System and method for automatic address determination in a wireless communication network

摘要

A wireless access system, comprising: a plurality of base station units, wherein the plurality of base station units are arranged according to a cellular structure and wherein each of the plurality of base station units is connectable to a network; a customer premise equipment (CPE) unit configured to communicate with at least one of the plurality of base station units via radio frequency and connectable to a host wherein, upon connection of the CPE unit to the host, the CPE unit learns a high-level internet protocol address and a low-level physical address of the host by observing communication traffic of the host, the communication traffic comprising an address request from the host to a connected network server and a response from the connected network server; and a table configured to store the addresses learned by observing the communication traffic of the host.