Communication apparatus, communication system, communication control method, and program
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsIppei Akiyoshi, Yasuhiro Mizukoshi, Nobuhiko Itoh
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Abstract
A communication apparatus includes: a first table storing processing rules transmitted from the control apparatus; a packet processing unit processing an incoming packet based on a processing rule corresponding thereto among the processing rules stored in the first table; and a second table managing a predetermined condition for referring to the first table. The packet processing unit determines whether to refer to the first table based on the predetermined condition.
Claims12
A communication apparatus, comprising:
- a first table storing processing rules transmitted from a control apparatus;
- a packet processing unit processing an incoming packet based on a processing rule corresponding thereto among the processing rules stored in the first table;
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- a second table managing a predetermined condition for referring to the first table;
- wherein the packet processing unit determines whether to refer to the first table based on the predetermined condition.
A communication system, comprising:
- a control apparatus generating a processing rule(s) for a packet(s);
- and
- a communication apparatus;
- wherein the communication apparatus comprises:
- a first table storing processing rules transmitted from the control apparatus;
- a packet processing unit processing an incoming packet based on a processing rule corresponding thereto among the processing rules stored in the first table;
- and
- a second table managing a predetermined condition for referring to the first table;
- and
- wherein the packet processing unit determines whether to refer to the first table based on the predetermined condition.
A communication control method, comprising:
- storing processing rules transmitted from a control apparatus in a first table;
- processing an incoming packet based on a processing rule corresponding thereto among the processing rules stored in the first table;
- causing a second table to manage a predetermined condition for referring to the first table;
- and
- determining whether to refer to the first table based on the predetermined condition.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, causing a communication apparatus to execute processes of:
- storing processing rules transmitted from a control apparatus in a first table;
- processing an incoming packet based on a processing rule corresponding thereto among the processing rules stored in the first table;
- causing a second table to manage a predetermined condition for referring to the first table;
- and
- determining whether to refer to the first table based on the predetermined condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.