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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Subhabrata Sen, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Ajay Todimala, New Providence, NJ (US);
Subhabrata Sen, New Providence, NJ (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Oliver Spatscheck, Randolph, NJ (US);
Ajay Todimala, New Providence, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for inferring if an IP address allocation in a remote network is static or dynamic are disclosed. For example, the method contacts at least one remote peer to peer endpoint using a peer to peer application to obtain an IP address of the at least one remote peer to peer endpoint. The method then analyzes characteristics of the at least one remote peer to peer endpoint over a predefined period of time to infer whether the presence of static IP address allocation exists for the at least one remote peer to peer endpoint.