COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

A communication system includes a forwarding node processing a received packet in accordance with a process rule in which a matching rule for identifying a flow and a process content applied to a packet coinciding with the matching rule are associated to each other; and a control apparatus including a path calculation unit calculating a packet forwarding path for each flow; and a forwarding control policy management unit managing a packet forwarding control policy applied to the forwarding node; wherein the control apparatus sets a process rule reflecting contents of the forwarding control policy in accordance with the calculated path.