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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Kazuto Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tomonaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Hata, Kawasaki, JP;
Masamichi Kasa, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazuto Nishimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Tomonaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Hata, Kawasaki, JP;
Masamichi Kasa, Fukuoka, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling buffering of an arrival packet. The apparatus includes a packet buffer for temporarily storing each of one or more packets to be transmitted in association with an arrival time thereof, and a packet discard section for determining an arrival packet to be discarded or to be stored in the packet buffer, based on a discard condition defined by using a packet residence time that is calculated on the basis of one or more residence times of one or more packets staying in the packet buffer, wherein the arrival packet is defined as a packet that has newly arrived at the apparatus.