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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2003
Masahiko Mizutani, Kokubunji, JP;
Hiroki Ikeda, Tachikawa, JP;
Morihito Miyagi, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeaki Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiko Mizutani, Kokubunji, JP;
Hiroki Ikeda, Tachikawa, JP;
Morihito Miyagi, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeaki Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A content relay node comprising a data processing unit for storing or transmitting a data packet on the basis of the data attribute, a storage connected to the data processing unit, transmitting units each for processing the header of a data packet in accordance with a control signal from the data processing unit and transferring the data packet to a neighboring relay node, and a routing control unit for selecting the transmitting unit or the data processing unit as a destination of a data packet on the basis of routing information including a storage address, wherein the storage unit stores a copy of a data packet at least until transfer of the data packet to the next node is completed.