Assigning a type of address based on expected port utilization
US8892724B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 8, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5061
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An address assignment device may support assigning either a public address or a private address to a client device. In order to increase the number of client devices that can share a public address via network address translation, the client device may be assigned a public address when the client device's expected port utilization is at or above a port utilization threshold. However, the client device may be assigned a private address when the client device's expected port utilization is below the port utilization threshold.
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