COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

摘要

A communication system including power supplies for operating, for example, an indoor communication apparatus and an outdoor communication apparatus connected to each other by a communication line, the power supplies being provided in the indoor communication apparatus and the outdoor communication apparatus, respectively, and capable of transmitting power from each power supply to a counterpart communication apparatus via a communication line is provided. The communication system includes the indoor communication apparatus and the outdoor communication apparatus connected to each other via a communication line that exchanges a signal.

主权项

1. A communication system comprising a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus that are connected to each other via a communication line that exchanges a signal, wherein:
each of the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus is connected to a first power supply, which is a power supply included therein or an external power supply located nearby and includes a power transmission mechanism that superimposes power on the signal in the communication line and transmits the power that is superimposed to a counterpart communication apparatus via the communication line as a second power supply, and the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus select one of the power from the first power supply and the power from the second power supply transmitted from the counterpart communication apparatus via the communication line as an operating power supply according to a state of the power in each of the first power supply and the second power supply and are supplied with the power that has been selected.