JP2013126209A - Radio network system, radio communication apparatus, and program for radio communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce man hours for various types of setting for radio network connection.SOLUTION: A radio network system 10 comprising an edge router 11 and radio terminals 12 receives a router advertisement packet transmitted from a default router of an IPv6 to acquire a transmission source MAC address included in the router advertisement packet, acquires a MAC address corresponding to the IPv4 address of the default router of an IPv4, compares the first MAC address with the second MAC address to determine whether the default router of the IPv6 and that of the IPv4 are identical, and performs setting of the edge router 11 on the basis of the result of the comparison.

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless network system including a wireless master device and a wireless slave device, a wireless communication device, and a program for the wireless communication device.

  The following non-patent documents that are standards of 6LoWPAN (IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Networks) are known. 6LoWPAN makes IPv6 available on IEEE 802.15.4.

RFC 4944 “Transmission of IPv6 Packets over IEEE 802.15.4 Networks (6LoWPAN)”

  In the 6LoWPAN described above, a plurality of wireless communication systems between an external server or the like and a wireless slave unit are provided. When connecting a wireless network composed of a wireless terminal slave device and a wireless master device equipped with 6LoWPAN to a home network, it is difficult for the user to set the wireless master device in accordance with the wireless communication method.

  Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to reduce various setting man-hours for wireless network connection.

  A wireless network system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a wireless network system including a wireless master device and a wireless slave device, receives a router advertisement packet transmitted from an IPv6 default router, and transmits the router advertisement packet as a router advertisement packet. A first MAC address acquiring unit for acquiring a source MAC address included; a second MAC address acquiring unit for acquiring a MAC address corresponding to an IPv4 address of an IPv4 default router; and the first MAC address acquiring unit. The first MAC address obtained by the second MAC address obtained by the second MAC address obtaining means is compared, and the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router are the same. Based on the result of the determination means and the determination means for determining whether or not It characterized by having a setting means for setting a line base unit.

  In the wireless network system according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the wireless network system according to the first aspect, the determination unit includes the first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit and the first MAC address. When it is determined that the IPv6 default router is the same as the IPv4 default router because the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition means matches, the setting means The wireless master device is configured to operate so as to relay a packet transmitted and received by the wireless slave device by performing communication settings for a wireless slave device that can be wirelessly connected to the wireless master device.

  In the wireless network system according to the third aspect of the present invention, in the wireless network system according to the first aspect, the determination unit includes the first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit and the first MAC address. When the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit does not match, and when it is determined that the IPv6 default router is different from the IPv4 default router, the setting unit The mobile device is operated so as to relay packets transmitted and received by the wireless slave device without performing communication settings of the wireless slave device that can be wirelessly connected to the wireless master device.

  The wireless network system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention provides connectivity to the wireless network system according to the first aspect, in which only the IPv4 connectivity is received without receiving the router advertisement packet after the determination means transmits the router solicitation packet. When the determination is made, the setting means operates the wireless master as a router, and configures a tunnel with an IPv6overIPv4 tunnel router.

  In the wireless network system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in contrast to the wireless network system according to the third aspect, the setting means blocks an ICMPv6 packet transmitted from an upper network to the wireless slave unit, and The wireless master device is set to respond to the sender of the ICMPv6 packet on behalf of the device.

  The wireless network system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the wireless network system according to the second aspect, wherein the setting means includes a value obtained by changing a network prefix of the received router advertisement packet, including the wireless master unit. It is set as a network prefix of a wireless network.

  A wireless communication device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with a wireless slave device, receives a router advertisement packet transmitted from an IPv6 default router, and receives a router advertisement packet. First MAC address obtaining means for obtaining a source MAC address included in the first MAC address, second MAC address obtaining means for obtaining a MAC address corresponding to an IPv4 address of an IPv4 default router, and obtaining the first MAC address The first MAC address obtained by the means is compared with the second MAC address obtained by the second MAC address obtaining means, and whether the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router are the same A determination means for determining whether or not to perform the communication setting based on a result of the determination means Characterized in that it has and.

