摘要 |
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit configured to obtain a reception signal by receiving a first packet having, as a unit, a slot including at least two repetitive symbol sequences used to transmit an identical symbol by switching antenna beams having different directions, a carrier sensing unit configured to sense a carrier for each symbol period from the reception signal, a measurement unit configured to measure a slot length from the reception signal, a generation unit configured to generate a second packet having the slot as a unit, a timer which decrements a time period until transmission of the second packet for each slot length, a control unit configured to stop, if a carrier is sensed within a time period of the slot length, the timer for the time period, a transmission unit configured to transmit the second packet according to the timer. |