摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a communication apparatus in which transmission of redundant identical or similar messages from virtual communication functions can be suppressed or reduced. <P>SOLUTION: A physical communication apparatus 1 comprising a plurality of virtual routers 12a-12d having an equivalent communication function separated logically is disposed at an end part of a virtual closed network. The communication apparatus 1 is provided with a similar information reducing section 14 for transmitting communication data having identical or similar content, among communication data being transmitted from the plurality of virtual routers 12a-12d, as multiplex data collected every specified period. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |