Patent ID: 11895085
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
at an edge node in a network fabric, obtaining client information indicating authentication of a client device in a wireless network that is connected to the network fabric;
obtaining on behalf of the client device an Internet Protocol (IP) address request for the client device;
providing, to a network management center that includes a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, an address request for the client device, the address request including a Standard Identifier Representation (SIR) prefix associated with the edge node;
obtaining from the network management center an Identifier Locator Addressing (ILA) address for the client device, the ILA address generated from an IP address allocated for the client device;
providing the ILA address to the client device; and
determining a binding between a media access control (MAC) address of the client device and the ILA address of the client device.