APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK INFORMATION
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1. A network-information-providing device, comprising:
- a control unit that extracts an object node whose network connection state is most stable by referring to network information of one or more nodes that comprise a network upon receipt of a network-connection request; and
a communication unit that transmits address information of the object node to a new node attempting to connect to the network.
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Abstract
A network-information-providing device including a control unit that extracts an object node whose network connection state is most stable by referring to network information of one or more nodes that comprise a network when receiving a network-connection request, and a communication unit that transmits address information of the object node. The network-information-providing device efficiently determines the network states of each of the nodes connected to the network and provides the most stable node as that object node, to which the new node connects.
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1. A network-information-providing device, comprising:
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a control unit that extracts an object node whose network connection state is most stable by referring to network information of one or more nodes that comprise a network upon receipt of a network-connection request; and a communication unit that transmits address information of the object node to a new node attempting to connect to the network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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11. A network-information-providing method, comprising:
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receiving a network-connection-request packet from a new node requesting to connect to a network; transmitting an update-request packet to request updating of network information of one or more nodes that comprise the network upon receipt of the connection-request packet; receiving the network information in response to the update-request packet; extracting an object node whose network-connection state is most stable by referring to the received network information; and transmitting the address information of the object node to the new node. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 34)
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35. A node connectable to one or more nodes that comprise a network, comprising
a control unit that extracts an object node whose network connection state is most stable by referring to network information of the one or more nodes that comprise the network upon receipt of a network-connection request; - and
a communication unit that transmits address information of the object node to a new node attempting to connect to the network.
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