Abstract: A communication aggregation system according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of devices (3) to (6) that transmit a larger amount of data when an abnormality is found compared with the amount of data transmitted in normal times, a gateway device (1) that communicates with devices included in a first group out of a plurality of devices, a gateway device (2) that communicates with devices included in a second group, and a control device (7) that, when the amount of data transmitted from some device increases due to detection of an abnormality and a difference in processing loads between the gateway devices exceeds a first threshold, changes a group to which at least one device out of the plurality of devices (3) to (6) belongs so that a difference in the processing loads falls below a second threshold.

Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the aforementioned problem and aims to provide a technique for reducing consumption of transmission power of an MTC device. The present invention relates to a communication terminal including measurement means for measuring a measurement target, reception means for receiving a certain condition regarding transmission from an application server, and determination means for determining, when the resulting measurement value satisfies the condition, that the measurement value should not be transmitted to the application server.

Abstract: Provided is a cooler including an upper plate configured to have a semiconductor chip to be arranged thereon, a plurality of plate-like fins arranged under the upper plate, and a coupling bar coupled to the plate-like fins. The coupling bar has a main-body portion and a plurality of comb-tooth portions protruding from the main-body portion into the flow channel, the cooler includes a plurality of openings in a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the plate-like fins, and the openings are defined at least by the comb-tooth portions and the plate-like fins, and the openings include a first opening provided in a first flow channel that does not run below the semiconductor chip, and a second opening provided in a second flow channel that runs below the semiconductor chip, where the second opening is larger than the first opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a core node capable of reducing the number of NAS request messages to be transmitted to the core node when a congestion state of the core node is continuing. A core node (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a congestion state detector (11) configured to detect a congestion state of the core node; a communication unit (13) configured to receive a NAS request message transmitted from a radio terminal (20); a message storing unit (14) configured to store the NAS request message; and a controller (12) configured to suspend processing regarding the NAS request message while the congestion state of the core node is being detected.

Abstract: The present disclosure aims to provide a core node capable of reducing the number of messages or an amount of data to be transmitted to the core node. A core node (10) according to the present disclosure includes: a congestion state detector (11) configured to detect a congestion state of an own apparatus; a communication unit (13) configured to receive a NAS request message that has specified an APN from a radio terminal (20); and a controller (12) configured to determine that processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed while the congestion state of the own apparatus is being detected. The communication unit (13) transmits a reject message including a plurality of APNs that can be specified by the radio terminal (20) to the radio terminal (20) when it is determined in the controller (12) that the processing regarding the NAS request message will not be executed.

Abstract: According to the present invention, congestion in a network band is suppressed. This information processing apparatus is provided with: a command reception unit that receives commands from at least one application given to at least two device groups; a device specification unit that specifies devices belonging to the at least two device groups when the commands from the at least one application given to the at least two device groups are of a similar type; and a command transmission control unit that executes control transmission so as to prevent overlap of transmission of the commands to the specified devices.

Abstract: A gateway device thins a plurality of devices to select a plurality of transmission target devices from among the plurality of devices, and transmits data of the transmission target devices to a server device. The server device receives the data of the transmission target devices from the gateway device, and uses the data of the transmission target devices to estimate a value of data of a removed device by interpolation.

Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes: a cabinet in which at least one air inlet and at least one air outlet are formed; a heat exchanger arranged inside the cabinet; an air inlet hood that covers the air inlet; and an air outlet hood that covers the air outlet. The air inlet hood includes: a facing panel arranged facing the air inlet; an upper surface panel arranged on an upper surface of a part between the air inlet and the facing panel; and two side panels arranged respectively on two side surfaces of the part between the air inlet and the facing panel. A lower surface air intake hole is provided to a lower surface of the part between the air inlet and the facing panel. A side surface air intake hole is provided to at least one of the two side panels.

Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a communication processing system that suppresses an increase in number of control messages even if devices cannot receive a group message. The communication processing system includes a holder that holds identifiers of a plurality of devices included in a device group as a target of a group messaging requested from an application, an unreached-device list acquirer that acquires an unreached-device list created by excluding, identifiers of devices which the group message has reached from the identifiers held in the holder based on responses to delivery of the group message, and a message deliverer that delivers a message based on the group messaging to devices having identifiers included in the unreached-device list.

