18707003. COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION)
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COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM
Organization Name
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
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COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18707003 titled 'COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM
Original Abstract Submitted
A communication device that accommodates a computer connecting to a LAN in a core network improves economical efficiency at the time of consolidating an overlay network for each area by including: a determination unit that is configured to determine an area to which a transmission source of a first packet belongs on the basis of a destination of a second packet once the second packet is received, the first packet being designated to the computer from any one of a plurality of areas, the second packet being obtained by encapsulating the first packet with a destination of any one of a plurality of IP addresses allocated to the communication device for the respective areas; a first transmission unit that is configured to transmit the second packet to the computer on the basis of the destination of the second packet; and a second transmission unit that is configured to encapsulate a response from the computer in a third packet with a destination of an IP address of a representative router of the area determined by the determination unit and transmit the third packet.
