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Method and apparatus for dynamic address assignment

  • US 9,749,177 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2013
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for controlling address assignment in a communication network, wherein a unique address is assigned to each device of the network in sequence, said apparatus comprising a network driver and being adapted to send an address request containing a unique identification of said apparatus to a predefined address of said network via the network driver, and wherein said apparatus is adapted to take over the role of an address assignment master in response to the receipt of a non-acknowledging response created by the network driver upon observing no reaction to said address request, and wherein the apparatus is adapted to occupy a bus system of the network after the address request has been sent and until a response to the address request has been received.

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