OPTICAL/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND OPTICAL/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An optical/wireless communication apparatus converting a plurality of input baseband signals into optical or electrical signals as may be necessary, modulating respective signals at different frequencies, multiplexing a predetermined number of optical modulated signals each other and a predetermined number of wireless modulated signals each other, and transmitting an optical multiplexed signal via a predetermined optical fiber or a wireless multiplexed signal via a directional antenna to a counterpart apparatus.
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Abstract
An object is to provide an optical/wireless communication apparatus capable of communicating with counterpart apparatuses by selectively using optical communication and wireless communication according to the counterpart apparatuses to communicate with, and selecting an arbitrary path and an arbitrary frequency from a plurality of frequencies, and, furthermore, multiplexing signals as may be necessary. An optical/wireless communication apparatus (1) converts a plurality of input baseband signals into optical or electrical signals as may be necessary, modulating respective signals at different frequencies, multiplexing a predetermined number of optical modulated signals and a predetermined number of wireless modulated signals, and transmitting an optical multiplexed signal via a predetermined optical fiber (3 to 5) or a wireless multiplexed signal via a directional antenna (18) to a counterpart apparatus.
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- 1. An optical/wireless communication apparatus converting a plurality of input baseband signals into optical or electrical signals as may be necessary, modulating respective signals at different frequencies, multiplexing a predetermined number of optical modulated signals each other and a predetermined number of wireless modulated signals each other, and transmitting an optical multiplexed signal via a predetermined optical fiber or a wireless multiplexed signal via a directional antenna to a counterpart apparatus.
- 4. An optical/wireless communication method for an optical/wireless communication apparatus, comprising an optical/wireless communication step of converting a plurality of input baseband signals into optical or electrical signals as may be necessary, modulating respective signals at different frequencies, multiplexing a predetermined number of optical modulated signals and a predetermined number of wireless modulated signals, and transmitting an optical multiplexed signal via a predetermined optical fiber or a wireless multiplexed signal via a directional antenna to a counterpart apparatus.
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a control circuit of an optical/wireless communication apparatus to execute
an optical/wireless communication step of converting a plurality of input baseband signals into optical or electrical signals as may be necessary, modulating respective signals at different frequencies, multiplexing a predetermined number of optical modulated signals and a predetermined number of wireless modulated signals, and transmitting an optical multiplexed signal via a predetermined optical fiber or a wireless multiplexed signal via a directional antenna to a counterpart apparatus.
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