Management of Network Membership
AssigneeMarvell International Ltd.
InventorsPaul A. Lambert, Frank Huang
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Abstract
Systems and techniques relating to management of membership in mobile, wireless ad hoc networks are described. A described technique includes transmitting, by a device that is not a member of an ad hoc network, a request to join the ad hoc network to a given device of the ad hoc network. The method also includes receiving from the given device information including a set of addresses of devices of the ad hoc network that is locally stored at the given device. In addition, the method includes obtaining an address for the requesting device to be different from any address of the received set of addresses.
Claims29
1-8. (canceled)
A device comprising:
- one or more hardware processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising
- communicating with one or more members of an ad hoc network that includes the device,
- storing a set of addresses associated with the one or more members of the ad hoc network,
- receiving a request to join the ad hoc network from a device that is not a member of the ad hoc network,
- assigning an address for the requesting device that is different from any address of the stored set of addresses, the assigned address to be the requesting device's address as a new member of the ad hoc network,
- transmitting to the requesting device a response including the assigned address and the stored set of addresses, and
- notifying the one or more members of the ad hoc network about the address of the newest member of the ad hoc network.
A method comprising:
- at a device that is not a member of an ad hoc network,
- transmitting a request to join the ad hoc network to a given device of the ad hoc network;
- receiving, from the given device, information including a set of addresses of devices of the ad hoc network that is locally stored at the given device;
- and
- obtaining an address for the requesting device to be different from any address of the received set of addresses.
A system comprising:
- a first device comprising
- one or more first hardware processors;
- and
- a first memory storing instructions that when executed cause the first device to perform first operations comprising
- communicating with one or more members of an ad hoc network that includes the first device;
- a second device that is not a member of the ad hoc network, the second device comprising
- one or more second hardware processors;
- and
- a second memory storing instructions that when executed cause the second device to perform second operations comprising
- transmitting, to the first device, a request to join the ad hoc network;
- receiving, from the first device, information including a set of addresses of devices of the ad hoc network that is locally stored at the first device;
- and
- obtaining an address for the second device to be different from any address of the received set of addresses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.