Method and system for discovering a network element in a network such as an agent in an IP network

摘要

A method for discovering an agent in an IP environment comprising broadcasting router advertisement messages by router, wherein the messages comprise a first data element corresponding to a network prefix which identifies the network visited by a communication device; receiving the messages by the communication device; obtaining, by the communication device, a second data element identifying the agent; and computing an IP address of the agent by the communication device by using the first data element and the second data element.