COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM

摘要

A communication system includes a plurality of control apparatuses that determine a packet handling operation; a plurality of packet processing units that process packets in accordance with the packet handling operation notified by the control apparatus; an assignment unit that assigns, with respect to each of the packet processing unit, a control apparatus that controls the packet processing unit concerned; and a database that is shared by the plurality of control apparatuses and that stores information related to the packet handling operation; wherein each of the control apparatuses refers to the database to determine the packet handling operation.