Method and apparatus for ensuring IPv6 uniqueness in a mobile subnetted environment

A method and apparatus for ensuring network address uniqueness is described herein. An address manager determines whether any link-local addresses associated with peripheral devices connected to a mobile device would conflict with a network assigned global address. The address manager negotiates wit...

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Hauptverfasser: BABBAR UPPINDER SINGH, KHAN IRFAN ANWAR, TREMAINE MICHAEL C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for ensuring network address uniqueness is described herein. An address manager determines whether any link-local addresses associated with peripheral devices connected to a mobile device would conflict with a network assigned global address. The address manager negotiates with the network to avoid conflicts.