A wireless communication system includes a wireless communication device that functions as a base station, and one or more wireless communication terminals that communicate with the wireless communication device as slave units, a controller in the wireless communication device sets propriety information indicating whether or not reception of a packet transmitted from the wireless communication terminals is possible during a downlink transmission period when the wireless communication device transmits a packet, and a communication section in the wireless communication device transmits the packet including the propriety information. Furthermore, a controller in the wireless communication terminal controls transmission of the packet to the wireless communication device, during the downlink transmission period when the wireless communication device transmits the packet, according to the propriety information included in the packet, the propriety information indicating whether or not reception of the packet transmitted from the wireless communication terminals is possible.