| Service function chaining (SFC) architecture J Halpern, C Pignataro | 837 | 2015 |
| Segment routing architecture C Filsfils, S Previdi, L Ginsberg, B Decraene, S Litkowski, R Shakir | 676 | 2018 |
| Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures K Kompella, G Swallow, C Pignataro, N Kumar, S Aldrin, M Chen | 359 | 2017 |
| Network service header (NSH) P Quinn, U Elzur, C Pignataro | 179 | 2018 |
| Determining the operations performed along a service path/service chain J Guichard, CM Pignataro, D Ward, P Quinn, S Kumar US Patent 9,444,675, 2016 | 157 | 2016 |
| Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires T Nadeau, C Pignataro | 151 | 2007 |
| User datagram protocol traceroute probe extension N Shen, E Chen, CM Pignataro, R Asati US Patent 7,852,774, 2010 | 131 | 2010 |
| Trust enabled decentralized asset tracking for supply chain and automated inventory management JJ Muller, CM Pignataro, R Asati, NK Nainar US Patent App. 15/482,043, 2018 | 121 | 2018 |
| NAT Behavioral requirements for ICMP P Srisuresh, B Ford, S Sivakumar, S Guha | 119 | 2009 |
| Active and passive dataplane performance monitoring of service function chaining PN Nedeltchev, AS Akhter, CM Pignataro US Patent App. 14/504,076, 2016 | 117 | 2016 |
| Scalable edge node protection using IPv6 segment routing extension header N Kumar, CM Pignataro, C Filsfils, PJR Francois US Patent 9,444,677, 2016 | 114 | 2016 |
| Discovery of services provided by application nodes in a network J Guichard, DD Ward, CA Alexander Jr, CM Pignataro US Patent 9,049,098, 2015 | 114 | 2015 |
| Cloud overlay for operations administration and management NK Nainar, CM Pignataro, D Kumar US Patent 10,320,664, 2019 | 99 | 2019 |
| Bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) for MPLS label switched paths (LSPs) R Aggarwal, K Kompella, T Nadeau, G Swallow | 99 | 2010 |
| Network service header metadata for load balancing JN Guichard, P Quinn, DD Ward, CM Pignataro US Patent 9,660,909, 2017 | 97 | 2017 |
| Metadata augmentation in a service function chain CM Pignataro, JN Guichard, NK Nainar, P Quinn US Patent 9,571,405, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Seamless segment routing C Filsfils, DD Ward, SF Bryant, DC Frost, NK Nainar, CM Pignataro US Patent 9,450,829, 2016 | 94 | 2016 |
| System and method for improved service chaining NK Nainar, CM Pignataro, JN Guichard, P Quinn US Patent 10,187,306, 2019 | 91 | 2019 |
| Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) T Nadeau, C Pignataro | 85 | 2010 |
| The generalized TTL security mechanism (GTSM) V Gill, J Heasley, D Meyer, P Savola, C Pignataro | 81 | 2007 |
