Patent ID: 8542631

Claim:
A communication device for performing wireless communication, comprising: a base station unit configured to generate control information identical with those generated by other communication devices, the control information including information defining regions in a radio frame which are used by the communication device and the other communication devices to transmit data; a terminal unit configured to receive data in accordance with the control information; a switching unit configured to change connection among the base station unit, the terminal unit and an antenna; and a switch controller configured to operate the switching unit such that when the communication device communicates with other communication devices which include units identical with the base station unit and the terminal unit and the control information is output from the base station unit, the base station unit is connected to the terminal unit to output the control information to the terminal unit; wherein, when the terminal unit receives the data in accordance with the control information, the switch controller controls the switching unit such that the terminal unit is connected to the antenna.