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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2019
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Sawai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Teraoka, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a communication device including: a communication section that executes communication with another node; and a control section that controls the communication by the communication section, the control section adding, to a packet directed toward a transmission destination node by a transmission source node, header information containing at least path information between the communication device located in a stage subsequent to the transmission source node and a target node located in a stage preceding the transmission destination node, and causing the communication section to send the packet toward another node residing in a path.