Branching device, optical submarine cable system, and power supply method
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorShohei Yamaguchi
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Abstract
A branching device to be used for branching a power supply path connecting a first trunk station and a second trunk station to a branch station, the branching device including: a first power reception port being connected with a first power supply path connected to the first trunk station; a second power reception port being connected with a second power supply path connected to the second trunk station; a third power reception port being connected with a third power supply path connected to the branch station; and a power supply unit configured to supply, via the third power reception port, power to the third power supply path by power supply from at least either of the first power supply path and the second power supply path.
Claims12
A branching device for branching a power supply path connecting a first trunk station and a second trunk station to a branch station, the branching device comprising:
- a first power reception port connected with a first power supply path connected to the first trunk station;
- a second power reception port connected with a second power supply path connected to the second trunk station;
- a third power reception port connected with a third power supply path connected to the branch station;
- and
- a power supply unit configured to supply, via the third power reception port, power to the third power supply path by power supply from at least either of the first power supply path and the second power supply path.
An optical submarine cable system comprising:
- a branching device;
- a first trunk station;
- a second trunk station;
- and
- a branch station,
- wherein
- the branching device is for branching a power supply path connecting the first trunk station and the second trunk station to the branch station,
- the branching device includes:
- a first power reception port connected with a first power supply path connected to the first trunk station;
- a second power reception port connected with a second power supply path connected to the second trunk station;
- a third power reception port being connected with a third power supply path connected to the branch station;
- and
- a power supply unit configured to supply, via the third power reception port, power to the third power supply path by power supply from at least either of the first power supply path and the second power supply path,
- the first trunk station is connectable to the branching device via the first power supply path,
- the second trunk station is connectable to the branching device via the second power supply path, and
- the branch station is connectable to the branching device via the third power supply path.
A power supply method applied to a branching device used for branching a power supply path connecting a first trunk station and a second trunk station to a branch station, the method comprising:
- receiving supply of power from at least either of a first power supply path connected to the first trunk station and a second power supply path connected to the second trunk station;
- and
- supplying, to a third power supply path connected to the branch station, the power supplied from the at least either of the first power supply path and the second power supply path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.