Method for establishing a connection from a terminal of a communication network to a network-external connection destination, and associated apparatus and network
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a connection from a network-internal terminal of a packet-based communication network to a network-external connection destination, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting, via the terminal, logical address information that identifies the network-external connection destination to a central connection controller provided for controlling and managing network-internal connections;
determining, via the connection controller, a gateway device of the communication network as a connection destination based on the transmitted logical address information;
establishing a connection controlled by the connection controller between the terminal and the gateway device;
transmitting, via the terminal, the logical address information to the gateway device;
determining, via the gateway device, a network-externally valid transport address which is assigned to the transmitted logical address information;
addressing, via the gateway device, the network-external connection by the network-externally valid transport address in a relaying, packet-based communication network; and
relaying the connection over the relaying communication network to the external connection destination based on the network-externally valid transport address,wherein the gateway device simulates to the connection controller that it is the destination and hides the relying of the connection from the connection controller.
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Abstract
A method for establishing a connection from a network-internal terminal of a communication network, the network-internal connections of which are managed by a connection controller, to a network-external connection destination, wherein the connection is established via a gateway device which is registered in the connection controller under the logical address of the network-external connection destination, and on the basis of the logical destination address, the connection controller establishes a network-internal connection from the terminal to the gateway device, and in the gateway device itself, a network-externally valid transport address is assigned to the logical destination address, on the basis of which transport address the connection is relayed to the network-external connection destination.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a connection from a network-internal terminal of a packet-based communication network to a network-external connection destination, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting, via the terminal, logical address information that identifies the network-external connection destination to a central connection controller provided for controlling and managing network-internal connections; determining, via the connection controller, a gateway device of the communication network as a connection destination based on the transmitted logical address information; establishing a connection controlled by the connection controller between the terminal and the gateway device; transmitting, via the terminal, the logical address information to the gateway device; determining, via the gateway device, a network-externally valid transport address which is assigned to the transmitted logical address information; addressing, via the gateway device, the network-external connection by the network-externally valid transport address in a relaying, packet-based communication network; and relaying the connection over the relaying communication network to the external connection destination based on the network-externally valid transport address, wherein the gateway device simulates to the connection controller that it is the destination and hides the relying of the connection from the connection controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A packet-based communication network, comprising:
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a central connection controller for controlling and managing network-internal connections and for converting logical address information that identifies network-internal connection destinations into network-internally valid transport addresses for transporting data packets within the communication network; and a gateway device connected to a relaying communication network for converting logical address information that identifies network-external connection destinations into network-externally valid transport addresses for transporting data packets over the relaying communication network, wherein the gateway device is registered in the connection controller as a network-internal connection destination under logical address information that identifies a network-external connection destination, and the external connection destination in the gateway device is registered as a network-external connection destination under the logical address information, which simulates to the connection controller that the gateway device is the destination and hides the relying of the connection from the connection controller. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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