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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR SETTING PROCESSING RULES, AND PROGRAM

  • US 20130195110A1
  • Filed: 10/11/2011
  • Published: 08/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A communication system, comprising:

  • a plurality of nodes provided with a packet processing unit that processes a received packet in accordance with a processing rule associating a process to be applied to a packet and a matching rule for identifying a packet to which said process is to be applied;

    a trunk port management unit that manages a trunking link in a network including said nodes; and

    a path control unit that determines whether or not to use said trunking link, in accordance with a characteristic of a packet for which a setting of a processing rule is requested by a given node, and in a case of using said trunking link, selects any trunking link according to a prescribed rule; and

    includinga control device that calculates a packet forwarding path including said selected link, based on topology of said network, and sets a processing rule to implement said packet forwarding path for a node in said packet forwarding path.

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