When a sensor node (101-5) has a large power consumption, an information processing apparatus (100) propagates a portion of request information for a data process having the request recipient set to a sensor node (101-7), through a path that does not pass through the sensor node (101-5). For example, the information processing apparatus (100) changes a division rate at a sensor node (101-3) acting as a branching point for the request information for the data process having the request recipient set to the sensor node (101-7) to thereby change the distribution of the transferred data amount and equalize the power consumption of the sensor nodes (101) in a sensor network.