A communication control apparatus is included in each of nodes constituting a telecommunications system and includes a communication timing signal transmitter/receiver for receiving a communication timing signal representative of a transmission timing of a data signal from at least one neighboring node neighboring the own node, and transmitting the communication timing signal of the own node. In the apparatus, a communication timing determining circuit determines a transmission timing of the communication timing signal of the own node in accordance with basic rate information, which defines a transmission timing of the communication timing signal of the own node, and the communication timing signal received from the neighboring node. A basic rate information control circuit included in the apparatus controls the basic rate information used by the communication timing determining circuit.