US 12,381,625 B2
Free space optical communication device, free space optical communication system, and free space optical communication method
Koya Takata, Tokyo (JP); Atsushi Kamoi, Tokyo (JP); Hisashi Mizumoto, Tokyo (JP); and Masaki Aizono, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/206,850.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-148226 (JP), filed on Sep. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097788 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/1125 (2013.01) [H04B 10/0775 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A free space optical communication device comprising:
a plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections; and
at least one processor configured to execute:
a communication control process of controlling communication which is to be carried out via the plurality of light transmitting/receiving sections,
in the communication control process, the at least one processor (a) determining a required communication capacity for the communication and (b) controlling, on a basis of the required communication capacity, the number of light transmitting/receiving sections to be used for the communication.