CPC H04L 61/09 (2022.05) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05)] | 11 Claims |
1. A communication device that
measures a traffic amount in any predetermined determination data unit,
holds MAC entry information including the measured traffic amount and a media access control address (MAC address) in a MAC learning data holding unit, and
in response to a number of pieces of MAC entry information held by the MAC learning data holding unit exceeds a limit:
searches for minimum MAC entry information with a minimum traffic amount from among traffic data amounts in determination data unit held by the MAC learning data holding unit, and
overwrites the minimum MAC entry information obtained by search with unlearned MAC entry information that is not held by the MAC learning data holding unit.
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