METHOD AND GATEWAY FOR FORWARDING DATA

摘要

A method and gateway for forwarding data. The method comprises: establishing a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a client and a server; receiving a data message over the established TCP connection and, on the basis of the protocol of the data message, judging whether or not the data message requires forwarding in the application layer; and, if it does, forwarding the data message in the application layer, and if it does not, forwarding the data message in the network layer. The application of the method and gateway in the embodiments of the present invention is able to increase gateway performance and flexibility, and increase the rate of data forwarding of a gateway.