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Registered APPARATUS FOR CHANGING MAC ADDRESS TO IDENTIFY SUBSCRIBER AND METHOD THEREOF
- Inventors
- Park Dae Geun, Lee Bhum Cheol
- Application No.
- 11302604 (2005.12.13)
- Publication No.
- 20060126622 (2006.06.15)
- Registration No.
- 7990966 (2011.08.02)
- Country
- UNITED STATES
- Abstract
- Provided is an apparatus for changing Media Access Control (MAC) address, which is a conventional subscriber hardware identification address for identifying each subscriber, and a method thereof. The MAC address changing apparatus includes a frame receiving block for determining whether to change a source MAC address; a switch controlling block for controlling a switch; a change MAC address generating block for changing the source MAC address of the received frame; a change MAC address storing block for storing information of the change MAC address and the source MAC address corresponding thereto; a MAC address forwarding and lookup block for extracting output port information; a MAC address replacing block for forming an output frame by replacing the source MAC address; a MAC address storing block for storing a MAC address; and a frame transmitting block for transmitting the output frame.
- KSP Keywords
- Mac address, Media access, access control, media access control(MAC)
- Family
| Status | Patent | Country | KIPRIS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered | 가입자 구분을 위한 맥 주소 변환 장치 및 그 방법 | KOREA |