The present technology relates to a communication device and a communication method capable of realizing more efficient communication.
There is provided a communication device including a base station including a control section configured to determine whether an existing standard-compliant terminal is connected to the base station in a usage frequency band that is a frequency band to be used by the base station on the basis of existing standard-compliant terminal connection information that indicates whether the existing standard-compliant terminal is connected to the base station in a predetermined frequency band and that is received from another base station. The present technology is applicable to, for example, a wireless LAN system.