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Method and device for efficiently using IPv4 public address

US10855651B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 8, 2019
Grant dateDec 1, 2020
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2101/695
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and device for efficiently using IPv4 public addresses applied to a core translator deployed between an IPv4 Internet and an IPv6 network, which maps an IPv4 public address into a first-type IPv6 address having a first-type prefix according to a transport layer protocol port range used by an IPv6 server in the IPv6 network, so that the IPv6 server uses the first-type IPv6 address to communicate with a client in the IPv4 Internet; and maps the IPv4 public address into a second-type IPv6 address having a second-type prefix according to a transport layer protocol port range used by an client in the IPv6 network, so that the client in the IPv6 network uses the second-type IPv6 address to communicate with a IPv4 server in the IPv4 Internet. The IPv6 server and the client in the IPv6 network can use the same IPv4 public address to provide different services.

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