Patent ID: 8588615
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. An optical communication card comprising: a first signal transmission/reception unit configured to perform optical-electrical signal conversion for a signal received from an external unit; a second signal transmission/reception unit configured to perform optical-electrical signal conversion for a second signal from an internal unit and transmit the converted signal to an external unit; a first signal processing unit that comprises a plurality of types of function units and a function selection unit configured to select a function unit to be operated from the plurality of types of function units and that is connected to the first signal transmission/reception unit to process a first signal from the first signal transmission/reception unit; a second signal processing unit that comprises a plurality of types of function units and a function selection unit configured to select a function unit to be operated from the plurality of types of function units and that is connected to the second signal transmission/reception unit to process the second signal for the second signal transmission/reception unit; a connection selection unit configured to manage a connection between the first signal processing unit and the second signal processing unit; wherein the plurality of types of function units include at least one of a mapping function unit configured to convert the second signal into a signal of a protocol different from a protocol of the first signal, an interface function unit that has an interface function, and a data correction processing function unit configured to perform data correction; wherein a transponder is configured in the card when the function selection unit of the first signal processing unit selects the interface function unit as said function unit and the function selection unit of the second signal processing unit selects the data correction processing function unit as said function unit.