H04L 41/342
Between virtual entities
Official title: between virtual entities, e.g. orchestrators, SDN or NFV entities
H04L41/342 (Between virtual entities) appears on 660 US grants and 756 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 660
- Published applications
- 756
- Assignees
- 190
- Inventors
- 1,378
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2015 | 27 | 58 |
| 2016 | 30 | 68 |
| 2017 | 45 | 69 |
| 2018 | 66 | 50 |
| 2019 | 73 | 62 |
| 2020 | 74 | 72 |
| 2021 | 77 | 88 |
| 2022 | 79 | 59 |
| 2023 | 57 | 54 |
| 2024 | 54 | 43 |
| 2025 | 29 | 26 |
| 2026 | 22 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Provision of virtual infrastructure information through R1 interface8 Sep 2026US 12,732,785 B2Rakuten Mobile, Inc.
- Method of container cluster management and system thereof11 Aug 2026US 12,706,815 B2Zte Corporation
- Methods and apparatuses for determining security attacks in software-defined networks14 Jul 2026US 12,684,354 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Method for provision of orchestration constraints for software applications and services16 Jun 2026US 12,657,037 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Method and apparatus for subscribing to analytics of model transfer status in network, and readable storage medium16 Jun 2026US 12,659,237 B2Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd.
- On-demand hybrid slice connections via customer premises equipment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0304501 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Network connectivity and reachability monitoring in a cloud environment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270149 A1Oracle International Corporation
- User equipment (ue)6 Aug 2026US 2026/0231009 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Multi-access o-ran for enterprise30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222826 A1Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Method for managing network slices in a telecommunications network16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205357 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for generating packet forwarding rules based on network policy143US 8,693,344 B1Big Switch Network, Inc. · 2014
- Dashboard for graphic display of computer network topology114US 10,728,121 B1Juniper Networks, Inc. · 2020
- Notifying a controller of a change to a packet forwarding configuration of a network element over a communication channel113US 8,897,134 B2Telefonaktiebolaget'l M Ericsson (Publ) · 2014
- Server monitoring virtual points of presence99US 6,973,489 B1Mercury Interactive Corporation · 2005
- Method and apparatus providing for hunt groups in an ATM network of the like98US 5,400,325 ASynOptics Communications, Inc. · 1995