Automatic address assignment method
First Claim
1. A method for automatically determining a unique address for each of a plurality of network elements in a network comprising said plurality of network elements including a plurality of nodes each having a unique number, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing configuration information of the network, the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements and further including information as to whether or not each of the network elements is a node; and
determining the unique address of each of the network elements based on the unique number of a corresponding one of the plurality of nodes, wherein said corresponding one of the plurality of nodes is selected for each network element based on the configuration information.
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Abstract
The IP addresses of network elements are generated based on the ID numbers of nodes within a network having a predetermined configuration. After producing the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements, the respective IP addresses are determined such that the ID number of each node is used to determine an IP address of each network element according to the interconnection relationship between the node and the network element. A node IP address is determined based on the ID number of the node, and another IP address of each of the network elements other than the nodes is determined based on the sum of the total number of nodes and the ID number of the node.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically determining a unique address for each of a plurality of network elements in a network comprising said plurality of network elements including a plurality of nodes each having a unique number, the method comprising the steps of:
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producing configuration information of the network, the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements and further including information as to whether or not each of the network elements is a node; and determining the unique address of each of the network elements based on the unique number of a corresponding one of the plurality of nodes, wherein said corresponding one of the plurality of nodes is selected for each network element based on the configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for automatically determining a unique address for each of a plurality of nodes and a plurality of subnetworks, respectively, in a network comprising said plurality of nodes and said plurality of subnetworks, each of the nodes having a unique number, the method comprising the steps of:
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producing configuration information of the nodes and the subnetworks, the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the nodes and the subnetworks such that each of the subnetworks connects two adjacent nodes of the plurality of nodes in a predetermined direction; determining a unique address of each of the nodes based on the unique number of the node; and determining a unique address of each of the subnetworks based on both a predetermined number and the unique number of a corresponding one of the nodes to which the subnetwork is connected according to the interconnection relationship. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for automatically generating an IP address for each of a plurality of network elements provided in a network comprising a plurality of nodes each having an identification number, the method comprising the steps of:
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producing configuration information of the network, the configuration information including an interconnection relationship among the network elements and further including information as to whether or not each of the network elements is a node; and generating each of the IP addresses according to a predetermined address generation rule which is defined based on the identification numbers of the nodes and the configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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