Verifying management virtual local area network identifier provisioning consistencySULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 20, 2012·3 cites·23 claims
- 2066US8472325B2Network availability enhancement technique for packet transport networksYONG LUCY·Filed 2007·Granted Jun 25, 2013·3 cites·24 claims
- 2166US8451842B2Media access control bridging in a mesh networkMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2010·Granted May 28, 2013·2 cites·20 claims
- 2264US8149837B2Method of supporting an open provider backbone networkSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2007·Granted Apr 3, 2012·2 cites·20 claims
- 2364US6044079AStatistical packet discardIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 28, 2000·52 cites·32 claims
- 2463US8547999B2Encapsulating large ethernet framesSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 1, 2013·1 cites·13 claims
- 2562US8767530B2Hierarchical processing and propagation of partial faults in a packet networkYONG LUCY·Filed 2007·Granted Jul 1, 2014·2 cites·22 claims
- 2659US9331908B2Specifying priority on a virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocol responseFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2014·Granted May 3, 2016·0 cites·19 claims
- 2759US8442072B2Method of preventing transport leaks in hybrid switching networks by extension of the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP)SULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2008·Granted May 14, 2013·1 cites·28 claims
- 2859US8015320B2Load distribution and redundancy using tree aggregationFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Sep 6, 2011·1 cites·21 claims
- 2958US7817550B2System for rate-control of aggregate-rate communication servicesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 19, 2010·2 cites·60 claims
- 3054US8730975B2Method to pass virtual local area network information in virtual station interface discovery and configuration protocolFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2012·Granted May 20, 2014·0 cites·21 claims
- 3153US7383354B2Spatial reuse and multi-point interconnection in bridge-interconnected ring networksFUJITSU LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 3, 2008·5 cites·14 claims
- 3251US7969888B2Data communications network for the management of an ethernet transport networkFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jun 28, 2011·0 cites·20 claims
- 3350US9912495B2Virtual layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalableFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2015·Granted Mar 6, 2018·0 cites·12 claims
- 3450US8605735B2Method of supporting an open provider backbone networkSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 10, 2013·0 cites·20 claims
- 3550US2008159290A1Method of Preventing Transport Leaks in Hybrid Switching NetworksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3650US2008159291A1Method of Detecting Transport Leaks in Hybrid Switching NetworksFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 3749US8351348B2Value-adoption and value-translation for automatic provisioning of port parametersFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Granted Jan 8, 2013·0 cites·23 claims
- 3849US8315260B2Transport multiplexer-mechanisms to force ethernet traffic from one domain to be switched in a different (external) domainMACK-CRANE T BENJAMIN·Filed 2011·Granted Nov 20, 2012·0 cites·20 claims
- 3949US6104715AMerging of data cells in an ATM networkIBM·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 15, 2000·24 cites·10 claims
- 4048US8427940B2Method of M:1 protectionSULTAN ROBERT·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 23, 2013·0 cites·20 claims
- 4147US7813279B2System for rate management of aggregate-rate communication servicesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Granted Oct 12, 2010·0 cites·25 claims
- 4247US2008267080A1Fault Verification for an Unpaired Unidirectional Switched-PathFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4347US2008291919A1Traffic Distribution and Bandwidth Management for Link AggregationFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2008·Application pending·0 cites
- 4445US2008112400A1System for Providing Both Traditional and Traffic Engineering Enabled ServicesFUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4544US2008159309A1System and method of mapping between local and global service instance identifiers in provider networksHUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO INC USA·Filed 2007·Application pending·0 cites
- 4644US2008019385A1System and method of mapping between local and global service instance identifiers in provider networksHUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO INC USA·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
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