摘要 |
A wireless communication device is associated with a fixed site device or substantially non-mobile device such as a set-top box, a burglar alarm or intelligent vending machine. The wireless communication device is preprogrammed with a generic network address only. When it is desired that the fixed site device or non-mobile device communicate over a network, the wireless communication device sends an activation request message to the network, including its generic network address. An activation response message is subsequently received from the network and includes a unique network address. Subsequent communication is effected using the unique network address. When the communication is complete, the unique network address is disassociated from the wireless communication device and returned to a pool of unique network addresses for use by other wireless communication devices.
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