Patent ID: 9705797
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A node in a network including a plurality of nodes, the node comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit data to another node; a reception unit configured to receive data from another node; a memory configured to store a communication history between a plurality of other nodes and the node comprising the memory; and a processor configured to generate, when an acknowledgement response to data transmitted to a first node among the plurality of other nodes is not received from the first node, duplicate data of the transmitted data, and to refer to the communication history, identify the first node as a cause of generation of the duplicate data, to generate a check request that includes a communication history between the first node and the node comprising the memory and that requests the first node to check the communication history when a duplication report indicating detection of the duplicate data transmitted to a second node among the plurality of other nodes is received from one of the plurality of other nodes, and to instruct the transmission unit to transmit the check request when a number of times of receiving the duplication report and identifying the first node has exceeded a threshold.