A wireless communication device is provided with: 1st to Mth communication processing circuitry, corresponding to 1st to Mth sectors (where M≥2), which in operation, each communicate with a wireless terminal by using a beam in any of N directions (where N≥2); and handover control circuitry, which in operation, instructs the 2nd communication processing circuitry corresponding to the 2nd sector to change a beam used for beacon transmission to a beam closest to a boundary between the 1st sector and an adjacent the 2nd sector, and switch a communication partner of the wireless terminal from the 1st communication processing circuitry to the 2nd communication processing circuitry.