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Method and device address management

  • US 20050141515A1
  • Filed: 12/10/2004
  • Published: 06/30/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of Address Management in a network which comprises a plurality of devices, comprising at least one STAtion (STA), and at least one Address Resource Management (ARM) unit, wherein each of the devices includes a stack of communication protocol layers comprising at least an Upper Layer (UL) and a Lower Layer (LL), the UL of each of said devices having a respective UL address within the network, said method comprising the following steps of:

  • associating, respectively disassociating, some of said devices in at least one LL network, which devices being allowed to exchange together data packets emitted and received at the LL level, said associating including the devices sending their UL address to the ARM unit;

    allocating, respectively releasing, one given LL address per UL address of each one of said devices which are associated, respectively disassociated, in a given LL network, said allocating being carried out by the ARM unit; and

    handling one ARM Translation Table (TT) per LL network, said TT comprising one entry per device of a given LL network, which entry comprising said UL address and said LL address, said handling being carried out by the ARM unit.

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