ICT to Realize a Safe and Comfortable Society
OKI’s smart network solutions are built around 920MHz wireless multi-hop modules that can be incorporated into a variety of "things" for connection to a network. The solutions additionally provide gateways for accommodating the wireless modules into the wide area network, M2M platform that enables applications to access the sensor network and system construction that includes industry-specific applications.
With the large-scale introduction of solar photovoltaics power, it has been pointed out there is a need to control output of each home through external communication as a countermeasure to surplus power. Using the 920MHz wireless multi-hop technology as the means to communicate with the homes, an operation test of a two-way communication system was conducted at Rokkasho Village from 2012 to 2013. The overview and results of the test are presented in this article.
One of the remote management capabilities of the 920MHz wireless multi-hop network is the software update function. A method is proposed that will uniquely authenticate the update’s original distributor and prevent the introduction of unauthorized data allowing efficient update distribution via multicast or proxy. Proposed method can be realized using symmetrical key cryptography, which is normally available in 920MHz wireless devices.
The goal of the optical access is to provide a higher quality service and work toward the achievement of a smart community, which promises a safe and comfortable society. This requires significant bandwidth expansion and a function for flexible allocation of the bandwidth. Therefore, research and development of a high-quality/low power consumption optical radio fusion network based on WDM/TDM-PON is underway. This article introduces a high functionality transceiver technology that includes an optical booster, optical preamplifier and waveform shaping process to be applied to WDM/TDM-PON optical transceiver for improving transmission performance.
Data from water level and rainfall sensors installed at facilities such as floodgates located along small-and-medium-sized rivers are collected/"visualized" allowing for an accurate, real-time quantitative situational awareness at local governments’ disaster response headquarters. This article introduces OKI’s newly developed river monitoring system.
