A wireless communication device according to an embodiment is one of a plurality of wireless communication devices in a multihop wireless communication system to transmit and receive information with each other. The wireless communication device has: a transmitter configured to transmit information in an m-th slot (m is an integer equal to or more than 1 and equal to or less than M, M is an integer equal to or more than 2) in a first slot group in N slot groups (N is an integer equal to or more than 2) in a frame, respective one of the slot groups including M slots, and a controller configured to control the transmitter to receive a connection request in an m-th slot in a second slot group in the N slot groups from a wireless communication device not included in the plurality of wireless communication devices.