  A program for a wireless communication apparatus according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is a program for a wireless communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with a wireless slave unit, and transmits the computer of the wireless communication apparatus from an IPv6 default router. First MAC address acquisition means for receiving the received router advertisement packet and acquiring the source MAC address included in the router advertisement packet, and second MAC address for acquiring the MAC address corresponding to the IPv4 address of the IPv4 default router An acquisition unit, comparing the first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit with the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit; A determination means for determining whether or not the IPv4 default router is the same; Based on the results of the serial determination means, setting means for performing the communication settings, to function as a.

  According to the present invention, since the wireless master device is set based on the result of comparing the MAC address of the IPv6 default router and the MAC address of the IPv4 default router, the number of setting man-hours for network connection is reduced. be able to.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration including a wireless network system shown as an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the content of the IPv6 address, (a) is a basic structure, (b) is a format of a global unicast address, (c) shows the content of a subnet prefix. It is the schematic explaining the prefix delegation system applied to the wireless network system shown as embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining the other prefix delegation system applied to the radio | wireless network system shown as embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic explaining the path | route of the prefix delegated from an ISP edge router. It is the schematic explaining the other path | route of the prefix delegated from an ISP edge router. In the wireless network system shown as embodiment of this invention, it is the schematic which shows the system configuration | structure in case an edge router operate | moves as a router. It is a sequence diagram in case an edge router operates as a router in the wireless network system shown as an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration when an edge router operates as a bridge in a wireless network system shown as an embodiment of the present invention. It is a sequence diagram in the case where an edge router operates as a bridge in the wireless network system shown as the embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration for setting an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel in a wireless network system shown as an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram when an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel is set and operated in the wireless network system shown as the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  A wireless network system 10 shown as an embodiment of the present invention is configured as shown in FIG. 1, for example.

  This wireless network system 10 uses, for example, 6LoWPAN as a basic technology. The wireless network system 10 includes an edge router 11 as a wireless master device (wireless communication device) and a wireless terminal 12 as a wireless slave device. In the wireless network system 10, the edge router 11 performs wireless communication with one or a plurality of wireless terminals 12.

  The wireless network system 10 is included in the user home network 1. The user home network 1 includes a wireless network system 10 and a home BB (broadband) router 2. The home BB router 2 is a router used when connecting to the Internet through a high-speed line such as an optical fiber line at home. The home BB router 2 has, for example, an Ethernet port as a WAN (Wide Area Network) side port, and a LAN (Local Area Network) (inside home) side includes an Ethernet port, a serial port, and the like. In this wireless network system 10, the home BB router 2 and the edge router 11 exchange information via an Ethernet line or a serial line.

  The home BB router 2 is connected to an IP network NW as a WAN. The IP network NW includes a device that is a communication partner of the wireless terminal 12. In the present embodiment, communication partners of the wireless terminal 12 include a PC 4 and an ISP (Internet Services Provider) server 6. The PC 4 is connected to the IP network NW via the router 3. The ISP server 6 is connected to the IP network NW via the ISP edge router 5.

  The wireless network system 10 normally operates an edge router 11 as a wireless master device as an IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) router. The wireless terminal 12 as a wireless slave unit transmits a router solicitation (RS) packet. The edge router 11 transmits a router advertisement (RA) packet in response to the RS packet. Upon receiving the RA packet, the wireless terminal 12 generates a 128-bit IPv6 global unicast address. The wireless terminal 12 generates a 128-bit IPv6 global unicast address by combining the IPv6 network prefix included in the RA packet and the MAC (Media Access Control) address of its own extended to the EUI-64 format. . The wireless terminal 12 sets the generated IPv6 global unicast address in its own wireless network interface. The IPv6 global unicast address includes a subnet prefix (n bits) as an IPv6 network prefix and an interface identifier as shown in FIG. 2A, for example. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the subnet prefix includes a global routing prefix and a subnet identifier. The subnet identifier is a code that distinguishes it from other wireless network systems 10. Furthermore, a global routing prefix is defined as shown in FIG. 2A and 2B refer to http://www.nic.ad.jp/en/newsletter/No32/090.html. FIG. 2 (c) refers to http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/COLUMN/20070925/282722/.

