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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kojun Koshiji, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Tsubaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimitsu Tsubaki, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Kuwahara, Tokyo, JP;
Masanao Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Kurahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A message relay apparatus and a message relay method that achieve high message reachability taking communication network situation into consideration are provided. A message relay apparatusinterposed between an applicationand a deviceincludes a device communication state determination functional unitthat determines communication availability with the device, a network state estimation unitthat estimates a network state based on the communication availability, and a message processing unitthat determines forwarding availability of an application message based on the network state and buffers the application message when forwarding is not available.