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Patent US7260059 - Evolution of a telecommunications network from ring to mesh structure - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsOngoing growth in transport demand is served while deferring or eliminating expenditure for additional capacity by reclaiming the protection capacity and inefficiently used working capacity in existing multi-ring network. Reclamation is through re-design of the routing and restoration in the network...http://www.google.com/patents/US7260059?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7260059 - Evolution of a telecommunications network from ring to mesh structureAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7260059 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/187,314Publication dateAug 21, 2007Filing dateJun 28, 2002Priority dateJun 28, 2001Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2392123A1, US20030016623Publication number10187314, 187314, US 7260059 B2, US 7260059B2, US-B2-7260059, US7260059 B2, US7260059B2InventorsWayne D. Grover, Matthieu Arnold Henri Clouqueur, Kwun Kit LeungOriginal AssigneeTelecommunications Research LaboratoriesExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (16), Non-Patent Citations (18), Referenced by (3), Classifications (33), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetEvolution of a telecommunications network from ring to mesh structure
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G., Stern, T. E.; IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 18, No. 10, Oct. 2000.6Canadian Patent Application No. 2,161,847, filed Oct. 31, 1995 (published May 1, 1997), including drawings and filing certificate, 32 pages.7Canadian Patent Application No. 2,210,207, filed Jul. 11, 1997 (published Jan. 11, 1999), including drawings and filing certificate, 93 pages. (Corresponds to A10 listed above.).8Canadian Patent Application No. 2,212,933, filed Aug. 13, 1997 (published Feb. 13, 1999), including drawings and filing certificate, 154 pages.9Canadian Patent Application No. 2,269,649, filed Apr. 22, 1999 (published Oct. 22, 2000), including drawings and filing certificate, 21 pages. (Corresponds to C8 listed below.).10Canadian Patent Application No. 2,280,981, filed Aug. 27, 1999 (published Apr. 6, 2000), including drawings and filing certificate, 22 pages. (Corresponds to A11 listed above.).11Canadian Patent Application No. 2,285,101, filed Oct. 6, 1999 (published Apr. 8, 2000), including drawings and filing certificate, 38 pages. (Corresponds to C9 listed below.).12Canadian Patent Application No. 2,307,520, filed Apr. 28, 2000 (published Oct. 29, 2000), including drawings and filing certificate, 131 pages. (Corresponds to C10 listed below.).13Canadian Patent Application No. 2,359,168, filed Oct. 16, 2001, including drawings and filing certificate, 51 pages. (Corresponds to C13 listed below.).14Canadian Patent Application No. 2,360,963, filed Nov. 2, 2001, including drawings and filing certificate, 74 pages. (Corresponds to A12 listed above.).15Fiber Network Service Survivability, Tsong-Ho Wu, 1992 Archtech House, Inc., Norwood, MA, pp. 1-210 (chapters 1-4).16U.S. Appl. No. 09/314,518, filed May 19, 1999, including drawings and filing certificate, 21 pages. (Corresponds to C4 listed above.).17U.S. Appl. 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(Corresponds to C7 listed above.).Referenced byCiting PatentFiling datePublication dateApplicantTitleUS7522517 *Nov 18, 2003Apr 21, 2009Sprint Communications Company Lp.Communication system with multipoint circuit bondingUS8078756 *Jun 3, 2003Dec 13, 2011Cisco Technology, Inc.Computing a path for an open ended uni-directional path protected switched ringUS8705345 *Aug 15, 2008Apr 22, 2014Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Network protection using network coding* Cited by examinerClassifications U.S. Classification370/222, 370/242, 398/3International ClassificationH04J14/02, H04L12/46, H04L29/14, G01R31/08, H04L12/437, H04Q11/00Cooperative ClassificationH04L69/40, H04J14/0241, H04J14/0227, H04Q2011/0086, H04L12/437, H04Q11/0062, H04J14/0283, H04J14/0287, H04Q2011/009, H04J14/0291, H04Q2011/0081, H04L12/46, H04J14/0284, H04J14/0286European ClassificationH04J14/02N4, H04J14/02N6, H04J14/02N5, H04L12/437, H04Q11/00P4, H04L29/14, H04L12/46, H04J14/02M, H04J14/02P, H04J14/02P4SLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionOct 4, 2002ASAssignmentOwner name: TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH LABORATORIES, CANADAFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:GROVER, WAYNE D.;CLOUQUEUR, MATTHIEU ARNOLD HENRI;LEUNG,KWUN KIT;REEL/FRAME:013358/0480;SIGNING DATES FROM 20020904 TO 20020905Aug 26, 2008CCCertificate of correctionJan 26, 2011FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 4Feb 23, 2015FPAYFee paymentYear of fee payment: 8RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services