Abstract: A base station device includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with a terminal device using a beam which is output in a specific direction; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to acquire a first communication traffic volume of communication with a first terminal device which is performed using a first beam, and control the communication unit such that the communication with the first terminal device is performed using a second beam different from the first beam based on the first communication traffic volume.

Abstract: A scheduler includes circuitry configured to, based on similarity between execution time and power consumption information of jobs executed in a system, classifies jobs into groups, construct respective time series prediction models for the groups using a power waveform included in each of the groups as teacher data, predict a power waveform at an interval including a first time from each of the constructed time series prediction models, compare a power waveform at an interval including a first time of a job in execution for which power is to be predicted with the predicted power waveform of each of the groups to identify a similar time series prediction model, based on the identified time series prediction model, predict power consumption at a predetermined interval including a second time for the job for which power is to be predicted, and control job execution based on the predicted power consumption.

Abstract: A power consumption prediction method includes: generating a first topic distribution indicating a word appearance probability for each topic in first information regarding a job executed in a past for each first information; generating a second topic distribution indicating a word appearance probability for each topic in second information regarding a prediction target job; generating a first normalized topic distribution; generating a second normalized topic distribution by converting the word appearance probability in the second topic distribution into a plurality of numeric values based on the predetermined rule; extracting the first normalized topic distribution most similar to the second normalized topic distribution among a plurality of the first normalized topic distributions; and predicting power consumption of the prediction target job based on power consumption when the job indicated by the first information corresponding to the extracted first normalized topic distribution is executed.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a silicon carbide layer; a gate electrode; and a gate insulating layer which is provided between the silicon carbide layer and the gate electrode and includes a first silicon oxide layer and a second silicon oxide layer provided between the first silicon oxide layer and the gate electrode, the first silicon oxide layer having a first nitrogen concentration and a first thickness, the second silicon oxide layer having a second nitrogen concentration lower than the first nitrogen concentration and a second thickness. The second thickness between an end portion of the gate electrode and the silicon carbide layer is greater than the second thickness between a central portion of the gate electrode and the silicon carbide layer.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including: specifying first job information related to a new job; referring to a storage that stores second job information and power information for each of past jobs to specify a predetermined number of pieces of third job information of which matching status with the first job information satisfies a first condition; determining, for each piece of the third job information, whether a matching status with the first job information satisfies a second condition; specifying one piece of the third job information based on a determination result; specifying power information associated with the one piece of the third job information; correcting the specified power information in accordance with the determination result; and estimating power information indicating power consumption at a time of executing the new job based on the corrected power information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printer head that prints, in accordance with a movement of the printing apparatus by a user within a printing region of a printing medium, a print-target image on the printing medium; a plurality of sensors each capable of sensing a displacement of the printing apparatus; and a processor that determines, based on the displacement sensed by the sensor, a position of the printing apparatus relative to the printing region, and switches, among the plurality of sensors, a sensing state of a sensor that is sensing the displacement and a sensing state of a sensor that is not sensing the displacement, in accordance with the determined position of the printing apparatus.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium has stored therein a program that causes a computer to execute a process including: dividing a time from a start to an end of execution of a first job into a plurality of time periods, the time being represented in first power consumption information; calculating a cycle of a time-series variation of power consumption within each time period; generating, for each of the plurality of time periods, a prediction model for predicting power consumption of a predetermined future time; acquiring second power consumption information that is an actual measurement value of power consumption according to an elapsed time from a start of execution of a second job that is being executed; and predicting future power consumption of the second job, using the prediction model generated for a time period including the elapsed time from the start of execution of the second job to a present.

Abstract: An apparatus calculates, based on attribute information of a new job and jobs that have been executed, a first similarity level of the attribute information between the new job and the jobs by using a calculation expression, identifies a job whose attribute information is most similar to that of the new job as a first candidate job, and estimates power consumption to be consumed by the new job at power consumption of the first candidate job. The apparatus calculates, for at least one of the jobs, a second similarity level of power consumption between the at least one of the jobs and the new job, identifies a job whose power consumption is most similar to that of the new job as a second candidate job, and adjusts the calculation expression to increase the first similarity level to be calculated between the new job and the second candidate job.

Abstract: A migration control apparatus includes one or more processors configured to successively select, as a first group, a virtual machine in an ascending order of power consumption from among a first plurality of virtual machines, until total power consumption of one or more non-selected virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines falls below a threshold, successively select, as a second group, another virtual machine in a descending order of power consumption from among the first plurality of virtual machines, until total power consumption of one or more other non-selected virtual machines in the first plurality of virtual machines falls below the threshold, select a specific group in accordance with a first number of virtual machines included in the first group and a second number of virtual machines included in the second group, and perform migration for at least one virtual machine included in the specific group.

