A wireless terminal capable of performing transmission by at least one of a first transmission scheme and a second transmission scheme, wherein the first transmission scheme is different to the second transmission scheme, comprising a transmitter, configured to transmit a first frame to a second wireless terminal which is a transmission destination; and a receiver configured to receive a second frame from the second wireless terminal which is a transmission source, wherein the second frame notifies the wireless terminal of information associated with a reception status of the first frame; wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a third frame to the second wireless terminal which is a transmission destination using the first transmission scheme, wherein the information associated with the reception status of the first frame is used for transmission control on the third frame; the second transmission scheme is used for one of the first or second frame; the first transmission scheme is used for the other one of the first or second frame; the transmission by the first transmission scheme can be received and decoded by a first reception scheme and cannot be received and decoded by a second reception scheme, the transmission by the second transmission scheme can be received and decoded by both the first reception scheme and the second reception scheme, wherein the first reception scheme is different to the second reception scheme, and the one of the first or second frame using the second transmission scheme comprises a field which indicates a period during which transmission by another wireless terminal which receives the one of the first or second frame using the second transmission scheme is inhibited, and wherein: the first transmission scheme is a scheme for transmitting signals via a plurality of transmission antennas and the second transmission scheme is a scheme for transmitting signals via a single transmission antenna, or the first transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a first modulation scheme and a first coding rate and the second transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme or a second coding rate different from the first coding rate, or the first transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a first modulation and coding scheme, and the second transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a second modulation and coding scheme different from the first modulation and coding scheme. the first transmission scheme is a scheme for transmitting signals via a plurality of transmission antennas and the second transmission scheme is a scheme for transmitting signals via a single transmission antenna, or the first transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a first modulation scheme and a first coding rate and the second transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a second modulation scheme different from the first modulation scheme or a second coding rate different from the first coding rate, or the first transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a first modulation and coding scheme, and the second transmission scheme is a scheme classified by a second modulation and coding scheme different from the first modulation and coding scheme.