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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2001
Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A path calculating section obtains a path suitable for carrying out an automatic cache updating operation, a link prefetching operation, and a cache server cooperating operation, based on QoS path information that includes network path information and path load information obtained by a QoS path information obtaining section. An automatic cache updating section, a link prefetching control section, and a cache server cooperating section carry out respective ones of the automatic cache updating operation, the link prefetching operation, and the cache server cooperating operation, by utilizing the path obtained. For example, the path calculating section obtains a maximum remaining bandwidth path as the path.