Automatic discovery of nodes associated with a virtual subnet
US6587455B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5076
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for dynamic allocation of a network address associated with a virtual subnet (302) to a network device (100) having a transceiver (102) coupled to a network (304) for broadcasting an address server query message (602) in response to initialization of the network device (100) and an address server (200) coupled to the network (304) sending the network address associated with a virtual subnet (302) to the network device (100) in response to the address server (200) receiving the address server query message (602).
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