US 11,870,606 B1
Configuring a network
Zachary Grant Church, San Francisco, CA (US); Ian Chang Hartwig, San Francisco, CA (US); Austin Hendrix, Redwood City, CA (US); Sang Chul Kim, Foster City, CA (US); and Jonathon Patrick Klemens, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed by Zoox, Inc., Foster City, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,566.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 12/4641 (2013.01) [H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 2012/40273 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a network switch comprising first, second and third physical ports and a pre-configured routing table;
an endpoint sensor device coupled to the first physical port, wherein the endpoint sensor device is initiated with a network address that is common to another endpoint sensor device, the another endpoint sensor device being one that can be coupled to the second physical port;
one or more processors coupled, via a third physical port, to the network switch, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
determine that the endpoint sensor device is coupled to the network switch using the common network address;
transmit, via a first virtual area network over the third physical port and to the network switch, configuration data for the endpoint sensor device,
wherein the first virtual area network is associated by the pre-configured routing table with the first physical port and wherein a second virtual area network couples the one or more processors to the network switch over the third physical port and is associated by the pre-configured routing table with the second physical port; and
wherein the network switch is configured to, based at least in part on receiving the configuration data, transmit, to the endpoint sensor device via the first physical port and using the common network address, a command for the endpoint sensor device to use a different network address than the common network address.