Network arrangements or network protocols for addressing or naming

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H04L61/00Network arrangements or network protocols for addressing or naming

H04L61/10Mapping of addresses of different types; Address resolution H04L61/103across network layers H04L61/106across networks H04L61/15Directories; Name-to-address mapping H04L61/1505involving standard directories or standard directory access protocols H04L61/1511using domain name system [DNS] H04L61/1517using open systems interconnection [OSI] directories H04L61/1523using lightweight directory access protocol [LDAP] H04L61/1529using voice over internet protocol [VoIP] directories H04L61/1535using an address exchange platform which sets up a session between two nodes H04L61/1541for service discovery H04L61/1547for personal communications H04L61/1552Mechanisms for table lookup H04L61/1558Object oriented directories H04L61/1564Directories for electronic mail or instant messaging H04L61/157Directories for hybrid networks H04L61/1576Metadirectories H04L61/1582containing identifiers of data entities on a computer H04L61/1588containing mobile subscriber information H04L61/1594Address books, i.e. directories containing contact information about correspondents H04L61/20Address allocation H04L61/2007internet protocol [IP] addresses H04L61/2015using the dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or variants H04L61/2023using the bootstrap protocol [BOOTP] or variants H04L61/203using an authentication, authorization and accounting [AAA] protocol H04L61/2038for local use H04L61/2046involving the solving of address allocation conflicts or involving testing of addresses H04L61/2053involving timing or renewal aspects H04L61/2061involving aspects of pools of addresses H04L61/2069for group-, multicast- and broadcast-communication H04L61/2076involving update or notification mechanisms H04L61/2084involving portability aspects H04L61/2092by self assignment H04L61/25mapping of addresses of the same type; address translation H04L61/2503Internet protocol [IP] address translation H04L61/2507translating between special types of IP addresses H04L61/251between different IP versions H04L61/2514between local and global IP addresses H04L61/2517involving port numbers H04L61/2521Special translation architecture H04L61/2525Translation at a client H04L61/2528Translation at a proxy H04L61/2532Clique of NAT servers H04L61/2535Multiple local networks H04L61/2539for hiding addresses or keeping them anonymous H04L61/2542involving dual-stack hosts H04L61/2546Mechanisms for avoiding unnecessary translation H04L61/255Map-table maintenance and indexing H04L61/2553Binding renewal aspects; Keep-alive messages H04L61/2557Translation policies and rules H04L61/256Network address translation [NAT] traversal H04L61/2564for a higher-layer protocol H04L61/2567for reachability H04L61/2571for identification H04L61/2575using address mapping retrieval H04L61/2578transparent to the NAT server H04L61/2582through control of the NAT server H04L61/2585through application level gateway [ALG] H04L61/2589over a relay server H04L61/2592involving tunneling or encapsulation H04L61/2596Non - internet protocol [IP] address translation H04L61/30Arrangements for managing names H04L61/3005Mechanisms for avoiding name conflicts H04L61/301Name conversion H04L61/3015Name registration, generation or assignment H04L61/302Administrative registration H04L61/3025Domain name generation or assignment H04L61/303Name structure H04L61/3035containing non-Latin characters H04L61/304containing protocol addresses or telephone numbers H04L61/3045containing wildcard characters H04L61/305containing special prefixes H04L61/3055containing special suffixes H04L61/306Name types H04L61/3065Application layer names H04L61/307E-mail addresses H04L61/3075Access point names [APN] H04L61/308Telephone uniform resource identifier [URI] H04L61/3085Session initiation protocol [SIP] uniform resource identifier [URI] H04L61/309Globally routable user-agent [GRUU] uniform resource identifier [URI] for the session initiation protocol [SIP] H04L61/3095Internet protocol multimedia private identity [IMPI] or internet protocol multimedia public identity [IMPU] H04L61/35involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing H04L61/60Details H04L61/6004Structures or formats of addresses H04L61/6009Caching of addresses H04L61/6013Proxying of addresses H04L61/6018Address types H04L61/6022Layer 2 addresses H04L61/6027Control area network [CAN] identifiers H04L61/6031Small computer system interface [SCSI] addresses H04L61/6036IEEE1394 identification numbers H04L61/604Asynchronous transfer mode [ATM] addresses H04L61/6045Fibre channel identifiers H04L61/605Telephone numbers H04L61/6054International mobile subscriber identity [IMSI] numbers H04L61/6059Internet protocol version 6 [IPv6] addresses H04L61/6063Transport layer addresses H04L61/6068Internet protocol [IP] addresses subnets H04L61/6072Short addresses H04L61/6077Multiple interfaces H04L61/6081involving addresses for wireless personal area networks and wireless sensor networks H04L61/6086involving dual-stack hosts H04L61/609involving geographic information H04L61/6095involving masks or ranges of addresses