Address management apparatus and address management method
US7050433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An address management apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a table showing the correspondence between data link layer and network layer addresses, a first search unit for searching the table for an unused data link layer address, a second search unit for searching the table for a network layer address corresponding to a specified data link layer address, and an instruction unit for transmitting an instruction including the unused data link layer address to a terminal specified by the detected network layer address. The apparatus also includes an updation unit for updating the correspondence between the data link layer and the network layer addresses on the table according to the instruction, a detection unit for detecting the instruction to obtain the data link layer address, and a setting unit for setting the data link layer address obtained by the detection unit in the self terminal.
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