Patent ID: 9397949
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A terminal, communicating via a network including at least one forwarding device for forwarding a packet, and a control device for controlling said forwarding device(s) in accordance with a request from said forwarding device, said terminal comprising: a communication unit that receives a processing rule specifying a process of adding, to a packet, quality information related to communication quality with respect to said terminal, from said control device; a memory unit that stores said received processing rule; and a processing unit that in a case of communicating via said network, adds quality information to a packet in accordance with a processing rule that corresponds to said packet by referring to said processing rule stored in said memory unit, wherein said processing unit generates first information based on a processing rule stored in said memory unit, and transmits said first information to said network so that at least one of either said control device or said forwarding device collates said first information and second information based on said processing rule determined by said control device.