  In the wireless network system 10, an IPv6 global unicast address corresponding to the RA packet is set by all the wireless terminals 12 that can communicate with the edge router 11. Generally, a 64-bit prefix is distributed as an RA packet in the same link. For this reason, the wireless network system 10 is defined as a network having a 64-bit network address.

  In such a wireless network system 10, when the wireless terminal 12 transmits data to the PC 4 or the ISP server 6, the wireless terminal 12 transmits a communication packet including the data. The edge router 11 receives the communication packet. The edge router 11 refers to the destination address of the communication packet, determines that it is a communication packet for the IP network NW, and transmits it to the home BB router 2. Thereby, the packet generated by the wireless terminal 12 is transmitted to the PC 4 and the ISP server 6 via the home BB router 2 and the IP network NW. On the other hand, a communication packet transmitted from the PC 4 or ISP server 6 to the wireless terminal 12 is transmitted to the edge router 11 via the home BB router 2. The edge router 11 refers to the destination address of the received communication packet, determines that it is a communication packet addressed to the wireless terminal 12 as its own wireless slave device, and wirelessly transmits it. Thereby, the wireless terminal 12 can receive the communication packet transmitted from the PC 4 or the ISP server 6.

  In the main IPv6 network service, the prefix delegation method to the wireless terminal 12 in the user home network 1 is, for example, as shown in FIG. These prefix delegation schemes use the ISP vPrefix Delegation (DHCPv6-PD) option from DHCP edge router 5 to DHCPv6 (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol version 6).

  The prefix delegation method in FIG. 3 delegates a prefix of about 48 bits to 56 bits to the home BB router (hereinafter also referred to as BBR) 2. Further, the home BB router 2 is assigned an IPv4 address by DHCP or PPPoE, and operates as a NAT router between the home LAN and the WAN. Thus, the home BB router 2 functions as an IPv6 router 2A including the functions of both the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router in the user home network 1. The IPv6 router 2A makes it possible to construct the wireless network system 10 as a plurality of subnets. For example, an RA packet is transmitted to the television 12a and personal computer 12b in FIG. At this time, the home BB router 2A sets the subnet identifiers (ID) shown in FIGS. 2B and 2C to different values. Thereby, the network prefix of IPv6 becomes a different value, and the television 12a and the personal computer 12b belong to different subnets. In addition, the home BB router 2A can also transmit the RA packet to the edge router 11 shown in FIG. 1 to construct the wireless network system 10 as a subnet.

  The prefix delegation method of FIG. 4 transmits an RA packet directly from the ISP edge router 5 to the television 12a or personal computer 12b as a device of the user home network 1. This RA packet includes an IPv6 network prefix (64 bits). Thus, the IPv6 global unicast address is directly assigned to the television 12a and the personal computer 12b by the ISP edge router 5. In this prefix delegation method, the home BB router 2 functions as an IPv6 bridge 2B including an IPv4 default router function, although it is not an IPv6 default router in the user home network 1.

  When the wireless network system 10 using 6LoWPAN is connected to the user home network 1 in the prefix delegation method shown in FIG. 3, the wireless network system 10 is arranged under the IPv6 router 2A as shown in FIG. Here, as the network address of the wireless network system 10, it is necessary to select a prefix that is delegated from the ISP edge router 5 and that does not overlap with the network address of another subnet under the IPv6 router 2A. For this reason, the edge router 11 needs to function as a router that sets a network prefix of the wireless network system 10 and sets an IPv6 global unicast address in the wireless terminal 12. In other words, the edge router 11 performs communication settings for the wireless terminal 12 that can wirelessly connect the edge router 11 as itself to the edge router 11. This communication setting includes an address setting process for the wireless terminal 12 and a MAC address rewriting process at the time of relaying. The edge router 11 operates so as to relay packets transmitted and received by the wireless terminal 12 that has set communication.

