Patent ID: 6950390

Claim:
A mobile communication system for providing a service of connecting a mobile terminal to a predetermined communication network, comprising: a plurality of gateways, each including: a data obtaining section for obtaining data stored in a predetermined information server connected to the communication network in response to a request from the mobile terminal; a format converting section for converting the format of the obtained data according to restrictions on resources of the mobile terminal; a load measuring section for measuring load imposed on predetermined processes including the data obtainment and the format conversion; and a load data communicating section for communicating load data indicating information relating to the measured load, and a mobile communication control apparatus including: a load data obtaining device for obtaining the load data communicated from each gateway; a load data storage device for storing the obtained load data; and a gateway selecting device for selecting one of the gateways, which is connected to the mobile terminal, based on the obtained load data when the mobile communication control apparatus receives a request for obtaining the data stored in the information server from the mobile terminal, wherein: the load data communicating section of each gateway communicates the load data to the mobile communication control apparatus when the load measured by the load measuring section exceeds a predetermined threshold; and the gateway selecting device of the mobile communication control apparatus selects one of the gateways which has not communicated the load data.