Patent 11985457 was granted and assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone on May, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A communication device in a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network, the communication device including a capsulation function unit configured to encapsulate information that is to be transmitted to another communication device.