H04L 45/507
Label distribution
Official title: {Label distribution}
H04L45/507 (Label distribution) appears on 607 US grants and 616 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04L- Granted patents
- 607
- Published applications
- 616
- Assignees
- 104
- Inventors
- 800
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 4 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
| 2007 | 8 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 | 13 |
| 2010 | 16 | 12 |
| 2011 | 20 | 13 |
| 2012 | 9 | 17 |
| 2013 | 17 | 22 |
| 2014 | 19 | 35 |
| 2015 | 34 | 39 |
| 2016 | 46 | 71 |
| 2017 | 38 | 40 |
| 2018 | 37 | 38 |
| 2019 | 58 | 32 |
| 2020 | 45 | 58 |
| 2021 | 42 | 48 |
| 2022 | 60 | 44 |
| 2023 | 42 | 40 |
| 2024 | 42 | 24 |
| 2025 | 27 | 10 |
| 2026 | 16 | 2 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Slice information verification method and apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,660 B2Zte Corporation
- Reversing direction of packet transmission in a network having a ring topology14 Jul 2026US 12,683,866 B2Ciena Corporation
- Data center traffic analytics synchronization30 Jun 2026US 12,670,003 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- System and method for network policy simulation16 Jun 2026US 12,657,049 B2Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Method for forwarding packet and network device16 Jun 2026US 12,659,265 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Secure Virtual Private Mobile and IP Network in Cloud24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291865 A1Telnyx LLC
- Cost-Based Selection of Cross-Field Summarization Labels27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254756 A1Arista Networks, Inc.
- Slice Information Verification Method and Apparatus9 Oct 2025US 2025/0317387 A1Zte Corporation
- Multiprotocol label switching (mpls) data plane header extensions3 Jul 2025US 2025/0219939 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Mechanisms for packet path tracing and per-hop delay measurement in segment routing with multiprotocol label switching (sr-mpls) networks3 Jul 2025US 2025/0219940 A1Cisco Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resource reservation protocol with traffic engineering point to multi-point label switched path hierarchy233US 7,787,380 B1Juniper Networks, Inc. · 2010
- Control device discovery in networks having separate control and forwarding devices132US 8,989,199 B1Level 3 Communications, LLC · 2015
- Quality of service (QOS) mechanism in an internet protocol (IP) network129US 6,968,374 B2Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) · 2005
- Point to multi-point label switched paths with label distribution protocol127US 7,564,803 B1Juniper Networks, Inc. · 2009
- Technologies for determining sensor placement and topology84US 9,935,851 B2Cisco Technology, Inc. · 2018