Patent ID: 8732283

Claim:
A method comprising: at a first device that is part of a first portion of an ad hoc network, receiving, from a second device that is part of a second portion of the ad hoc network, information relating to a second set of addresses associated with the ad hoc network, the second set of addresses being locally stored at the second device, and the first and second portions of the ad hoc network having been disconnected prior to said receiving the information relating to the second set of addresses; determining that the second set of addresses is different from a first set of addresses associated with the ad hoc network, the first set of addresses being locally stored at the first device; in response to the determination, requesting from the second device the second set of addresses; receiving a response from the second device including the second set of addresses; and generating a set of addresses associated with the coalesced first and second portions of the ad hoc network as a reunion of the first and second sets of addresses.