Patent ID: 9571448
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a first port of a first node from a first port of a second node in communication with the first port of the first node, an address assignment message, the address assignment message originating from a host node in communication with a second port of the second node, and the address assignment message being indicative of one or more address intervals designated for allocation to one or more ports of the first node and the second node from an address space available for allocation to ports of networked nodes in communication with each other; allocating, to the first port of the first node, an address assigned to the host node from the address space to indicate that the host node is reachable by forwarding from the first node a message intended for the host node through the first port of the first node; allocating, to each port of the first node other than the first port of the first node, a distinct portion of an address interval available from the address space, the address interval being previously allocated to the first port of the second node; and forwarding, by the first node, the address assignment message through each port of the first node other than the first port of the first node.