Wireless communication device and method of controlling the wireless communication device

摘要

The present invention provides a wireless communication device for communicating information with a base station, comprising storage unit for storing a maximum value as a transmission rate for information transmission to the base station, and a plurality of different step values which are used upon increasing/decreasing the transmission rate, and transmission rate control unit for selecting one of the plurality of step values and increasing/decreasing the transmission rate in units of the selected step value in a step-by-step manner.