Patent ID: 7133363
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A packet switching system connected with a first and a second device over a network, comprising: a packet input/output section for receiving packets sent from the first device, and sending packets to the second device; a packet analysis section for analyzing the amount of data sent to the first device from the second device, based on information inside the received packet, when the packet input/output section has received the packet; a storage device for holding the packet; a packet processing unit for writing the packet onto the storage device; a transmit controller for controlling the transmission of the held packet to the second device according to a guaranteed bandwidth for a user and the amount of analyzed data, wherein the packet processing unit decides whether or not the packet that was input is a packet requesting the transmission of data to the second device, and the packet analysis section analyzes only the packet determined by the packet processing unit as the packet requesting transfer of data to the second device.