Communication system, communication apparatus and communication control method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsYasuhiro MIZUKOSHI, Makoto FUJINAMI, Yoshiyuki YAMADA
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Abstract
A communication system, a communication apparatus and a communication control method are provided that make it possible to easily introduce a traffic offload function. A communication system including: a base station (10) wirelessly connecting to terminals (20); and a network (40) is provided with an address translation table (101) for offloading a traffic from a terminal to the network, and a source translation section (102) for translating a source port in the address translation table, per radio bearer (RB) that is set up between a traffic source terminal and the base station.
Claims17
A communication system including:
- a communication apparatus wirelessly connecting to terminals;
- and a network, comprising:
- an address translation table that is configured to offloading a traffic from a terminal to the network;
- and
- a source translator for translating a source port in the address translation table, per radio bearer that is set up between the terminal that is a source of the traffic and the communication apparatus.
A communication apparatus in a communication system including a network, comprising:
- a communication unit that is configured to wirelessly connect to terminals;
- an address translation table for offloading a traffic from a terminal to the network;
- and
- a source translator for translating a source port in the address translation table, per radio bearer that is set up between the terminal that is a source of the traffic and the communication apparatus.
12-16. (canceled)
A communication control method for a communication apparatus in a communication system including a network, comprising:
- by a communication unit, wirelessly connecting to terminals;
- by a source translator, translating a source port in an address translation table, per radio bearer that is set up with a terminal that is a source of a traffic to the network;
- and
- by a controller, offloading the traffic to the network in accordance with the address translation table.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.