Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator that is mounted in a mobile body and functions as a wireless access point, a power supplier configured to supply electric power at least to a driver that causes the mobile body to travel, a detector configured to detect the electric energy of the power supplier, and a controller configured to control at least one of communication strength and communication quality of the communicator based on the electric energy detected by the detector.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communicator controller. The communication controller configured to cause a communicator to communicate with a terminal device in a first mode or a second mode, in which the first mode is a mode in which communication conditions are better than in the second mode, and, when the communication controller has acquired permission information indicating that communication in the first mode is permitted according to completion of processing of a first procedure different from a second procedure required for communication in the second mode in response to a request from the terminal device, the communication controller causes the communicator to communicate with a terminal device associated with the permission information in the first mode.

Abstract: A movable relay apparatus for relay communication, the relay apparatus transmits handover destination information to a communication terminal. The handover destination information indicates a handover destination, which allows the communication terminal to carry out a handover.

Abstract: A communication system includes a communication device that may transmit a command for requesting a response about communication quality to a specific type of user terminal, and a user terminal that may transmit the communication quality in response to the command.

Abstract: A controller, terminal device, control method, and program for communication handover is provided. The controller acquires requested delay information related to an amount of allowable delay by a terminal device connected to a first base station and communication delay information estimated with communications via a second base station. The controller sets a threshold value for determining whether or not the terminal device reports wireless quality measurement results of the second base station for handover from the second base station to the first base station based on the communication delay information of the second base station and requested delay information. Handover of the terminal device is controlled based on the measurement results report from the terminal device.

Abstract: A communication device that relays communication between a first another device and a second another device sets first identification information regarding a quality of a service in communication of user data of the second another device to a value that is not used as identification information of a quality of a service in communication of user data between the first another device and the communication device, and relays the communication between the first another device and the second another device, based on the first identification information.

Abstract: A control device is provided, including: a command-signal transmitting unit that transmits, to a plurality of mobile relaying apparatuses that are movably camped on a cell of a wireless base station to relay communications between the wireless base station and a wireless communication terminal, a command signal for causing the plurality of mobile relaying apparatuses to report quality information on a communication quality of wireless communications with the wireless base station; and a selecting unit that selects a secondary cell corresponding to the wireless base station from the plurality of mobile relaying apparatuses, in response to the command signal transmitted by the command-signal transmitting unit to the plurality of mobile relaying apparatuses, based on reporting information transmitted by the plurality of mobile relaying apparatuses.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus may acquire first information on communication status of a fixed terminal device and second information on communication status of a mobile terminal device, and may determine which of the first information and the second information is preferentially used to execute predetermined control processing.

Abstract: A communication device that performs communication wirelessly transmits, to one or more other communication devices, a request signal requesting information indicating a condition regarding communication with a predetermined device, in each of one or more communication methods in the one or more other communication devices, receives, from at least any of the one or more other communication devices, a response including the information indicating the condition regarding the communication in the other communication devices, selects, based on the received response, a device to be requested to transfer the communication of the communication device from a transmission source device of the response, and selects a communication method in the device to be used for transferring, and performs connection establishment processing including requesting the selected device to relay the communication of the communication device.

Abstract: A control system includes: a mobile object controller configured to control a mobile object; and a communications controller configured to control mobile communications via a mobile communications network. When the communications controller requests attachment to the mobile communications network and acquires rejection information of the attachment to the mobile communications network having been rejected, the communications controller is configured to notify the mobile object controller that the attachment has been rejected. A control method includes: requesting attachment to a mobile communications network; and when rejection information of the attachment to the mobile communications network having been rejected is acquired, notifying a mobile object controller connected to a network inside a mobile object and configured to control the mobile object that the attachment has been rejected.

Abstract: A communication system is provided, including: an acquiring unit for acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals. In addition, an information processing method performed by a computer is provided, the method including: acquiring quality information on a wireless communication quality between a wireless base station and a movable mobile relaying apparatus that relays communications between the wireless base station and wireless communication terminals; and transmitting the quality information to the wireless communication terminals.

