| 摘要 |
[Problem] To provide a communication technique and a communication path control technique that, when switching the routes of communication paths, can suppress the influences on communication services. [Solution] A communication apparatus (4B) for performing communications via communication paths established in a network comprises: first means (43, 46) that can receive processing regulations including an identification rule, which is used to identify a communication flow on the basis of information including a communication path identifier, and a processing rule indicating to transfer a packet, which has been identified according to the identification rule, to a gateway corresponding to the communication path identifier; and second means (44, 45) that can transfer, on the basis of the processing regulations, a received packet to the gateway corresponding to the communication path identifier of the received packet. |
