IPv4 addressing over non-IPv4 systems
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsWojciech Dec, William Mark Townsley
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Abstract
A system includes an access node having an associated identifier. The access node is configured to insert the identifier into a network connection request. The system includes an IP edge service node connected to the access node and configured to receive the network connection request. The IP edge service node is further configured to store the inserted identifier and to insert the identifier into an Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) address request transmitted according to dynamic host configuration protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) through an established network connection based on the network connection request. The system further includes a server configured to receive the IPv6 address request and assign an IPv6 address based on the IPv6 address request.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor circuit in communication with the memory, the processor circuit configured to:
- store an identifier to establish a non-Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) network connection with a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device;
- receive an IPv4 address request from the CPE device, the IPv4 address request being a request to configure the CPE device to establish an IPv4 network connection with the CPE device, the IPv4 address request transmitted according to dynamic host configuration protocol version 4 (DHCPv4) over the non-IPv4 network connection established through a non-IPv4 network connection request;
- insert the identifier used to establish the non-IPv4 network connection into the IPv4 address request, the identifier being inserted into the IPv4 address request to configure the CPE device to establish the IPv4 network connection with the CPE device;
- and
- receive an assigned IPv4 address from a DHCPv4 server and transmit the assigned IPv4 address via the non-IPv4 network connection to the CPE device.
A method comprising:
- storing, with a memory, an identifier to establish a non-IPv4 network connection with a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device;
- receiving, with a processor circuit in communication with the memory, an IPv4 address request from the CPE device, the IPv4 address request being a request to configure the CPE device to establish an IPv4 network connection with the CPE device, the IPv4 address request being transmitted according to dynamic host configuration protocol version 4 (DHCPv4) over the non-IPv4 network connection established through a non-IPv4 network connection request;
- inserting, with the processor circuit, the identifier used to establish the non-IPv4 network connection into the IPv4 address request, the identifier being inserted into the IPv4 address request to configure the CPE device to establish the IPv4 network connection with the CPE device;
- receiving, with the processor circuit, an assigned IPv4 address from a DHCPv4 server;
- and
- transmitting, with the processor circuit, the assigned IPv4 address via the non-IPv4 network connection to the CPE device.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions executable by a processor circuit, the computer-readable medium comprising:
- instructions to store an identifier to establish a non-IPv4 network connection with a customer-premises equipment (CPE) device;
- instructions to receive an IPv4 address request from the CPE device, the IPv4 address request being a request to configure the CPE device to establish an IPv4 network connection with the CPE device, the IPv4 address request transmitted according to dynamic host configuration protocol version 4 (DHCPv4) over the non-IPv4 network connection established through a non-IPv4 network connection request;
- instructions to insert the identifier used to establish the non-IPv4 network connection into the IPv4 address request, the identifier being inserted into the IPv4 address request to configure the CPE device to establish the IPv4 network connection with the CPE device;
- and
- instructions to receive an assigned IPv4 address from a DHCPv4 server and transmit the assigned IPv4 address via the non-IPv4 network connection to the CPE device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.