Patent ID: 9350669
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A network apparatus for transferring packets, comprising: a transmitter for transferring received packets to a given destination; and a determining logic for obtaining a traffic volume of the received packets to be transferred, wherein the determining logic determines a periodicity of changes to the traffic volume, generates a traffic volume prediction after a predetermined period of time with use of the determined periodicity, and controls transfer performance of the transmitter based on a result of the traffic volume prediction, wherein the determining logic monitors requests for services provided by a server, the monitored requests are contained in the received packets to be transferred, and generates the traffic volume prediction after the predetermined period of time with use of a count of the monitored requests, and wherein the traffic volume prediction is transferred to at least one of other network apparatuses coupled upstream and downstream of the network apparatus so that the at least one of the other network apparatuses controls transfer performance.