Claims
- 1. A network system having a plurality of interconnected networks each having a policy server, the policy server setting a quality-guaranteed path in the network according to a policy held in the policy server, the policy server comprising:
a policy holding unit to hold a policy defining a quality that can be guaranteed in its own network, or local network, for an inter-network communication; a policy publicizing unit to make public the policy held in the policy holding unit to the policy servers of other networks; a guaranteed quality calculation unit to calculate, from a policy publicized by a policy server of a network on a path between the local network and other network, a quality that can be guaranteed for the path between the local network and the other network; and a quality-guaranteed path setting unit to provide a quality-guaranteed path, the quality-guaranteed path having a guaranteed quality within the quality calculated by the guaranteed quality calculation unit for the path between the local network and the other network.
Priority Claims (1)
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11-284862 |
Oct 1999 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/520,832, filed Mar. 8, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
[0002] This application is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 09/513,930 filed on Feb. 28, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Continuations (1)
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09520832 |
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10674534 |
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