Patent ID: 6618353
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A router coupled between a first link, a second link, and a third link having at least one host, the router comprising:a receiver for the first link, the first link comprising a set of concurrent channels wherein a plurality of packets are capable of being transmitted simultaneously on a plurality of channels of the set of concurrent channels, the receiver capable of being set to receive at least one channel of the set of concurrent channels and reading data received thereon; and a controller which responds to a message received in the second link, the message comprising information that specifies at least one channel of the set of concurrent channels in the first link, the at least one channel being a source of packets having a logical address, the controller responding by assigning the logical address to the host, by setting the receiver to receive the specified at least one channel, and thereupon by routing packets received thereon that have the host's logical address to the host via the third link, wherein the message received by the controller is communicated using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).