System and method for designing a customized switched metro Ethernet data network

O Manthoulis, SL Blackburn… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
A method for automatically designing a switched metro Ethernet data is provided. During
execution of the method, data network information, customer demand information …

System and method for collecting and presenting service level agreement metrics in a switched metro ethernet network

BA Schine, PA Tomalenas - US Patent 7,433,319, 2008 - Google Patents
A method for monitoring a network includes injecting a plurality of data packets into the
network. The data packets are transmitted between a source device and a destination …

Smart ethernet edge networking system

F Katz, P Frank, B Smith - US Patent 8,218,445, 2012 - Google Patents
A system is provided for selecting connection paths in a telecommunications network having
a multiplicity of nodes interconnected by a multiplicity of links. The system identifies multiple …

Network design method for ethernet ring protection switching

Q She, W Xie, Q Zhang, K Rundberget - US Patent 10,367,654, 2019 - Google Patents
US10367654B2 - Network design method for ethernet ring protection switching - Google
Patents US10367654B2 - Network design method for ethernet ring protection switching …

Method and system for determining hub topology of an ethernet LAN segment

DR Compliment, TJ Prorock - US Patent 5,706,440, 1998 - Google Patents
A method and system of determining a LAN bus segment hub topology is provided. Each of
a plurality of hubs attached to a LAN bus segment is identified by a network management …

System and method for ethernet network design

O Manthoulis, L Sahasrabuddhe, M Chiang - US Patent 7,610,361, 2009 - Google Patents
A system and method for Ethernet network design are disclosed. In one embodiment of a
method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, embedded network information …

System and method for monitoring a switched metro ethernet network

BA Schine - US Patent 7,633,876, 2009 - Google Patents
A method for monitoring a network includes determining at least one of a jitter value or a
delay value of a network connection between a source switch and a destination switch of the …

System and method for stitching Ethernet networks

M Zarrabi, AV Cook, J Feger - US Patent 9,154,447, 2015 - Google Patents
A system and method for stitching Ethernet networks. Communications are sent from a
number of communications networks in one of two or more standards. The communications …

Method of distributing multiple spanning tree protocol configuration

SJ Dalberg - US Patent 7,940,700, 2011 - Google Patents
A system and method of distributing a Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) configuration
to at least one Ethernet switch. The method comprises assigning an Ethernet switch as a …

System and method for detecting loops in a customer-provider bridge domain

D Elie-Dit-Cosaque, K Sridhar - US Patent 7,706,258, 2010 - Google Patents
A loop detection system and method operable in an Ethernet network having a provider
network and a customer network. In one embodiment, a provider edge (PE) entity is …