A communication device shortening a scanning time of a communication terminal is provided. A communication device functioning as an access point includes: a first signal processing unit generating a first signal of which a subordinate communication terminal is notified; a second signal processing unit generating a second signal which includes information regarding the first signal and of which a communication terminal before connection is notified; and a communication unit simultaneously transmitting the first and second signals. The second signal includes information regarding a channel to be used to transmit the first signal and further includes at least one piece of information among a transmission length of the second signal, a transmission length of the first signal, and the number of times the second signal is repeated.