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Method and system of determining last hop device addresses

US7539216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

Kevin C. Johns · Erie, US
Eric Rosenfeld · Sunnyvale, US
Jean-François Mulé · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 16, 2005
Grant date	May 26, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/35
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method and system of determining addressing in a network environment where client devices are serviced by a number of last hop devices. The method and system including determining client device addresses serviced by the last hop devices as a function of last hop device addresses and client address masks associated with each last hop device.

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