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US 8,797,916 B2Granted
Network address allocation method
AssigneeEricsson Telecomunicacoes S.A.
InventorsDjamel Sadok, Rafael Roque Aschoff, Judith Kelner, Eduardo Souto
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AssigneeEricsson Telecomunicacoes S.A.
InventorsDjamel Sadok, Rafael Roque Aschoff, Judith Kelner, Eduardo Souto
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A distributed network address allocation method is disclosed. For this purpose, an apparatus is provided for use as or in a node of the network. The apparatus comprises a portion (2, 3, 4) for maintaining a seed value n and a state value s. An address (8) of the node is determined from the seed value n by address setting portion (6). A portion (9) is provided for receiving a request from a new node wishing to join the network and itself adapted to perform the method. A portion (10, 12) is provided for generating a proposed seed value using the formula (n+2s) and a proposed state value using the formula (s+1). A portion (14) is provided for offering the proposed seed and state values to the new node. A portion (18) is provided for updating the node's state value s to be the same as that accepted by the new node, if the proposed seed and state values are accepted by the new node. This provides unique address allocation to nodes in a Mobile Ad-Hoc Network.
A method in a network node for distributed network address allocation, comprising:
The method recited in dam 1, wherein the configuration parameter forms at least part of an address of the node.
A network node adapted for distributed network address allocation, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.