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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2021
Applicant:
Ntt, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ryota Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeaki Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NTT, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/122 (2022.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/122 (2022.05); G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); H04L 41/0895 (2022.05);
Abstract
A network control device includes circuitry configured to narrow down virtual servers, to second virtual servers as candidates that are to be reallocated to nodes, based on changes in a cost for the nodes that are included in a physical network; and allocate a second virtual network of virtual networks, to the physical network, based on information related to the physical network.