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US 11,057,764 B2Granted
Communication device, communication method, communication system, and storage medium
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorMakoto Fujinami
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AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorMakoto Fujinami
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A communication device for offloading communication traffic includes: first means for identifying an attribute of a terminal based on information included in a message transmitted by the terminal to connect to a wireless network; and second means for determining whether or not to connect a base station that has received the message from the terminal and the terminal based on the identified attribute, wherein the second means is capable of transmitting the message transmitted by the terminal having a predetermined attribute to a virtual network node operated by a virtual machine.
A communication device comprising:
A communication method of a communication device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities: transfer of terminal data
Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors: hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
Hybrid resource partitioning, e.g. channel borrowing: load shedding arrangements
Performing reselection for specific purposes: for handling the traffic
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The present invention relates to a communication device used for communication, a communication method, a communication system, and a storage medium.
In recent years, due to spread of smartphones, smart devices, or the like, communication traffic is rapidly increasing. It is assumed that Machine to Machine (M2M) communication will increase in the future, and the communication traffic may further increase.
In order to alleviate network congestion due to a sudden increase in communication traffic, techniques for offloading communication traffic are being studied.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a communication system according to a first exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of a communication system according to the first exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a base station 2 according to the first exemplary embodiment.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described. Each exemplary embodiment is an example, and the present invention is not limited to each exemplary embodiment.
Hereinafter, an example of a communication system of Long Term Evolution (LTE) will be described as a communication system according to the present exemplary embodiment. However, the communication system to which the present invention is applied is not limited to LTE. For example, the present invention can also be applied to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), and the like.
A first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The reference numerals attached to the drawings attached to this summary have been added to each element for convenience as an example to aid understanding, and the description of this summary is not intended to be limited in any way.