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Method for managing communication connections by network address translating (NAT) network nodes

US8045579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Bruno Bozionek · Borchen, DE
Ernst Horvath · Wien, AT
Karl Klaghofer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 29, 2007
Grant date	Oct 25, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L65/1104
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for managing communication connections in a communication system, comprising the following steps: generation of a connection request with a source network address internally valid in the communication system, over at least one network address translating network node to a network element outside the communication system, acceptance of a connection confirmation with a valid network address of a network element outside the communication system, providing the source network address internally valid in the communication system an the network address valid outside the communication system to a connection entry provided on the network element outside the communication system.

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