CPC H04L 47/20 (2013.01) [H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A policy determination apparatus comprising:
a monitoring data acquisition unit configured to acquire monitoring data relating to states of facilities on a network, the monitoring data being received from an external device;
a metrics generation unit configured to generate, based on the monitoring data, time-series data of a plurality of types of metrics associated with each of a plurality of candidates of routing destinations to which a routing control apparatus routes requests including first destination data;
a routing destination evaluation unit configured to evaluate the candidates based on the time-series data of the types of metrics associated with the candidates and priorities assigned to the types of metrics to generate routing destination evaluation data;
an evaluation providing unit configured to provide a first customer device with the routing destination evaluation data, the first customer device being authorized to set weights for determining a policy;
a weight acquisition unit configured to acquire weights transmitted by the first customer device in response to reception of the routing destination evaluation data by the first customer device;
a policy determination unit configured to generate or update a policy that the routing control apparatus uses for control of the routing destinations such that the routing control apparatus routes the requests to the candidates in proportions being based on the acquired weights;
a policy notification unit configured to notify the routing control apparatus of the policy;
an update condition determination unit configured to determine whether or not a predetermined policy update condition is satisfied; and
an update request unit configured to issue a policy update request when the policy update condition is determined to be satisfied,
wherein the policy determination unit is configured to request, in response to the policy update request, the evaluation providing unit to provide the first customer device with a latest version of the routing destination evaluation data.
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