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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2019
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Kubo, Musashino, JP;
Ayako Iwaki, Musashino, JP;
Yutaka Watanabe, Musashino, JP;
Kazuhisa Furusawa, Musashino, JP;
Shinichi Yoshihara, Musashino, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication apparatus that is able to be connected to a different communication apparatus via a network including three or more paths, the communication apparatus including a processing circuitry configured to measure a network state for each of the three or more paths, calculate an evaluation value based on a result of measuring the network state for each of the three or more paths, select at least two paths to be used for communication from among the three or more paths based on the calculated evaluation value, generate a packet for transmission through duplication of an input packet, and transmit the generated packet to the different communication apparatus through the selected paths.