Packet Control Apparatus, Authentication Server, and Wireless Communication System

摘要

An object of the invention is to shorten the switching time from a first network to a second network. A packet control apparatus 106 includes 3G authentication server communication means 201 for receiving a switch notification of a terminal switched from a mobile communication network to a WLAN network by conducting communications with a 3G authentication server 108 for performing network authentication processing; terminal address determination means 202 for determining an address that can be used in the WLAN network; and WLAN switch management means 204 for assigning the address determined by the terminal address determination means 202 to the terminal determined by making a comparison between the authentication information of the terminal contained in the switch notification and the authentication information contained in a table for managing information concerning terminals that can access the mobile communication network and the WLAN network and switching the destination of a packet via the mobile communication network to the WLAN network.