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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasunobu Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushi Sugyou, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/40013 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 61/2069 (2013.01); H04L 61/35 (2013.01); H04L 41/5003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A technique capable of changing communication services that can be provided by a communication system is provided. A communication system according to the present invention includes: first means that is capable of executing a network function for providing a communication service; and second means that adds second identification information corresponding to first identification information that is assigned to a group of network functions, to a packet belonging to the group, and sends the packet to the network function, which performs packet forwarding within the group based on the second identification information.