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Deriving unique local addresses from device names

US8688807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael H. Behringer · Mougins, FR
Steinthor Bjarnason · Fjerdingby, NO
Alvaro Retana · Addison, US
Yves Hertoghs · Blegny, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 2011
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2101/659
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, accessing a device name, which includes a hostname and a domain name, of a network device; applying a hash function to the domain name to obtain 40 bits as a Global ID of an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) unique local address (ULA); and encoding the hostname to obtain 80 bits as a Subnet ID and an Interface ID of the IPv6 ULA.

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