Patent ID: 11909816
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the group of nodes comprises the first available candidate node associated with the first network address and the second network address, the second available candidate node associated with the third network address, and a node associated with a fourth network address, and wherein the method further comprises:
based on the analysis of the network address space and the node information relating to the group of nodes:
determining, by the system, that the first available candidate node and the second available candidate node are to be included in the group of candidate nodes based on the first network address, the second network address, and the third network address being determined to be in the network address space; or
determining, by the system, that the node is not to be included in the group of candidate nodes based on the fourth network address being determined to not be in the network address space.