HIGHLY AVAILABLE DHCP SERVICE BY RUNNING DHCP SERVERS ON A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK

Example embodiments in the disclosure relate to providing a highly available DHCP service using a plurality of DHCP servers running on a blockchain network. The highly available DHCP service may be provided by running a blockchain network of DHCP servers that: i) share a common pool of IP addresses...

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Hauptverfasser:	Muthaiya Athmalingam, Manimuthu, KANNAN, Balakumaran, Pulivalam Ramakrishnan, Dinesh
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	Example embodiments in the disclosure relate to providing a highly available DHCP service using a plurality of DHCP servers running on a blockchain network. The highly available DHCP service may be provided by running a blockchain network of DHCP servers that: i) share a common pool of IP addresses that are assigned to client devices; and ii) maintain a copy of a blockchain containing a record of communications between servers and clients relating to allocation of IP addresses to clients from the common IP address pool.