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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2021
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masashi Anzawa, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Hiroki Ishizuka, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Abstract
A management apparatus includes: a provider configured to, in response to receiving a first request from a first node, provide the first node with first information corresponding to the first request, the first request being a request to control quality of communication within a group constituted by the first node and a plurality of second nodes, the first node and each of the plurality of second nodes each having a blockchain, the communication being communication for appending additional data to the blockchain, and the first node and the plurality of second nodes being configured to execute the communication; and a quality controller configured to set quality of communication in a first communication path to quality that is better than or equal to a first quality in response to receiving the first information in addition to a second request from a receiving node among the plurality of second nodes, the receiving node having received the first information during forwarding of the first information within the group, and the second request being a request to control the quality of the communication in the first communication path, in which the first communication path includes a first end and a second end, the first end is the receiving node, and the second end is a first connection node different from a node having forwarded the first information to the receiving node, the first connection node being a node among the nodes belonging to the group, and the first connection node being connected to the receiving node not via any of the nodes belonging to the group.