Patent ID: 9559935
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A single network gateway device comprising: a first communication interface configured to connect the single network gateway device to a first network; a second communication interface configured to connect the single network gateway device to a second network different from the first network; a gateway function implemented on the single network gateway device, wherein the gateway function is configured to perform one or more predetermined operations on or with respect to at least one of (i) data coming from the first network via the first communication interface and going to the second network or (ii) data coming from the second network via the second communication interface and going to the first network; a first application implemented on the single network gateway device, wherein the first application is configured to participate in testing of the gateway function by exchanging data with a second application implemented in the first network or in the second network, so as to allow for testing of the gateway function without a test device on one of the first and second networks; and a routing unit configured to route, through the gateway function, at least some of the data exchanged during the testing of the gateway function between the first application implemented on the single network gateway device and the second application implemented on the first network or on the second network, so that the at least some of the data reaches the gateway function.