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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2015
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Fei Gao, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first control apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first receiving unit which receives a second message from any one of switch apparatuses of an OpenFlow network which is a connection path connecting a terminal apparatus with a communication destination apparatus; a first receiving packet processing unit which processes the second message; a first application executing unit which executes a first application corresponding to the second message; a first message generating unit which receives messages from the first receiving packet processing unit and the first application executing unit, and generates a first message; a first message receiving unit which receives a first message from another first control apparatus; a first determination unit which selects the first message received from the first message generating unit or the first message received from the first message receiving unit; and a first sending unit which sends the selected first message.