NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A network control apparatus that constructs a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, comprising:
- a first controller that is configured to deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and
a second controller that is configured to instructing a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the software deployed and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource.
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Abstract
Efficient use of a virtual appliance corresponding to a dedicated appliance in a communication system will be accomplished. A network control apparatus according to the present invention is a network control apparatus that constructs a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, and includes: first means for deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and second means for instructing a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the deployed software and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource.
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36 Claims
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1. A network control apparatus that constructs a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, comprising:
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a first controller that is configured to deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and a second controller that is configured to instructing a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the software deployed and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network control method for constructing a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, comprising:
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deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and indicating to a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the deployed software, and instructing the network resource to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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23. A system that can construct a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, comprising:
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a first controller that is configured to for deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and a second controller that is configured to for instruct a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the deployed software and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource.
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24. A network control apparatus that constructs a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, comprising:
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a first controller that is configured to for instruct a lower-level control apparatus to deploy the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and a second controller that is configured to for instruct the lower-level control apparatus to notify a network resource of an operation rule to identify communication data to be processed by the deployed software and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource.
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25. A communication system, comprising:
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a data transfer apparatus that transfers communication data; an information processing apparatus in which software is deployed that is capable of executing a function of a gateway apparatus relaying communications between communication networks; and a control apparatus that instructs the data transfer apparatus to transfer communication data to be processed by the deployed software to the information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A network control apparatus that controls a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a data transfer apparatus that transfers communication data and an information processing apparatus in which software is deployed that is capable of executing a function of a gateway apparatus relaying communications between communication networks, the network control apparatus comprising:
a controller that instructs the data transfer apparatus to transfer communication data to be processed by the deployed software to the information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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