Patent ID: 9608888
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A transmitting device located between a plurality of external devices and coupled to the plurality of external devices via a plurality of virtual networks and configured to transmit a user packet communicated between the plurality of external devices, the transmitting device comprising: a memory configured to have a plurality of memory regions respectively assigned to one of the plurality of virtual networks, wherein a memory region, among the plurality of memory regions, that is assigned to a virtual network over which the user packet is transmitted among the plurality of virtual networks, is accessed when the user packet is transmitted using the virtual network; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: wherein the identifier is represented by a numerical value, and when multiple virtual networks of which flow amounts are respectively smaller than the predetermined lower limit value are present, the processor is configured to select a virtual network corresponding to the identifier which is smallest among identifiers of the multiple virtual networks.