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PATH CHARACTERISTIC BASED ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES

  • US 20120131360A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2010
  • Published: 05/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for associating service agents in communication over a network to one or more respective clients coupled to the network at respective ports of the network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at a first service agent, a first signal from a first client coupled to the network at a first port, the first signal propagating over a first signal propagation path between the first service agent and the first port; and

    establishing an association between the first service agent and the first client based at least in part on a difference betweenthe first signal propagation path between the first service agent and the first port, anda second signal propagation path between the first service agent and a second port or between a second service agent and the first port.

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