Gateway for controlling electric equipment connected to LAN through WAN
US7729365B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 12, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/2564
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A gateway controls electric equipment connected to LAN through WAN. The gateway has address mapping table that LAN address corresponds to WAN address, network layer unit for converting source address and destination address in network layer into WAN address for a packet received from LAN, and application layer unit for converting access address in application layer into WAN address for the packet.
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