Patent ID: 6628614
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A traffic, control apparatus for controlling traffic of a packet in a network where packets are transmitted, comprising:judging means for generating a non-conformity notice when an interval between packets does not conform to a predetermined parameter; determining means, when a non-conformity notice is generated by said judging means for a first packet in which one of a plurality of data sets from a frame is stored, for determining whether or not to generate a non-conformity notice for a second packet in which a second data set obtained from the same frame is stored, based on a position in the frame of the data set stored in the first packet for which the non-conformity notice is generated; and processing means for discarding a packet for which a non-conformity notice is generated, or for setting a low priority for a packet for which a con-conformity notice is generated.