AN ADDRESSING TECHNIQUE FOR U.S. NAVY TRAFFIC IN A MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT

PROPOSES DEVELOPMENT OF A ROUTINE TABLE ACCESS METHOD WHICH TREATS NETWORK ADDRESSES AS VARIABLE LENGTH OCTET STRINGS WITHOUT INTERNAL STRUCTURE 0 I.E. AS FLAT ADDRESSE - TO SIMPLIFY THE HANDLING OF MOBIL END-SYSTEM SIMULTANEOUSLY CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS. SPECIFIC ROUTING TABLE ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED WHICH ALLOW RAPID ACCESS IN A SINGLE PROBE WHILE LIMITING THE SIZE OF THE TABLE TO THE CURRENTLY ACTIVE NETWORK ADDRESSES. HIERARCHICAL, FLAT, PHYSICAL, LOGICAL OR A MIXTURE OF ADDRESS STRUCTURES ARE ALL ACCESSED WITH EQUAL EASE USING THE SAME PROCESS. MULTI-CAST MESSAGE ROUTING IS EFFICIENTLY PROCESSED.