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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasunobu Chiba, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/028 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network system, a network control method, and a control apparatus are provided that can easily achieve assurance of the quality of a network service and optimization of the throughput of an entire system. A network control apparatus () controls a network () having a multi-layer structure, monitors whether or not a network service on a first layer fulfills a required service level, and depending on a result of the monitoring, changes a setting of a packet header so that resources on the first layer will be changed, wherein resources on the lower layer are changed in accordance with a change in the setting of the packet header.