Patent ID: 9294309
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first hybrid device of a communication network, a message intended for a second hybrid device, wherein the message comprises a source address and a destination address; determining, based on a transmission route for the message, whether the source address associated with the message matches a link layer address of a first of a plurality of network interfaces associated with the first hybrid device from which the message will be transmitted to the second hybrid device; overwriting the source address associated with the message with the link layer address of the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the first hybrid device in response to determining that the source address associated with the message does not match the link layer address of the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the first hybrid device from which the message will be transmitted to the second hybrid device; determining, based on the transmission route for the message, whether the destination address associated with the message matches a link layer address of a first of a plurality of network interfaces associated with the second hybrid device at which the message will be received at the second hybrid device; overwriting the destination address associated with the message with the link layer address of the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the second hybrid device in response to determining that the destination address associated with the message does not match the link layer address of the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the second hybrid device at which the message will be received at the second hybrid device; and transmitting, to the second hybrid device, the message comprising the link layer address associated with the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the first hybrid device and the link layer address associated with the first of the plurality of network interfaces associated with the second hybrid device.