摘要 |
The purpose of the present invention is to equalize, in a hierarchy-type network system, the load of the entire network system while taking into account loads at the lower levels thereof. In an arbitrary 3-level hierarchy (n to n+2 levels), a node of the n+1 level obtains, from each of one or more nodes of the n+2 level, load information thereof, calculates the spare resource-amount thereof on the basis of the obtained load information and load information thereof, and transmits the calculated spare resource-amount thereof to a node of the n level. The node of the n level calculates weighting values on the basis of the spare resource-amounts obtained from each of the nodes of the n+1 level, and distributes a received processing request to either one of the nodes of the n+1 level on the basis of the calculated weighting values. |