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Method, device and computer-readable storage medium for network address association recovery

US7895318B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 17, 2007
Grant dateFeb 22, 2011
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q11/0071
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for reestablishing network address associations upon recovery of a passive optical network (PON) disablement rely on storage address association information. A network node stores address association information in non-volatile memory upon detecting a network disablement. Upon recovery of the PON from the disablement, the network node associates network addresses to clients in accordance with the address association information. The network node may further verify the associations by sending ARP queries for the network addresses to the associated clients. Alternatively, the network nodes may reestablish the address associations by tracking the length of time of the network disablement, and updating address association information in accordance with the length of the disablement.

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