New Product and Technology Development in Communications, Optical Networks, IoT and Disaster Prevention

「For optical network products, the Company is developing and offering products supporting communications speeds of up to 400G/600Gbps with the aim of supporting the APN (All Photonics Network) promoted by telecommunications carriers. Going forward, it will advance basic research into optical transmission technologies exceeding 800Gbps and 1Tbps.」

「Next-generation optical and wireless communications」

「From a medium- to long-term perspective, the Company will promote R&D aimed at commercializing businesses in the near future by investing in basic technology research to keep pace with rapid technological innovation, acquiring forecasting and analytical technologies using AI, and implementing initiatives such as products using multiple sources for materials procurement to strengthen supply-chain resilience.」

「The Company developed 400Gb products for optical transmission systems to accommodate increasing communications traffic accompanying the wider adoption of 5G, data centers, cloud services, AI and M2M services; products for gas and water meter reading and elevator maintenance terminals within its low-power, wide-area LPWA (Low Power Wide Area) product group; and IP-based transmission equipment suited to private networks within its transmission, monitoring and control product group.」

「(1) Developed a prototype 400G transponder as part of the OTN (Note 1) platform (optical transmission equipment) lineup. (2) Prototyped, verified and developed technologies required for next-generation smart meters. (3) Developed a portable LoRa-GW (Note 2). (4) Developed LPWA (Note 3) products designed for environmental durability. (5) Developed a field water-management system product.」

「(1) Developed a compact LoRa-GW (Note 1) with a volume reduced to one-twentieth of the conventional model. (2) Developed a waterproof LPWA (Note 2) water meter reading terminal. (3) Developed high-speed optical communications technology to further increase the speed of the OTN (Note 3) platform (optical transmission equipment). (4) In prototype verification of AI (Note 4) analysis technology required for IoT applications, verified and developed a function that uses AI to analyze sensor data and detect anomalies. (5) Developed high-precision positioning technology using an RTK (Note 5) system.」

「(1) Developed an LPWA-based handheld gas and water meter reading system. (2) Developed LoRaSPN for monitoring infrastructure facilities and environmental conditions such as rainfall and water levels. (3) Conducted research on LPWA-based voice communications technology and developed an image transmission system. (4) Developed enhanced functions for WDM systems, the core of the OTN platform (optical transmission equipment) business. (5) As prototype verification of AI analysis technology required for IoT applications, developed and verified prototype technology for vehicle and license-plate recognition. (6) Developed CDT-GW as a data conversion device supporting the transition to IP-based communications networks for power-system operations.」

「(1) Developed enhanced-function communications terminals for smart meters used for automatic electricity meter reading. (2) Developed and conducted prototype verification of communications terminals for overseas smart meters. (3) Developed and commercialized LoRa (Note 1) system products for IoT applications. (4) Developed products for WDM (Note 3) systems, the core of the OTN (Note 2) platform (optical transmission equipment) business. (5) Developed and commercialized enhanced-function disaster-prevention system products for local governments. (6) Conducted prototype verification of AI (Note 4) analysis technology, IoT platform verification and sensing technology verification required for IoT applications.」

「(1) Developed enhanced-function communications terminals for smart meters used for automatic electricity meter reading. (2) Developed a patient call system for hospitals using the LoRa method, which provides low-power, wide-area communications. (3) Conducted development to verify connections among LoRaWAN servers, concentrators and LoRa terminals. (4) Developed accommodation of 200G interfaces in WDM systems. (5) Conducted R&D to establish indoor and outdoor radio-propagation simulation methods as fundamental radio-propagation analysis technology for building wireless systems. (6) Conducted R&D on data analysis, information compression and sensor technologies required for IoT.」

「(1) Developed low-cost communications terminals for smart meters used for automatic electricity meter reading. (2) Developed communications terminals and concentrators using the LoRa method, which provides low-power, wide-area communications required for IoT. (3) Developed 200G optical communications technology for high-speed, high-capacity optical communications.」

「(1) Developed communications terminals for automatic electricity meter reading and high-voltage smart meters. (2) Developed specific low-power, multiband wireless technology that can be used across various social infrastructure applications. (3) Developed optical multilevel modulation control technology supporting high-speed, high-capacity optical communications systems.」