Wireless communication device, wireless communication system, wireless communication method

Abstract

Providing a wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a beacon signal switching unit for wireless communication with another device to exchange the beacon signals; connection management unit, means for establishing by exchanging the beacon signal of the wireless communication with the other means a connection relationship; pause management unit for establishing a connection relationship of the wireless communication apparatus further exchange of information on a predetermined pause period, and suspend their operations until the predetermined time has elapsed since the predetermined pause period until the ; and a beacon slot beacon slot management unit for setting to be used for transmitting the beacon signal. The beacon slot management unit sets the elapse of the predetermined pause period after a beacon slot, and the beacon signal switching unit has elapsed after the predetermined pause period and set the beacon slot using the beacon slot of the transmission signal within a predetermined time period.