US Patent 10193890 Communication apparatus to manage whitelist information

A communication apparatus receives control information of first data and a plurality of types of header information of first data, the first data being received by a first data receiver; selects a parameter from the plurality of types of header information of the first data based on a priority of a first data receiver group to which the first data receiver belongs and a storage condition, the priority being indicated by priority information, the storage condition indicating the number of entries of a whitelist that can be stored in a whitelist storage first memory; and add, to the whitelist, an entry that includes control information of the first data and at least one parameter selected above.