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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Applicant:
James V. Luciani, Concord, MA (US);
Inventor:
James V. Luciani, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/28 ; H04L012/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for improving signaling efficiency and load balancing in a non-broadcast, multiple access network environment. The standard next hop resolution protocol (NHRP) essentially is extended to provide peer to peer, i.e., source station to destination station, communication regarding resource availability and intemetwork layer address to NBMA subnetwork layer address resolution, rather than client-server communication between a source station and a server that communicates with the source station on behalf of the destination station, as is the case in standard NHRP.