NETWORK ADDRESS MAPPING TO NEARBY LOCATION IDENTIFICATION

摘要

In one implementation, software workload or device addresses (e.g., IPv4 or IPv6 addresses) are mapped to a nearby physical location identification. The physical location of a dematerialized workload or a device is determined by associating the network address of the dematerialized workload or device to the address of a physical tag. First, the physical tag is sensed in the vicinity of a physical device using short-range technology. Radio frequency identification (RFID), Bluetooth, barcode, near field communication (NFC), or other localized sensing of the location is used to provide the physical location identification. By letting a virtualized endpoint sense the physical location of a nearby physical device, locality is determined.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
running a dematerialized workload on a first processing device, the dematerialized workload operable to be run on any of the first processing device or other processing devices, the first processing device and other processing devices located in different buildings; receiving a code for a tag sensed within a first building by a second processing device also within the first building, the second processing device being connected to the first processing device by one hop on a data link layer; determining a location corresponding to the code; and assigning the location to the dematerialized workload.