Patents by Inventor Keiichi Nakatsugawa
Keiichi Nakatsugawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230283570Abstract: A resource allocation apparatus includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to select, based on template information of each of a plurality of containers to be deployed, from among the containers, a first candidate container to be deployed to an information processing apparatus of a first cluster coupled to a second cluster via an external network, determine, based on flow information of communication between the containers, whether a communication band in a case where the selected container is deployed to a gateway of the second cluster coupled to the external network satisfies traffic of a second candidate container to be deployed to an information processing apparatus of the second cluster, and determine a deployment destination of each container, based on a result of the determination of whether the communication band satisfies the traffic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiromasa Yamauchi, Keiichi Nakatsugawa, Makoto Kubota
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Patent number: 10965542Abstract: A management method includes executing an acquisition process, estimation process, comparison process, and output process. The acquisition process acquires; an actual measurement value of the first traffic, and accesses a memory storing a model for estimation of second traffic in accordance with the first traffic. The estimation process includes obtaining, for each of the plurality of communication apparatuses, an estimation value of the second traffic by inputting the actual measurement value of the first traffic per unit time into the model. The comparison process includes comparing, for each of the communication apparatuses, an estimation value of the second traffic and a given value with each other. The output process includes outputting an alert in accordance with a result of the comparison process.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 10374875Abstract: A resource management device provides a communication service in a network in response to a service request. The resource management device includes a processor. The processor executes a process. The process includes converting a total resource amount in the network into a first value. The process includes assigning a second value to each type of the communication service from the first value. The process includes second converting a resource requesting amount of the service request into a third value. The process includes setting, determining that the third value is equal to or less than the second value that is assigned to the type of the communication service of the service request, a communication service associated with the service request for a communication device on the network.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 10193791Abstract: A wavelength allocation device includes a decision unit, a determination unit, and an evaluation unit. The decision unit decides whether a wavelength bandwidth of an optimum route for a demand has a free bandwidth to which the demand can be allocated. The determination unit allocates the demand to a bypass route, in the case that the wavelength bandwidth of the optimum route does not have the free bandwidth in the decision unit. The evaluation unit integrates the degree of influence of a section on the optimum route, which becomes a bypass factor, based on a difference in a route cost between the optimum route and the bypass route for the demand.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2016Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keiichi Nakatsugawa, Akiko Yamada
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Publication number: 20180351823Abstract: A management method, performed by a computer, includes: executing an acquisition process that includes acquiring an actual measurement value of the first traffic; accessing a memory configured to store a model for estimation of second traffic in accordance with first traffic of a network that includes a plurality of communication apparatus; and executing a comparison process that includes comparing an estimation value of the second traffic and a given value with each other, wherein the estimation value is estimated by inputting the actual measurement value of the first traffic acquired by the acquisition process to the model acquired form the memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2018Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20180175965Abstract: A network control method which is executed by a processor included in a network control device, the network control method includes measuring an amount of time of generation of an optical path that extends via a plurality of nodes in a network; and setting the optical path at a timing that is controlled based on the amount of measured time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 9853857Abstract: A switch apparatus includes a first controller, a second controller, and a plurality of switch devices, the plurality of switch devices being configured to receive a packet and store a flow table which indicates a method of handling a process of the received packet, wherein the first controller informs a first content of the flow table to the plurality of switch devices, a first switch device detects a communication error between the first switch device and the first controller, the first switch device informs a second switch device of the communication error, and the second switch device changes a connecting destination from the first controller to the second controller.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20170324669Abstract: A control apparatus controlling a first data transfer apparatus including a first port, the control apparatus includes a memory, and a processor configured to detect a first transmission rate of first data transmitted using the first port is equal to or higher than a first value, when it is detected that the first transmission rate is equal to or higher than the first value, request the first data transfer apparatus to change a destination of a first packet from a first information processing apparatus to a data buffer, after the first packet transmitted from the first data transfer apparatus is stored for a first period in the data buffer, cause the data buffer to transmit the first packet to the first data transfer apparatus, and request the first data transfer apparatus to change the destination of the first packet from the data buffer apparatus to the first information processing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 9781023Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory configured to store information related to data accesses by executions of a plurality of applications, and a network configuration of a network system including a plurality of communication devices and a plurality of processing devices each of which executes any one of the plurality of applications, and a processor configured to calculate traffic amounts, when each of the plurality of communication devices is assumed as a data storage location to store data to be accessed by the executions, to be generated in the network system by the executions, based on the information and the network configuration, and determine a communication device to store the data to be accessed by the executions based on the calculated traffic amounts, among the plurality of communication devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20170257267Abstract: A resource management device provides a communication service in a network in response to a service request. The resource management device includes a processor. The processor executes a process. The process includes converting a total resource amount in the network into a first value. The process includes assigning a second value to each type of the communication service from the first value. The process includes second converting a resource requesting amount of the service request into a third value. The process includes setting, determining that the third value is equal to or less than the second value that is assigned to the type of the communication service of the service request, a communication service associated with the service request for a communication device on the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Patent number: 9641600Abstract: A system includes a terminal apparatus configured to generate pieces of data, each of the pieces of data including time information indicating when each of the pieces of data is generated; a destination apparatus configured to accumulate the pieces of data; a relay apparatus configured to store the pieces of data transmitted from the terminal apparatus based on the time information and to relay the pieces of data to the destination apparatus; and a processing apparatus configured to acquire the pieces of data that are stored in the relay apparatus and to process the pieces of data, wherein the relay apparatus is configured to store an amount of the pieces of data in the relay apparatus based on the time information, the amount corresponding to an amount of data that the processing apparatus processes based on a time range of the pieces of data.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keiichi Nakatsugawa, Shinya Kano
