Patent ID: 9130855
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing, to a source station in a first IP sub-network of a non-broadcast multiple access (NBMA) network, an internetwork layer address for a destination station in a second IP sub-network of the IP sub-network of the NBMA network using an inverse next hop resolution protocol, the method comprising: sending, from the source station to a server of the first IP sub-network, a resolution request identifying an NBMA network address of the destination station; receiving the resolution request at the server of the first IP sub-network; determining an internetwork layer address corresponding to the NBMA network address of the destination station at the server of the first IP sub-network; sending from the server of the first IP sub-network to the source station, a resolution response indicating the internetwork layer address corresponding to the NBMA network address of the destination station; and receiving the resolution response at the source station.