TERMINAL

摘要

Provided is a terminal for performing broadcast transmission suitable for a transmission line having various characteristics. A terminal (100) comprises a transmission/reception section (201), a control unit (204), a transfer management section (206), and an external interface section (203). The terminal (100) refers to an IGMP (MLD) message received by the transmission/reception section (201), classifies a host which has issued the message and a relay terminal on the basis of the characteristics of the transmission line, and performs the broadcast transmission of a multicast packet in the form suitable for each characteristic of the transmission line.