Patent ID: 7734810
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving by an apparatus a control message in a first protocol from a client, the control message in the first protocol being addressed to a destination IP address identifying a network device; identifying by the apparatus an existing connection in a second protocol that is associated with the destination IP address of the network device; sending by the apparatus a control message in the second protocol to the network device; sending by the apparatus an acknowledgement of the control message in the first protocol to the client such that a connection in the first protocol is established between the apparatus and the client, wherein the acknowledgement to the control message in the first protocol is sent to the client without waiting for a response to the control message in the second protocol from the network device; and associating by the apparatus the connection in the first protocol with the existing connection in the second protocol.