Route control apparatus, route control method and program

A routing control method for execution by a routing control device that includes a storage medium that stores, for each IP address block, a next hop, information on a route to the IP address block, and quality information regarding the route, the method comprising:

• receiving communication data bound for a communication destination host and determining a quality requirement of the communication data;
• and
• referencing the storage medium and selecting a next hop for the communication data based on quality information regarding a route to an IP address block to which an IP address of the communication destination host belongs and the quality requirement.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more instructions for causing a computer to function as a routing control device, that includes a storage medium that stores, for each IP address block, a next hop, information on a route to the IP address block, and quality information regarding the route, to execute:

• receiving communication data bound for a communication destination host and determining a quality requirement of the communication data;
• and
• referencing the storage medium and selecting a next hop for the communication data based on quality information regarding a route to an IP address block to which an IP address of the communication destination host belongs and the quality requirement.