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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroaki Kuwano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 76/022 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gateway is connected to a plurality of base stations and a core network. The gateway includes a receiver that receives, from the core network, a message establishing a communication path to any one of the plurality of base stations, wherein the message includes a received Access Point Name (APN). The gateway also includes a controller that determines, in response to the APN included in the massage, a destination of the message using information indicating a destination base station corresponding to the received APN.