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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 18, 2004
Angus O. Dougherty, Westminster, CO (US);
Donald L. Hohnstein, Greeley, CO (US);
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Guy M. Wells, Louisville, CO (US);
Angus O. Dougherty, Westminster, CO (US);
Donald L. Hohnstein, Greeley, CO (US);
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Guy M. Wells, Louisville, CO (US);
Qwest Communications International, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Growth of a distributed communication system is facilitated through dynamic addition of routing elements. A new routing element may be added to a network of routing elements by first establishing a connection between the new routing element and an existing routing element in the network. The connection may be either wireless or wireline. At least one address is assigned to the new routing element. Each assigned address comes from a pool of addresses maintained at the existing routing element. At least one pool of addresses is issued to the new routing element, permitting the new routing element to dynamically add yet another new routing element to the network of routing elements.