Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Shinya Kimura

Yutaka Kobayashi

Miki Amano

A system communicating data with a mobile node includes a server and a plurality of networks connected to the server. The mobile node moves between the plurality of networks. One of the networks is set as a home network of the mobile node. The server includes a storage circuit that stores, when it is detected that the mobile node has moved from its home network to another network, an IP address of the mobile node and information indicating the network to which the mobile node has moved, in a location management table. The server further includes a communication circuit that, upon receipt of data destined for the mobile node, forwards the received data to the network that is specified by the information stored in the location management table corresponding to the mobile node.

Network system transmitting data to mobile terminal, server used in the system, and method for transmitting data to mobile terminal used by the server

A partner appliance that communicates with a mobile node is connected via a communication network with a home agent and a foreign agent that relay the communication between the mobile node and the partner appliance. When the mobile node, moving during the communication, comes to be connected to a foreign link of the foreign agent, a moved address is assigned thereto. If the mobile node receives call setup request information regarding data transmission from the partner appliance via the home agent while moving, it determines, based on the received call setup request information, whether real-time transmission is required for the data. If so, the mobile node notifies the partner appliance of the moved address assigned thereto. When the moved address is notified, a communication path is established between the mobile node and the partner appliance, and the partner appliance sends the data to the mobile node via the communication path based on the moved address notified. Since the communication path includes the communication network and the foreign agent but does not include the home agent, transmission delay is avoided for the data requiring real-time transmission.

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Yokohama, Japan

Shinya Kimura