Patent ID: 6834311
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for enabling communication between one network device that is a member of a first set of network devices that communicate using a first address format and one network device that is a member of a second set of network devices that communicate using a second address format, comprising:receiving one frame from a first network device in the first set, wherein the frame is part of a first exchange of multiple frames between the first network device and one network device in the second set; allocating a first address in the second address format to the first network device to use to communicate during the first exchange of the frames; receiving one frame from a second network device that is a member of the first set pursuant to a second exchange of multiple frames between the second network device and one network device in the second set; and allocating one address in the second address format to the second network device to use to communicate during the second exchange of frames, wherein the address in the second address format allocated to the second network device is capable of comprising the first address or a second address in the second address format.