Abstract: A network controller is configured to perform, to a new slice request, resource allocation from a resource of unallocated resource information managed by a resource information management unit, and to reallocate the resource to an existing slice request so that an unallocated resource increases based on unallocated resource information managed by the resource information management unit.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control device includes: a communicator periodically receiving a dynamic map; a sensor management circuit collecting, from one or more sensors measuring a state of objects around a vehicle, a result of measurement representing the state of objects around the vehicle; a surrounding information comparator comparing object data represented by the dynamic map with object data represented by the result of measurement, and in response to finding mismatching object data, detecting, from the mismatching object data, data of the dynamic map representing an object within a specified range from the vehicle; and a proximity information processor setting, from the data of the dynamic map detected by the surrounding information comparator, data representing the vehicle as an avoidance non-target object in traveling control, and setting data representing an object other than the vehicle as an avoidance target object in traveling control or the avoidance non-target object.

Abstract: An optical line terminal includes: one or more optical line termination units to which an optical network unit of an optical communication system is connected, the one or more optical line termination units acquiring an allocation requested bandwidth from the optical network unit connected; a slice management unit that manages slice configuration information indicating which slice each of the optical network unit connected to the optical line termination unit is included in, and manages a limitation on allocation of bandwidth for the optical network unit as a parameter for allocating bandwidth; and a bandwidth allocation unit that determines, for each of the slice, an allocated bandwidth for each of the optical network unit connected to the optical line termination unit on the basis of the allocation requested bandwidth, the slice configuration information, and the parameter for allocating bandwidth.

Abstract: A controller includes a physical network information acquisition unit obtaining information about resource of a device and information about connection between devices in a wireless access network, a physical path calculation unit calculating physical path resource information based on the information about resource of the device and the information about connection between the devices, an abstract path resource calculation unit calculating abstract path resource information based on the physical path resource information, an abstract path correlation calculation unit generating correlation information between abstract paths, a resource pool storing the abstract path resource information and the correlation information, a temporary resource pool temporarily storing the abstract path resource information and the correlation information, an abstract resource allocation unit determining whether a slice meeting a requirement of a slice request can be generated, and a temporary resource calculation unit updating i

Abstract: A resource allocation device includes: a required resource calculation unit that calculates, for each slice, a required occupation value and a required share value based on a predicted value and prediction accuracy of traffic generated in each of one or more slices generated between a host pair of a higher device and a lower device, and calculates a total required occupation value and a total required share value on a host pair basis based on the required occupation value and the required share value calculated; and a resource allocation unit that determines, for each host pair, whether the total required occupation value and the total required share value are allowed to be allocated to the host pair based on an available resource, and allocates the required occupation value and the required share value to each slice in a case where the allocation is possible.

Abstract: A server device includes a support information generation unit, a condition determination unit, and a resource calculation unit. The support information generation unit generates support information for each support-provided area using information from a communication terminal. The condition determination unit determines a support information generation condition being a condition concerning the support information to be generated by the support information generation unit, based on area situation information representing a situation thereof.

Abstract: A processing device that is an edge computer connected to a base station communicatable with a vehicle in a service area includes: a request generation unit generating a first request including location information and a range from the location information specifying a region in which information sharing is requested, and an identifier from which a demander that requests the information sharing is identifiable; an accepted request holding unit holding a second request based on an information sharing demand from another processing device when shared information regarding the region is sendable in response to the second request; and a request location information inquiry unit generating the shared information including a cognitive event and the identifier held in the accepted request holding unit when location information indicating a cognitive event occurrence point acquired from the vehicle via the base station is included in a region specified by the second request information.

Abstract: A management device for managing a radio access network includes: a RAN slice management unit configured to manage a slice of the radio access network; a radio resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a radio resource possessed by a radio base station included in a radio network; an optical resource management unit configured to abstract and manage an optical resource possessed by an optical communication device included in an optical network; and a base station resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a base station resource possessed by a base station device included in a base station network. When a slice generation request is received from a higher-level management device, the RAN slice management unit determines an abstracted radio resource, an abstracted optical resource and an abstracted base station resource to be assigned to a slice, based on requested performance of the slice.

Abstract: A control apparatus (10) generates probe data from sensing data obtained by sensing objects in a mobile object's surroundings. The control apparatus (10) selects at least some pieces of probe data as transmission data from the probe data generated, according to a communication resource determined according to a role of the mobile object. The control apparatus (10) transmits the transmission data selected to a management server (20). The management server (20) updates management data such as a dynamic map based on the transmission data.

Abstract: A communication device (201) receives internal electric waves (302) emitted toward inside a vehicle (100) by an internal communicator (102) mounted in the vehicle (100), and receives external electric waves (303) emitted toward outside the vehicle (100) by an external communicator (103) mounted in the vehicle (100). The communication device (201) determines whether the communication device (201) is inside the vehicle (100) or outside the vehicle (100), from a reception intensity of the received internal electric waves (302) and from a reception intensity of the received external electric waves (303).

