Abstract: A switching instructor outputs a beacon light selection notification signal when a optical transceiver transmits a optical wireless signal of a beacon light and outputs a signal light selection notification signal when the optical transceiver transmits the optical wireless signal of the signal light. A spatial light modulator controller performs switching of a control signal given to each of the plurality of pixels of a spatial light modulator to: cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the beacon light selection notification signal and cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the signal light selection notification signal.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a light output unit for outputting light; a light splitting unit for splitting the light output by the light output unit into a plurality of split beams; and a plurality of spatial optical communication units provided in correspondence to the plurality of split beams, wherein the spatial optical communication units respectively transmit a corresponding split beam which is input from the light splitting unit to a partner communication device across space.

Abstract: A phase difference distribution estimation method includes: receiving an optical signal via a space and detecting a phase of the optical signal; calculating characteristic values related to characteristics of the atmosphere through which the optical signal propagates from the optical signal received in the receiving; estimating a phase difference distribution of an optical signal received after a certain period of time, on the basis of the characteristic values calculated in the calculating; and controlling a phase of an optical signal in the receiving on the basis of the phase difference distribution estimated in the estimating.

Abstract: A station installation designing assistance device that divides a service providing area into a plurality of areas, and performs station installation designing for the plurality of areas in parallel, the station installation designing assistance device including: an area dividing unit that divides an entirety of the service providing area into a plurality of areas that are each composed of a predetermined number of small areas; a small area specifying unit that specifies a small area number that identifies a small area in each of the areas, where the same number is given to the small area in each of the areas; and a station installation location selecting unit that selects, for each of the plurality of areas, a plurality of station installation locations from among station installation location candidates that are present in the small area specified by the small area specifying unit.

Abstract: In an optical wireless communication system including: an optical wireless communication apparatus that moves along with a first optical wireless station; and a second optical wireless station opposed to the first optical wireless station, the optical wireless communication apparatus includes at least one reference light transmitting unit that transmits reference light to the second optical wireless station with a position in front in a moving direction of the first optical wireless station defined as a transmission position, the second optical wireless station includes a reference light receiving unit that receives the reference light transmitted from the at least one reference light transmitting unit, an estimation unit that estimates an influence of atmospheric air on transmission of signal light based on a reception state of the reference light received by the reference light receiving unit, a compensation unit that performs compensation processing on the signal light based on the influence of the atmosph

Abstract: A communication quality calculation unit (11) of a base station placement design device (1) calculates communication quality of each terminal in a case where a base station is installed at a base station placement candidate location for a plurality of base station placement candidate locations. An aggregation unit (12) aggregate the number of terminals whose communication quality calculated by the communication quality calculation unit (11) is equal to or greater than a threshold value for each of the plurality of base station placement candidate locations. A base station placement location selection unit (13) selects a base station placement location from among the plurality of base station placement candidate locations, based on the number of terminals aggregated by the aggregation unit (12) for each of the plurality of base station placement candidate locations.

Abstract: A communication control device that transmits a packet to be transmitted to a terminal to a base station that performs wireless communication with the terminal, includes: a terminal classification unit that classifies, on the basis of a magnitude of radio wave interference from a base station different from a neighboring base station, a plurality of the terminals into a first terminal set and a second terminal set that is relatively larger in the magnitude of radio wave interference than the first terminal set; and a transmission unit that transmits, in a case where packets destinations of which are terminals belonging to the first terminal set are to be transmitted to respective neighboring base stations of the terminals, the packets at the same timing and transmits, in a case where packets destinations of which are terminals belonging to the second terminal set are to be transmitted to respective neighboring base stations of the terminals, the packets at timings different from each other.

Abstract: The solenoid coil includes a coil having a first end surface and a second end surface on its both ends in an axial direction, a member which is in contact with the first end surface, and has a groove through which the wire material of the coil passes, and an insulating resin formed to coat at least an outer circumferential surface and the second end surface of the coil. The resin with a substantially U-shaped section is continuously coated on at least a part of an inner circumferential surface of the coil via an area from the outer circumferential surface to the second end surface.

Abstract: This shock absorber includes a tube, a piston rod having one end portion in an axial direction disposed in the tube and the other end portion in the axial direction disposed outside the tube, a piston assembly connected to an intermediate position of the piston rod in the axial direction, dividing an inner chamber into a first chamber on the other end portion side of the piston rod and a second chamber on the one end portion side of the piston rod, and configured to generate a damping force when the piston rod moves, and a damping force increasing mechanism increasing the damping force when the piston assembly moves to the second chamber side. The damping force increasing mechanism includes a first cylinder connected to the one end portion side of the piston rod with respect to the piston assembly, and a partition piston entering inside of the first cylinder.

Abstract: A station installation designing assistance device that divides a service providing area into a plurality of areas, and performs station installation designing for the plurality of areas in parallel, the station installation designing assistance device including: an area dividing unit that divides an entirety of the service providing area into the plurality of areas; a station installation priority determining unit that determines, for each of the plurality of areas, station installation priorities of station installation location candidates that are present in the area; and a station installation priority adjusting unit that adjusts the station installation priorities determined by the station installation priority determining unit, based on a degree of overlap of cells formed as a result of base stations being installed in station installation location candidates in the areas, respectively.

