Method and router for setting up a connection via an IP-oriented network
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1. A method for setting up a connection via an IP-oriented network, the method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a device, from which the connection originates, to a local computer network;
connecting the local computer network via a router device to a communications network;
connecting the communications network via a plurality of conversion devices to the IP-oriented network;
selecting one of the conversion devices, via a selection unit implemented in the router device, using information transferred by the device; and
setting up a communications link to the select conversion device via the communications network.
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Abstract
A method for setting up a communications connection via an IP-oriented network originating from a device connected to a local computer network, the local computer network being connected via a router device to a communications network, which in turn is connected via a multiplicity n of conversion devices to the IP-oriented network. A selection unit is implemented in the router device which, using information transferred by the device, selects one of the conversion devices. A connection is subsequently set up by the router device via the communications network to the selected conversion device.
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1. A method for setting up a connection via an IP-oriented network, the method comprising the steps of:
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connecting a device, from which the connection originates, to a local computer network;
connecting the local computer network via a router device to a communications network;
connecting the communications network via a plurality of conversion devices to the IP-oriented network;
selecting one of the conversion devices, via a selection unit implemented in the router device, using information transferred by the device; and
setting up a communications link to the select conversion device via the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. A router device for setting up a communications connection via an IP-oriented network, originating from a device connected to a local computer network, the local computer network being connected via the router device to a communications network which, in turn, is connected via a plurality of conversion devices to the IP-oriented network, the router device comprising:
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a selection unit for selecting one of the conversion devices with reference to information transferred by any given device; and
a control unit for subsequent set-up of a communications connection via the communications network to the selected conversion device.
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