Patent ID: 7623501
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a transmitter, a unicast address resolution protocol (UARP) request from a first communication node to a second communication node via a unicast transmission, the UARP request including a first protocol address associated with a third communication node; and identifying, by an address resolver, a second protocol address associated with the third communication node at the first communication node based on address-mapping information from the second communication node, the second protocol address corresponding to the first protocol address associated with the third communication node, wherein the first communication node comprises a source node, wherein the third communication node comprises a destination node to communicate with the source node, and wherein the second communication node comprises a server node to provide a protocol address associated with the destination node to the source node, and wherein at least one of the first, second, or third communication nodes is associated with a wireless communication network.