Nec Corporation

Sony Corporation

Futaba Corporation

Nec C Orporation

Futaba Denshi Kogyo K.k.

Futaba Denshi Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sony Group Corporation

Satoru Ishii

Hideo Hasegawa

Shintaro Nakano

Tatsushi Yasuda

Seiya Shibata

Atsushi Hoshikuki

Yoshiaki Aono

Takeshi Kubo

Masahiro Saito

Junichi Suzuki

Kiyoshi Toyota

Tadayuki Iwano

Norio Fukasawa

Yoshinori Kitahara

Tetsu Tanaka

Ryuji Kohno

Tadashi Yamaguchi

Satoshi Sasaki

Yusuke Mori

Seijiro Inaba

Eiji Makino

Masafumi Takiguchi

Takashi Takenaka

Yasutaka Koike

A data center adapted to connect via a first wide area network to a core network connected with a base station and to a wireless LAN, variably controls service provided in a virtual core network of the data center to a terminal enabled to select connection to either a wireless LAN or a base station and connect to the data center.

Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, terminal, and non-transitory medium

An optical fiber sensing system according to the present disclosure includes: an optical fiber network () configured to detect first sensing information related to a first monitoring target and second sensing information related to a second monitoring target; a reception unit () configured to receive an optical signal from the optical fiber network (); a specification unit () configured to specify a first monitoring target based on first sensing information superimposed on the optical signal and specify a second monitoring target based on second sensing information superimposed on the optical signal, and a provision unit () configured to provide information related to the first monitoring target and information related to the second monitoring target specified by the specification unit () for a service providing destination.

Optical fiber sensing system, optical fiber sensing method, and optical fiber sensing apparatus

Traffic is allocated to a dedicated apparatus that performs a predetermined network function or a predetermined virtual network function corresponding to the predetermined network function of the dedicated apparatus, according to a service level set in correspondence with information relating to the traffic, and the traffic is forwarded to the dedicated apparatus or the predetermined virtual network function, based on a result of the allocation.

Communication apparatus, system, method, allocation apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium

An optical fiber sensing system according to this disclosure includes: a first optical fiber network (A) configured to detect first sensing information about a monitoring target; a second optical fiber network (B) configured to detect second sensing information about the monitoring target; a first reception unit (A) configured to receive a first light signal from the first optical fiber network (A); a second reception unit (B) configured to receive a second light signal from the second optical fiber network (B); and an identification unit () configured to identify the monitoring target, based on the first sensing information included in the first light signal, and the second sensing information included in the second light signal.

User identification information for identifying a user of a first terminal connecting to a communication network of a virtual communication operator via a communication network of a first communication operator is specified, and, based on the user identification information, charging for communication of the first terminal and charging for a service that the virtual communication operator is enabled to provide to the user identified by the user identification information are managed.

Charging apparatus, method, system, and non-transitory medium

A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a communication facility owned by at least one network operator; and a datacenter connected to the communication facility over a network, wherein the datacenter includes: a first virtual network that implements mobile communication functions by using the communication facility; a second virtual network that provides a cloud service; and a communication means, wherein the communication means includes: a reception means for receiving traffic from the communication facility; and a distributing means for distributing the received traffic to either the first virtual network or the second virtual network.

Datacenter, communication apparatus, communication method, and communication control method in a communication system

A first data center includes a first virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a first communication operator and a first communication unit that is operable to communicate with a second data center. The second data center includes a second virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a second communication operator and a second communication unit that is operable to communicate with the first data center. The first communication unit is operable to transmit to the second communication unit, communication data to be transmitted from a first terminal connecting to the first virtual network via a communication facility of the first communication operator to a second terminal connecting via a communication facility of the second communication operator to the second virtual network.

Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory medium

A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.

A data center comprises a first gateway that connects with a terminal using a VPN (Virtual Private Network) through a wireless LAN and a first wide area network, a second gateway that connects to a second wide area network (WAN2), a virtual network connected to the first gateway and the second gateway; and a function block that is provided between the first gateway and the second gateway and that performs filtering of at least one of a packet input from the first wide area network side and a packet input from the second wide area network.

Communication system, communication device, communication method, terminal, non-transitory medium for providing secure communication in a network

A management apparatus () includes: a storage () that stores information indicating a correspondence between at least one virtual network function (VNF) operating on a server and a programmable logic circuit (FPGA) capable of operating at least part of a virtual network function; and a controller () that causes first and second servers to perform migration of a virtual network function operating on a programmable logic circuit of the first server to the second server, on the basis of the correspondence information.

Network system, management method and apparatus thereof, and server

A monitoring apparatusincludes: a monitoring line setting unitthat sets a monitoring line in an image acquired from the image capturing unit; and an overlapping detection unitthat detects overlapping between an object in the image and the monitoring line. If overlapping is detected by the overlapping detection unit, the monitoring line setting unitsets a new monitoring line according to the object.

Monitoring apparatus, monitoring system, monitoring method, and computer-readable storage medium

A system according to this invention is directed to a virtual network system that prevents unauthorized registration, alteration, or occurrence of erroneous registration when registering a virtual network function produced by a third party or system vender. The virtual network system includes an acceptor that accepts a virtual network function performing one of functions included in a virtual network service and information of a provider providing the virtual network function from the provider, a first authenticator that authenticates, based on the virtual network function and the provider information, that the provider is a valid provider, and a registration unit that registers the virtual network function when the first authenticator authenticates that the provider is a valid provider.

Virtual network system, virtual network control method, orchestration apparatus, control apparatus, and control method and control program of control apparatus

A system according to this invention is directed to a virtual network system that prevents unauthorized registration, alteration, or occurrence of erroneous registration even if an operator is to create a network system including a virtual network function produced by a third party. The virtual network system includes an instructor that instructs activation or change of a virtual network function preregistered of providing one of functions included in a virtual network service, an authenticator that authenticates, based on authentication information generated to authenticate a provider of the virtual network function at a time of registering the virtual network function, that the virtual network function instructed to be activated or changed has been validly registered or updated, and a setting unit that sets, when the authenticator authenticates that the virtual network function has been validly registered or updated, the instructed virtual network function as the one of the functions included in the virtual network service.

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Tokyo, Japan

Satoru Ishii