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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A terminal communicating via a network including a forwarding device(s) for forwarding a packet and a control device for controlling the forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from the forwarding device, includes: a communication unit that receives a processing rule specifying a process of adding, to a packet, quality information related to communication quality with respect to the terminal, from the control device, a memory unit that stores the received processing rule, and a processing unit that in a case of communicating via the network, adds quality information to a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to the packet by referring to the processing rule stored in the memory unit.