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DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS FROM A VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN)

  • US 20150215274A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2013
  • Published: 07/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for generating Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for entities connected to a communication controller via a communication network inside a vehicle, the vehicle being associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN), the method comprising the steps of:

  • encoding the content of one or more fields of the VIN in the decimal base and the content of one or more other fields of the VIN according to a non-random algorithm;

    converting the result of the encoding into binary;

    ordering the bits obtained according to a predefined sequence;

    generating an interface identifier (IID) and an IP address prefix from the ordered sequence; and

    constructing an IP address for each entity, each IP address including at least said generated prefix.

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