A transmission control method performed in a communication apparatus, the transmission control method including: receiving a packet from a counterparty apparatus, measuring a quality of communication with the counterparty apparatus and the fluctuation amount of the quality, controlling a transmission so as to transmit a packet to the counterparty apparatus when the fluctuation amount is relatively large in accordance with a first level and the quality is relatively high in accordance with a second level, and not to transmit a packet to the counterparty apparatus when the fluctuation amount is relatively large in accordance with the first level and the quality is relatively low in accordance with the second level.