  When the wireless network system 10 is connected to the user home network 1 in the prefix delegation method shown in FIG. 4, the wireless network system 10 is connected to the ISP edge router 5 via the IPv6 bridge 2B as shown in FIG. The wireless network system 10 receives the RA packet transmitted from the ISP edge router 5 via the IPv6 bridge 2B. This RA packet is transmitted to the edge router 11 by multicast. As shown in FIG. 6, the network prefix of the RA packet is generally 64 bits long, and the subnetwork in the home is assumed to be single in the wireless network system 10. For this reason, the edge router 11 as the wireless master device needs to function as a bridge for the IPv6 packet, similarly to the home BB router 2. That is, the edge router 11 operates so as to relay the packet transmitted and received by the wireless terminal 12 without setting the communication to the wireless terminal 12 that can be wirelessly connected to the edge router 11.

  Even if there is such a difference in prefix delegation method, the wireless network system 10 of the present embodiment automatically sets the edge router 11 and sets an IPv6 global unicast address to the wireless terminal 12. For this reason, the wireless network system 10 detects the prefix delegation method, and automatically performs various settings of the edge router 11 according to the detected prefix delegation method. Hereinafter, this operation will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, the setting operation of the edge router 11 in the prefix delegation method of delegating a prefix from the ISP edge router 5 to the home BB router 2 will be described. The setting operation of the edge router 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the home BB router 2 functions as an IPv6 router 2A. In FIG. 8, the IPv6 router 2A is described as BBR. Further, it is assumed that the ISP edge router 5 includes a DHCPv6 server 5a.

  First, as shown in FIG. 8, the ISP edge router 5 and the home BB router 2 perform user authentication using PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) to establish a communication link session.

  After establishing the communication link by PPPoE, the home BB router 2 shifts to the prefix delegation phase by DHCPv6-PD. First, the home BB router 2 transmits a Solicit message S1 to the multicast address addressed to all DHCP servers over the PPP link.

  When receiving the Solicit message S1, the DHCPv6 server 5a transmits an Advertise message S2. Thereby, the DHCPv6 server 5a notifies the home BB router 2 that the DHCP service is available.

  Next, the home BB router 2 sends a Request message S3 specifying the PD option to the DHCPv6 server 5a in order to request a prefix to be delegated. The DHCPv6 server 5a assigns an IPv6 network prefix to the home BB router 2 in response to receiving the Request message S3. At this time, the DHCPv6 server 5a statically assigns a predetermined prefix to the user of the home BB router 2. Alternatively, the DHCPv6 server 5a dynamically assigns a usable prefix when the Request message S3 is received. This IPv6 network prefix S4 is transmitted to the home BB router 2 by the DHCPv6 server 5a.

  In this example, as shown in FIG. 7, 2001: db8: 100 :: / 48 is assigned to the user home network 1 of the home BB router 2. The home BB router 2 advertises the RA packet using 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: / 64 as the user home network 1 from 2001: db8: 100 :: / 48. The home BB router 2 assigns 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: 1 as an interface on the user home network 1 side.

  When the edge router 11 is connected to the user home network 1, the edge router 11 transmits the RS packet S5 to the multicast addressed to all routers. On the other hand, the home BB router 2 which is an IPv6 default router transmits an RA packet S6 including an IPv6 network prefix of 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: / 64. The RA packet S6 is received by the edge router 11. The edge router 11 acquires the transmission source MAC address included in the RA packet S6 as the first MAC address (first MAC address acquisition unit).

  Next, the home BB router 2 acquires its own IPv4 address and default router address using DHCP. First, the edge router 11 transmits a DHCP Discovery message S7. In response to this, the edge router 11 receives a DHCP Offer message S8 from the home BB router 2 as a default router. Next, the edge router 11 transmits a DHCP Request message S9. In response to this, the edge router 11 can receive the DHCP Ack message S10 from the home BB router 2. In this embodiment, the default router is the home BB router 2, and the edge router 11 acquires the transmission source MAC address of the DHCP Ack message S10 as the second MAC address. Thereby, the edge router 11 can acquire the MAC address corresponding to the IPv4 address of the IPv4 default router (second MAC address acquisition means).

