Systems and methods of using beacon messages to discover devices across subnets
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1. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
- transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network and forwarding instructions,said transmitting based on Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP);
receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal;
configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and
configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and
transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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Abstract
A method of discovering a device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes includes transmitting, by a discoverer, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network. The device to be discovered receives the at least one beacon signal. The device to be discovered configures the IP address located in the at least one beacon signal. Additionally, the device to be discovered transmits an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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1. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network and forwarding instructions, said transmitting based on Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP); receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal; configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for of discovering a device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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a discoverer coupled to a first processor, wherein said discoverer transmits at least one beacon message including an IP address to the device to be discovered over the communication network, wherein the at least one beacon message is a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) offer message modified so as to be rejected by any device that supports a traditional 4-way DHCP message handshake; and a device to be discovered coupled to a second processor, wherein the device to be discovered is an undetected device on the network and receives the at least one beacon message transmitted by the discoverer and configures the IP address of the device to discover from the at least one beacon signal; wherein the device to be discovered is configured by the at least one beacon message to forward the beacon to one or more undetected devices downstream; and wherein the device to be discovered transmits an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer in the at least one beacon signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network, wherein the at least one beacon signal is a modified dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) offer message; receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal; configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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18. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network, wherein the discoverer transmits the at least one beacon signal across one or more IP subnets via a list of dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) relay functions available in the network; receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal; configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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19. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network, wherein the at least one beacon message is partially encrypted using a crypto key included in a payload of the at least one beacon signal, said encryption used to protect said at least one beacon signal; receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal; configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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20. A method of discovering an undetected device to be discovered in a communication network having multiple interconnected nodes, comprising:
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transmitting, by a discoverer to the device to be discovered, at least one beacon signal including an IP address to the network, wherein a payload of the at least one beacon signal is encoded using a Type-Length-Value (TLV) encoding or position-based encoding; receiving, by the device to be discovered, the at least one beacon signal; configuring the device to be discovered with the IP addressing information located in the at least one beacon signal; and configuring the device to be discovered with forwarding instructions located in the at least one beacon signal, to forward the beacon signal to one or more undetected devices downstream; and transmitting, by the device to be discovered, an advertisement to a server specified by the discoverer.
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