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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Atsushi Kojima, Nagoya, JP;
Atsushi Kojima, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A communication device includes a receiving unit, a setting storage unit that stores information to represent a source address of a packet to be discarded, a discard determination unit that determines whether a packet received by the receiving unit should be discarded based on the information stored in the setting storage unit, a transmission control unit that discards a packet determined to be discarded and transmits downstream a packet determined not to be discarded, a report unit that reports information on discarding of a packet to a predetermined report destination when the packet is to be discarded, a report history storage unit that stores the source address of the packet as a cause of report when the report unit reports the information, and a report necessity determination unit that determines whether information on discarding of a packet needs to be reported.