Packet transfer method and apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Ono, Yasuhiko Matsunaga
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Abstract
A packet transfer apparatus includes a packet classifying section and scheduler. The packet classifying section identifies a connection used for transfer of data between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal from not less than one field contained in a header of a reception packet received from the transmission terminal and detects establishment and release of the connection. The scheduler performs transfer control on a reception packet for each connection on the basis of the connection information of each connection identified by the packet classifying section. A packet transfer method and a program are also disclosed.
Claims20
A packet transfer apparatus which is connected to a packet communication network and transfers a packet from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal, comprising:
- packet classifying means for identifying a connection used for transfer of data between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal from not less than one field contained in a header of a reception packet received from the transmission terminal and detecting establishment and release of the connection;
- and
- a scheduler which performs transfer control on a reception packet for each connection on the basis of connection information of each connection identified by said packet classifying means.
A packet transfer method of transferring a packet from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal, comprising the steps of:
- identifying a connection to be used for transfer of data between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal from not less than one field contained in a header of a reception packet received from the transmission terminal, and detecting establishment and release of the connection;
- and
- performing transfer control on a reception packet in each connection on the basis of connection information of each identified connection.
A recording medium on which a program for transferring a packet from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal is recorded, the program comprising a program for executing the steps of
- identifying a connection to be used for transfer of data between the transmission terminal and the reception terminal from not less than one field contained in a header of a reception packet received from the transmission terminal, and detecting establishment and release of the connection;
- and
- performing transfer control on a reception packet in each connection on the basis of connection information of each identified connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.