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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Sawai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Teraoka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device is provided that makes a single or a plurality of functions desired by a service user act on a packet desired by the service user in a service for transferring a packet in a network. A communication device is provided that includes a communication unit that communicates with another node and a control unit that controls the communication by the communication unit, in which the control unit generates path information with a target node, and in the path information with the target node, at least information regarding communication with at least a single relay node that exists between the communication device and the target node, information regarding a function to be performed by the relay node, and content of processing according to the function execution result by the relay node are written.