GATEWAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS IN THE GATEWAY APPARATUS

摘要

In response to a service request from a mobile communication network (100) or IP network (200), necessary information is appropriately processed in accordance with the type of the service and is applied to a service control apparatus (20), and a result of service processings performed by the service control apparatus (20) is transmitted to the mobile communication network (100) or IP network (200), thereby providing various kinds of services to the mobile communication network (100) or IP network (200). A gateway apparatus (10) holds signals received from the service control apparatus (20) and specifying various kinds of rules or policies, and determines, in response to a service request signal transmitted form a communication terminal (300) of the mobile communication network (100) or from a communication terminal of the IP network (20), the type of the service requested by the service request signal and the destination from the rules or policies. Then, the gateway apparatus (10) protocol-converts the service request signal in accordance with the type of the service, and transmits it to the destination.