Abstract: An OLT connected with a controller managing slices includes a bandwidth allocating unit capable of allocating bandwidths in a PON system to ONUs through allocation methods, a slice managing unit that calculates a guaranteed delay time for each allocation method, receives, from the controller, a resource reservation request including a bandwidth requested to be reserved in the PON system for a slice and a requested delay time, and determines an allocation method associated with the request based on the requested delay time and the guaranteed delay time for each allocation method, and a resource information generating unit that holds, as abstract resource information, an available bandwidth for the guaranteed delay times of each ONUs, calculates an available bandwidth in the allocation method of the associated ONU based on the allocation method associated with the request and the requested bandwidth, and updates and transmits the abstract resource information, to the controller.

Abstract: A controller of a radio access network calculates physical path resource information which is resource information about physical paths between devices in the network, and abstract path resource information which expresses the physical path resource information in a representative manner. When receiving a request to create a slice, the controller determines whether a slice that satisfies a requested condition is creatable based on the abstract path resource information and, when determining that the slice that satisfies the requested condition can be created, creates the slice by selecting a physical path that satisfies the requested condition based on the physical path resource information.

Abstract: A controller that is a resource management device includes: a history information storage unit storing, for each combination of endpoint nodes constituting endpoints of a network and for each type of service, history information indicating used bands previously required for providing a service; a non-used resource calculation unit calculating non-used resource information based on the history information stored corresponding to a first service that is a service already allocated a resource, the non-used resource information indicating a resource that is not used while the first service is provided; and an available resource generation unit generating available resource information based on the non-used resource information, the available resource information indicating an available resource including a shareable resource and available to a second service to be newly provided, the shareable resource being a part, shareable with the second service, of the resource already allocated to the first service.

Abstract: A network control device for generating a slice by dividing a network and allocating communication resources to the slice, the slice being a virtual network, the network control device including: a processor; and a memory to store a program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of: obtaining and holding resource information from a network device included in the network, the resource information including information on a maximum usage rate of communication resources allocated to a previously generated slice in at least one predetermined period; and determining, upon receiving a request for generating a new slice, whether or not the requested slice can be generated on the basis of the resource information held, wherein the resource information includes information on a maximum usage rate of communication resources, which are allocated to the previously generated slice, depending on a request delay concerning the slice in the predetermined period.

Abstract: A network controller is configured to perform, to a new slice request, resource allocation from a resource of unallocated resource information managed by a resource information management unit, and to reallocate the resource to an existing slice request so that an unallocated resource increases based on unallocated resource information managed by the resource information management unit.

Abstract: A deterioration diagnosis device includes: a temperature acquisition unit acquiring a temperature of an optical transceiver including a laser diode outputting an optical transmission signal; a bias current acquisition unit acquiring a bias current flowing through the diode; a correction function calculation unit calculating a correction function representing a relationship between the acquired temperature and bias current; a temperature correction value calculation unit calculating a temperature correction value for a bias current acquired at the time of deterioration diagnosis, using the correction function; a corrected bias current calculation unit correcting the bias current acquired at the time of the deterioration diagnosis, using the temperature correction value; and a bias current change amount calculation unit determining a state of the laser diode by comparing an initial bias current with a corrected bias current.

Abstract: An object identification device includes: a region determination unit that acquires observed position information indicating positions at which an object is observed, and determines whether each position is in any one of regions into which an area indicated is divided; a road reference position conversion unit that converts each position in the region, into a traveling direction position parallel to an assumed road direction and a transverse direction position perpendicular to the assumed road direction; and a comparison unit that rearranges the positions in order of the traveling direction, creates pairs of front and rear positions, calculates a difference in the traveling direction positions and the transverse direction positions between each pair of positions, and determines that a pair of positions between which the differences are within thresholds specified in respective items are derived from the same object, and a pair of positions between which at least one of the differences is greater than the thre

Abstract: A controller of a radio access network calculates physical path resource information which is resource information about physical paths between devices in the network, and abstract path resource information which expresses the physical path resource information in a representative manner. When receiving a request to create a slice, the controller determines whether a slice that satisfies a requested condition is creatable based on the abstract path resource information and, when determining that the slice that satisfies the requested condition can be created, creates the slice by selecting a physical path that satisfies the requested condition based on the physical path resource information.

Abstract: A vehicle traveling control device includes: a communicator periodically receiving a dynamic map; a sensor management circuit collecting, from one or more sensors measuring a state of objects around a vehicle, a result of measurement representing the state of objects around the vehicle; a surrounding information comparator comparing object data represented by the dynamic map with object data represented by the result of measurement, and in response to finding mismatching object data, detecting, from the mismatching object data, data of the dynamic map representing an object within a specified range from the vehicle; and a proximity information processor setting, from the data of the dynamic map detected by the surrounding information comparator, data representing the vehicle as an avoidance non-target object in traveling control, and setting data representing an object other than the vehicle as an avoidance target object in traveling control or the avoidance non-target object.

Abstract: A management device for managing a radio access network includes: a RAN slice management unit configured to manage a slice of the radio access network; a radio resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a radio resource possessed by a radio base station included in a radio network; an optical resource management unit configured to abstract and manage an optical resource possessed by an optical communication device included in an optical network; and a base station resource management unit configured to abstract and manage a base station resource possessed by a base station device included in a base station network. When a slice generation request is received from a higher-level management device, the RAN slice management unit determines an abstracted radio resource, an abstracted optical resource and an abstracted base station resource to be assigned to a slice, based on requested performance of the slice.