Wireless device and communication method for communicating with relay station

A wireless device comprising:

• a positional information acquisition unit that acquires positional information indicating a position of the wireless device;
• a communication area information acquisition unit that acquires communication area information indicating a communication area of a relay station;
• a transmission unit that transmits a signal to the relay station;
• a reception unit that receives a signal from the relay station if the transmission unit does not transmit a signal;
• and
• a control unit that determines whether to (1) perform continuous transmission by the transmission unit or (2) perform communication in which transmission by the transmission unit and reception by the reception unit are alternately switched, based on the positional information acquired in the positional information acquisition unit and the communication area information acquired in the communication area information acquisition unit.