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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Awano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
A packet forwarding node includes a storage unit to store a packet forwarding table used for forwarding a packet based on an identifier which identifies a link between nodes on a packet forwarding path and a forwarding unit to receive an incoming packet including a plurality of the identifiers, and to forward the incoming packet based on an identifier corresponding to the packet forwarding node.