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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:

Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ankit Singh, Bangalore, IN;

Rohit Kumar Arehalli, Bangalore, IN;

Shekar Babu Suryananarayana, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2007 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04W 4/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device may be configured to cause one or more network address allocation communications broadcast in a network to be communicated as directed unicast communications. More particularly, in a Local Area Network, a routing device such as a switch may be modified to receive broadcast communications for network address allocation, and instead of propagating the broadcast communications as broadcast communications, the routing device may route the network address allocation communications as directed unicast communications in the Local Area Network.


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