Patent ID: 8451749

Claim:
A wireless communication device which transmits received data according to a priority level of the data, said wireless communication device comprising: a transmission control parameter holding unit configured to hold transmission control parameter sets which correspond to data transmission rates and include transmission parameters indicating that said wireless communication device waits for a shorter transmission waiting time for data to which a higher priority level is set; a transmitting unit configured to transmit received data; a rate measuring unit configured to measure a rate at which said transmitting unit transmits the data; and a transmission control unit configured to select, from among the transmission control parameter sets, a transmission control parameter set including a specific parameter having a value indicating that a transmission waiting time is inversely proportional to the measured transmission rate, and to adaptively control a transmission waiting time for which said transmitting unit waits until start of the transmission of the data, according to the transmission rate of said transmitting unit which is measured by said rate measuring unit and the selected transmission control parameter set, wherein said transmitting unit is configured to transmit the data according to transmission control by said transmission control unit.