Mobile proxy apparatus and mobile communication method
First Claim
1. A mobile proxy apparatus including a protocol translator interconnecting a network A conforming to a protocol P and a network B conforming to a protocol Q, the protocol translator comprising:
- an address translation function to perform a conversion between an address conforming to the communications protocol P and an address conforming to the communications protocol Q;
a detection function to detect a communication conforming to a particular protocol;
a format translation function to convert a particular protocol between a format identifiable in the network A and a format identifiable in the network B; and
a function to process a communication conforming to a mobile communications protocol;
wherein, when a terminal M belonging to the network A moves to the network B, a protocol exchanged between a server H, managing location information of the terminal M in the network A, and the terminal M is converted between a format valid in one of the networks and a format valid in the other network and relayed between the networks by using the address translation function and the format translation function.
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Abstract
Since the Mobile IP is defined under the assumption that a mobile node roams between networks conforming to the same communications protocols, mobile communications between IPv4 and IPv6 are not possible. Further, a translation of the location registration messages also requires translating the format between different protocol layers. To solve this problem, a mobile proxy apparatus 2 is provided between a home network 1a and a foreign network 1b governed by different communications protocols. The mobile proxy apparatus 2 has a DNS-ALG function, a translator function and a Mobile IP function, and, by combining these functions, performs address translation and format translation on Mobile IP messages and user packets. The MN4 has Mobile IPv4 and Mobile IPv6 functions and executes communication suitable for the communications protocol governing the network to which it moves.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile proxy apparatus including a protocol translator interconnecting a network A conforming to a protocol P and a network B conforming to a protocol Q, the protocol translator comprising:
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an address translation function to perform a conversion between an address conforming to the communications protocol P and an address conforming to the communications protocol Q;
a detection function to detect a communication conforming to a particular protocol;
a format translation function to convert a particular protocol between a format identifiable in the network A and a format identifiable in the network B; and
a function to process a communication conforming to a mobile communications protocol;
wherein, when a terminal M belonging to the network A moves to the network B, a protocol exchanged between a server H, managing location information of the terminal M in the network A, and the terminal M is converted between a format valid in one of the networks and a format valid in the other network and relayed between the networks by using the address translation function and the format translation function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile communication method for interconnecting a network A conforming to a protocol P and a network B conforming to a protocol Q, comprising the steps of:
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performing a conversion between an address conforming to the communications protocol P and an address conforming to the communications protocol Q;
detecting a communication conforming to a particular protocol;
converting a particular protocol between a format identifiable in the network A and a format identifiable in the network B; and
processing a communication conforming to a mobile communications protocol;
wherein, when a terminal M belonging to the network A moves to the network B, a protocol exchanged between a server H managing location information of the terminal M in the network A and the terminal M is converted between a format valid in one of the networks and a format valid in the other network and relayed between the networks by using the address translation function and the format translation function.
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