Patent ID: 7474659

Claim:
A method of transferring packet data from a transmitter side to a receiver side via a network, comprising the steps of: deciding whether or not packet data is transmitted exceeding a guaranteed bandwidth based on a preset guaranteed bandwidth set in advance with respect to the packet data to be transferred and adding a first identifier to the packet data when the packet data is transmitted without exceeding the guaranteed bandwidth, while adding a second identifier to the packet data when the packet data is transmitted exceeding the guaranteed bandwidth; transmitting the packet data to which the identifier has been added to the network in the preset guaranteed bandwidth by using a token bucket shaper for the packet data to be transmitted without exceeding the preset guaranteed bandwidth; receiving at a relay unit packet data transferred via the network and further transferring the received packet data to the receiver side; selecting one or more relay units; and registering identifiers corresponding to packet data to be transferred without exceeding the preset guaranteed bandwidth and guaranteed bandwidths.