A wireless communication method for a wireless communication apparatus, the method comprising: transmitting, using first transmission sectors, one or more beacon frames during a beacon transmission period, wherein the one or more beacon frames include respective first transmission sector identifiers, IDs, of the first transmission sectors; receiving one or more transmission sector sweep frames from another wireless communication apparatus, during a beamforming training period following the beacon transmission period, wherein - the one or more transmission sector sweep frames include respective second transmission sector IDs of second transmission sectors, and - the second transmission sectors are used by the other wireless communication apparatus to transmit the one or more transmission sector sweep frames; extracting, from among the one or more transmission sector sweep frames, in a case where information indicating a discovery request is included in the one or more transmission sector sweep frames, a first transmission sector ID, wherein - the first transmission sector ID is selected by the other wireless communication apparatus from the first transmission sector IDs, and - the information indicating the discovery request notifies the wireless communication apparatus that the other wireless communication apparatus is configured to handle reception of a probe response including beamforming feedback information; selecting a second transmission sector ID from the second transmission sector IDs; transmitting a feedback frame including the selected second transmission sector ID, using the first transmission sector during the beamforming training period; and transmitting a probe response frame including the selected second transmission sector ID, using the first transmission sector, during a data transmission period following the beamforming training period. transmitting, using first transmission sectors, one or more beacon frames during a beacon transmission period, wherein the one or more beacon frames include respective first transmission sector identifiers, IDs, of the first transmission sectors; receiving one or more transmission sector sweep frames from another wireless communication apparatus, during a beamforming training period following the beacon transmission period, wherein - the one or more transmission sector sweep frames include respective second transmission sector IDs of second transmission sectors, and - the second transmission sectors are used by the other wireless communication apparatus to transmit the one or more transmission sector sweep frames; - the one or more transmission sector sweep frames include respective second transmission sector IDs of second transmission sectors, and - the second transmission sectors are used by the other wireless communication apparatus to transmit the one or more transmission sector sweep frames; extracting, from among the one or more transmission sector sweep frames, in a case where information indicating a discovery request is included in the one or more transmission sector sweep frames, a first transmission sector ID, wherein - the first transmission sector ID is selected by the other wireless communication apparatus from the first transmission sector IDs, and - the information indicating the discovery request notifies the wireless communication apparatus that the other wireless communication apparatus is configured to handle reception of a probe response including beamforming feedback information; - the first transmission sector ID is selected by the other wireless communication apparatus from the first transmission sector IDs, and - the information indicating the discovery request notifies the wireless communication apparatus that the other wireless communication apparatus is configured to handle reception of a probe response including beamforming feedback information; selecting a second transmission sector ID from the second transmission sector IDs; transmitting a feedback frame including the selected second transmission sector ID, using the first transmission sector during the beamforming training period; and transmitting a probe response frame including the selected second transmission sector ID, using the first transmission sector, during a data transmission period following the beamforming training period.