US 10,764,088 B2 · Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, terminal, non-transitory medium

Abstract

The present invention provides secure communication between a data center, in which a wide area network (WAN) is interposed between the data center and a wireless LAN to which a terminal connects to, comprises a VPN apparatus (GW) that connects with the terminal using a VPN through the wide area network and the wireless LAN; and a virtual core network virtualizing at least a part of constituent elements of a core network, wherein the VPN apparatus is connected to the virtual core network, and the terminal communicates with a connection destination, from the VPN via the VPN apparatus, via the virtual core network, and further via a packet data network to which the virtual core network connects.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A data center operated by a mobile virtual network operator providing a mobile network service, the data center comprising:

a mobile virtual network configured to provide at least one of a plurality of functions of a mobile network;
and
a gateway configured to:
receive data from a terminal connected to the mobile virtual network;
and
terminate a virtual private network connected to an access point, which is connected to the terminal, and a network, which is connected to the access point.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/386,896Filed 17 Apr 2019 · continuation

Priority

JP 2015-14340417 Jul 2015

Published

US 2019/0007236 A115 Aug 2019

Granted

1 Sep 2020

Term ends

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Classification7 codes

H04L 12/4641
Interconnection of networks: virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN]
H04L 12/4633
Interconnection of networks: interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
H04L 12/66
Data switching networks: arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
H04L 12/2854
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: wide area networks, e.g. public data networks

Family

PCT/JP2016/070903Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Jul 2016

US 2019/0253275 A1Pre-grant publication · published 15 Aug 2019

Application15/745,257Parent of this continuation

US 10,313,156 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2019/0007236 A1Published application

US 10,764,088 B2This patent

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Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, terminal, non-transitory medium

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Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, terminal, non-transitory medium

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Abstract

Claims12