Abstract: A controller, terminal device, control method, and program for handover connections is provided. A controller may acquire estimated communication delay information regarding communication via base stations. A terminal device connected to another base station different from the base station above may acquire requested delay information regarding allowable delay. The terminal device may be notified of settings regarding cells that should be measured for wireless quality by the terminal device based on communication delay information of the base station and requested delay information. Handover control of the terminal device may be performed based on the terminal device reporting the measured wireless quality based on these settings.

Abstract: There is provided a network management apparatus comprising a processor. In a network constituted by a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of mobile terminals having wireless communication functions, a processor detects a vehicle and a mobile terminal which can be used as a next hop of a predetermined vehicle among the plurality of vehicles. The next hop is for predetermined communication originating from or relayed by the predetermined vehicle. When a vehicle which can be used as the next hop is detected, the processor preferentially selects the vehicle that has been detected as the next hop. When a vehicle which can be used as the next hop is not detected and a mobile terminal which can be used as the next hop is detected, the processor selects the mobile terminal that has been detected as the next hop.

Abstract: A TCU includes: a wide-area communication section that performs wireless communication with a base station; a short-range communication section that performs wireless communication with an access point; a vehicle-to-vehicle communication section that performs wireless communication with a relay vehicle; and a communication control section that transmits upload data by using any one of the wide-area communication section, the short-range communication section, and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section, wherein the communication control section transmits the upload data more preferentially by using the short-range communication section or the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section than by using the wide-area communication section when an upload deferment condition is met, and transmits the upload data more preferentially by using the wide-area communication section than by using the short-range communication section and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication section when the upload deferment condition is

Abstract: According to an aspect, a communication device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with a base station and a plurality of access points having narrower communication ranges than the base station, a first acquirer configured to acquire vehicle information from in-vehicle equipment, a second acquirer configured to acquire information about communication quality for each of the plurality of access points, and a connection adjuster configured to release a connected state associated with a determined access point when the access point whose connected state is released is determined on the basis of the information about the communication quality acquired by the second acquirer if communication with the plurality of access points by the communicator is in the connected state.

Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication, an acquisition unit configured to acquire an operating state of the wireless communication unit after the wireless communication unit is connected to an access providing device capable of providing access to a network, a determination unit configured to determine whether the operating state of the wireless communication unit satisfies a notification condition, and a notification unit configured to notify another wireless communication device that the wireless communication unit is capable of relaying access to the network in a case where it is determined that the operating state of the wireless communication unit satisfies the notification condition.

Abstract: A communication system comprises a communication device; an access point (AP); and a communication server is provided. The communication system performs a method comprising: acquiring first information including movement information of the communication device; acquiring second information including position information of the AP; determining a connectable time corresponding to a length of time the communication device moves within a communicable range of the AP on the basis of the first information and the second information; and controlling a connection between the communication device and the AP on the basis of the connectable time.

Abstract: A movable vehicle includes an access point functional unit that includes an antenna and functions as an access point by wirelessly communicating with a terminal device around the vehicle, and a notifier that notifies the surroundings that the vehicle is functioning as an access point.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a task; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a processing time of the task; a third acquisition unit configured to acquire a wirelessly communicable period with an external communication device; and a communication control unit configured to control, based on the processing time and the wirelessly communicable period, a wireless communication unit to transmit request information to the external communication device, the request information requesting to process at least a part of the task, in which the communication control unit is configured to control the wireless communication unit to perform direct communication with the external communication device.

Abstract: To provide a relay apparatus for relay communication between a wireless base station and a communication terminal, the relay apparatus including: a relay function management switch for switching from on to off a relay function for relaying communications between the wireless base station and the communication terminal based on the satisfaction of a predetermined condition; and a signal transmitter for transmitting, to the communication terminal, establishing a wireless communication connection with the relay apparatus, a signal to execute handover to a handover destination which is identified before the predetermined condition has been satisfied if the predetermined condition has been satisfied.