Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to transmit connection information regarding a repay apparatus to a terminal in a case where terminal unique information is received from the terminal subjected to network authentication performed by communication equipment of a carrier, and cause the terminal to connect to the relay apparatus using the connection information regarding the relay apparatus, where the relay apparatus is associated with the terminal unique information as an apparatus to be connected to a local network, and where the relay device is on a public network connected to a mobile carrier network provided by the carrier. If the relay apparatus successfully authenticates the terminal, the terminal and the relay apparatus are connected to each other over a virtual private network.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: transmit, in a case where terminal unique information is received from a terminal subjected to network authentication performed by communication equipment of a carrier, connection information regarding a relay apparatus to the terminal, the relay apparatus being associated with the terminal unique information as an apparatus to be connected to a local network; and cause the terminal to connect to the relay apparatus, which is on a public network connected to a mobile carrier network provided by the carrier, using the connection information regarding the relay apparatus and, if the relay apparatus successfully authenticates the terminal, the terminal and the relay apparatus to be connected to each other over a virtual private network.

Abstract: A relay system includes a first relay device, a second relay device, a controller, and a route advertisement unit. The second relay device receives route advertisement from the first relay device. If an excess of a number of pieces of routing information registered in a routing table of the second relay device over a maximum number of pieces of routing information registrable in the routing table is predicted, the controller controls a number of pieces of routing information that are to undergo the route advertisement from the first relay device to the second relay device. The route advertisement unit performs the route advertisement to the second relay device after excluding, from pieces of routing information registered in a routing table of the first relay device, a piece of routing information set not to undergo the route advertisement as a result of the control of the number of pieces of routing information by the controller.

Abstract: A relay system includes a first relay device, a second relay device, a controller, and a route advertisement unit. The second relay device receives route advertisement from the first relay device. If an excess of a number of pieces of routing information registered in a routing table of the second relay device over a maximum number of pieces of routing information registrable in the routing table is predicted, the controller controls a number of pieces of routing information that are to undergo the route advertisement from the first relay device to the second relay device. The route advertisement unit performs the route advertisement to the second relay device after excluding, from pieces of routing information registered in a routing table of the first relay device, a piece of routing information set not to undergo the route advertisement as a result of the control of the number of pieces of routing information by the controller.

Abstract: A self-tapping screw type fastener of the present invention is characterized in that an external thread 7 of an adjusting rod (self-tapping screw) 5 is screwed into and fastened to an output rod 1 with tapping an internal thread 3 in an inner peripheral surface of a smooth prepared hole 2 of the output rod 1. The adjusting rod 5 has a threaded shaft 13 with the external thread 7 formed thereon and a smooth guide shaft 14 projecting from an end of the threaded shaft 13. The outer diameter R1 of the smooth guide shaft 14 is set to be smaller than the major diameter R4 of the external thread 7 and to be slightly larger than the minor diameter R2 of the external thread 7 or the minor diameter R3 of the internal thread 3. Because of the diameter difference “t” between the diameter R1 and the diameter R2 or R3, a step 20 is formed so that the step comes in contact with the nearest ridge of the internal thread 3, thereby preventing the adjusting rod 5 from getting loose.

Abstract: Transparent conductive ZnO films are formed at a high rate, are equal in performance to those formed by MOCVD and have a large area, while the influence of sputtering bombardment is reduced. A method for producing transparent conductive ZnO films is used to produce the window layer of a CIGS thin-film solar cell. A first conductive film functioning as an interface-protective film is formed on a high-resistance-buffer (interfacial) layer by low-output (100 W or lower) RF sputtering using a ZnO target while reducing sputtering bombardment. Second and third conductive films for the window layer are then formed by DC magnetron sputtering in steps using a ZnO--Al target in each step.