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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Mizukoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kentaro Sonoda, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Mizukoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Shimonishi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Hatano, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Nakae, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication terminal comprises: first means that communicates with a network system that includes a forwarding apparatus forwarding a packet and a control apparatus informing the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule prescribing a packet processing method; second means that determines a processing operation to be executed by the network system from among packet processing operations to be executed by the communication terminal; and third means that informs the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule corresponding to the determined packet processing operation.