NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE, NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

Efficient use of a virtual appliance corresponding to a dedicated appliance in a communication system will be accomplished. A network control apparatus according to the present invention is a network control apparatus that constructs a function of hardware equipment used in a communication network by using software, and includes: first means for deploying the software capable of executing the function of the hardware equipment in an information processing resource; and second means for instructing a network resource to identify communication data to be processed by the deployed software and to transfer the identified communication data to the information processing resource.