Abstract: An arrival rate estimation device includes an average received power calculation unit that calculates an average received power for each mesh that constitutes an area, with respect to each of a plurality of base stations and each of a plurality of antennas included in each of the base stations and an arrival rate estimation unit that calculates a communication arrival rate by substituting the average received power into a cumulative distribution function of an instantaneous received power value, and based on the calculated communication arrival rate, calculates a communication arrival rate while giving consideration to a site diversity effect and an antenna diversity effect, the cumulative distribution function being obtained from a probability density function of an amplitude that instantaneously changes due to Rayleigh fading.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a wireless communication system including: one or more terminal devices of which operation mode transitions between a first mode in which a wireless signal can be intermittently detected and a second mode in which data can be transmitted or received; and a gateway device that transmits, at a predetermined transmission interval, an instruction frame instructing the one or more terminal devices to shift to the second mode, wherein the one or more terminal devices each include an instruction frame detection unit that performs detection processing on the instruction frame, and a control unit that shifts an operation mode of the device from the first mode to the second mode on the basis of the number of times the instruction frame is detected.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a wireless communication system including: one or more terminal devices that transitions between a first state in which a wireless signal can be intermittently detected and a second state in which a wireless signal can be transmitted and received; and a gateway device that transmits an instruction frame instructing the one or more terminal devices to transition to the second state at a predetermined transmission interval.

Abstract: A radio terminal accommodation determination device includes: an average received power calculation unit for calculating an average received power for each mesh constituting an area; an interfering signal power CDF creation unit for creating a cumulative distribution function of all interfering signal powers; an intended signal power PDF creation unit for creating a fourth probability density function indicating a probability density function of an intended signal power; and a communication success rate estimation unit for calculating, for each base station, a communication success rate of the intended terminal based on the cumulative distribution function and the fourth probability density function.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes three or more wireless communication apparatuses and a control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus includes a setting unit configured to determine, for each of a plurality of paths from a first one of the wireless communication apparatuses to a second one of the wireless communication apparatuses, a total product value being a result of computing a total product of arrival probabilities of radio frames of respective radio sections constituting the path and a search unit configured to select a path, among the plurality of paths, with the number of transmission times of the radio frame for each of the paths being a predetermined number of times or smaller and the total product value being a predetermined threshold or more.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a light output unit for outputting light; a light splitting unit for splitting the light output by the light output unit into a plurality of split beams; and a plurality of spatial optical communication units provided in correspondence to the plurality of split beams, wherein the spatial optical communication units respectively transmit a corresponding split beam which is input from the light splitting unit to a partner communication device across space.

Abstract: A phase difference distribution estimation method includes: receiving an optical signal via a space and detecting a phase of the optical signal; calculating characteristic values related to characteristics of the atmosphere through which the optical signal propagates from the optical signal received in the receiving; estimating a phase difference distribution of an optical signal received after a certain period of time, on the basis of the characteristic values calculated in the calculating; and controlling a phase of an optical signal in the receiving on the basis of the phase difference distribution estimated in the estimating.

Abstract: A switching instructor outputs a beacon light selection notification signal when a optical transceiver transmits a optical wireless signal of a beacon light and outputs a signal light selection notification signal when the optical transceiver transmits the optical wireless signal of the signal light. A spatial light modulator controller performs switching of a control signal given to each of the plurality of pixels of a spatial light modulator to: cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the beacon light selection notification signal and cause a phase delay in light received by each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator when the switching instructor outputs the signal light selection notification signal.

Abstract: In an optical wireless communication system including: an optical wireless communication apparatus that moves along with a first optical wireless station; and a second optical wireless station opposed to the first optical wireless station, the optical wireless communication apparatus includes at least one reference light transmitting unit that transmits reference light to the second optical wireless station with a position in front in a moving direction of the first optical wireless station defined as a transmission position, the second optical wireless station includes a reference light receiving unit that receives the reference light transmitted from the at least one reference light transmitting unit, an estimation unit that estimates an influence of atmospheric air on transmission of signal light based on a reception state of the reference light received by the reference light receiving unit, a compensation unit that performs compensation processing on the signal light based on the influence of the atmosph

Abstract: A communication control apparatus includes a communication parameter acquisition unit that acquires at least one second communication parameter that is a candidate for a first communication parameter indicating a communication parameter to be assigned to a communication apparatus and indicates a communication parameter suitable for regional characteristics indicating a communication environment in a region where the communication apparatus is installed, a setting file storage unit that stores a setting file corresponding to each second communication parameter, a setting file acquisition control unit that acquires the setting file and stores the acquired setting file in the setting file storage unit, and a communication parameter assignment unit that determines the first communication parameter from among the second communication parameters acquired by the communication parameter acquisition unit and assigns the determined first communication parameter to the communication apparatus.