A disclosed radio communication apparatus includes an intermediate band detecting unit detecting an intermediate band which is a band between a first frequency band and a second frequency band which are allocated to a same mobile communication system or different mobile communication systems, a use status detecting unit detecting an uplink/downlink multiplexing method used in each of the first frequency band and the second frequency band, and a determination unit determining, based on the intermediate band and the uplink/downlink multiplexing method, the uplink/downlink multiplexing method usable in the intermediate band and a guard band in which use of frequencies are prevented, the guard band being included in the intermediate band.