Patent ID: 8842697
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating addresses, known as MAC addresses, to network devices connected to an electricity distribution network, each network device being provided with a distinct unchangeable serial number, said method being performed by a data concentration apparatus and comprising: sending a discovery demand request in general broadcast mode over said electricity distribution network; receiving at least one discovery notification, in response to the discovery demand request, from a network device not having a MAC address allocated, said network device being identified in the discovery notification by means of the serial number; allocating an available MAC address to the network device that responded to the discovery demand request; sending a first cataloguing request to the network device that responded to the discovery demand request, said first cataloguing request containing the serial number of said network device that responded to the discovery demand request and the MAC address allocated to said network device that responded to the discovery demand request;