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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2017
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Miyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A network control system includes link design unit for deciding, as a configuration of one network formed by connecting a plurality of nodes having a communication function, a configuration of distributed networks included in the network and specific links for forming the network by connecting the distributed networks; and network configuration switching unit for switching the configuration of the network by logically enabling or disabling the specific links on request at least in a state where links other than the specific links are enabled, in which the link design unit decides the configuration of the distributed networks and the specific links based on a cluster hierarchical structure corresponding to a formation process of the one network which is formed as a result of sequentially adding links, which connect the nodes, based on a connection weight decided in accordance with a degree of spread or complexity of the network after connection.