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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Naoki Higo, Musashino, JP;
Ryota Ishibashi, Musashino, JP;
Toshimitsu Tsubaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiko Sueda, Musashino, JP;
Masao Aihara, Musashino, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a transfer apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a packet from a source which distributes data according to a transmission control protocol (TCP); a storage unit configured to store data included in the received packet in a buffer based on a TCP sequence number of the received packet; a TCP transfer unit configured to transfer the received packet to a first sink which requests distribution according to the TCP; and a UDP transfer unit configured to read the data from the buffer and transfer the read data to a second sink which requests distribution according to a user datagram protocol (UDP).