US 9,319,309 B2 · Mobile router information management server, mobile router, mobile router network, and communication method for same

Abstract

With the object of enabling data transfer between mobile routers without going through a home agent and establishing a connection to a destination mobile router even when mobile communication terminals equipped in the destination mobile router are changed at the time of initiating connection to the destination mobile router, a mobile router information management server has a mobile router registration information table that registers, for each mobile router, mobile router information that is reported from the mobile routers and that includes identification information of the mobile routers and identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in the mobile routers, in response to inquiry information from a mobile router that includes identification information of another mobile router that is to be a communication destination, searches the mobile router registration information table, based on the identification information of the other mobile router, for mobile router information that includes identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in the other mobile router, and returns the searched mobile router information to the mobile router.

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Dependent claims

A mobile router information management server capable of communicating via a radio network with mobile routers that can be equipped with detachable mobile communication terminals, comprising:

a mobile router registration information table that registers, for each mobile router, mobile router information that is reported from said mobile router and that includes identification information of the mobile router and identification information of a mobile communication terminals equipped in the mobile router;
and
control means that, in response to inquiry information from said mobile router that includes identification information of another mobile router that is to be a communication destination, searches said mobile router registration information table, based on the identification information of said other mobile router, for mobile router information that includes the identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in said other mobile router and returns the searched mobile router information to said mobile router.

A mobile router that can be equipped with detachable mobile communication terminals, comprising:

a mobile router information table that registers, as mobile router information of said mobile router, identification information of said mobile router in association with identification information of mobile communication terminals equipped in said mobile router;
and
control means that reports said mobile router information of said mobile router that is registered in said mobile router information table to a mobile router information management server by control communication so as to enable registration;
when communicating with another mobile router that is to be a communication destination, transmits inquiry information that includes identification information of said other mobile router to said mobile router information management server;
receives mobile router information that is returned from said mobile router information management server in response to the inquiry information;
and initiates communication with said other mobile router based on identification information of mobile communication terminals that are equipped in said other mobile router that is included in the mobile router information.

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Mobile router information management server, mobile router, mobile router network, and communication method for same

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Mobile router information management server, mobile router, mobile router network, and communication method for same

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Abstract

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