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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2008
Yuichiro Hei, Fujimino, JP;
Tomohiko Ogishi, Fujimino, JP;
Yuichiro Hei, Fujimino, JP;
Tomohiko Ogishi, Fujimino, JP;
KDDI Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A path management device of the present invention manages information about communication paths in a communication network, the communication network including a plurality of routers mutually connected by means of a communication line, link states between the plurality of routers being shared among each of the plurality of routers by means of link state advertisement messages that are announced from each of the plurality of routers, and routing tables being created in each of the plurality of routers based on shortest path trees, and the path management device includes: a receiving unit that receives the link state advertisement messages; a routing table creation unit that reproduces the shortest path trees and the routing tables of each of the plurality of routers based on the link state advertisement messages; and a routing table recording unit that records the reproduced routing tables of each of the plurality of routers.