Abstract: A relay station apparatus includes a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus, respectively, a first communication control unit configured to control communication with the base station apparatus, and a second communication control unit configured to control communication with the terminal apparatus. The first communication control unit measures a radio environment based on measurement control information received from the base station apparatus and determines whether to change the base station apparatus based on a measurement result of the radio environment. When determining that the base station apparatus need to be changed, the first communication control unit starts processing for changing the base station apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a memory configured to store a management program; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, based on the management program, performs operations of: collecting operation status information stored in a storage of each of one or more information processing devices and related to an operation status of a calculation resource of each of the one or more information processing devices; determining whether the operation status information has periodicity based on the operation status information and a threshold; producing, when it is determined that the operation status information has periodicity, past activation information related to the operation status in a past duration in which the periodicity is present; and generates a prediction value of the operation status information based on the operation status information and the past activation information.

Abstract: A communication control device includes an authentication login information storage unit that stores therein authentication login information. When a terminal device connects to a first communication port among a plurality of communication ports, the communication control device compares login information received from the terminal device with the authentication login information, and if they match, the communication control device outputs a command received from the terminal device. A control device includes an authentication unique information storage unit that stores therein authentication unique information. When the communication control device outputs the command received from the terminal device, the control device compares the unique information of the terminal device with the authentication unique information, and if they match, causes a processor to perform only a process of reading control information according to the command received from the terminal device.

Abstract: A pressure reducing valve for gas is provided in which a connecting passage providing a connection between a passage and a pressure action chamber is formed within a valve body, a guide hole guiding movement of the valve body between a spring chamber and a high pressure chamber is formed within a body, a spring linked to a piston and urging the valve body in an opening direction is provided within the spring chamber, and a seal member providing a seal between the high pressure chamber and the spring chamber is disposed between the guide hole and the valve body. This provides a pressure reducing valve for gas that can suppress problems based on a decrease in the temperature of a pressure reducing valve.

Abstract: A communication system includes a base station apparatus, a mobile station apparatus, and a communication device. The base station apparatus performs communication with one or a plurality of the communication devices via the mobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus includes a first mobile station communicator that performs first communication with the base station apparatus, a second mobile station communicator that performs second communication with the communication device, and a mobile station controller that acquires a device type of the communication device and, on the basis of the device type thus acquired, generates request information for requesting the base station apparatus for a communication control configuration of the first communication.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a plurality of servers stored in a first rack; and a management server coupled to the plurality of servers and configured to: acquire consumed power values from the plurality of servers when power is supplied to the plurality of servers via first power supply lines coupled to a first power strip of the first rack, calculate the total of the consumed power values based on the values of power consumed by the plurality of servers, and switch a power supply of at least one servers among the plurality of servers so that power is supplied to the at least one server via a second power supply line coupled to a second power strip of a second rack when the total of the consumed power values exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: A migration management method includes referring to a performance deterioration rate of a specific virtual server when utilization of a virtual server other than the specific virtual server in virtual servers that work on a physical server is changed in a stepwise manner, and calculating a first index value relating to a load state of the physical server before the performance deterioration rate exceeds a threshold based on a number of virtual CPUs allocated to each of the virtual servers and utilization of the virtual CPUs; calculating a second index value relating to the load state based on the number of virtual CPUs and the utilization while the specific virtual server is activated on the physical server; and conducting migration to another physical server for a virtual server other than the specific virtual server in the virtual servers when the calculated second index value exceeds the calculated first index value.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a casing which includes a side plate on each of left and right sides; and a processing apparatus to be mounted in the casing, wherein the processing apparatus includes: a board on which an arithmetic processing device and a storage device are mounted; a rail which is provided on each of the left and right sides of the board and extends in the horizontal direction to make the board slidable; a locking portion which locks the board to the casing; and a detection portion which detects that the board is taken out when the board is taken out from the casing by that locking by the locking portion is released and the board slides against the rails.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: a communication unit; and a control unit. The control unit transmits a measurement result relating to a radio wave environment and connection switching means information indicating which of two or more means of connection switching to another base station device is used to a first base station device through the communication unit, receives instruction information corresponding to the transmitted connection switching means information from the first base station device through the communication unit, and performs connection with a second base station device based on the instruction information.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a printer head that prints, in accordance with a movement of the printing apparatus by a user within a printing region of a printing medium, a print-target image on the printing medium; a plurality of sensors each capable of sensing a displacement of the printing apparatus; and a processor that determines, based on the displacement sensed by the sensor, a position of the printing apparatus relative to the printing region, and switches, among the plurality of sensors, a sensing state of a sensor that is sensing the displacement and a sensing state of a sensor that is not sensing the displacement, in accordance with the determined position of the printing apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a casing which includes a side plate on each of left and right sides; and a processing apparatus to be mounted in the casing, wherein the processing apparatus includes: a board on which an arithmetic processing device and a storage device are mounted; a rail which is provided on each of the left and right sides of the board and extends in the horizontal direction to make the board slidable; a locking portion which locks the board to the casing; and a detection portion which detects that the board is taken out when the board is taken out from the casing by that locking by the locking portion is released and the board slides against the rails.