Patent ID: 6785725
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method of signaling address resolution in a communication network between a first network device and a second network device neighboring said first network device and being connected to said first network device by a transmission medium, said communication network utilizing a communication channel bandwidth of said transmission medium for network communication, said method comprising:a) establishing a dedicated signaling bandwidth in said transmission medium for non-broadcast communication between said first network device and said second network device, said dedicated signaling bandwidth being outside said communication channel bandwidth; b) periodically transmitting a physical address information of said first network device from said first network device to said second network device over said transmission medium in said dedicated signaling bandwidth; c) receiving said physical address information of said first network device by said second network device; and d) employing said physical address information for controlling network communication between said first network device and said second network device in said communication channel bandwidth.