Communication apparatus that flexibly responds to a change in a network configuration, network system therewith, and non-transitory computer readable medium therefor
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorKenji Matsukawa
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving unit that is connected to a network and that transmits and receives data, a relaying unit that, when data is received through a communication that is not addressed to the communication apparatus, relays the communication, and a discarding unit that, when data is received through the same communication as a communication that has been relayed previously, discards the data.
Claims12
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a transmitting and receiving unit that is connected to a network and that transmits and receives data;
- a relaying unit that, when data is received through a communication that is not addressed to the communication apparatus, relays the communication;
- and
- a discarding unit that, when data is received through the same communication as a communication that has been relayed previously, discards the data,
- wherein information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication are extracted from the received data,
- wherein the discarding unit determines the same communication by using an information set of the information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication.
A network system comprising:
- a plurality of nodes that constitute a network and exchange data with each other,
- wherein at least one node has a function as a source node capable of initiating transmission of data to one or more other nodes being destinations, and
- each node has
- a function as a relaying node that, when data that is not addressed to the node is received, transmits the data to one or more other nodes, and
- a function that, when data is received through the same communication as a communication through which the node has transmitted data, discards the data,
- wherein information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication are extracted from the received data,
- wherein the same communication is determined by using an information set of the information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer that controls a communication apparatus to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:
- when data is received through a communication that is not addressed to the communication apparatus, relaying the communication;
- and
- when data is received through the same communication as a communication that has been relayed previously, discarding the data,
- wherein information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication are extracted from the received data,
- wherein when determining the same communication, an information set of the information to identify the source node and the information to uniquely identify the communication is used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.