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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to provide a technology for realizing a communication device capable of providing various functions without increasing the types of hardware, this communication device used for a submarine cable system includes a plurality of functions blocks; the function bocks each include interfaces to which an optical signal can be connected; one of the function blocks can be optically connected with a land communication network through the interfaces; the other function blocks can be optically connected with a submarine cable through the interfaces; the function blocks optically connected through the interfaces carry out, on optical signals, processes based on the functions of the function blocks.
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