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Communication system for communications devices utilizing asymmetrical paths and communications method utilizing asymmetrical paths

US6519243B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 1999
Grant dateFeb 11, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L61/35
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system using asymmetrical paths for performing asymmetrical routing using unidirectional paths for unidirectional packet communication without changing existing protocols in network systems configured for bidirectional packet communication using bidirectional paths. The communication system includes a receiver gateway installed in a satellite receiver station for performing address substitution on a packet transmitted from a personal computer (PC) to a server via an Internet network, and a transmitter gateway installed in a satellite transmitter station that receives the substituted packet and transmits the substituted packet to the server. Particularly, the transmitter gateway transmits the substituted packet to the PC from the server by transmitting the substituted packet to the receiver gateway by way of a satellite. The receiver gateway sends the substituted packet to the PC.

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