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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
8×8, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Mehdi Salour, Campbell, CA (US);
Raghu Rengarajan, Campbell, CA (US);
8X8, INC., Campbell, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for geographic region-based network address translation (NAT) between a public network and a private network. In certain examples, region-based NAT may assist to reduce latency, enhance quality, enhance security, and/or improve efficiency of network communications. In response to a data packet from a first port of a private IP address, of an endpoint in the private network, a region of the private network that includes an endpoint identified by the private IP address is determined. A public IP address is selected that is mapped to the determined region in the database. An available port of the selected public IP address is assigned for NAT. NAT is performed for data communicated between the public and private networks using a mapping of the first port of the first IP address to the second port of the second IP address.