	US 12,348,413 B2
	Communication device, relay device, communication method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for transmission of data in different transmission schemes
Masakazu Shimizu, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,486.
Application 17/858,486 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,506, filed on Jan. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,425,035.
Application 16/734,506 is a continuation of application No. 15/551,806, granted, now 10,567,278, issued on Feb. 18, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/000161, filed on Jan. 14, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-031707 (JP), filed on Feb. 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400076 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 45/302 (2022.01); H04L 45/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.01); H04L 69/08 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 49/00 (2022.01); H04W 40/04 (2009.01)

CPC H04L 45/306 (2013.01) [H04L 45/52 (2013.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.05); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 49/3009 (2013.01); H04W 40/04 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to:

control a first converter to:

convert first Non-Internet Protocol (non-IP) data into first Internet Protocol (IP) data,

control a sorter to:

obtain the first IP data from the first converter,

output second IP data to a second converter, wherein the second IP data is based on the first IP data,

obtain third IP data from a first application, and

output fourth IP data to a first communication interface without converting a format of the fourth IP data, wherein the fourth IP data is based on the third IP data, and

control the second converter to:

convert the second IP data into second non-IP data and output the second non-IP data to a second communication interface.