A radio equipment control for communicating plural radio equipment units including an identifier inserting unit for inserting into a frame an identifier for recognizing a connection relation of plural cascade-connected radio equipment units and a transmitting unit for transmitting the frame having the identifier inserted therein by the identifier inserting unit to the plural cascade-connected radio equipment units. The wireless communication apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving the frame having the identifier inserted therein from the plural cascade-connected radio equipment units and a connection relation recognizing unit for recognizing the connection relation of the plural cascade-connected radio equipment units on the basis of the identifier of the frame received by the receiving unit.