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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2021
Softbank Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Brian Barritt, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul Heninwolf, San Carlos, CA (US);
Erik Kline, Saratoga, CA (US);
SoftBank Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for managing nodes of a network includes receiving location information from each of a plurality of nodes in a network, where at least one node is moving relative to another node of the network. The method then includes converting the received location information for each node into a corresponding network address. The corresponding network address is based on a hierarchical cell-based partitioning scheme. The method further includes identifying a target region for a given node of the network based on a plurality of routing paths. The target region encompasses two or more nodes in the network that are next hops for the given node and that have a common segment in the corresponding network addresses. The method then includes sending forwarding rules to one or more nodes in the network. The forwarding rules includes the common segment to identify the next hops for the given node.