A packet relay device, a packet transfer method, and a communications system

Title:

A packet relay device, a packet transfer method, and a communications system

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP5941556

Kind Code:

B2

Abstract:

A packet relay apparatus having one or more communication interfaces coupled to a network, a processor coupled to the one or more communication interfaces, and a memory coupled to the processor, said packet relay apparatus holds path information including a plurality of combinations of a final destination and a next transfer destination of a packet, and conditions for applying individual combinations of the path information; determining, on the basis of information included in a received packet, whether or not the received packet satisfies the condition for applying each combination of the path information; and transferring the received packet to one or more next transfer destinations of one or more combinations of the path information associated with the condition determined to be satisfied and including a final destination identical to final destination information included in the received packet.

Inventors:

Yoichi Nakamoto
Yoshinori Mochizuki
Tomoichi Ebata
Minoru Koizumi

Application Number:

JP2014553984A

Publication Date:

June 29, 2016

Filing Date:

December 28, 2012

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