  Next, the edge router 11 compares the first MAC address acquired from the RA packet S6 with the second MAC address acquired from the Ack message S10. Thereby, the edge router 11 determines whether or not the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router are the same (determination means). The edge router 11 automatically sets whether it should function as the IPv6 router 2A or the IPv6 bridge 2B according to the determination result (setting unit).

  As a result, the edge router 11 can easily detect the prefix delegation scheme for the user home network 1 positioned above the wireless network system 10. Depending on this prefix delegation method, it can be used for setting the edge router 11 as follows.

  The first MAC address is the MAC address of the home BB router 2 included in the RA packet S6, and the second MAC address is the MAC address of the home BB router 2 included in the Ack message S10. Therefore, the first MAC address and the second MAC address are the same, and the edge router 11 can determine that the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router are the same. The edge router 11 determines that the home BB router 2 is configured to delegate the prefix from the ISP edge router 5 by DHCP-PD. Thereby, the edge router 11 operates itself as the IPv6 router 2A. For this purpose, the edge router 11 performs communication packet transfer settings and setting the home BB router 2 as a default route.

  Accordingly, the edge router 11 can automatically set the edge router 11 itself as a router based on the determined prefix delegation method.

  Further, the edge router 11 desirably sets a value obtained by changing the network prefix of the RA packet S6 received from the home BB router 2 as a network prefix of the wireless network system 10 including itself. For example, the edge router 11 sets a value obtained by incrementing the network prefix of the RA packet S6 by 1 as the network prefix of the radio network system 10. Specifically, the edge router 11 adds 1 to the prefix 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: / 64 of the user home network 1 and 2001: db8: 100: 2 :: / 64 to the prefix of the wireless network system 10. Set as. The edge router 11 transmits an RA packet including the 2001: db8: 100: 2 :: / 64 to the wireless terminal 12 of the wireless network system 10. The edge router 11 assigns 2001: db8: 100: 2 :: / 64 as an interface on the wireless network system 10 side as shown in FIG.

  The wireless terminal 12 sets an IPv6 global unicast address including 2001: db8: 100: 2 :: / 64 as an IPv6 network prefix. The wireless network system 10 of 2001: db8: 100: 2 :: / 64 is included in the range of the IPv6 network prefix (2001: db8: 100 :: / 48) delegated to the home BB router 2. For this reason, the wireless terminal 12 can communicate with the IP network NW outside the home via the edge router 11 and the home BB router 2. As described above, the edge router 11 can automatically assign the prefix of the wireless network system 10 from the network prefix of the higher level network of the edge router 11.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the setting operation of the edge router 11 in the prefix delegation method in which a prefix is delegated from the ISP edge router 5 to each device in the user home network 1 will be described. The setting operation of the edge router 11 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the home BB router 2 functions as an IPv6 router 2A. In FIG. 8, the IPv6 router 2A is described as BBR. Further, it is assumed that the ISP edge router 5 includes a DHCPv6 server 5a.

  First, as shown in FIG. 8, the ISP edge router 5 and the home BB router 2 perform user authentication using PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) to establish a communication link session. In this prefix delegation method, the home BB router 2 operates as a bridge that only relays IPv6 packets.

  After establishing the communication link by PPPoE, the RS packet transmitted from the user home network 1 is transmitted to the ISP edge router 5 by the home BB router 2 as the IPv6 bridge 2B. In response to this, the ISP edge router 5 transmits the RA packet to the user home network 1.

  The television 12a and the personal computer 12b directly receive the RA packet transmitted from the ISP edge router 5. This RA packet includes 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: / 64 as an IPv6 network prefix. The edge router 11 sets an IPv6 address by combining the received IPv6 network prefix and its MAC address in an EUI-64 format.

