A radio communication device includes a beacon reception unit extracting a
frame from a received beacon and a frame judgment unit judging whether
the extracted frame is one requiring data transmission/reception or one
giving notice of a collision with a beacon of another network, a frame
constructing unit used when the frame judgment unit has judged that the
frame is a collision notification, generating a frame for relaying the
collision notification and a movement notification to a new beacon
transmission period, and a beacon transmission instruction unit
instructing transmission of the frame at the beacon transmission timing.
Accordingly, since these notifications can be relayed, all radio
communication devices of the same network can move to a new beacon
transmission period while avoiding a collision with a beacon from a radio
communication device of another network.