Abstract: A vehicle including: (i) a drive-force transmission unit including a casing and installed in a offset position that is offset from a widthwise center of the vehicle in an offset direction; (ii) a component protruding away from the casing toward a front side of the vehicle, and including first and second region portions such that the first region portion is located on a front side of the second region portion in the offset direction; and (iii) an attachment member through which the component is attached to a vehicle-front side portion of the casing. The attachment member is provided with a displacement adjustment portion that is configured, upon application of an external force to the component from the front side of the vehicle, to facilitate the first region portion of the component to be displaced toward a rear side of the vehicle, more than the second region portion of the component.

Abstract: A resource allocation device 2 includes: a course estimation unit 23 that estimates a course of each mobile terminal 5 based on network information about a location of a mobile terminal 5 acquired from a network device 4, and estimates a probability that each mobile terminal 5 is located in each area at time of prediction; a determination unit 24 that calculates, for each area, the number of mobile terminals 5 in the area using the probability and determines whether the maximum value of an overcommit ratio for each area calculated based on the number of mobile terminals 5 in the area exceeds an upper limit; and an execution unit 25 that executes the allocation or release of resources to an MEC server group 3 located in each area when the maximum value of the overcommit ratio is equal to or less than the upper limit, and refrains from executing the allocation or release of the resources to the MEC server group 3 when the maximum value of the overcommit ratio exceeds the upper limit.

Abstract: A DDoS attack handling technology is provided in which even when a plurality of IP addresses are attacked at the same time, resource load distribution between sites can be achieved while an increase in delay of target-addressed communications due to the handling of DDoS attacks is prevented. A DDoS handling apparatus 100 includes a load distribution determination unit 112 that determines whether load distribution processing is necessary, a processability determination unit 113 that determines whether load distribution processing is capable of being performed within a desired time, a grouping processing unit 115 that groups target-addressed communications into a plurality of groups, a load distribution processing unit 116 that determines, for each group, a mitigation site to be used to handle the target-addressed communications from among a plurality of mitigation sites, and an attack handling setting unit 117 that performs route control of the target-addressed communications.

Abstract: A message relay apparatus and a message relay method that achieve high message reachability taking communication network situation into consideration are provided. A message relay apparatus 100 interposed between an application 20 and a device 30 includes a device communication state determination functional unit 131 that determines communication availability with the device 30, a network state estimation unit 133 that estimates a network state based on the communication availability, and a message processing unit 110 that determines forwarding availability of an application message based on the network state and buffers the application message when forwarding is not available.

Abstract: A communication system realizes End-to-End communication between communication devices via at least one service function by using Segment Routing IPv6. The communication system includes: transfer means for transferring a packet received from one of the communication devices at a communication origin of the End-to-End communication, by using an abstracted ID obtained by abstracting a segment ID in a prescribed range determined in advance; and conversion means for converting, upon receipt of the packet including the abstracted ID, the abstracted ID into an address or a segment ID of a service function instance providing the service function.

Abstract: A control apparatus configured to, in a network constituted by the multiple communication apparatuses, control one or more anchor nodes designated in advance among the multiple communication apparatuses, includes: a route creation unit configured to create route information including labels of communication apparatuses or links to be passed through, based on an input required condition; a route compression unit configured to divide the labels included in the route information in units of anchor nodes, and compress at least a portion of the labels included in the route information into a compressed label that can be expanded in at least one anchor node among the communication apparatuses determined based on the route information, so as not to exceed a processing limit of a communication apparatus determined based on the route information; and a distribution unit configured to distribute information for expanding the compressed label to the at least one anchor node.

Abstract: A distributed system that uses, in a network, a plurality of computational resources to perform processing on data includes an assignment unit that assigns data to a plurality of data processing units, and a determination unit that collects a data processing time in each data processing unit and a communication time between the assignment unit and each data processing unit, determines assignment of data to each data processing unit based on the data processing time and the communication time that are collected, and notifies the assignment unit of information on the determined assignment.

Abstract: A system and method capable of efficiently using and operating resources and allowing a cluster satisfying requirements of functions/services provided to terminals to be configured of MEC servers are provided.

Abstract: A video management apparatus includes a storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, video data received through a network, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not video data groups stored in the storage unit are analyzed based on a first period of time indicating a period of time until a free capacity becomes insufficient in the storage unit and a second period of time indicating a maximum analysis time required for analysis of the video data groups, a first calculation unit configured to analyze the video data groups to calculate a predetermined statistic in a case where it is determined that the video data groups are analyzed, and a deletion unit configured to delete the analyzed video data groups.

Abstract: Backup system and method that can determine a backup destination in consideration of disaster are provided. There are provided: a data acquisition unit 110 that acquires disaster information, network information, and node information; a replication group construction unit 130 that generates, based on the disaster information, and the like, replication group information including association information between a first node that stores original data and one or more second nodes that are candidates for backup destination of the original data, and saves the replication group information in a storage unit 120; a replication destination node calculation unit 140 that, when executing backup of the original data, calculates the second node as backup destination from the replication group; and a replication processing unit 230 that replicates and stores the original data into the storage of the second node.

