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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiichi Nakatsugawa, Meguro, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A relay apparatus in a communication system including a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a plurality of relay apparatuses which include the relay apparatus, including: a receiver receiving distributed sequential packets from the transmission apparatus which distributes sequential packets for the reception apparatus among the plurality of relay apparatuses, a memory storing distributed sequential packets of the sequential packets in sequential order, the distributed sequential packets are distributed and transmitted to the relay apparatus by the transmission apparatus, and a processor selecting a discard packet from the distributed sequential packets based on a discard condition, and to add a discard information to a previous packet and to transmit the previous packet, the discard information indicates a sequence number of the discard packet to be discarded, and the previous packet is one of the distributed sequential packets before the discard packet in sequential order.