Hitachi, Ltd.

Minolta Company, Ltd.

Shinsuke Suzuki

Yukiko Takeda

Hidenori Inouchi

Keisuke Takeuchi

Shigeki Morimoto

Masato Tsukakoshi

Susumu Tachi

Taro Maeda

In a multicast network which permits client nodes to join only a source-specific multicast group, when a multicast group join request is received from a client node provided with an any-source multicast management protocol, a multicast router translates the join request into a join request for a source-specific multicast group by applying a source server address of the multicast group searched from a multicast source address table on the basis of an address of an incoming line of the join request and the multicast group address designated in the join request.

Packet forwarding equipment

Information on whether a prefix is distributable to a MN is held by a CA. The server section of the HA allots prefix information to a MN approved by the CA. When the server section of the HA receives an IKE packet from the MN, the server section generates an IPsec SA after checking the prefix information in the server section. The server section allows an MN location registration request to fulfill the IPsec SA. The CA approves distribution of a prefix to the MN and verifies that the MN is genuine by generating an IPsec SA with the HA by utilizing the prefix distributed by the MN.

Server, terminal control device and terminal authentication method

Multicast packet forwarding equipment

A communication method and system allowing MN (mobile nodes) to acquire a home address in a visited network. The communication system includes a home network installed with a home agent for holding mobile terminal location information and, a visited network installed with a radio communications device for communicating with that mobile terminal, and gateway equipment in the visited network for forming an interface with the home network. The radio communication device includes an access request transfer unit for forwarding access requests from a mobile terminal of the visited network to the gateway equipment which makes an acquisition request to the home agent for an identifier of that mobile terminal, and forwards that acquired identifier to that mobile terminal.

Communication system, gateway equipment, communication method and authentication method

A highly-expandable router configuration technology which flexibly meets the need to increase lines as a network grows. A network information sharing unit is provided in a route calculation unit of each router in a clustered router. The network information sharing unit receives an update notification of network information collected by routing protocol units and sends this update information to all other routers in the clustered router as a network information notification packet. The network information sharing units in the receiving router notifies the routing protocol units of the contents of the received updated information. The routing protocol unit updates the network information thereof based on the notified contents, thereby allowing the network information obtained from all routers outside the clustered router to be shared and the clustered router to be recognized externally as a single router.

Method for sharing network information and a router apparatus

A camera is arranged at a conjugate position to eyes of the observer. A distance from the observer to a pixel in the real space image located at the same position as a pixel in the virtual space image is determined according to the real space image picked up by the camera. A virtual space image is generated based on virtual space information stored beforehand. Then, the distance of the real space image is compared with that of the virtual space image, and one of the pixels more near the observer is selected for the display. This processing is performed on each pixel, and the real space image and the virtual space image are integrated as an image to be displayed for the observer at the same time.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Shinsuke Suzuki