Patent ID: 8831669

Claim:
A wireless communication device comprising: a reference value acquiring unit configured to receive from a base station a timing adjustment value for use in adjusting a timing at which a transmission signal is to be transmitted, and acquire a reference value associated with the received timing adjustment value, the reference value being a threshold for determining whether a transmission power is excessive; a variation acquiring unit configured to receive a transmission power control command transmitted by the base station at each given timing, and sequentially acquire a variation in transmission power from the received transmission power control command; and a transmission power calculator configured to vary a transmission power value on the basis of the variation in transmission power acquired by the variation acquiring unit when the transmission power value does not exceed the reference value acquired by the reference value acquiring unit, and configured to vary the transmission power value on the basis of a variation less than the variation in transmission power acquired by the variation acquiring unit when the transmission power value exceeds the reference value acquired by the reference value acquiring unit.