MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A NETWORK-TO-NETWORK CONNECTION

摘要

A mobile terminal (MT) (12) and a method of connecting a plurality of devices on a computer network to a packet data network (PDN) (18) over a single wireless link. In a first embodiment, the MT (12) requests and receives from the PDN (18) , a network IP address comprising a plurality of unique individual IP addresses. The MT (12) then utilizes a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server (27) in the MT (12) to distribute the plurality of unique individual IP addresses to the plurality of devices on the LAN. In a second embodiment, the MT (12) requests a separate PDP Context (45,46) for each device on the LAN requiring an IP address. The MT utilizes a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) session to virtually separate the physical network connection and distribute individual IP addresses to the plurality of devices on the LAN.