Method and apparatus assigning network addresses for network devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorChoon-kyoung Moon
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Abstract
An apparatus and method effectively using communication resources supporting seamless automatic roaming over a wire/wireless multi-network. In the method, network addresses can be assigned to network devices which communicate to external devices via different communications routes, the method including updating state information of the network devices, and collecting the network addresses assigned to the network devices and reassigning the network addresses when the updated state information is different from previous state information. Accordingly, it is possible to effectively use available communication resources to support seamless automatic roaming of all network addresses.
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A method of assigning network addresses to network devices which communicate with external devices via different communications routes, the method comprising:
- updating state information of the network devices;
- and
- collecting network addresses assigned to the network devices and reassigning the network addresses among the network devices when the updated state information is different from previous state information of the network devices.
An apparatus assigning network addresses to network devices which communicate with external devices via different communications routes, the apparatus comprising:
- a network device driver interface to provide commands related to network device drivers which respectively drive the network devices at an application level;
- and
- a network address assignment unit to assign network addresses to respective network devices by calling an assigning command, assigning network addresses to network devices, from commands provided by the network device driver interface.
A medium comprising computer readable code to implement a method of assigning network addresses to network devices, which communicate to external devices via different communications routes, wherein the method further comprises:
- updating state information of the network devices;
- and
- collecting network addresses assigned to the network devices and reassigning the collected network addresses among the network devices when the updated state information is different from previous state information of the network devices.
An apparatus assigning network addresses to network devices which communicate with external devices via different communications routes, the apparatus comprising:
- a network address assignment means for assigning network addresses to network devices by calling an assigning command, at an application level, for assigning network addresses to network devices;
- and
- a state information updating means for reassigning network addresses among the network devices, when current state information of the network devices is different from previous state information of the network devices, using the assigning command.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.