A wireless communication device is provided with: a means that, when traffic of said device is greater than another device in a state in which the device is wirelessly connected to a terminal without using CoMP, generates information with which a parameter is altered so that a communication area in which CoMP is used is expanded at the wireless communication device side, said parameter relating to a condition by which the terminal reports a result of a communication measurement between the device and the other device; and a means that carries out an adjustment so that a proportion of resources for communication using CoMP is increased in accordance with the traffic situations of the device and the other device.