Communication apparatus and communication method
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsTomoya Hatano, Manabu Yoshino
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Abstract
A communication device in a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network, the communication device including a capsulation function unit configured to encapsulate information that is to be transmitted to another communication device.
Claims7
A communication device in a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network wherein the functions include computer program instructions, the communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage medium having the computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor, perform to:
- encapsulate information that is to be transmitted to another communication device;
- wherein the plurality of communication devices includes a PON interface device and at least one server device:
- the PON interface device includes:
- a hardware unit that is hardware that realizes a PON interface;
- and
- wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor further forms a software unit having a device dependent component execution unit configured to execute a first component of the plurality of components, the first component realizing the PON interface and having a configuration that is dependent on a first standard of the hardware unit;
- and
- the server device includes a device independent component execution unit configured to execute a second component of the plurality of components, the second component realizing the PON interface and having a configuration that is not dependent on the first standard of the hardware unit, wherein the configuration includes a general-purpose interface dependent on a second standard that is compatible with the hardware unit and a different hardware unit.
A communication method to be executed with a communication system in which functions that are converted to software are configured as a plurality of components, and the functions are realized as a result of the components being respectively executed by a plurality of communication devices that are connected to a network, the communication method comprising
- encapsulating information that is to be transmitted to another communication device;
- wherein the plurality of communication devices includes a PON interface device and at least one server device,
- the PON interface device includes:
- a hardware unit that is hardware that realizes a PON interface, and
- wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor further perform:
- a software unit having a device dependent component execution unit configured to execute a first component of the plurality of components, the component realizing the PON interface and having a configuration that is dependent on a first standard of the hardware unit;
- and
- the server device includes a device independent component execution unit configured to execute a second component of the plurality of components, the second component realizing the PON interface and having a configuration that is not dependent on the first standard of the hardware unit, wherein the configuration includes a general-purpose interface dependent on a second standard that is compatible with the hardware unit and a different hardware unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.