Patent ID: 9088525
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A packet communication apparatus located between a first IP (internet Protocol) network and a second IP network, comprising: a translator which is configured to translate a first IP address in a header of a first IP packet to a second IP address, according to translation information for translating from the first IP address of the first IP network to the second IP address of the second IP network when the first IP packet is received, the first IP packet includes a first payload including a third IP address of the first IP network; a transmitter which is configured to create a second IP packet which includes a second IP header including the translated second IP address and a second payload including a fourth IP address of the second IP network that has been translated from the third IP address included in the first payload of the received first IP packet, and which is configured to send the second IP packet toward the second IP network.