Indirect addressing method and system for locating a target element in a communication network
AssigneeInfovista SA
InventorsSerge Henri Moïse Adda, Loïc Pierre Alfred Mathieu
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Abstract
A method of guaranteeing that a communication network server can reach an element that is remote from the network using a path or link which is automatically updated when the remote element is moved within the network. The method employs indirect addressing (lookup table), and is used, in particular, in network performance measuring systems.
Claims9
Indirect addressing method, comprising the step of:
- locating a remote resource reference to a router, in a communication network, with a server of the network using a link composed of a first index and a description name to allow a performance measuring software to locate said remote resource from the description name,
- in said locating step, the server carrying out an updating process in which:
- on the basis of said description name, the value of at least one description parameter is determined by means of a description table contained in the router,
- on the basis of the description parameter value thus determined, a second index is determined by means of an indexing table, and
- the link henceforth composed of this second index and of the description name is updated in the server.
Indirect addressing system for locating a remote resource connected to a router of a communication network, wherein a server of the network uses a link composed of a first index and a description name to allow a performance measuring software to locate said remote resource from the description name, the server comprising means for retrieving information relating to said remote resource on the router, wherein the server furthermore comprises, during an updating process:
- means for determining, on the basis of the description name and within a description table, the value of at least one description parameter,
- means for determining, on the basis of the description parameter value thus determined and within an indexing table, a second index by means of the indexing table, and
- means for updating said link henceforth composed of this second index and of said description name.
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