US 11,863,230 B2
Communication apparatus and error detection method
Kenta Ito, Musashino (JP); Toshinori Hanano, Musashino (JP); Shun Morishima, Musashino (JP); Masayoshi Sekiguchi, Musashino (JP); Takayoshi Tashiro, Musashino (JP); Satoshi Shimazu, Musashino (JP); Haruka Nagoshi, Musashino (JP); Manabu Kubota, Musashino (JP); and Tomoaki Yoshida, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/798,300
Filed by NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/005494
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/161441, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0070907 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/0773 (2013.01) [H04B 10/0799 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device, comprising:
two or more components residing in a housing; and
a power source residing in the housing;
wherein each component of the two or more components performs a communication operation and monitors at least one other component of the two or more components,
upon detecting an error in the communication operation of a given component, each component of the two or more components sends a reset instruction to the given component,
wherein each component of the two or more components further determines whether operation of the given component has been reset and sends a reset instruction to the power source in response to determining that the operation of the given component was not restored.