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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Allied Telesis, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Eran Shpak, Tel Aviv, IL;
ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a system that includes an Internet Protocol (IP) address distribution device and an access point. The IP address distribution device may be configured to allocate IP addresses for a set of devices. The access point may be configured to communicate wirelessly with the set of devices. The IP address distribution device may be is further configured to receive IP address request messages from the set of devices via the access point. The IP address request messages may be for requesting IP addresses from the IP address distribution device. The IP address distribution device may be further configured to send IP address response messages that include IP addresses for the set of devices to the set of devices via the access point using unicast messaging.