A wireless communication apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with a baseband processing device that generates IQ data and a wireless transmission device that modulates the IQ data into microwaves and wirelessly transmits the microwaves.
A wireless communication apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a baseband processing device (2) that generates IQ data; a wireless transmission device (4) that modulates the IQ data into microwaves and wirelessly transmits the microwaves; a wireless transmission device (5) that demodulates, into IO data, the microwaves received wirelessly via a wireless transmission path (L1) to the wireless transmission device (4); and a wireless device (3) that modulates, into a high-frequency signal, the IO data demodulated by the wireless transmission device (5), and transmits said high-frequency signal outwards, wherein the baseband processing device (2) compresses the IQ data by a data compression ratio depending on the communication quality in the wireless transmission path (L1), and the wireless transmission device (4) modulates the IQ data into microwaves by using an appropriate modulation format in accordance with the communication quality in the wireless transmission path (L1).