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Patent number: 9628324Abstract: An OpenFlow switch used in an OpenFlow network including a plurality of OpenFlow switches and an OpenFlow controller configured to control the plurality of OpenFlow switches includes: a failure detector configured to detect a failure of a link connected to the OpenFlow controller; and a channel management unit configured to establish an OpenFlow channel to transmit control information to the OpenFlow controller through another OpenFlow switch among the plurality of OpenFlow switches when a failure is detected by the failure detector.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Yamashita, Akiko Yamada, Toshio Soumiya, Sho Shimizu, Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20170078222Abstract: A control device configured to control a plurality of network switches provided in a plurality of communication paths including a first communication path and a second communication path, the control device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to control the plurality of network switches so that one or more data flows pass through the first communication path, monitor a load of the control device, detect that a failure occurs in the first communication path, and determine, based on a number of the one or more data flows and the load of the control device, a path selecting method of selecting the second communication path as an alternative communication path through which the data flows are to be transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinji Yamashita, AKIKO YAMADA, Kenji Hikichi, Keiichi Nakatsugawa, TOSHIO SOUMIYA
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Publication number: 20160308710Abstract: A switch apparatus includes a first controller, a second controller, and a plurality of switch devices, the plurality of switch devices being configured to receive a packet and store a flow table which indicates a method of handling a process of the received packet, wherein the first controller informs a first content of the flow table to the plurality of switch devices, a first switch device detects a communication error between the first switch device and the first controller, the first switch device informs a second switch device of the communication error, and the second switch device changes a connecting destination from the first controller to the second controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20160261936Abstract: A wavelength allocation device includes a decision unit, a determination unit, and an evaluation unit. The decision unit decides whether a wavelength bandwidth of an optimum route for a demand has a free bandwidth to which the demand can be allocated. The determination unit allocates the demand to a bypass route, in the case that the wavelength bandwidth of the optimum route does not have the free bandwidth in the decision unit. The evaluation unit integrates the degree of influence of a section on the optimum route, which becomes a bypass factor, based on a difference in a route cost between the optimum route and the bypass route for the demand.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Keiichi NAKATSUGAWA, Akiko YAMADA
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Patent number: 9439102Abstract: A transmitting apparatus transmits a data stream via multiple wireless links and includes a storage unit that stores a guaranteed rate to be guaranteed for the data stream; a dividing unit that divides traffic of the data stream into first traffic corresponding to the guaranteed rate stored in the storage unit and second traffic corresponding to a portion of the traffic exceeding the guaranteed rate; and a distributing unit that distributes the first traffic to at least any one of the wireless links preferentially over the second traffic, and distributes the second traffic to available bandwidths of the plural wireless links.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20150319671Abstract: A control apparatus including: a network interface configured to communicate with a plurality of networks including a first network and coupling each other via a plurality of relaying apparatus, the first network including a communication apparatus that receives a packet addressed to a first address provided for a specific terminal from the first network and transmits the received packet to a second address provided for the specific terminal from a second network in the plurality of networks when the specific terminal couples to the second network, and a processor configured to: identify at least one relaying apparatus lying between the communication apparatus and the specific terminal that couples to the second network from among the plurality of relaying apparatus, and transmit at least one control packet controlling the at least one relaying apparatus so that a packet addressed to the first address is relayed to the second address.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20150295752Abstract: An OpenFlow switch used in an OpenFlow network including a plurality of OpenFlow switches and an OpenFlow controller configured to control the plurality of OpenFlow switches includes: a failure detector configured to detect a failure of a link connected to the OpenFlow controller; and a channel management unit configured to establish an OpenFlow channel to transmit control information to the OpenFlow controller through another OpenFlow switch among the plurality of OpenFlow switches when a failure is detected by the failure detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Shinji Yamashita, AKIKO YAMADA, TOSHIO SOUMIYA, Sho Shimizu, Keiichi Nakatsugawa
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Publication number: 20150281352Abstract: A communication control device is connected, via a network, to a plurality of storage devices that store data generated by a generation device that generates the data, and a usage device that uses the data stored in the plurality of storage devices. The communication control device includes a processor configured to execute a process including collecting information relevant to acquisition of the data from the plurality of storage devices by the usage device, determining a storage rule for storing the data at each of the plurality of storage devices, based on the collected information relevant to the acquisition of the data, and sending the determined storage rule to the storage device corresponding to the determined storage rule.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Keiichi Nakatsugawa, Shinya Kano
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Patent number: 9001833Abstract: A relay apparatus in a communication system including a transmission apparatus, a reception apparatus, and a plurality of relay apparatuses which include the relay apparatus, including: a receiver receiving distributed sequential packets from the transmission apparatus which distributes sequential packets for the reception apparatus among the plurality of relay apparatuses, a memory storing distributed sequential packets of the sequential packets in sequential order, the distributed sequential packets are distributed and transmitted to the relay apparatus by the transmission apparatus, and a processor selecting a discard packet from the distributed sequential packets based on a discard condition, and to add a discard information to a previous packet and to transmit the previous packet, the discard information indicates a sequence number of the discard packet to be discarded, and the previous packet is one of the distributed sequential packets before the discard packet in sequential order.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventor: Keiichi Nakatsugawa