H04L 12/6418
Hybrid transport
Official title: {Hybrid transport}
H04L12/6418 (Hybrid transport) appears on 3,480 US grants and 3,317 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 3,480
- Published applications
- 3,317
- Assignees
- 1,142
- Inventors
- 6,767
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 93 | 137 |
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| 2005 | 79 | 136 |
| 2006 | 156 | 104 |
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| 2024 | 27 | 14 |
| 2025 | 15 | 23 |
| 2026 | 6 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04L 2012/6481Speech, voiceIndexing code445
- H04L 2012/6445Admission controlIndexing code386
- H04L 2012/6472InternetIndexing code267
- H04L 2012/6475N-isdn, public switched telephone network [pstn]Indexing code248
- H04L 2012/6424Access arrangementsIndexing code175
- H04L 2012/6486Signalling protocolsIndexing code168
- H04L 2012/6489Buffer management, threshold setting, scheduling, shapingIndexing code147
- H04L 2012/6443Network node interfaceIndexing code123
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- H04L 2012/6478Digital subscriber lineIndexing code120
- H04L 2012/6432TopologyIndexing code118
- H04L 2012/6421Medium of transmissionIndexing code105
- H04L 2012/6464PriorityIndexing code89
- H04L 2012/6483VideoIndexing code80
- H04L 2012/6494Silence suppressionIndexing code75
- H04L 2012/6491Echo cancellationIndexing code51
- H04L 2012/6429Terminal adaptersIndexing code49
- H04L 2012/6467Information loss recoveryIndexing code44
- H04L 2012/647Frame relay, x.25Indexing code21
- H04L 2012/6497Feedback to the sourceIndexing code11
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- Visible light communication system and method6 Jan 2026US 12,518,619 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
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- Repeater deterministic propagation delay6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228149 A1NXP USA, Inc.
- Relay method, relay device, and recording medium23 Jul 2026US 2026/0213976 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Multi-channel decoder with distributed scheduling18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172052 A1MaxLinear, Inc.
- Methods, apparatuses and non-transitory computer readable mediums on the switching criteria for non-primary channel access14 May 2026US 2026/0135732 A1Nokia Technologies Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Voice over data telecommunications network architecture778US 6,614,781 B1Level 3 Communications, LLC · 2003
- System and method for providing requested quality of service in a hybrid network755US 6,335,927 B12002
- Access to telecommunications networks in multi-service environment695US 5,610,910 ANorthern Telecom Limited · 1997
- Scalable multimedia network602US 5,555,244 AIntegrated Network Corporation · 1996
- System and method for providing packet data and voice services to mobile subscribers444US 5,793,762 AU S West Technologies, Inc. · 1998