Patent ID: 9667592
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: assigning, to each of a plurality of terminals in a communication system, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and a first subnet mask, wherein the first subnet mask corresponds to a first subnet of the communication system; assigning, to a terminal of the plurality of terminals, a second IP address and a second subnet mask, wherein the second IP address is included in the first subnet, and wherein the second subnet mask corresponds to at least one of the first subnet or a partial subnet of the first subnet; providing, at the terminal, one or more proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) replies; advertising, from the terminal, a route corresponding to the second IP address, wherein a subnet mask associated with the route corresponds to a single address subnet mask; and adding, to a routing table of the terminal, a first routing rule corresponding to the first subnet, a second routing rule corresponding to the second IP address, and two or more routing rules corresponding to two or more subnets of the first subnet that do not overlap one another and together span the first subnet in its entirety.