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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventors:
John R. B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US);
Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (US);
James C. Anders, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/5061 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01); H04L 43/065 (2022.01); H04L 67/60 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/5061 (2022.05); H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05); H04L 67/60 (2022.05);
Abstract
The present application describes the generation and use of micro-pools that are assigned to various DHCP servers by an agent. In examples, each micro-pool includes a set number of IP addresses. The agent tracks which DHCP servers are assigned which micro-pools. As the IP addresses of a micro-pool are assigned to requesting computing devices, the agent may subsequently assign an additional micro-pool to a particular DHCP server.