Patent ID: 8473616

Claim:
A method of generating a unique locator for a destination or source entity attached to a communications network, the method comprising concatenating elements derived from a plurality of pairs of interface identifiers, a first interface identifier of a pair of interface identifiers identifying an egress interface from a network entity to a further network entity, a second interface identifier of the pair identifying an egress interface from the further network entity to the network entity, and wherein the unique locator defines a path from the destination or source entity to a core network and a path from the core network to the destination or source entity, the network entity is selected from any one of a further network, a host, a terminal, an edge router and a proxy node for a non-network object, and the non-network object is selected from any of a physical object that can register with a network node, a human being, a data file, a sensor, a vehicle, a communication session, an application instance, and a physical location.