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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2019
Applicant:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Hatano, Musashino, JP;
Manabu Yoshino, Musashino, JP;
Assignee:
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device in a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network, the communication device including a sorting unit configured to acquire a signal that is transmitted by a first component and transmit the signal to a second component indicated by destination information that is added to the signal by the first component.