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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Yuichi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Sera, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A network address assigning system includes sub-networks connected to each other, a network composed of the sub-networks connected to each other, an address server for managing network addresses of the sub-net-works, nodes for transmitting and receiving messages over the sub-networks, routing nodes for transmitting and receiving messages, for transferring messages over the sub-networks, and for managing addresses of the sub-networks, a change indicator for causing the address server to re-assign network addresses of the sub-networks and for causing the routing nodes to notify the address server of the network addresses of the routing nodes, storage for causing the address server to store address information, and a notifier for causing the address server to communicate with the routing nodes and to notify the routing nodes of network address information that has been newly registered/changed.