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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Rakuten Mobile, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Kita, Tokyo, JP;
RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inventory database stores device data indicating an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a network device, performance specifications of the network device relating to the IP address, and an IP address of a network device enabled to perform IP communication with the network device. A software-defined networking (SDN) controller receives a communication route determination request in which a pair of IP addresses and a performance requirement relating to a communication route between the IP addresses are linked, and which is issued for a network slice. The SDN controller determines, based on the device data, the communication route in the network slice, which passes through at least one of the network devices, and which satisfies the performance requirement between the IP addresses.