Patent ID: 11895039
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A communication method performed by a bridge apparatus connected to at least one data transmitting apparatus and at least one data receiving apparatus through a communication path, and configured to receive a plurality of flows from the data transmitting apparatus and transfer the plurality of flows to the data receiving apparatus,
the communication method comprising:
a step of being notified of a required band for the plurality of flows, and calculating a relative ratio of communication speeds of the plurality of flows based on the required band for the plurality of flows; and
a step of receiving the plurality of flows from the data transmitting apparatus and transferring the plurality of flows to the data receiving apparatus according to the relative ratio of the communication speeds, wherein
the required band for a flow including burst data among the plurality of flows is calculated based on a data size of the burst data and an allowable delay of the flow.