Patent ID: 8917637

Claim:
A wireless communication apparatus that conducts full-duplex wireless communication with a communication partner using a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit a signal to a first communication path via the transmitting antenna using a first frequency channel; a receiving unit configured to receive a signal from a second communication path via the receiving antenna using a second frequency channel different from the first frequency channel; a control unit configured to control beam angle of directionality of at least one of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna such that the first and second communication paths are different from each other; and a determination unit configured to determine receiving status of the signal received by the receiving unit, wherein the transmitting unit is configured to transmit, to the communication partner, a signal for switching beam angle of directionality of a transmitting antenna of the communication partner, based on the determination of the determination unit, and wherein, when a communication interruption has occurred in one of the first communication path and the second communication path, the control unit controls the beam angle of directionality of at least one of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna so as to switch the direction of a communication path in which the communication interruption has occurred to the direction of a communication path in which the communication interruption has not occurred.