Patent ID: 9450863
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A route request mediation apparatus, comprising: a resource management unit that manages a resource of a network to be managed; a request receiving unit that receives a route request with an added service level condition from a user or another route request mediation apparatus; a negotiation status management unit that forwards said route request to a destination specified by said route request, and manages a negotiation status based on a response from said destination; an acceptance assessment unit that assesses whether or not to accept said route request by referring to said negotiation status managed by said negotiation status management unit and to said resource management unit; and a response sending unit that responds with an assessment result indicating whether or not said route request is accepted to the request source of said route request, wherein, when receiving a response partially accepting a service level added to said route request as a response from said destination of said route request, said negotiation status management unit forwards said response including said service level indicated by said response to said user or another route request mediation apparatus, and receives a re-request for said response including said service level from said user or another apparatus.