SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRE-EMPTIVE ADDRESS CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN AUTOMATIC DEVICE ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS

摘要

The present invention provides a system for preemptive address conflict resolution in heterogeneous network environment, comprising a user device and a conflict resolver communicating with the user device. The conflict resolver comprises of a network address conflict verification and detection unit for detecting address conflicts between network, address of newly joined network device and existing addresses, wherein during verification, the network address of newly joined network device is verified against a network database storing all existing network addresses, including both active and non-active network address. The conflict resolver further comprises a conflict analysis list that stores all detected conflict information. The system is operationally adapted to preemptively resolve any potential conflict address. Method for preemptive address conflict resolution is also provided herewith.