Device connectivity
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsRajeev Koodli, Hannu Flinck
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Abstract
There is disclosed a system comprising a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless devices, each device being provided with an Internet protocol, IP, address such that the devices of the plurality of piconets form a wireless subnetwork. There is also disclosed a device for connection in a wireless piconet configured to receive a prefix for generation of an IP address, and further configured to generate an IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the device.
Claims63
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless apparatuses, each apparatus being assigned an Internet protocol, IP, address such that the apparatus of the plurality of piconets form a wireless subnetwork, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for each apparatus is determined in dependence on a prefix allocated to each of the plurality of wireless piconets.
The system according to 1, wherein a master apparatus of each of the plurality of piconets maintains a neighbour cache for storing the IP address of a subordinate apparatus in the piconet.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a prefix to generate an IP address, wherein the IP address is generated in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the apparatus, and the apparatus is assigned the IP address such that the apparatus becomes part of a wireless subnetwork based on a plurality of piconets, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for the apparatus is determined in dependence on the prefix allocated to each of a plurality of wireless piconets.
A method, comprising:
- providing each of a plurality of wireless apparatuses operating in a corresponding plurality of piconets. which comprise at least one of said plurality of wireless apparatuses, with an Internet protocol, IP, address, such that each of the plurality of wireless apparatuses are assigned an IP address, and wherein the assigned IP addresses establish a wireless subnetwork, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for each apparatus is determined in dependence on a prefix allocated to each of the plurality of wireless piconets.
The method according to 31 further comprising maintaining a neighbour cache for each master apparatus of each of the plurality of wireless piconets, the neighbour cache being for storing the IP address of a suboridnate apparatus in the piconet.
A method comprising
- providing a prefix to generate an IP address of an apparatus in a wireless piconet;, and
- generating the IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the apparatus, and the apparatus is assigned the IP address such that the apparatus becomes part of a wireless subnetwork based on a plurality of piconets, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for the apparatus is determined in dependence on a prefix allocated to each of a plurality of wireless piconets.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a processor to perform:
- providing each of a plurality of wireless apparatuses operating in a corresponding plurality of piconets, which comprise at least one of said plurality of wireless apparatuses, with an Internet protocol, IP, address, such that each of the plurality of wireless apparatuses are assigned an IP address, and wherein the assigned IP addresses establish a wireless subnetwork, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for each apparatus is determined in dependence on a prefix allocated to each of the plurality of wireless piconets.
A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, said computer program configured to control a processor to perform:
- providing a prefix to generate an IP address of an apparatus in a wireless piconet;
- and
- generating the IP address in dependence on the prefix and a unique identifier of the apparatus, and the apparatus is assigned the IP address such that the apparatus becomes part of a wireless subnetwork based on a plurality of piconets, said subnetwork being formed dynamically, and
- wherein the IP address for the apparatus is determined in dependence on the prefix allocated to each of a plurality of wireless piconets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.