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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Fujinami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 16/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/24 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04W 16/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device for offloading communication traffic includes: first means for identifying an attribute of a terminal based on information included in a message transmitted by the terminal to connect to a wireless network; and second means for determining whether or not to connect a base station that has received the message from the terminal and the terminal based on the identified attribute, wherein the second means is capable of transmitting the message transmitted by the terminal having a predetermined attribute to a virtual network node operated by a virtual machine.