Providing and Resolving an IP Address for Swarm-Based Services

• US 20130268660A1
• Filed: 06/03/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Aruba Networks Incorporated (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Iyer, Pradeep, Palchaudhuri, Santashil
• Granted Patent: US 9,667,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5058 Service discovery by the service manager
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: listening, by a first digital device in a group of digital devices, for any advertisement for a particular service; responsive to the first digital device not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a predetermined period of time: transmitting, by the first digital device, a first advertisement for the particular service; and providing, by the first digital device, the particular service.

Claims

1. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:

listening, by a first digital device in a group of digital devices, for any advertisement for a particular service;

responsive to the first digital device not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a predetermined period of time;

transmitting, by the first digital device, a first advertisement for the particular service; and

providing, by the first digital device, the particular service.

2. The CRM of claim 1,

wherein listening for an advertisement for the particular service comprises listening for an advertisement for an authentication service,

wherein transmitting the first advertisement responsive to not receiving any advertisement comprises transmitting the first advertisement for the authentication service in response to not receiving any advertisement for the authentication service.

3. The CRM of claim 1,

wherein listening for an advertisement for the particular service comprises listening for an advertisement for an configuration service,

wherein transmitting the first advertisement responsive to not receiving any advertisement comprises transmitting the first advertisement for the configuration service in response to not receiving any advertisement for the configuration service.

4. The CRM of claim 1, wherein the first advertisement for the particular service transmitted by the first digital device comprises an IP address associated with the particular service, wherein the operations further comprise:

subsequent to the first digital device providing the particular service, a second digital device transmitting a second advertisement for the particular service, and wherein the second advertisement comprises the IP address associated with the particular service.

5. The CRM of claim 1, wherein the first advertisement for the particular service transmitted by the first digital device comprises an IP address associated with the particular service, wherein the operations further comprise, subsequent to the first digital device providing the service:

ceasing, by the first digital device, to transmit advertisements for the particular service;

listening, by a second digital device in the group of digital devices, for any advertisement for the particular service;

responsive to the second digital device not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a second predetermined period of time;

transmitting, by the second digital device, a second advertisement for the particular service, wherein the second advertisement comprises the IP address associated with the service;

providing, by the second digital device, the particular service.

6. The CRM of claim 1, wherein the first digital device transmitting the advertisement for the service is further responsive to:

transmitting, by the first digital device, a message indicating an intent to provide the particular service; and

determining, by the first digital device, that no message, was received from any other digital device in the group of digital devices, that indicates the intent to provide the particular service.

7. The CRM of claim 1, wherein the first digital device is an access point, and wherein the access point provides the particular service to a client device.

8. The CRM of claim 1, wherein the particular service is provided by the first digital device to other digital devices in the group of digital devices.

9. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising:

transmitting, by a first digital device in a group of digital devices, a first advertisement for a particular service, the first advertisement comprising an IP address associated with the particular service, the IP address being used by the first digital device as a source address in the first advertisement;

subsequent to the first digital device providing the particular service;

transmitting, by a second digital device in the group of digital devices, a second advertisement for the particular service, the second advertisement comprising the IP address associated with the particular service, the IP address being used by the second digital device as a source address in the second advertisement.

10. The CRM of claim 9, wherein the IP address associated with the particular service is used concurrently as an identifier by two or more digital devices, in the group of digital devices.

11. The CRM of claim 9, wherein the IP address associated with the particular service is used during different time periods as an identifier by two or more digital devices in the group of digital devices.

12. A system comprising:

a first digital device comprising a hardware processor;

wherein the first digital device is configured to perform operations comprising;

listening for any advertisement for a particular service;

responsive to not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a predetermined period of time;

transmitting a first advertisement for the particular service; and

providing the particular service.

13. The system of claim 12,

wherein listening for an advertisement for the particular service comprises listening for an advertisement for an authentication service,

wherein transmitting the first advertisement responsive to not receiving any advertisement comprises transmitting the first advertisement for the authentication service in response to not receiving any advertisement for the authentication service.

14. The system of claim 12,

wherein listening for an advertisement for the particular service comprises listening for an advertisement for an configuration service,

wherein transmitting the first advertisement responsive to not receiving any advertisement comprises transmitting the first advertisement for the configuration service in response to not receiving any advertisement for the configuration service.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the first advertisement for the particular service transmitted by the first digital device comprises an IF address associated with the particular service, wherein the system further comprises a second digital device, wherein subsequent to the first digital device providing the particular service, the second digital device is configured for transmitting a second advertisement for the particular service, and wherein the second advertisement comprises the IP address associated with the particular service.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first advertisement for the particular service transmitted by the first digital device comprises an IP address associated with the particular service, wherein the system further comprises:

a second digital device,

wherein the first digital device ceases to transmit advertisements for the particular service after providing the particular service;

wherein the second digital device is configured for;

subsequent to the first digital device ceasing to transmit advertisements for the particular service;

listening for any advertisement for the particular service;

responsive to the second digital device not receiving any advertisement for the particular service for a second predetermined period of time;

transmitting a second advertisement for the particular service, wherein the second advertisement comprises the IP address associated with the service; and

providing, by the second digital device, the particular service.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the first digital device transmitting the advertisement for the service is further responsive to:

transmitting, by the first digital device, a message indicating an intent to provide the particular service; and

determining, by the first digital device, that no message was received from any other digital device in the group of digital devices that indicates the intent to provide the particular service.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the first digital device is an access point, and wherein the access point provides the particular service to a client device.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the particular service is provided by the first digital device to other digital devices in the group of digital devices.

20. A system comprising:

a first digital device and a second digital device, each comprising a hardware processor;

wherein the first digital device is configured to perform;

transmitting a first advertisement for a particular service, the first advertisement comprising an IP address associated with the particular service, the IP address being used by the first digital device as a source address in the first advertisement;

providing the particular service;

wherein subsequent to the first digital device providing the particular service, the second digital device is configured to perform;

transmitting, by a second digital device in the group of digital devices, a second advertisement for the particular service, the second advertisement comprising the IP address associated with the particular service, the IP address being used by the second digital device as a source address in the second advertisement; and

providing the particular service.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the IP address associated with the particular service is used concurrently as an identifier by two or more digital devices, in a group of digital devices comprising the first digital device and the second digital device.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the IP address associated with the particular service is used during different time periods as an identifier by two or more digital devices in a group of digital devices comprising the first digital device and the second digital device.