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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2017
Gateway apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gateway apparatus () according to the present disclosure is arranged between a node apparatus () that performs communication in accordance with a GTP and an S/P-GW () or an S/P-GW (). The gateway apparatus () includes a communication unit () configured to terminate a GTP message transmitted from the node apparatus (); a determination unit () configured to determine a terminal type of a mobile station associated with the GTP message; and a conversion unit () configured to change a transmission source address set in the GTP message transmitted from the node apparatus () from an identifier of the node apparatus () to a first identifier of the gateway apparatus (), in which the communication unit () transmits, to the S/P-GW () or the S/P-GW () determined in accordance with the terminal type, the GTP message in which the transmission source address has been converted.