Abstract: Provided is a virtual world construction system that does not impair consistency between virtual worlds and places only small loads on terminals. A client application 10 that is implemented on a user terminal, a plurality of server applications 20 that are implemented on servers, and a proxy 30 that is located on a communication path between the user terminal and the servers and relays operation information and video information are provided. The proxy 30 includes a motion duplication unit 31 that transmits operation information to the plurality of servers by duplicating the operation information, and a video integration/rendering control unit 32 that transmits timing information regarding rendering timing to the plurality of servers, and transmits video information received from at least one of the servers, to the user terminals.

Abstract: A Pd-coated Cu bonding wire of an embodiment contains Pd of 1.0 to 4.0 mass %, and a S group element of 50 mass ppm or less in total (S of 5.0 to 12.0 mass ppm, Se of 5.0 to 20.0 mass ppm, or Te of 15.0 to 50 mass ppm). At a crystal plane of a cross section of the wire, a <100> orientation ratio is 15% or more, and a <111> orientation ratio is 50% or less. When a free air ball is formed on the wire and a tip portion is analyzed, a Pd-concentrated region is observed on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A packet processing system and method for enabling real-time packet processing while preventing an unnecessary delay increase are provided. A terminal 10-1 and a terminal 10-2 that transmit different types of packets in real time, a communication device 30 that processes packets transmitted by the terminal 10-1, and a packet processing device 100 disposed in a communication path of the packet from the terminal 10-1 and the terminal 10-2 to the communication device. The packet processing device 100 determines a processing method for the packets received from the terminal 10-1 based on the packets received from the terminal 10-2, creates a processing method determination table, and creates a processing method list. The terminal information packet processing unit 124 processes the packets received from the terminal 10-1 per packet unit based on the processing method list.

Abstract: A video management apparatus includes a storage processing unit configured to store, in a storage unit, video data received through a network, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not video data groups stored in the storage unit are analyzed based on a first period of time indicating a period of time until a free capacity becomes insufficient in the storage unit and a second period of time indicating a maximum analysis time required for analysis of the video data groups, a first calculation unit configured to analyze the video data groups to calculate a predetermined statistic in a case where it is determined that the video data groups are analyzed, and a deletion unit configured to delete the analyzed video data groups.

Abstract: The bonding wire being a Pd-coated copper bonding wire includes: a copper core material; and a Pd layer and containing a sulfur group element, in which with respect to the total of copper, Pd, and the sulfur group element, a concentration of Pd is 1.0 mass % to 4.0 mass % and a total concentration of the sulfur group element is 50 mass ppm or less, and a concentration of S is 5 mass ppm to 2 mass ppm, a concentration of Se is 5 mass ppm to 20 mass ppm, or a concentration of Te is 15 mass ppm to 50 mass ppm or less. A wire bonding structure includes a Pd-concentrated region with the concentration of Pd being 2.0 mass % or more relative to the total of Al, copper, and Pd near a bonding surface of an Al-containing electrode of a semiconductor chip and a ball bonding portion.

Abstract: For an application collectively transmitting a group of packets desired to be transmitted at once, the group of successive packets are transferred with low latency, while fairness is maintained among communication flows with the identical priority.

Abstract: An information processing device is provided that is capable of automatically setting an appropriate information processing rule in accordance with the environment of terminals and a computing device.

Abstract: A video management device includes a storage processing unit configured to store video data received through a network in a storage unit, a calculation unit configured to classify a video data group stored in the storage unit based on combinations of imaging locations and content of video data, and to calculate a frequency of appearance of each of the combinations, and a selection unit configured to select video data to be deleted from the storage unit based on the frequency of appearance, thereby increasing a possibility that the deletion of a high-value video will be avoided.

Abstract: Provided is a packet transfer apparatus configured to per form packet exchange processing for exchanging multiple continuous packets with low delay while maintaining fairness between communication flows of the same priority level. A packet transfer apparatus 100 includes: a packet classification unit 120; queues 130 that holds the classified packets for each classification; and a dequeue processing unit 140 that extracts packets from the queues 130. The dequeue processing unit 140 includes a scheduling unit 141 that controls the packet extraction amount extracted from the queue 130 for a specific communication flow based on information on the amount of data that is requested by the communication flow and is to be continuously transmitted in packets.

Abstract: An occurrence of an infection-spreading attack and an attack source thereof are detected with high accuracy. A first feature value is calculated based on traffic information regarding a packet forwarded by a forwarding device, and M partial address spaces to be monitored are specified based on the first feature value. A second feature value is calculated for each address of a terminal in a network, based on traffic information regarding the M partial address spaces, the second feature value is learned to classify terminal addresses into a plurality of clusters, and whether or not each of the clusters is an infection-spreading attack is determined to generate cluster information. Whether or not an infection-spreading attack has occurred and an address of a terminal that is an attack source are specified based on the second feature value and the cluster information.