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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
May. 26, 2021
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alper Sinan Akyurek, La Jolla, CA (US);
Ariton E. Xhafa, Plano, TX (US);
Jianwei Zhou, Allen, TX (US);
Ramanuja Vedantham, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/18 (2009.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 101/659 (2022.01); H04L 101/672 (2022.01); H04L 101/681 (2022.01); H04L 101/604 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/18 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 2101/604 (2022.05); H04L 2101/659 (2022.05); H04L 2101/672 (2022.05); H04L 2101/681 (2022.05); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses in a wireless sensor network is provided that includes storing, on a wireless sensor device in the wireless sensor network, a prefix of an IPv6 address in association with a key, forming an address indicator for the IPv6 address, the address indicator consisting of the key and a node address of the IPv6 address, and storing the address indicator in at least one memory location on the wireless sensor device in lieu of the IPv6 address.