Patent ID: 7778222
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A wireless Internet Protocol (IP) telephone system connected to a network having a plurality of subnets, comprising: a call control server; at least one fixed terminal; a plurality of mobile terminals; an address lease server for leasing an address to said mobile terminals and the at least one fixed terminal; and a controller for holding at least one of type information about the mobile terminal, information indicative of presence or absence of a movement notification function, the leased address, and identification information about said address lease server, wherein said call control server, said mobile terminals, said at least one fixed terminal, said address lease server and said controller are connected to each other, wherein, when an address is leased to each of said mobile terminals and said at least one fixed terminal, said controller sets an effective period of the address suitable for each of said mobile terminals and said at least one fixed terminal on the basis of information about a presence or absence of a subnet-wise movement notification function of said mobile terminals and said at least one fixed terminal by referring to a flag, wherein the flag indicates presence when there is an indication that a specific terminal has a capability of informing the current address, and wherein the flag indicates absence when there is an indication that a specific terminal is a fixed terminal.