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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Sami-Jukka Hakola, Kempele, FI;
Samuli Turtinen, Ii, FI;
Timo K Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Kaisu Maria Iisakkila, Espoo, FI;
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method, including: causing, by a second node, reception of a discovery message on a radio layer directly from a first node, wherein the discovery message indicates at least the prefix of the internet protocol, IP, address corresponding to the first node; detecting whether or not there exist an application layer connection between the first node and the second node, wherein the application layer is a higher layer than the radio layer and the detection is at least partly based on the acquired prefix; and upon detecting that the application layer connection exists, indicating the existence of the application layer connection to a network element associated with the second node.