公开(公告)号：US11216300B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US15555365

申请日：2016-03-03

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04W28/10 ,  G06F9/48 ,  H04L12/803 ,  H04L12/715 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/713

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a communication facility owned by at least one network operator; and a datacenter connected to the communication facility over a network, wherein the datacenter includes: a first virtual network that implements mobile communication functions by using the communication facility; a second virtual network that provides a cloud service; and a communication means, wherein the communication means includes: a reception means for receiving traffic from the communication facility; and a distributing means for distributing the received traffic to either the first virtual network or the second virtual network.

公开(公告)号：US11116019B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-07

申请号：US16788795

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04W76/30 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04M3/00 ,  H04W84/00 ,  H04W88/14 ,  H04W92/14 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W24/04

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.

公开(公告)号：US10957052B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16298196

申请日：2019-03-11

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Tatsushi Yasuda ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/246 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G08B13/196 ,  G08B25/08 ,  G06T7/12 ,  G06T7/10 ,  G06T1/00

Abstract: A monitoring apparatus 10 includes: a monitoring line setting unit 11 that sets a monitoring line in an image acquired from the image capturing unit; and an overlapping detection unit 12 that detects overlapping between an object in the image and the monitoring line. If overlapping is detected by the overlapping detection unit 12, the monitoring line setting unit 11 sets a new monitoring line according to the object.

公开(公告)号：US12117336B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-15

申请号：US17765074

申请日：2019-10-07

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Tadayuki Iwano ,  Satoru Ishii ,  Yoshinori Kitahara ,  Yoshiaki Aono

IPC: G01H9/00 ,  G01D5/353 ,  G01D21/00 ,  H04B10/073

CPC classification number: G01H9/004 ,  G01D5/35358 ,  G01D21/00 ,  H04B10/073

Abstract: An optical fiber sensing system according to this disclosure includes: a first optical fiber network (10A) configured to detect first sensing information about a monitoring target; a second optical fiber network (10B) configured to detect second sensing information about the monitoring target; a first reception unit (21A) configured to receive a first light signal from the first optical fiber network (10A); a second reception unit (21B) configured to receive a second light signal from the second optical fiber network (10B); and an identification unit (22) configured to identify the monitoring target, based on the first sensing information included in the first light signal, and the second sensing information included in the second light signal.

公开(公告)号：US11910492B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17140682

申请日：2021-01-04

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04W92/02 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W60/00 ,  H04M3/42

CPC classification number: H04W92/02 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W60/005 ,  H04M3/4228

Abstract: A first data center includes a first virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a first communication operator and a first communication unit that is operable to communicate with a second data center. The second data center includes a second virtual network that provides a communication service in cooperation with at least a part of a communication facility of a second communication operator and a second communication unit that is operable to communicate with the first data center. The first communication unit is operable to transmit to the second communication unit, communication data to be transmitted from a first terminal connecting to the first virtual network via a communication facility of the first communication operator to a second terminal connecting via a communication facility of the second communication operator to the second virtual network.

公开(公告)号：US11288086B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US16089808

申请日：2017-03-27

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Hideo Hasegawa ,  Shintaro Nakano ,  Satoru Ishii ,  Seiya Shibata

IPC: H01L21/67 ,  G06F9/455 ,  G06F9/50 ,  G06F9/48 ,  H04L41/22 ,  H04L67/10

Abstract: A management apparatus (10) includes: a storage (103) that stores information indicating a correspondence between at least one virtual network function (VNF) operating on a server and a programmable logic circuit (FPGA) capable of operating at least part of a virtual network function; and a controller (106) that causes first and second servers to perform migration of a virtual network function operating on a programmable logic circuit of the first server to the second server, on the basis of the correspondence information.

公开(公告)号：US11201750B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16598784

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/50 ,  G06F21/33 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/14 ,  G06F9/455

Abstract: A system according to this invention is directed to a virtual network system that prevents unauthorized registration, alteration, or occurrence of erroneous registration even if an operator is to create a network system including a virtual network function produced by a third party. The virtual network system includes an instructor that instructs activation or change of a virtual network function preregistered of providing one of functions included in a virtual network service, an authenticator that authenticates, based on authentication information generated to authenticate a provider of the virtual network function at a time of registering the virtual network function, that the virtual network function instructed to be activated or changed has been validly registered or updated, and a setting unit that sets, when the authenticator authenticates that the virtual network function has been validly registered or updated, the instructed virtual network function as the one of the functions included in the virtual network service.

公开(公告)号：US20200229025A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-16

申请号：US16836234

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/927

Abstract: Traffic is allocated to a dedicated apparatus that performs a predetermined network function or a predetermined virtual network function corresponding to the predetermined network function of the dedicated apparatus, according to a service level set in correspondence with information relating to the traffic, and the traffic is forwarded to the dedicated apparatus or the predetermined virtual network function, based on a result of the allocation.

公开(公告)号：US20200153975A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16733369

申请日：2020-01-03

Applicant: NEC CORPORATION

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Satoru Ishii ,  Hideo Hasegawa

IPC: H04M15/00 ,  H04W4/24

Abstract: User identification information for identifying a user of a first terminal connecting to a communication network of a virtual communication operator via a communication network of a first communication operator is specified, and, based on the user identification information, charging for communication of the first terminal and charging for a service that the virtual communication operator is enabled to provide to the user identified by the user identification information are managed.

公开(公告)号：US10271362B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-23

申请号：US15555327

申请日：2016-03-03

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Shintaro Nakano ,  Hideo Hasegawa ,  Satoru Ishii

IPC: H04W76/30 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04M3/00 ,  H04W84/00 ,  H04W88/14 ,  H04W92/14 ,  H04W24/04 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A datacenter, a communication apparatus, a communication method, and a communication control method in a communication system are provided that can enhance the versatility of a datacenter and a virtual network constructed therein. A communication system includes: a plurality of wireless communication facilities owned by a plurality of network operators, respectively; and a datacenter in which a virtual core network is constructed, wherein the virtual core network implements mobile communication functions by using the plurality of wireless communication facilities.