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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Sawai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Teraoka, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device () which operates as an application node which executes one or a plurality of applications includes: a communication unit () that executes communication with another logical node; and a control unit () that controls communication by the communication unit (). The another logical node is a node which is applied with application function chaining (AFC) in which, in transmission/reception of an application message with the application node as a transmission source or a transmission destination, one or a plurality of application functions act on the application message midway along a path of the transmission/reception, and the control unit () causes the communication unit () to transmit, to the another logical node, a message according to a publishing/subscription model in order to transmit and receive the application message on which the one or the plurality of application functions act.