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US 2013/0279345 A1Published application
Gateway apparatus, communication system, and communication method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorToshiyuki Tamura
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Abstract
A gateway apparatus monitors a communication signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus via a base station, and according to specifying information in the communication signal, the gateway apparatus selects a predetermined node apparatus from a plurality of node apparatuses connecting to external networks, and transmits the communication signal.
Claims21
-24. (canceled)
A gateway apparatus, comprising:
- a unit that monitors a communication signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus via a base station;
- and
- a unit that selects a predetermined preset node apparatus from a plurality of node apparatuses connecting to an external network, according to specifying information in the communication signal, a communication signal received from the terminal apparatus via the base station and destined to the external network being forwarded to the selected node apparatus for transmission to the external network.
A communication method using a gateway, comprising:
- monitoring a communication signal transmitted from a terminal apparatus via a base station;
- selecting a predetermined node apparatus from a plurality of node apparatuses connecting to an external network according to specifying information in the communication signal monitored;
- and
- forwarding a communication signal received from the terminal apparatus via the base station and destined to the external network to the selected node apparatus for transmission to the external network.
1 more element
A terminal apparatus making a communication connection to an external network from a mobile network via a base station, wherein the terminal apparatus comprises:
- a unit that transmits a communication signal including predetermined specifying information to the mobile network via the base station, and
- a unit that transmits a communication signal to the external network via a predetermined node apparatus selected from a plurality of node apparatuses connecting to the external network, according to the specifying information by a gateway apparatus that is provided on the mobile network and that monitors the communication signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.