  Similarly, when the edge router 11 is connected to the user home network 1, the edge router 11 transmits the RS packet S21 to the multicast addressed to all routers. The RS packet S21 receives an RA packet including prefix information 2001: db8: 100: 1 :: / 64 from the ISP edge router 5 which is an IPv6 default router. The edge router 11 acquires the transmission source address included in the RA packet S22 as the first MAC address (first MAC address acquisition unit).

  Next, the home BB router 2 acquires its own IPv4 address and default router address using DHCP. First, the edge router 11 transmits a DHCP Discovery message S23. In response to this, the edge router 11 receives the DHCP Offer message S24 from the home BB router 2 as the default router. Next, the edge router 11 transmits a DHCP Request message S25. In response to this, the edge router 11 can receive the DHCP Ack message S26 from the home BB router 2. In this embodiment, the default router is the home BB router 2, and the edge router 11 acquires the transmission source MAC address of the DHCP Ack message S26 as the second MAC address. Thereby, the edge router 11 can acquire the MAC address corresponding to the IPv4 address of the IPv4 default router (second MAC address acquisition means).

  Next, the edge router 11 compares the first MAC address acquired from the RA packet S22 with the second MAC address acquired from the Ack message S26. Thereby, the edge router 11 determines whether or not the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router are the same (determination means). The edge router 11 automatically sets whether it should function as the IPv6 router 2A or the IPv6 bridge 2B according to the determination result (setting unit).

  As a result, the edge router 11 can easily detect the prefix delegation scheme for the user home network 1 positioned above the wireless network system 10. Depending on this prefix delegation method, it can be used for setting the edge router 11 as follows.

  The first MAC address is the MAC address of the ISP edge router 5 included in the RA packet S22, and the second MAC address is the MAC address of the home BB router 2 included in the Ack message S26. Therefore, the edge router 11 can determine that the first MAC address and the second MAC address are not the same, and the edge router 11 is different from the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default router. The edge router 11 determines that the prefix is directly delegated to the wireless terminal 12 or the like by the RA packet from the ISP edge router 5. Thereby, the edge router 11 operates itself as the IPv6 bridge 2B. For this purpose, the edge router 11 is set so as to pass all packets transparently between the wired side interface and the wireless side interface. Thereby, the edge router 11 can automatically set the setting of the edge router 11 itself as a bridge based on the determined prefix delegation method.

  As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, in the wireless network system 10, an IPv6 network prefix similar to that of the television 12a or the like is distributed.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10, the edge router 11 blocks the ICMPv6 packet S31 transmitted from the higher level network to the wireless terminal 12, and responds to the transmission source of the ICMPv6 packet S31 on behalf of the wireless terminal 12. desirable. Examples of the ICMPv6 packet S31 include ECHO Request and Neighbor Solicitation from the IP network NW such as the Internet to the wireless terminal 12. When the edge router 11 receives such an IPv6 packet S31, the edge router 11 responds instead of the wireless terminal 12 and returns an ICMPv6 packet S32 to the transmission source. Thereby, the edge router 11 reduces the amount of packets in the wireless network system 10. Thereby, reduction of the power consumption of the radio | wireless terminal 12 can be aimed at, and the increase in the battery life of the radio | wireless terminal 12 can be anticipated.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, when there is no IPv6 connectivity, as shown in FIG. 11, an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel can be established and communicated between the edge router 11 and the IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel router 21. desirable.

 As shown in FIG. 12, it is assumed that the edge router 11 has timed out without transmitting a response for a predetermined time after transmitting the RS packet S41 to the user home network 1. In this case, the edge router 11 determines that the connectivity in the user home network 1 is only IPv4. In response to this, the edge router 11 establishes an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel link with the IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel router 21.

  After establishing the link of the IPv6overIPv4 tunnel, the edge router 11 transmits the RS packet S42 again, and receives the RA packet S43 as a response to the RS packet S41. As a result, as described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 10, the edge router 11 can acquire the first MAC address by receiving the RA packet and can acquire the second MAC address by DHCP. Thereby, the edge router 11 can determine the prefix delegation method by address comparison, and can set whether to operate as a router or a bridge.

  As described above, even if the user home network 1 has only IPv4 connectivity, the edge router 11 automatically configures an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel with the ISP server 6 based on the result of the address comparison. To be able to communicate.

