MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD

摘要

A mobile communication device and a communication method that enable remote monitoring of those who use electrical home appliances by collecting data from the electrical home appliances are provided without complicating the system configuration. The mobile communication device (10) includes a public network communication unit (20) that wirelessly communicates with a public network (60), a local area communication unit (30) that communicates with a sensor device (50) located in a neighbor area, and an access management unit (40) that accepts access from the sensor device (50) through the local area communication unit (30) and transmits sensor device usage information to an external device connected to the public network (60) based on information transmitted from the sensor device (50), or accepts access from the external device through the public network communication unit (20) and controls operation of the sensor device (50) in accordance with remote control information from the external device.