Patent ID: 8635350
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G08B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for Internet Protocol (IP) device discovery implemented in a control network having a gateway device, a router, and an IP device, wherein the gateway device, the router, and the IP device are at a same location, wherein the method comprises: receiving, in the gateway device, a gateway IP address assigned to the gateway device by the router from a pool of IP addresses smaller than a subnet of possible network IP addresses, wherein the gateway device is coupled to the network; determining an IP address for the IP device at the location, the IP device coupled to the gateway, wherein the router has assigned the IP address to the IP device at the location from the pool, the determining including: the gateway device communicating with the IP device at the location using the determined IP address of the IP device; and managing the IP device at the location.