Abstract: A system of this invention is directed to a communication processing system that copes with a failure while avoiding network congestion or overload by reducing signaling even if a device cannot receive a group message. This communication processing system forms VPLMN (Visited Public Land Mobile Network), and includes a group messaging request acquirer that acquires, from an application, a group messaging request to be distributed to a plurality of devices, a group messaging request distributer that distributes the group messaging request to the plurality of devices, and a redistribution instructor that instructs, when receiving no response to the group messaging request from any one device in the plurality of devices within a predetermined time, the group messaging request distributer to redistribute the group messaging request to a service area including the any one device based on error information of the service area.

Abstract: A power supply adapter according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a power cord, a power-source attachment portion, a working-machine attachment portion, a temperature detector, and an overheat determiner. The temperature detector is configured to detect temperature of the power cord and to output a detection signal indicating the temperature detected. The overheat determiner is configured to determine that the power cord is in an overheated state based on the detection signal from the temperature detector and to output an overheat determination result indicating that the power cord is in the overheated state.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a communication system that triggers a terminal by use of a short message, the communication system including a generation unit that generates a short message for triggering the terminal, the short message containing at least originator information and security information related to validity of the originator, and a determination unit that determines validity of the originator based on the security information.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the problems of reduction of an operation guaranteed period and an operation failure of an entire system caused by the reduction of the operation guaranteed period or an operation stop of a specific device. The present invention includes a control unit that controls transmission of a triggering message to a terminal based on at least one of an identifier included in the triggering message for triggering the terminal and used to identify the terminal, and an identifier for identifying a group to which the terminal belongs.

Abstract: The present invention addresses the issue of responding to a state in which operation has stopped as a result of high frequency triggering of a specified application either intentionally or as a result of a malfunction, etc. The present invention relates to communication system including: a monitoring unit that monitors the occurrence state of triggering messages on the basis of port number information identifying port numbers included in triggering messages that trigger a terminal; and a control unit that controls transmission of the triggering messages to the terminal, on the basis of the occurrence state.

Abstract: To prolong the life of the battery of a device and reduce the labor of replacing the battery of the device, as compared with a conventional technique, an information processing apparatus includes a receiver that receives, from the device, device information including information acquired by the device and remaining capacity information indicating a battery remaining capacity of the device, and a period setting unit that sets, if the receiver receives the device information, a temporary storage period of the acquired information in a temporary storage unit based on the remaining capacity information included in the device information.

Abstract: Congestion in information collection is avoided, thereby avoiding an increase in load. An information processing apparatus includes a predictor that predicts, using a planned transmission/reception count derived based on an information collection request received from an application and a predicted transmission/reception count predicted based on a history of information transmission from devices to the application, a load for transmitting information from the devices to the application, and a controller that controls, based on a prediction result obtained by the predictor, a transmission timing of transmitting information from the devices to the application so that the load is not larger than a predetermined value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless terminal that includes an operation disabling instruction generation means for generating an operation disabling instruction that disables a transmission operation of a wireless terminal based on a specified trigger, and an operation disabling means for disabling the transmission operation of the wireless terminal based on the operation disabling instruction.

Abstract: A wireless communication system that enables a wireless terminal to perform communication using a plurality of component carriers having different frequencies. The wireless communication system monitors a communication state of each of the component carriers allocated to the wireless terminal;-distributes, to the component carriers, data to be transmitted, based on the communication state of each of the component carriers; starts a reception operation at a predetermined timing in a non-reception period of a second cycle during a discontinuous reception operation at the second cycle in some of the component carriers allocated to the wireless terminal, and performs the reception operation a predetermined number of times, the second cycle being longer than a first cycle.

Abstract: The present invention has been made in view of the aforementioned problem and aims to provide a technique for reducing consumption of transmission power of an MTC device. The present invention relates to a communication terminal including measurement means for measuring a measurement target, reception means for receiving a certain condition regarding transmission from an application server, and determination means for determining, when the resulting measurement value satisfies the condition, that the measurement value should not be transmitted to the application server.