US 12,294,886 B2
Communication apparatus, system, method, allocation apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium
Shintaro Nakano, Tokyo (JP); Hideo Hasegawa, Tokyo (JP); and Satoru Ishii, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/139,789.
Application 18/139,789 is a continuation of application No. 17/700,820, filed on Mar. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,683,716.
Application 17/700,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/836,234, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,317,316, issued on Apr. 26, 2022.
Application 16/836,234 is a continuation of application No. 15/557,650, granted, now 10,638,354, issued on Apr. 28, 2020, previously published as PCT/JP2016/057522, filed on Mar. 10, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-051225 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0269621 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/5003 (2022.01); H04L 41/5019 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04W 8/04 (2009.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 28/0268 (2013.01) [H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 41/5019 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04L 41/5003 (2013.01); H04W 8/04 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A communication apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
identify an operator to which traffic received belongs;
allocate the traffic to a physical node, in case the identified operator is a mobile network operator;
allocate the traffic to a virtual node, according to a service level of the identified operator, in case the identified operator is a mobile virtual network operator;
forward, to the physical node, the traffic allocated to the physical node; and
forward, to the virtual node, the traffic allocated to the virtual node,
wherein the traffic allocated to the virtual node is further forwarded to a destination via the mobile virtual network operator network.