  The above-described embodiment is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made depending on the design and the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated from this embodiment. Of course, it is possible to change.

  That is, the setting of the edge router 11 described above may be executed by a program in the edge router 11. For example, even if the computer in the edge router 11 executes the program, the first MAC address and the second MAC address are acquired, the home BB router 2 is determined by address comparison, and the edge router 11 is set. Good.

  The acquisition of the first MAC address and the second MAC address, the determination of the home BB router 2 by address comparison, and the setting of the edge router 11 may be performed by a device other than the edge router 11. For example, a setting device capable of communicating with the edge router 11 and the home BB router 2 may be provided in the user home network 1, and the setting of the edge router 11 may be automatically performed by the setting device.

10 wireless network system 11 edge router (wireless master, first MAC address acquisition means, second MAC address acquisition means, determination means, setting means)
12 Wireless terminal (wireless handset)

Claims (8)

A wireless network system including a wireless master device and a wireless slave device,
First MAC address obtaining means for receiving a router advertisement packet transmitted from an IPv6 default router and obtaining a transmission source MAC address included in the router advertisement packet;
A second MAC address acquisition means for acquiring a MAC address corresponding to an IPv4 address of an IPv4 default router;
The first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit is compared with the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit, and the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default are compared. A determination means for determining whether or not the router is the same;
A wireless network system comprising: setting means for setting the wireless master device based on a result of the determining means. The wireless network system according to claim 1,
When the determination unit matches the first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit and the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit, the IPv6 When it is determined that the default router and the IPv4 default router are the same,
The setting means causes the wireless master unit to operate so as to relay communication packets transmitted and received by the wireless slave unit by performing communication settings on a wireless slave unit that can be wirelessly connected to the wireless master unit. system. The wireless network system according to claim 1,
When the determination means does not match the first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition means and the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition means, the IPv6 When it is determined that the default router is different from the IPv4 default router,
The setting unit causes the wireless master device to operate so as to relay packets transmitted and received by the wireless slave device without performing communication settings of a wireless slave device that can be wirelessly connected to the wireless master device. Network system. The wireless network system according to claim 1,
When the determination means determines that the connection is IPv4 only without receiving the router advertisement packet after transmitting the router solicitation packet,
The wireless network system, wherein the setting unit operates the wireless base unit as a router and forms a tunnel with an IPv6overIPv4 tunnel router. The wireless network system according to claim 3,
The setting means blocks the ICMPv6 packet transmitted from the host network to the wireless slave device, and sets the wireless master device to respond to the sender of the ICMPv6 packet on behalf of the wireless slave device. A wireless network system characterized by the above. The wireless network system according to claim 2,
The wireless network system, wherein the setting means sets a value obtained by changing a network prefix of a received router advertisement packet as a network prefix of a wireless network including the wireless parent device. A wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with a wireless slave unit,
First MAC address obtaining means for receiving a router advertisement packet transmitted from an IPv6 default router and obtaining a transmission source MAC address included in the router advertisement packet;
A second MAC address acquisition means for acquiring a MAC address corresponding to an IPv4 address of an IPv4 default router;
The first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit is compared with the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit, and the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default are compared. A determination means for determining whether or not the router is the same;
A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a setting unit configured to perform the communication setting based on a result of the determination unit. A program of a wireless communication device that performs wireless communication with a wireless slave unit,
A computer of the wireless communication device;
First MAC address acquisition means for receiving a router advertisement packet transmitted from an IPv6 default router and acquiring a source MAC address included in the router advertisement packet;
A second MAC address acquisition means for acquiring a MAC address corresponding to an IPv4 address of an IPv4 default router;
The first MAC address acquired by the first MAC address acquisition unit is compared with the second MAC address acquired by the second MAC address acquisition unit, and the IPv6 default router and the IPv4 default are compared. A determination means for determining whether or not the router is the same;
A setting unit configured to perform the communication setting based on a result of the determination unit;
A program of a wireless communication apparatus for functioning as

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