Patent ID: 9361249
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus for carrying out communications to and from an external apparatus, the external apparatus including a first interconnecting unit having a first non-transparent port and effecting an interconnection for communications via the first non-transparent port, the communication apparatus comprising: a second interconnecting unit including a second non-transparent port communicably connected to the first non-transparent port, the second interconnecting unit effecting an interconnection for communications via the second non-transparent port, wherein the second interconnecting unit performs, when the communication apparatus carries out communications to and from the external apparatus via the second non-transparent port, address translation between an address for use by the communication apparatus and an address for use by the second non-transparent port, and wherein when the communication apparatus carries out communications to and from the external apparatus via the second non-transparent port, the address for use by the communication apparatus is translated into the address for use by the second non-transparent port, which is a first address in an address space in common with the first non-transparent port and the second non-transparent port, and an address for use by the external apparatus is translated into a second address in the address space in common with the first non-transparent port and the second non-transparent port.