US 12,218,774 B2
Communication system and computer-readable storage medium
Issei Hatanaka, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,326.
Application 18/458,326 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/009983, filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-046360 (JP), filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0403177 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 12/22 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/22 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05); H04L 63/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/126 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system comprising: a first communication control apparatus connected between a network connection apparatus and a first client apparatus; a second communication control apparatus connected between the network connection apparatus and a second client apparatus; and a communication control management apparatus that is connected to the network connection apparatus and manages communication by the first communication control apparatus and second communication control apparatus,
wherein the first communication control apparatus includes:
a first processor that generates a first packet including a first virtual tag; and
a first interface that mediates communication between the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus by transmitting and receiving the first packet,
the second communication control apparatus includes:
a second processor that generates the first packet including the first virtual tag; and
a second interface that mediates communication between the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus by transmitting and receiving the first packet, and
the communication control management apparatus includes:
a third processor that generates a second packet including a second virtual tag; and
a third interface that communicates with the first communication control apparatus or the second communication control apparatus by the second packet,
wherein the third processor monitors communication based on management information defining regular communication between the first client apparatus and the second client apparatus as communication by the first packet including the first virtual tag, and defining regular communication between the communication control management apparatus and the first communication control apparatus or second communication control apparatus as communication by the second packet including the second virtual tag.