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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Masayuki Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sayuri Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nishi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Ogawa, Tokyo, JP;
Sayuri Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Kaneko, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nishi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A network management apparatus is designed so that when reassigning the existing address, the network management apparatus extracts a link with the largest link cost from among links comprising the network based on the network configuration information and specifies a flow routed though the extracted link based on the statistic information; when receiving a path change request and a via link request to request a via link with respect to the specified flow from an external terminal, the network management apparatus selects either one of addresses of an address pair of the specified flow as a change target address; and when changing the selected change target address, the network management apparatus changes the change target address to a candidate address to be assigned by selecting an address, which is routed through a link included in the via link request and has not been assigned, as the candidate address to be assigned.