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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Takaomi Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Oba, Kanagawa, JP;
Ren Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kudo, Kanagawa, JP;
Jumpei Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device according to an embodiment is included in a multi-hop network. The communication device includes a holder, a storage, a switcher, and a controller. The holder holds communication data. The storage stores path information including an identifier that identifies a communication path and destination information that indicates a destination of communication data on the communication path. The switcher switches a communication path used to transmit communication data on the basis of the path information stored in the storage. The controller transmits communication data to a destination of a communication path switched by the switcher.