Node, packet communication network, packet communication method, and program

摘要

The present invention relates to a node, a packet communication network, and a packet communication method and program. The node of the present invention is one which includes a section which advertises to other nodes link state information which indicates the state of links which are connected to this node, a section which establishes a packet forwarding path according to the link state information which is included in the advertisement by the advertisement section, and a traffic observation section which observes the traffic and outputs its observations as traffic observation results.