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Gerard L. Swinkels
Also filed as: SWINKELS GERARD · SWINKELS GERARD L · SWINKELS GERARD LEO
57 granted patents·2 pending applications·761 citations·filing 2000–2023
99Inventor score
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59 records- 0198US10680739B2Systems and methods to increase capacity in optical networks based on excess marginCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 9, 2020·22 cites·20 claims
- 0298US9906294B2Systems and methods improving optical restoration time in networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Feb 27, 2018·38 cites·20 claims
- 0397US10715888B2Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Jul 14, 2020·22 cites·20 claims
- 0497US10455300B2Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data modelCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 22, 2019·15 cites·20 claims
- 0596US10148384B2Systems and methods to increase capacity in optical networks based on excess marginCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 4, 2018·11 cites·20 claims
- 0696US9438369B2Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks for capacity boostingSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·20 cites·16 claims
- 0795US11101884B1Localizing anomalies of a fiber optic network within the context of a geographic mapCIENA CORP·Filed 2020·Granted Aug 24, 2021·16 cites·20 claims
- 0895US10958993B2Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data modelCIENA CORP·Filed 2019·Granted Mar 23, 2021·9 cites·20 claims
- 0994US9918148B2Control plane assisted optical switchCIENA CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 13, 2018·19 cites·20 claims
- 1094US9438370B2Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks to unblock superchannelsSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 6, 2016·12 cites·16 claims
- 1194US9258190B2Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networksSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 9, 2016·22 cites·18 claims
- 1293US10541923B2Segment routing traffic engineering based on link utilizationCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 21, 2020·10 cites·20 claims
- 1393US9800325B1Mesh restorable service systems and methods with preemptible established backup pathsCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 24, 2017·13 cites·20 claims
- 1493US7995569B2Virtual routers for GMPLS networksNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2006·Granted Aug 9, 2011·30 cites·20 claims
- 1593US6795394B1Data network having enhanced availability of extra trafficNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 21, 2004·200 cites·22 claims
- 1692US10257596B2Systems and methods for managing excess optical capacity and margin in optical networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Apr 9, 2019·10 cites·18 claims
- 1792US10200770B2Management of flexible grid and supercarriers in optical networks using a data modelCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Feb 5, 2019·6 cites·20 claims
- 1892US9077474B2Make before break optical mesh network elementBOERTJES DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 7, 2015·13 cites·6 claims
- 1992US8750706B2Shared photonic meshBOERTJES DAVID·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 10, 2014·24 cites·10 claims
- 2092US8402121B2Method of network reconfiguration in optical transport networksSKALECKI DAREK·Filed 2011·Granted Mar 19, 2013·24 cites·20 claims
- 2191US9876865B1Efficient prioritized restoration of services in a control plane-based optical networkCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 23, 2018·8 cites·20 claims
- 2291US9628172B2Optimization of photonic services with colorless and directionless architecturePRAKASH ANURAG·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 18, 2017·9 cites·18 claims
- 2390US9407359B2Localized network repair systems and methodsSWINKELS GERARD LEO·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 2, 2016·18 cites·15 claims
- 2490US9118421B2Extending control plane functions to the network edge in an optical transport networkSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 25, 2015·14 cites·21 claims
- 2590US8553707B2Administrative boundaries in single or multiple domain optical networksSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2011·Granted Oct 8, 2013·23 cites·18 claims
- 2689US9357278B2In-skin wavelength division multiplex (WDM) path computationCIENA CORP·Filed 2012·Granted May 31, 2016·10 cites·20 claims
- 2787US10284661B2Efficient prioritized restoration of services in a control plane-based optical networkCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted May 7, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 2887US9832548B2Flexible behavior modification during restoration in optical networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 28, 2017·6 cites·20 claims
- 2987US9509434B2Margin-based optimization systems and methods in optical networks by intentionally reducing marginSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·5 cites·15 claims
- 3087US9124960B2Intelligent and scalable routing in multi-domain optical networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Sep 1, 2015·9 cites·20 claims
- 3186US8817798B2Constraining topology size and recursively calculating routes in large networksSKALECKI DAREK·Filed 2012·Granted Aug 26, 2014·10 cites·14 claims
- 3286US8085676B2Method and system for looping back traffic in QIQ ethernet rings and 1:1 protected PBT trunksSKALECKI DAREK·Filed 2007·Granted Dec 27, 2011·15 cites·14 claims
- 3385US10341258B2Dynamic adjustment of connection priority in networksCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 2, 2019·5 cites·20 claims
- 3485US9800522B2Make-before-break systems and methods decoupling a control plane from a data planeCHHILLAR MOHIT·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 24, 2017·8 cites·16 claims
- 3584US11785365B2Interworking between variable capacity optical layer and ethernet/IP/MPLS layerCIENA CORP·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 10, 2023·1 cites·19 claims
- 3684US9191280B2System, device, and method for a voiding bandwidth fragmentation on a communication link by classifying bandwidth poolsSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 17, 2015·8 cites·20 claims
- 3783US6996342B2Control system for an agile optical networkNORTEL NETWORKS LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Feb 7, 2006·32 cites·26 claims
- 3882US11507262B2Methods and systems for managing optical network services including capacity mining and schedulingCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Nov 22, 2022·4 cites·20 claims
- 3982US9756405B2Control plane assisted optical switchCIENA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Sep 5, 2017·4 cites·20 claims
- 4081US8166183B2Method and system for fast virtual concatenation setup in a communication networkSWINKELS GERARD L·Filed 2010·Granted Apr 24, 2012·6 cites·20 claims
- 4179US9313121B2Method and system for traffic engineered MPLS ethernet switchCIENA CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 12, 2016·4 cites·17 claims
- 4277US9509593B2Systems and methods for diverse connection signaling from disparate source nodes in distributed connection-oriented networksSHARMA PIYUSH·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 29, 2016·6 cites·19 claims
- 4374US9197355B2Drop port based shared risk link group systems and methodsSWINKELS GERARD LEO·Filed 2012·Granted Nov 24, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 4472US10110423B2System and method for managing network connectionsCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 23, 2018·2 cites·17 claims
- 4570US10824551B2Bulk data transfer over MDIO (clause 45) busWOODS DAVID·Filed 2019·Granted Nov 3, 2020·1 cites·12 claims
- 4668US11914855B2Methods and systems for managing optical network services including capacity mining and schedulingCIENA CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Feb 27, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 4768US9838763B2TDM network call with compound service layer agreementCIENA CORP·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·2 cites·20 claims
- 4867US10334539B2Metered interfaceCIENA CORP·Filed 2018·Granted Jun 25, 2019·1 cites·20 claims
- 4967US10116552B2Efficient shared risk group representation as a bit vectorCIENA CORP·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 30, 2018·1 cites·17 claims
- 5067US9819586B2Network-based ethernet switching packet switch, network, and methodCIENA CORP·Filed 2016·Granted Nov 14, 2017·1 cites·20 claims
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