A wireless communication apparatus (10, 70, 80, 90) capable of selectively operating as a group owner or a client in a Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, comprising: a control unit configured to perform group owner negotiation so as to determine whether the wireless communication apparatus operates as a group owner or a client in a particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network; a management unit configured to, when the wireless communication apparatus operates as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, manage one or more remote devices that operate as clients in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network; and an operation control unit configured to, when the wireless communication apparatus operates as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner until a continuation period elapses in a first case where the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 0, wherein the continuation period begins at a timing at which the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 0, wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 1 or more before the continuation period elapses, the operation control unit is configured to continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network even after a lapse of the continuation period, and wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed remains 0 until the continuation period elapses, the operation control unit is configured to stop the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner after the lapse of the continuation period. a control unit configured to perform group owner negotiation so as to determine whether the wireless communication apparatus operates as a group owner or a client in a particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network; a management unit configured to, when the wireless communication apparatus operates as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, manage one or more remote devices that operate as clients in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network; and an operation control unit configured to, when the wireless communication apparatus operates as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network, continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner until a continuation period elapses in a first case where the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 0, wherein the continuation period begins at a timing at which the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 0, wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed becomes 1 or more before the continuation period elapses, the operation control unit is configured to continue the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner in the particular Wi-Fi Direct wireless network even after a lapse of the continuation period, and wherein, if the number of remote devices to be managed remains 0 until the continuation period elapses, the operation control unit is configured to stop the operation of the wireless communication apparatus as the group owner after the lapse of the continuation period.