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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Stewart Frederick Bryant, Merstham, GB;
Ian Michael Charles Shand, Cobham, GB;
Stewart Frederick Bryant, Merstham, GB;
Ian Michael Charles Shand, Cobham, GB;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments described herein present methods and apparatus for dynamically assigning values in a network. A method includes receiving, at a designated value allocator from a network node, a first broadcast message using a link-state protocol. The method then identifies the first broadcast message as including a request to associate a parameter value to the network node and allocates an assigned parameter value to the network node based on the identification of the request included in the first broadcast message. A message that includes the assigned parameter value is then transmitted to the network node. Other embodiments are described.