Patent ID: 7522617

Claim:
An inter-node connection method for at least a first and second nodes respectively connected to private IP address network ends of at least a first and second address translation devices, which translate a private IP address into a global IP address, through global IP address network ends of the first and second address translation devices, comprising: a first step of establishing a control session with the first or the second node respectively through the first or the second address translation device; and a second step of transferring a connection request frame or a connection reply frame respectively to the second or the first node by the control session through the second or the first address translation device when the connection request frame or the connection reply frame is received respectively from the first and second nodes by a data session, and further comprising a step of transmitting a data frame toward the first or the second address translation device based on an IP address and a port number of the first or the second address translation device respectively included in the connection request frame or the connection reply frame after the second or the first node has respectively received the connection request frame or the connection reply frame; and a step of enabling the first or the second address translation device to bind an IP address and a port number of the first or the second node included in the data frame respectively to the IP address and the port number of the second or the first address translation device for a direct communication between the nodes.