METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTIPLE MODE IDENTIFIER ADDRESSING

• US 20140133393A1
• Filed: 03/26/2013
• Published: 05/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Ghosh, Chittabrata, Doppler, Klaus Franz
• Application Number:
  US13/850,956
• Publication Number:
  US 20140133393A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support

Abstract

Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments of the invention are disclosed for multiple mode identifier addressing employable, for example, in connection with wireless networks. In an example embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: receiving, at a device, an addressing mode indication from an access node, wherein the mode indication does not alter an association identifier of the device; determining from the addressing mode indication, at the device, an addressing mode to be employed; and operating, at the device, in accordance with the determined addressing mode, wherein the determined mode defines a hierarchical data structure, wherein the association identifier of the device is a manifestation of the hierarchical data structure, and wherein devices are grouped according to hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a device, an addressing mode indication from an access node, wherein the mode indication does not alter an association identifier of the device;

determining from the addressing mode indication, at the device, an addressing mode to be employed; and

operating, at the device, in accordance with the determined addressing mode,

wherein the determined mode defines a hierarchical data structure,

wherein the association identifier of the device is a manifestation of the hierarchical data structure, and

wherein devices are grouped according to hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the association identifier is employable for at least two addressing modes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said hierarchical elements comprise at least one of a page identifier field, a block identifier field, and a sub-block identifier field.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the device learns from the addressing mode indication information regarding lengths of hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the addressing mode indication is received via one or more of beacon frame and association response.

6. A method, comprising:

selecting, at an access node, an addressing mode to be employed; and

determining to dispatch, from the access node, to a device an addressing mode indication, wherein the mode indication does not alter an association identifier of the device,

wherein the addressing mode indication conveys said addressing mode to be employed,

wherein said addressing mode to be employed defines a hierarchical data structure,

wherein the association identifier of the device is a manifestation of the hierarchical data structure, and

wherein devices are grouped according to hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the association identifier is employable for at least two addressing modes.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said hierarchical elements comprise at least one of a page identifier field, a block identifier field, and a sub-block identifier field.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the addressing mode indication conveys information regarding lengths of hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the addressing mode indication is dispatched via one or more of beacon frame and association response.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform;

receive, at the apparatus, an addressing mode indication from an access node, wherein the mode indication does not alter an association identifier of the apparatus;

determine from the addressing mode indication, at the apparatus, an addressing mode to be employed; and

operate, at the apparatus, in accordance with the determined addressing mode,

wherein the determined mode defines a hierarchical data structure,

wherein the association identifier of the apparatus is a manifestation of the hierarchical data structure, and

wherein devices are grouped according to hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the association identifier is employable for at least two addressing modes.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said hierarchical elements comprise at least one of a page identifier field, a block identifier field, and a sub-block identifier field.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus learns from the addressing mode indication information regarding lengths of hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the addressing mode indication is received via one or more of beacon frame and association response.

16. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform;

select, at the apparatus, an addressing mode to be employed; and

determine to dispatch, from the apparatus, to a device an addressing mode indication, wherein the mode indication does not alter an association identifier of the device,

wherein the addressing mode indication conveys said addressing mode to be employed,

wherein said addressing mode to be employed defines a hierarchical data structure,

wherein the association identifier of the device is a manifestation of the hierarchical data structure, and

wherein devices are grouped according to hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the association identifier is employable for at least two addressing modes.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said hierarchical elements comprise at least one of a page identifier field, a block identifier field, and a sub-block identifier field.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the addressing mode indication conveys information regarding lengths of hierarchical elements of the hierarchical data structure.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the addressing mode indication is dispatched via one or more of beacon frame and association response.