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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
John Kaippallimalil, Richardson, TX (US);
Yangsong Xia, Nanjing, CN;
John Kaippallimalil, Richardson, TX (US);
Yangsong Xia, Nanjing, CN;
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method comprising sending a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) message comprising an Identity Association for Prefix Delegation (IA_PD) Prefix option comprising a Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) prefix and a length of the IPv6 prefix to a device having a media access control (MAC) address, receiving from the device a packet comprising a source MAC address and a source IPv6 address, and dropping the packet when the MAC address is equal to the source MAC address and the leftmost bits of the source IPv6 address defined by the length are not equal to the IPv6 prefix.