Communication apparatus, communication method, and computer readable medium

1. A communication apparatus included in a network in which a device and a collection apparatus to collect a measurement value of a physical quantity used by the device are connected with each other, the communication apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry to:

receive a measurement value transmission request which has been transmitted from the collection apparatus to the device, and specifies either of a connection sensor and a non-connection sensor and requests the device to transmit a measured value of the sensor specified to the collection apparatus, the connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and being connected to the device, the non-connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and not being connected to the device;

determine whether the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request;

acquire, when it has been determined that the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request, a measurement value of the non-connection sensor from the non-connection sensor; and

transmit, to the collection apparatus, the acquired measurement value of the non-connection sensor in response to the measurement value transmission request.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the device does not respond to the measurement value transmission request when the connection sensor has not been specified in the measurement value transmission request, and transmits, to the collection apparatus, a measurement value of the connection sensor in response to the measurement value transmission request when the connection sensor has been specified in the measurement value transmission request, and

the processing circuitry further monitors a response state from the device to the collection apparatus, identifies that a sensor specified in the measurement value transmission request to which the apparatus does not respond, as the non-connection sensor, and determines whether the identified non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

when the device receives the measurement value transmission request, the device transmits, to the collection apparatus, a reception confirmation notification to notify that the measurement value transmission request is received, and

the processing circuitry receives, after receiving the measurement value transmission request, the reception confirmation notification transmitted from the device to the collection apparatus, and determines, after the reception confirmation notification is received, whether the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the processing circuitry does not determine, when the reception confirmation notification is not received, whether the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request.

5. A communication method in a network in which a device and a collection apparatus to collect a measurement value of a physical quantity used by the device are connected with each other, the method comprising:

receiving a measurement value transmission request which has been transmitted from the collection apparatus to the device, and specifies either of a connection sensor and a non-connection sensor and requests the device to transmit a measured value of the sensor specified to the collection apparatus, the connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and being connected to the device, the non-connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and not being connected to the device;

determining whether the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request;

acquiring, when it has been determined that the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request, a measurement value of the non-connection sensor from the non-connection sensor; and

transmitting, to the collection apparatus, the acquired measurement value of the non-connection sensor in response to the measurement value transmission request.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program which causes a computer included in a network in which a device and a collection apparatus to collect a measurement value of a physical quantity used by the device are connected with each other to execute:

reception processing of receiving a measurement value transmission request which has been transmitted from the collection apparatus to the device, and specifies either of a connection sensor and a non-connection sensor and requests the device to transmit a measured value of the sensor specified to the collection apparatus, the connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and being connected to the device, the non-connection sensor measuring a physical quantity used by the device and not being connected to the device;

sensor determination processing of determining whether the non-connection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request;

measurement value acquisition processing of acquiring, when it has been determined in the sensor determination processing that the disconnection sensor is specified in the measurement value transmission request, a measurement value of the non-connection sensor from the non-connection sensor; and

transmission processing of transmitting, to the collection apparatus, the measurement value of the non-connection sensor acquired in the measurement value acquisition processing in response to the measurement value transmission request.