Patent ID: 8953610
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G01D,G06F,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02D,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating between an IPv6 network and a remote node through an IPv4 network, wherein the IPv4 network is communicatively linked to the IPv6 network by an access point in the IPv6 network, the method comprising: receiving, by the access point, a data packet from a node in the IPv6 network; in the event that the data packet includes an IPv6 address of the node and includes a destination that is accessible through the IPv4 network, determining, by the access point, whether to transmit the data packet by tunneling or by encapsulating the data packet by the access point in one or more IPv4 data packets, in accordance with predetermined criteria comprising: transmitting by the access point the data packet through the IPv4 network to the destination in accordance with the determination whether to use tunneling or encapsulation.