PACKET PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM EXECUTING THE METHOD

摘要

For a system that comprises an information processing apparatus that repetitively transmits a packet and a server apparatus that receives the packet, a packet processing apparatus that can reduce a packet processing load imposed on the server apparatus, a communication system and a packet processing method are disclosed. This packet processing apparatus includes: a packet determination unit for determining whether a packet received by a receiver is a repetitive packet that has been repetitively transmitted by an information processing apparatus to a server apparatus; a transmission determination unit for determining whether the packet that is determined to be a repetitive packet should be transmitted; and a transmitter for transmitting a packet that is determined not to be a repetitive packet and a packet that is determined to be transmitted, and for not transmitting a packet that is determined, by the transmission determination unit, is not to be transmitted.