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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Michael H. Behringer, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Steinthor Bjarnason, Fjerdingby, NO;
Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yves Francis Eugene Hertoghs, Schilde, BE;
Inventors:
Michael H. Behringer, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Steinthor Bjarnason, Fjerdingby, NO;
Alvaro Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yves Francis Eugene Hertoghs, Schilde, BE;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, accessing a device name, which includes a hostname and a domain name, of a network device; applying a hash function to the domain name to obtain 40 bits as a Global ID of an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) unique local address (ULA); and encoding the hostname to obtain 80 bits as a Subnet ID and an Interface ID of the IPv6 ULA.