Patent ID: 8477782
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An access node for communication in a telecommunication network comprising: an input/output unit for receiving a first information message, the first information message comprising a logical address associated with a virtual network node; a processing unit for extracting the logical address of the virtual network node and for determining a hardware address associated with the logical address of the virtual network node, the processing unit being further adapted for determining a logical address of an end-user host communicating with the virtual network node; the access node, having a memory for storing associations between logical or hardware addresses of the virtual network node and the logical addresses of the end-user hosts, being configured to transmit a second information message comprising the logical and hardware addresses of the virtual network node to the logical address of the end-user host; and monitor data traffic between an address allocation server and one or more end-user hosts to determine the associations between the logical or hardware addresses of the virtual network node and the logical addresses of the end-user hosts.