Patent ID: 8175027
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method in a gateway apparatus comprising: transmitting and receiving packets to and from a mobile station device, and transmitting and receiving packets to and from a home agent; and establishing settings such that the packets from the mobile station device can be transmitted to at least a first and a second home agent, and the packets from at least the first and second home agents can be received, wherein the transmitting includes transmitting the packet transmitted from the mobile station device to the first home agent when a service type of the packet transmitted from the mobile station device requires real-time communication, and transmitting the packet transmitted from the mobile station device to the second home agent when the service type does not require real-time communication, wherein the second home agent is a home agent of a contracting enterprise which has entered into a contract regarding the mobile station device, and the first home agent is a home agent of another enterprise different from the contracting enterprise.