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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/0853 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0856 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control apparatus, includes a first unit configured to be capable of specifying an identification rule to identify a packet based on a user of a virtual network including a plurality of virtual nodes; and a second unit configured to be capable of sending an instruction to a physical node corresponding to each of the virtual nodes of the virtual network, wherein each of the virtual nodes includes a predetermined network function being capable of providing a first packet operation to the packet, wherein the instruction includes that the physical node provides a second packet operation to the packet so as to emulate the first packet operation.