Optical communication apparatus and optical communication method

Abstract

Provided is an optical communication device including: one or more light distribution units configured to include a first surface having a plurality of first ports and a second surface different from the first surface having a plurality of second ports, have one or more subscriber transmission device ports to which n (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) subscriber transmission devices are connected and one or more downlink signal ports allocated to the plurality of first ports, have one or more subscriber reception device ports to which n subscriber reception devices are connected and one or more uplink signal ports allocated to the plurality of second ports, and output optical signals input from the first ports from the second ports; and a light distribution control unit configured to control a connection relationship between the plurality of first ports and the plurality of second ports of the one or more light distribution units.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.