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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Kazuo Sugai, Hadano, JP;
Yuichi Ishikawa, Machida, JP;
Shinichi Akahane, Hachioji, JP;
Mitsuru Nagasaka, Kokubunji, JP;
Kazuo Sugai, Hadano, JP;
Yuichi Ishikawa, Machida, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication statistic information collection apparatus comprises a unit for searching a flow table for a flow entry corresponding to a searching key, a unit for collecting statistics information for each of flows, a unit for generating a packet for notifying a collector apparatus of stored statistics information, a unit for updating the flow table in accordance with statistics control information shown by a statistics control entry found as a result of searching the flow table, and a unit for generating a sample packet to be transferred to the collect or apparatus at a specified sampling rate in accordance with the statistics control information shown by a specified entry found from the flow table.