Patent ID: 6034964
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A router device which connects a plurality of networks and manages a connection between said plurality of networks, said router device comprising:receiving means for receiving a packet from said plurality of networks;connection acknowledging means for acknowledging a connection to transmit said packet in reference to the content of the packet received by said receiving means;transmission means for transferring said received packet to one of said plurality of networks corresponding to the connection acknowledged by said connection acknowledging means;a management table having information indicating the content of a traffic control performed with respect to said connection for every connection between said plurality of networks without passing through other router devices;connection management means for generating a control packet including information indicating said connection if the packet received by said receiving means is the packet of a not-opened connection and information indicating the content of traffic control registered in said management table in correspondence with said connection and transmitting the generated control packet to other router devices included in said connection from said transmission means;communication control means for opening said connection in response to both information indicating a connection used for generating said control packet and information indicating the content of the traffic control and for applying the traffic control to the packet transferred by said transmission means with respect to said connection; andregistering means for revising the content of registration of said management table in response to a predetermined instruction for management.