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Granted Patent B2
US 12,212,458 · App. 18/551,715 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Communication system, configuration management apparatus, configuration management method, and program

Inventors: Masahiro Shiraishi (Tokyo, JP); Hiroki Nagayama (Tokyo, JP); Tomoaki Washio (Tokyo, JP); Asami Miyajima (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
H04L41/0806H04L41/02
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Patent No.
US 12,212,458
App. No.
18/551,715
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system that performs communication among a plurality of nodes by a broker-less type publishing/subscribing model, the communication system including a computer including a memory and a processor configured to receive communication data among the plurality of nodes; based on the communication data, create first relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding transmission and reception of the communication data, second relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a belonging domain and whether the nodes are on a publisher side or on a subscriber side, and third relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a topic to be published and subscribed; and create configuration information indicating a network configuration of the communication system by associating the first relationship information, the second relationship information, and the third relationship information.

Claims (26)

1. A communication system that performs communication among a plurality of nodes by a broker-less type publishing/subscribing model, the communication system comprising:

a computer including a memory and a processor configured to

receive communication data among the plurality of nodes;

based on the communication data, create first relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding transmission and reception of the communication data, second relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a belonging domain and whether the nodes are on a publisher side or on a subscriber side, and third relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a topic to be published and subscribed; and

create configuration information indicating a network configuration of the communication system by associating the first relationship information, the second relationship information, and the third relationship information.

2. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor creates the configuration information by associating the first relationship information and the second relationship information by port numbers, and associating the second relationship information and the third relationship information by identifiers used in the publishing/subscribing model.

3. The communication system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor creates the first relationship information and the third relationship information based on communication data as data distribution among the nodes, and

creates the first relationship information and the second relationship information based on communication data among the nodes in a case where a node participates in the communication system, communication data among the nodes in a case where another node is searched for, or communication data among the nodes in a case where a distribution content is agreed.

4. A configuration management apparatus that creates configuration information of a communication system that performs communication among a plurality of nodes by a broker-less type publishing/subscribing model, the configuration management apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to

receive communication data among the plurality of nodes;

based on the communication data, create first relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding transmission and reception of the communication data, second relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a belonging domain and whether the nodes are on a publisher side or on a subscriber side, and third relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a topic to be published and subscribed; and

create configuration information indicating a network configuration of the communication system by associating the first relationship information, the second relationship information, and the third relationship information.

5. The configuration management apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor creates the configuration information by associating the first relationship information and the second relationship information by port numbers, and associating the second relationship information and the third relationship information by identifiers used in the publishing/subscribing model.

6. The configuration management apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the creation unit processor creates the first relationship information and the third relationship information based on communication data as data distribution among the nodes, and

creates the first relationship information and the second relationship information based on communication data among the nodes in a case where a node participates in the communication system, communication data among the nodes in a case where another node is searched for, or communication data among the nodes in a case where a distribution content is agreed.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed, cause a computer including a memory and processor to function as the configuration management apparatus according to claim 4 .

8. A configuration management method performed by a configuration management apparatus that includes a memory and a processor to create configuration information of a communication system that performs communication among a plurality of nodes by a broker-less type publishing/subscribing model, the configuration management method comprising:

receiving communication data among the plurality of nodes;

based on the communication data, creating first relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding transmission and reception of the communication data, second relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a belonging domain and whether the nodes are on a publisher side or on a subscriber side, and third relationship information indicating a relationship among the nodes regarding a topic to be published and subscribed; and

creating configuration information indicating a network configuration of the communication system by associating the first relationship information, the second relationship information, and the third relationship information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: SHIRAISHI, MASAHIRO; NAGAYAMA, HIROKI; WASHIO, TOMOAKI; MIYAJIMA, ASAMI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064983/0713 →
Continuity (1)
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