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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Soungkwan Kimn, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A method of translating an Internet protocol (IP) packet, the method including forming, by a first electronic device, a forwarding table by assigning a first IP address and a second IP address to a second electronic device, a tethering service being provided to the second electronic device through the first electronic device through an internal network, the first IP address and the second IP address having different formats and being associated in the forwarding table, and performing, by the first electronic device, an IP address translation on a first IP packet to be transmitted based on the forwarding table such that the first IP packet includes the first IP address or the second IP address, the first IP packet being included in a communication between the second electronic device and an external network through the internal network and the first electronic device.