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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kimura, Musashino, JP;
Shinya Kawano, Musashino, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When the load becomes high, an identification unit () of a second packet forwarding device () identifies an application of a new flow. Then, a determination unit () determines whether or not distribution of new flow is necessary, based on the flow characteristic of the application and the type of the high load. Then, when distribution of the new flow is necessary, a decision unit () acquires a list of second packet forwarding devices () having a low load from the load monitoring device (), and decides a second packet forwarding device () as the distribution destination. Then, a control unit () performs a route control for guiding the flow to the second packet forwarding device () which is the distribution destination.