A wireless communication device functioning as an access point connected to one or a plurality of target wireless communication devices functioning as stations, the wireless communication device functioning as an access point comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit, to another wireless communication device functioning as an access point, a measurement request signal requesting measurement related to a propagation status of a signal from the target wireless communication device; a receiving unit configured to receive a measurement request response signal transmitted from the another wireless communication device in response to the measurement request signal, the measurement request response signal including a result of the measurement; the receiving unit further configured to receive a propagation status of a signal between the wireless communication device functioning as an access point and the target wireless communication device; and a determining unit configured to determine a connection destination of the target wireless communication device on a basis of the result of the measurement, wherein the determining unit is configured to determine the connection destination of the target wireless communication device by comparing the propagation status of the signal between the wireless communication device functioning as an access point and the target wireless communication device with the propagation status of the signal between the another wireless communication device and the target wireless communication device, the latter propagation status being indicated by the result of the measurement; and wherein the transmission unit is configured to further transmit, to the target wireless communication device, a transmission request signal that gives an instruction on transmission of a response signal for the measurement; and the receiving unit is configured to receive, from the another wireless communication device, the measurement request response signal including the result of the measurement performed by receiving the response signal transmitted from the target wireless communication device. a transmission unit configured to transmit, to another wireless communication device functioning as an access point, a measurement request signal requesting measurement related to a propagation status of a signal from the target wireless communication device; a receiving unit configured to receive a measurement request response signal transmitted from the another wireless communication device in response to the measurement request signal, the measurement request response signal including a result of the measurement; the receiving unit further configured to receive a propagation status of a signal between the wireless communication device functioning as an access point and the target wireless communication device; and a determining unit configured to determine a connection destination of the target wireless communication device on a basis of the result of the measurement, wherein the determining unit is configured to determine the connection destination of the target wireless communication device by comparing the propagation status of the signal between the wireless communication device functioning as an access point and the target wireless communication device with the propagation status of the signal between the another wireless communication device and the target wireless communication device, the latter propagation status being indicated by the result of the measurement; and wherein the transmission unit is configured to further transmit, to the target wireless communication device, a transmission request signal that gives an instruction on transmission of a response signal for the measurement; and the receiving unit is configured to receive, from the another wireless communication device, the measurement request response signal including the result of the measurement performed by receiving the response signal transmitted from the target wireless communication device.