A given communications apparatus is included among plural first communications apparatuses, among which at least execution results of data processing of the given communications apparatus is communicated by multi-hop communication whereby, the execution results are transmitted to a second communications apparatus that performs a process based on the execution results. The given communications apparatus includes a storage device storing therein identification information of a specified communications apparatus that requires plural hops to communicate with the second communications apparatus and is among the plural first communications apparatuses, exclusive of the given communications apparatus; and a wireless communications circuit that transmits to a nearby communications apparatus of the given communications apparatus, request information that includes the identification information stored in the storage device and that requests the specified communications apparatus to execute the data processing of the given communications apparatus and to transmit execution results of the data processing.