US 12,126,545 B2
Communication device and communication method
Ryota Kimura, Tokyo (JP); Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo (JP); Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo (JP); Fumio Teraoka, Kanagawa (JP); Kazuki Hayashi, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroki Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP); and Tomonori Sato, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/760,380
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 3, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/003861
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166644, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-025501 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067181 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/83 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 47/803 (2013.01) [H04L 47/83 (2022.05); H04W 72/53 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A communication device, comprising:
at least one processor configured to:
control communication with a first node, wherein
the communication device is configured to operate as a first management node in a first zone, and
the first zone is a first management domain on a network;
receive, from a user, a first request regarding an application, wherein the application chains at least one application function (AF) to act on a packet that flows in the network;
acquire information regarding the application from a second zone, wherein the second zone is a second management domain different from the first zone; and
determine, based on the information, a deployment destination of the at least one AF in the network including the first zone and the second zone.