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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A route request mediation apparatus comprises a resource management unit that manages a resource of a network to be managed; a request receiving unit that receives a route request with an added service level condition from a user or another route request mediation apparatus; a negotiation status management unit that forwards the route request to a destination specified by the route request, and manages a negotiation status based on a response from the destination; an acceptance assessment unit that assesses whether or not to accept the route request by referring to the negotiation status managed by the negotiation status management unit and to the resource management unit; and a response sending unit that responds with an assessment result that indicates whether or not the route request is accepted to the request source of the route request.