Method for Creating Identifiers for Information Units in a Distributed System

Abstract

A method for creating identifiers for information units in a distributed system, wherein respective ways of functioning of functional units, in particular software modules and/or hardware units, in the distributed system are defined by the assignment of information units, where associated identifiers are created for respective information units and assigned to these for identification and/or addressing, a unique component identification of a component of the distributed system is employed for the generation of an identifier, the unique component identification is combined by a respective current counter value of a counter unit comprising each component of the distributed system, which has the unique component identification used, and where after generation of the respective identifier the counter value is incremented and the incremented counter value is stored in the counter unit as the respective current counter value.

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