Packet transfer apparatus connectable with mobile terminals
US7339931B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 3, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/185
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet transfer apparatus connected to an internal subnetwork formed by a set of broadcast segments each accommodating terminals and for transferring, when a MAC frame including a IP address which designates a destination terminal connected to one of the segments is received from a terminal connected to another segment in the internal subnetwork, an IP packet in the MAC frame to the segment connected to the destination terminal in accordance with a terminal management table which indicates a relation of address information of each of the terminals belonging to the internal subnetwork and the segment to which the terminal is connected.
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