Abstract: A service providing system includes a control server and a physical resource(s) controlled by the control server. The control server has a virtual device providing unit(s) that provides at least one virtual object for controlling a physical resource(s), and a virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) that can provide, as a virtual object(s), a virtual infrastructure(s) configured using at least one virtual object provided by the virtual device providing unit(s), wherein the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) can configure a virtual infrastructure(s) using the virtual object(s) provided by the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s), and can provide the virtual infrastructure(s) as a virtual object(s).

Abstract: A service providing system includes a control server and a physical resource(s) controlled by the control server. The control server has a virtual device providing unit(s) that provides at least one virtual object for controlling a physical resource(s), and a virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) that can provide, as a virtual object(s), a virtual infrastructure(s) configured using at least one virtual object provided by the virtual device providing unit(s), wherein the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) can configure a virtual infrastructure(s) using the virtual object(s) provided by the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s), and can provide the virtual infrastructure(s) as a virtual object(s).

Abstract: A service providing system includes a control server and a physical resource(s) controlled by the control server. The control server has a virtual device providing unit(s) that provides at least one virtual object for controlling a physical resource(s), and a virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) that can provide, as a virtual object(s), a virtual infrastructure(s) configured using at least one virtual object provided by the virtual device providing unit(s), wherein the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) can configure a virtual infrastructure(s) using the virtual object(s) provided by the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s), and can provide the virtual infrastructure(s) as a virtual object(s).

Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of first nodes that, in accordance with processing rules (packet handling operations) prescribing processing contents for a packet belonging to a pre-set flow, processes a packet received, which matches to the processing rules, and a second node that forwards the received packet via its ports without referencing the processing rules. The communication system also includes a control apparatus that sets, for the first nodes situated on a forwarding path for the packet belonging to the pre-set flow, processing rules to forward the packet belonging to the pre-set flow to each next hop. The control apparatus also sets, for the first node not situated on the forwarding path, processing rules to instruct dropping the packet that is forwarded from the second node and that is deviated from the forwarding path.

Abstract: A configuration of a communication system that is able to effect packet forwarding in accordance with an intended forwarding path even in an environment where a node represented by a Layer-2 switch (L2SW) and a node represented by an OpenFlow switch exist together, is provided. The communication system includes a first node, such as a Layer-2 switch, a plurality of second nodes, equivalent to the OpenFlow switches, and a controller. The controller causes the first node to receive a destination learning packet from one of the second nodes lying on the downstream side of the first node on a preset packet forwarding path. The destination learning packet has a node lying on the downstream side of the first node as a transmission source, so that the controller causes the first node to perform a packet forwarding operation in accordance with the packet forwarding path.

Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of first nodes that, in accordance with processing rules (packet handling operations) prescribing processing contents for a packet belonging to a pre-set flow, processes a packet received, which matches to the processing rules, and a second node that forwards the received packet via its ports without referencing the processing rules. The communication system also includes a control apparatus that sets, for the first nodes situated on a forwarding path for the packet belonging to the pre-set flow, processing rules to forward the packet belonging to the pre-set flow to each next hop. The control apparatus also sets, for the first node not situated on the forwarding path, processing rules to instruct dropping the packet that is forwarded from the second node and that is deviated from the forwarding path.

Abstract: A configuration of a communication system that is able to effect packet forwarding in accordance with an intended forwarding path even in an environment where a node represented by a Layer-2 switch (L2SW) and a node represented by an OpenFlow switch exist together, is provided. The communication system includes a first node, such as a Layer-2 switch, a plurality of second nodes, equivalent to the OpenFlow switches, and a controller. The controller causes the first node to receive a destination learning packet from one of the second nodes lying on the downstream side of the first node on a preset packet forwarding path. The destination learning packet has a node lying on the downstream side of the first node as a transmission source, so that the controller causes the first node to perform a packet forwarding operation in accordance with the packet forwarding path.

Abstract: A service providing system includes a control server and a physical resource(s) controlled by the control server. The control server has a virtual device providing unit(s) that provides at least one virtual object for controlling a physical resource(s), and a virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) that can provide, as a virtual object(s), a virtual infrastructure(s) configured using at least one virtual object provided by the virtual device providing unit(s), wherein the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s) can configure a virtual infrastructure(s) using the virtual object(s) provided by the virtual infrastructure providing unit(s), and can provide the virtual infrastructure(s) as a virtual object(s).

Abstract: A routing device includes a memory for storing routing entries in a routing table and a cache memory for storing some of routing entries present in the memory together with a mask length of a destination address as a cache entry. A high-speed retrieval section retrieves the cache entry corresponding to the destination address by referencing the cache memory based on the destination address of an input packet. An ordinary retrieval section retrieves the routing entry corresponding to the destination address by referencing the memory. A processing section writes the cache entry into the cache memory based on the routing entry retrieved by the ordinary retrieval section. The router device enables routing without using a routing entry that should not be used in the routing originally even when part of the routing table is cached.

Abstract: A routing device includes a memory for storing routing entries in a routing table and a cache memory for storing some of routing entries present in the memory together with information of a mask length of a destination address as a cache entry. A high-speed retrieval section retrieves the cache entry corresponding to the destination address as referencing the cache memory based on the destination address of an input packet. An ordinary retrieval section retrieves the routing entry corresponding to the destination address as referencing the memory. A caching processing section writes the cache entry into the cache memory based on the routing entry retrieved by the ordinary retrieval section. The router device enables routing without using a routing entry that should not be used in the routing originally even when part of the routing table is cached as well as suppressing usage quantity of the cache entries to improve their usage efficiency.