Patent ID: 9088500
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A packet communication apparatus comprising: a packet processing determining unit that receives packets and determines whether or not to instruct a first-type packet processing device in the packet communication apparatus to perform predetermined packet processing with respect to the received packets; a searching unit that, when a transfer speed of packets determined to be subjected to the predetermined packet processing by the packet processing determining unit exceeds a processing speed of the first-type packet processing device, searches for another packet communication apparatus that includes a second-type packet processing device which performs packet processing identical to the predetermined packet processing; and a transfer unit that transfers the packets to the other packet communication apparatus retrieved by the searching unit, wherein the transfer unit distributes, when the searching unit retrieves a plurality of the other packet communication apparatuses and the transfer speed of packets determined to be subjected to the predetermined packet processing by the packet processing determining unit is equal to or lower than a total processing speed that is obtained by adding the processing speed of the first-type packet processing device in the packet communication apparatus and a processing speed of the second-type packet processing device in each of the plurality of the other packet communication apparatuses that have been retrieved, the packets according to the processing speed of a packet processing device included in each of the plurality of the other packet communication apparatuses and transfers the distributed packets.