Patent ID: 8254370
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for redirecting a network communication port, comprising: receiving, by a first receiving end, information from a transmitting end; detecting, by the first receiving end, a certain protocol that the information is based on; determining, by the first receiving end, on the basis of a service policy that a protocol switching operation is required; determining, by the first receiving end, that a communication port needs to be redirected; and sending, by the first receiving end, a redirected address to the transmitting end via a port which is currently in communication with the transmitting end, to make the transmitting end switch to a new protocol and send information to a second receiving end and make the transmitting end send information to the second receiving end corresponding to an address of a network layer supporting the new protocol via a communication port corresponding to address information of a transport layer based on the new protocol, wherein the redirected address comprises address information of the transport layer supporting the new protocol which is used for redirection.