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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Toshihiko Matsunaga0
Date of Patent
March 22, 2011
0Patent Application Number
124532660
Date Filed
May 5, 2009
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A gateway apparatus relays a data packet only when a network that is connected to the gateway apparatus itself is identical to a network that is connected to a node associated with a sender's address. The sender's address is carried in the data packet received. Even if there are accesses from a plurality of nodes to a certain node (e.g., sensor node), the gateway apparatus can relay the data packet such that data retrieval takes place appropriately and/or such that node control takes place appropriately.
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