Method and apparatus for authentication and identity management of communicating devices
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1. A first waveguide system comprising:
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a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising;
receiving data from an end point device;
accessing internet protocol addresses associated with a group of end point devices, wherein the first waveguide system is physically closest, among a group of waveguide systems including a second waveguide system, to the group of end point devices;
determining whether an internet protocol address associated with the data is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices; and
responsive to a determination that the internet protocol address associated with the data is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices, transmitting, to the second waveguide system, electromagnetic waves containing the data, wherein the transmitting is across a physical interface of a transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path between the first waveguide system and the second waveguide system, wherein the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring a flow of opposing currents on an electrical return path between the first waveguide system and the second waveguide system, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that accesses internet protocol addresses associated with a group of end point devices where the network device is a closest network device to the group of end point devices, and transmitting data to another network device responsive to a determination that an internet protocol address associated with the data from an end point device is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A first waveguide system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising; receiving data from an end point device; accessing internet protocol addresses associated with a group of end point devices, wherein the first waveguide system is physically closest, among a group of waveguide systems including a second waveguide system, to the group of end point devices; determining whether an internet protocol address associated with the data is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices; and responsive to a determination that the internet protocol address associated with the data is one of the internet protocol addresses associated with the group of end point devices, transmitting, to the second waveguide system, electromagnetic waves containing the data, wherein the transmitting is across a physical interface of a transmission medium, wherein the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path between the first waveguide system and the second waveguide system, wherein the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring a flow of opposing currents on an electrical return path between the first waveguide system and the second waveguide system, wherein the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium, and wherein the electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first network device, communications that include data originated at a first end point device and directed to a second end point device; responsive to a detection, by the first network device, of metadata contained in the communications and inserted by a second network device that identifies the second network device along a path of the communications, determining whether the second network device is a physically closest network device to the first end point device according to network topology information; and responsive to a determination that the second network device is the physically closest network device to the first end point device, transmitting, by the first network device, the data towards the second end point device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor of a first network device, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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receiving communications that include data originated at a first end point device and directed to a second end point device; responsive to a detection of metadata contained in the communications and inserted by a second network device that identifies the second network device along a path of the communications, determining whether the second network device is a physically closest network device to the first end point device according to network topology information; and responsive to a determination that the second network device is the physically closest network device to the first end point device, transmitting the data towards the second end point device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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