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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An aspect of the present invention is an optical communication system in which an optical line terminal and an optical network unit are connected by an optical communication line, in which when receiving a first activation signal from the optical line terminal in a sleep state, the optical network unit executes activation processing for transition from the sleep state to an activation state and notifies the optical line terminal of an activation time that is a time required for executing the activation processing, and the optical line terminal transmits the activation signal at a time of transmission of second and subsequent activation signals, and then the optical line terminal starts data transmission to the optical line terminal after elapse of the activation time a notification of which has been given from the optical network unit.