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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2010
Shinta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryoji Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A gateway apparatus comprises a registration unit for registering a network address, a temporary address and a flag, a receiving unit for receiving data destined to a destination communication device with the network address of the destination communication device from a source communication device, a determination unit for determining whether the destination communication device is provided with the MCIM or not, based on a registered value of the flag, and transmitting unit for transmitting a bootstrap message for requesting initiation of provisioning of a predetermined identifier to the destination communication device, to a provision server, when it is determined that the destination communication device is not provided with the MCIM, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the data to the destination communication device using the assigned temporary address, when the destination communication device is provided with the MCIM.