Patent ID: 9723031
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least: receive a signaling message related to an establishment of a communication connection, wherein the signaling message is received from a network address translation device; determine whether address information contained in a session description element of the signaling message matches with preset address information allocated to a border gateway function, wherein the address information comprises address information of the border gateway function; and based on determining that the address information of the signaling message does match the preset address information, inhibit a latching processing at another border gateway function and set in the address information to be used in the connection establishment the address information of the border gateway function received in the session description element, wherein the apparatus comprises port information of the border gateway function, and wherein the setting of the address information of the border gateway function comprises setting of the address information of the border gateway function together with the port information of the border gateway function; and send the signaling message related to the establishment of the communication connection including the address information to an end point of the communication connection.