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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Hasse Sinivaara, San Jose, CA (US);
Pasi Auranen, Salo, FI;
Hasse Sinivaara, San Jose, CA (US);
Pasi Auranen, Salo, FI;
Savox Communications Oy AB (Ltd), Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method and arrangement for connecting an ad-hoc communication network () to a permanent communication network (), e.g. to a cellular mobile communication network. The ad-hoc communication network is established between communication devices (-) and a gateway device () using a routing protocol that is run in the gateway device and in the communication devices. A protocol address that is associated in a communication device with a protocol data unit is determined on the basis of a control action given by a user of the communication device. In a gateway device, the protocol data unit is relayed to the permanent communication network if the protocol data unit is provided with a pre-determined protocol address. The user of the communication device can determine with the aid of the control action whether he is communicating only inside the ad-hoc communication network or via the permanent communication network.