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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Iwata, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Iijima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/749 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4666 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 61/2038 (2013.01); H04L 61/256 (2013.01); H04L 61/2592 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A server, includes a virtual machine identifier assigning section to assign an identifier of a virtual machine operating on the server; and a network interface to transmit a packet including a Layer 2 header information which includes the identifier of the virtual machine and a first packet field for a VLAN-Tag, wherein the network interface transmits the packet to a packet encapsulate section which encapsulates a second packet field including the Layer 2 header information with a virtual network identifier representing a virtual network to which the virtual machine belongs.