| US 7,539,192 B2 | ||
| Gateway and control method thereof | ||
| Jong-cheol Jeong, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); Hak-yong Kim, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); Jong-oh Im, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); and Hyoun-sun Lee, Suwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/812,105. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0049310 (KR), filed on Jul. 18, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0013321 A1, Jan. 20, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—392 [370/401] | 8 Claims |

| 1. A gateway comprising a first port connected to a network and a second port connected to a target node and being employed
for a data stream between the network and applications of the target node, the gateway further comprising:
a storage unit to store an IP address of the target node;
an MAC address converter to set an MAC address of the target node as an MAC address of the first port;
a controller to set an IP address of the second port based on an IP address of the target node, and to read the MAC address
of the target node through the second port and set the IP address of the target node as an IP address of the first port; and
a router to set a transmission route and transmit data to the IP address of the target node without a local loop back process,
in response to the IP address of the target node and the IP address of the first port being the same.
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