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Automatic network mapping from a host control device

US8437277B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

ST-ERICSSON SA · CH

Inventors

Andrei Dragos Radulescu · San Diego, US
Dennis Koutsoures · Glendale Heights, US
Peter Van Den Hamer · Waalre, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 3, 2008
Grant date	May 7, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/5038
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are methods, and control devices (110, 210, 310) having programmable processors configured to implement methods, of communicating with a network (100, 300) having an initially unknown topology and a plurality of unknown devices. The methods use set and get configuration commands to discover the unknown devices on the network using one or more host ports of the control device, enumerating the discovered devices by using the one or more host ports to assign a different network address to each discovered device, so that the enumerated devices correspond to the network topology.

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