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Relay apparatus

US7170898B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2001
Grant dateJan 30, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W80/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When a gateway server GWS receives an access demand to an IP server from a cellular phone MS via a mobile packet communication network MPN, the gateway server acquires information corresponding to a hostname included in the access demand from a primary conversion table T1. When the obtained information is a wide area IP address, gateway server GWS relays the access demand to a IP server on the Internet INET on the basis of the wide area IP address. When the obtained information is identification of a closed area network, gateway server GWS further acquires a closed area IP address corresponding to the hostname included in the access demand and relays the access demand to a IP server on the basis of the closed area IP address in the LAN corresponding to the identification of the closed area network.

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