Mobile node, mobile agent and network system

A transmission method for transmitting packets by a mobile terminal executing communications by using first and second kinds of internet protocols, comprising the steps of:

• moving from a first network executing communications by using at least said first kind of internet protocol to a second network executing communications by using a second kind of internet protocol;
• creating a first IP packet including a first IP address as a destination address that complies with said first kind of internet protocol, when said mobile terminal transmits a packet to a destination apparatus connected to an arbitrary network and executing communications by using said first kind of internet protocol, said first IP address being an IP address of said destination apparatus;
• preparing an IP header including a second IP address as a source address that complies with said second kind of internet protocol and a third IP address as a destination address that complies with said second kind of internet protocol, said second IP address being an IP address of said mobile terminal on said second network, and said third IP address being an IP address of a movement assistance apparatus connected to said first network;
• creating a second IP packet that complies with said second kind of internet protocol by adding said IP header to said first IP packet;
• and
• transmitting said second IP packet.

A transmission method for transmitting packets by a mobile terminal moving between networks, comprising the steps of:

• moving from a first network executing communications by using at least a first kind of internet protocol to a second network;
• creating a first IP packet including a first IP address as a destination address that complies with said first kind of internet protocol, when said mobile terminal transmits a packet to a destination apparatus connected to an arbitrary network and executing communications by using said first kind of internet protocol, said first IP address being an IP address of said destination apparatus;
• capsulizing said first IP packet into a second IP packet that complies with said second kind of internet protocol, when said second network executes communications by using a second kind of internet protocol;
• and
• transmitting said second IP packet.

A transmission method for transmitting packets by a mobile terminal moving between networks, comprising the steps of:

• moving from a first network executing communications by using at least a first kind of internet protocol to a second network;
• creating a first IP packet including a first IP address as a destination address that complies with said first kind of internet protocol, when said mobile terminal transmits a packet to a destination apparatus connected to an arbitrary network and executing communications by using said first kind of internet protocol, said first IP address being an IP address of said destination apparatus;
• determining whether said second network executes communications by using a second kind of internet protocol;
• and
• transmitting said first IP packet, if said second network executes communications by using said first kind of internet protocol.

A transmission method for transmitting packets by a mobile terminal moving between networks, comprising the steps of:

• moving from a first network executing communications by using at least a first kind of internet protocol to a second network;
• creating a first IP packet including a first IP address as a destination address that complies with said first kind of internet protocol, when said mobile terminal transmits a packet to a destination apparatus connected to an arbitrary apparatus and executing communications by using said first kind of internet protocol, said first IP address being an IP address of said destination apparatus;
• preparing an IP header including a second IP address as a source address that complies with a second kind of internet protocol and a third IP address as a destination address that complies with said second kind of internet protocol, when said second network executes communications by using said second kind of internet protocol, said second IP address being an IP address of said mobile terminal on said second network, and said third IP address being an IP address of a movement assistance apparatus connected to said first network;
• creating a second IP packet that complies with said second kind of internet protocol by adding said IP header to said first IP packet;
• and
• transmitting said second IP packet.