Abstract: A communication system of a passive optical communication network includes an optical line terminal (OLT) system including a first OLT, a second OLT, and an OLT control device that controls the first OLT and the second OLT, a plurality of splitters that connect the first OLT and the second OLT with an optical communication path, and an ONU that is connected to each of the splitters with an optical communication path. The splitter distributes and outputs an optical signal transmitted from the OLT system to the ONU connected to the splitter and a succeeding device that is another splitter or the OLT system, and the OLT control device determines a distribution ratio at the splitter, the distribution ratio indicating a ratio between the intensity of the optical signal distributed to the succeeding device and the intensity of the optical signal distributed to the ONU.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex transmission system capable of realizing a redundant configuration for coping with a failure while reducing useless resources. A multiplex transmission system includes: a resource pool 130 which is provided in a first multiplex transmission apparatus 100 and which has a resource that enables a function to be rewritten; and a management control unit 140 which controls the resource pool 130. The first multiplex transmission apparatus 100 includes: at least one client port to which a client apparatus can be connected; a transmission/reception unit corresponding to the client port; a standby system client port; and a standby system transmission/reception unit corresponding to the standby system client port. During normal time, an electrical processing function associated with each of the transmission/reception units is constructed in the resource pool 130.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex transmission system capable of achieving a redundant configuration for coping with a failure while reducing useless resources. A multiplex transmission system includes a first multiplex transmission apparatus 100, a second multiplex transmission apparatus 200, a resource pool 130 having resources capable of selectively constructing one or more functions among a plurality of functions, and a management control unit 140 for controlling the resource pool 130. The first multiplex transmission apparatus 100 includes a plurality of client ports. During normal time, a function associated with each of the plurality of client ports is constructed in the resource pool 130.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex transmission system capable of realizing a redundant configuration for coping with a failure while reducing useless resources. A multiplex transmission system includes: a resource pool 130 which is provided in a first multiplex transmission apparatus 100 and which has resources capable of selectively constructing one or more functions among a plurality of functions; a monitoring unit which monitors, when a failure occurs, information on the failure; and a control unit which controls the resource pool. The control unit causes, when a failure occurs, the resource pool 130 to execute construction of a function necessary for constructing a redundant configuration according to contents of the failure on the basis of a monitoring result by the monitoring unit.

Abstract: A slave station system 2 includes: a first shared slave station device 10 connected to a plurality of master station devices including at least a first master station device 3a and a second master station device 3b different from the first master station device 3a, and a second shared slave station device 20 connected to the first shared slave station device 10. The first shared slave station device 10 is equipped with a first individual function unit 11a corresponding to the first master station device 3a and a second individual function unit 11b corresponding to the second master station device 3b. The second shared slave station device 20 is equipped with a common function unit 21 connected to the first individual function unit 11a and the second individual function unit 11b and functioning regardless of the types of the plurality of master station devices.

Abstract: A slave station system 2 includes a first individual function unit 11a connected to a first master station device 3a and corresponding to the first master station device 3a, a second individual function unit 11b connected to a second master station device 3b and corresponding to the second master station device 3b, and a common function unit 21 connected to the first individual function unit 11a and the second individual function unit 11b and functioning regardless of the types of a plurality of master station devices. The first individual function unit 11a and the second individual function unit 11b are mounted on the same shared slave station device 10. The first individual function unit 11a and the second individual function unit 11b are configured to be operable independently of each other. The first individual function unit 11a includes a restoration function operated at least either manually or dynamically.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex transmission system capable of preventing occurrence of a mistake on connection of a client device to a multiplex transmission device. The multiplex transmission system includes: an extraction means configured to extract identification information from a signal inputted to a client port of each of a first multiplex transmission device 100 and a second multiplex transmission device 200; and a switch control unit 340 configured to control a switch unit 330 to connect the client port of the first multiplex transmission device 100 with the client port of the second multiplex transmission device 200 on the basis of a result of collation between identification information extracted from a signal inputted to the client port of the first multiplex transmission device 100 and identification information extracted from a signal inputted to the client port of the second multiplex transmission device 200.

Abstract: In a signal transfer system including a signal transfer management apparatus and a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses connected in multiple stages and forming a network between a distribution station apparatus and a central station apparatus, a signal transfer apparatus on an upper side among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses transmits a timing adjustment request to at least one of a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on a lower side among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses upon determining that there is a possibility that a microburst occurs according to mobile scheduling information received from the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on the lower side, and the signal transfer apparatus on the lower side that has received the timing adjustment request from the signal transfer apparatus on the upper side adjusts opening and closing timings of a gate based on the timing adjustment request. This can prevent the occurrence of a microburst.

Abstract: Provided is a multiplex transmission system capable of preventing occurrence of a mistake on connection of a client device to a multiplex transmission device.

Abstract: A communication system of a passive optical communication network includes an optical line terminal (OLT) system including a first OLT, a second OLT, and an OLT control device that controls the first OLT and the second OLT, a plurality of splitters that connect the first OLT and the second OLT with an optical communication path, and an ONU that is connected to each of the splitters with an optical communication path. The splitter distributes and outputs an optical signal transmitted from the OLT system to the ONU connected to the splitter and a succeeding device that is another splitter or the OLT system, and the OLT control device determines a distribution ratio at the splitter, the distribution ratio indicating a ratio between the intensity of the optical signal distributed to the succeeding device and the intensity of the optical signal distributed to the ONU.

