US 12,463,721 B2
Communication control system, communication control apparatus, and communication control 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 Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/222,782.
Claims priority of application No. JP2022-149249 (JP), filed on Sep. 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0097786 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/11 (2013.01) [H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04B 10/1129 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication control system comprising at least one processor,
the at least one processor executing:
a main communication process of carrying out communication with one or more targets through an optical fiber line;
a specifying process of specifying, from among the one or more targets, a free-space optical communication target on a basis of communication statuses in the main communication process;
a sub communication process of carrying out communication with the free-space optical communication target through at least one of free-space optical communication apparatuses;
an obtaining process of obtaining at least one of (i) a capacity of the communication with the free-space optical communication target in the main communication process, (ii) communication statuses of the free-space optical communication apparatuses, and (iii) processing capacities of the free-space optical communication apparatuses; and
a selecting process of selecting, in accordance with at least one of (i) the capacity of the communication, (ii) the communication statuses, and (iii) the processing capacities thus obtained, a path for free-space optical communication with the free-space optical communication target which is to be carried out in the sub communication process.