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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shohei Nagakura, Tokyo, JP;
Yoji Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/4675 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switch apparatus includes: a plurality of ports; a VLAN setting management unit that sets VLAN information in the plurality of ports and manages the VLAN information set in the plurality of ports; and a VLAN setting unit that, when VLAN information to be added to an output packet specified in control information received from a predetermined control apparatus is not set in an output port for the output packet, instructs the VLAN setting management unit to set VLAN information specified in the control information in a corresponding output port.