Abstract: In a signal transfer system including a signal transfer management apparatus and a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses connected in multiple stages and forming a network between a distribution station apparatus and a central station apparatus, a signal transfer apparatus on an upper side among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses transmits a timing adjustment request to at least one of a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on a lower side when discard of a signal received from the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on the lower side has been detected or when an amount of traffic of a plurality of signals received from the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on the lower side exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the signal transfer apparatus on the lower side that has received the timing adjustment request from the signal transfer apparatus on the upper side adjusts opening and closing timings of a gate based on the timing adjustment request.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a communication system for a passive optical network that includes: an OLT system including a first OLT (Optical Line Terminal), a second OLT, and an OLT control apparatus that controls the first OLT and the second OLT; a plurality of splitters that are connected between the first OLT and the second OLT using optical communication channels; and ONU systems that are connected to the respective splitters using optical communication channels, and each include a first session establishing unit that establishes a session with the first OLT, a second session establishing unit that establishes a session with the second OLT, and a signal processing unit that executes signal processing of an ONU (Optical Network Unit) based on an optical signal output from the first session establishing unit or the second session establishing unit.

Abstract: In a signal transfer system including a signal transfer management apparatus and a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses connected in multiple stages and forming a network between a distribution station apparatus and a central station apparatus, a signal transfer apparatus on an upper side among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses transmits a timing adjustment request to at least one of a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on a lower side among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses upon determining that there is a possibility that a microburst occurs according to mobile scheduling information received from the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses on the lower side, and the signal transfer apparatus on the lower side that has received the timing adjustment request from the signal transfer apparatus on the upper side adjusts opening and closing timings of a gate based on the timing adjustment request. This can prevent the occurrence of a microburst.

Abstract: In a signal transfer system including a signal transfer management apparatus and a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses connected in multiple stages that form a network between distribution station apparatuses and a central station apparatus, a first signal transfer apparatus directly connected to a distribution station apparatus among the plurality of signal transfer apparatuses acquires the amount of data of a high priority signal that will be output next from the distribution station apparatus, measures the amount of traffic of the high priority signal received from the distribution station apparatus, calculates opening and closing timings of a gate for transferring a low priority signal based on the amount of data and the amount of traffic, and opens and closes the gate for transferring the low priority signal. This enables efficient use of the network bandwidth.

Abstract: A signal transfer system including a signal transfer management apparatus and a plurality of signal transfer apparatuses connected in multiple stages and forming a network between distribution station apparatuses and a central station apparatus, wherein a first signal transfer apparatus directly connected to a distribution station apparatus acquires the amount of data of a high priority signal that is to be output next from the distribution station apparatus, measures and transmits the amount of traffic of a signal received from the distribution station apparatus to the signal transfer management apparatus, receives a result of determination as to whether the amount of data acquired from the distribution station apparatus is to be discarded from the signal transfer management apparatus based on the amount of traffic, and when the amount of data is not to be discarded according to the result of the determination, calculates opening and closing timings of a gate transferring a low priority signal based on the a

Abstract: A communication system of a passive optical communication network includes an optical line terminal (OLT) system including a first OLT, a second OLT, and an OLT control device that controls the first OLT and the second OLT, a plurality of splitters that connects between the first OLT and the second OLT with an optical communication path, and an optical network unit (ONU) that is connected to each of the plurality of splitters with an optical communication path.

Abstract: The present invention provides a material for intraocular lens which has improved hydrolysis resistance. The material for intraocular lens according to the present invention is obtained by polymerizing a monomer composition comprising: a base monomer, a hydrophilic monomer, and a cross-likable monomer, wherein the base monomer comprises an aromatic ring-containing acrylate monomer and an alkoxyalkyl methacrylate monomer having an alkoxyalkyl group having four or less carbon atoms. A blending ratio on a molar basis of the methacrylate monomer with respect to the acrylate monomer in all the monomer components contained in the monomer composition is 0.25 to 1.00.

Abstract: To provide a light-emitting element having high luminous efficiency and to provide a light-emitting device and an electronic device which consumes low power and is driven at low voltage, a carbazole derivative represented by the general formula (1) is provided. In the formula, ?1, ?2, ?3, and ?4 each represent an arylene group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an aryl group having less than or equal to 13 carbon atoms; R1 represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; and R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group. In addition, l, m, and n are each independently 0 or 1.

Abstract: A bandwidth allocation device is included in a communication system having a terminal station device and a terminal device and relaying upstream data, which is received from a communication terminal by a lower device connected to the terminal device, to an upper device connected to the terminal station device. The bandwidth allocation device includes a transmission-permitted period start position determining unit configured to estimate a start position of an arrival period in which the upstream data arrives at the terminal device from the lower device; a transmission-permitted period length determining unit configured to estimate a length of the arrival period based on an amount of upstream data to be transmitted from the lower device to the terminal device; and a bandwidth allocation unit configured to allocate a bandwidth to the terminal device based on the estimated start position and the estimated length of the arrival period.

Abstract: A bandwidth allocation device is included in a communication system having a terminal station device and a terminal device and relaying upstream data, which is received from a communication terminal by a lower device connected to the terminal device, to an upper device connected to the terminal station device. The bandwidth allocation device includes a transmission-permitted period start position determining unit configured to estimate a start position of an arrival period in which the upstream data arrives at the terminal device from the lower device; a transmission-permitted period length determining unit configured to estimate a length of the arrival period based on an amount of upstream data to be transmitted from the lower device to the terminal device; and a bandwidth allocation unit configured to allocate a bandwidth to the terminal device based on the estimated start position and the estimated length of the arrival period.