Patent ID: 6728244
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication node, comprising:a first network interface for a first network in which data transfer is based on a combination of request and response; a second network interface for a second network in which data transfer is not based on a combination of request and response; a packet conversion processing unit configured to apply a packet conversion processing to a first packet received by the first interface and obtain a second packet corresponding to the second network at a time of executing an application across the first network and the second network; a packet information memory unit configured to store an information on each second packet transmitted from the communication node; and a packet transmission control unit configured to serialize transmission of a plurality of second packets to the second network by referring to the packet information memory unit such that after one second packet is transmitted to the second network, a next second packet is not transmitted to the second network until a response packet corresponding to said one second packet is received from the second network.