A wireless communication system includes a plurality of wireless stations including a first wireless station, a second wireless station, and a third wireless station. The wireless communication system further includes a first controller that obtains a transmission timing at which the third wireless station transmits first notification information to the second wireless station, the first notification information indicating that the third wireless station is to communicate with the second wireless station; and a first communicator that transmits second notification information to the second wireless station at the obtained transmission timing, the second notification information indicating that the first wireless station is to directly communicate with the second wireless station.