IoT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR IoT DEVICE

Abstract

An IoT device for properly performing charging even when data from an IoT device is relayed and transmitted to a base station includes a first transmitter that directly transmits acquired data to the base station, a second transmitter that transmits the data to a neighboring device by near-field communication to relay the data by the neighboring device and transmit the data to the base station, and a third transmitter that transmits, to the base station, communication cost bearer information representing that the user of the IoT device bears the communication cost of the data relayed by the neighboring device and transmitted.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.