Patent ID: 9532364
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A base station, comprising: a radio communication transceiver coupled to an antenna, the radio communication transceiver configured to use a radio resource to perform radio communication with a radio terminal; a network communication transmitter/receiver configured to perform inter-base station communication with another base station; and a controller including a processor configured to control the radio communication transceiver and the network communication transmitter/receiver, wherein the radio communication transceiver and the network communication transmitter/receiver are communicatively coupled to the controller, and wherein the network communication transmitter/receiver comprises: a transmitter configured to transmit interference control information for controlling interference with the other base station, to the other base station with a predefined periodicity; and a receiver configured to receive information indicating a usage of the radio resource in the other base station, from the other base station, and the controller is configured to acquire the usage of the radio resource in the radio communication transceiver and change the predefined periodicity with which the interference control information is transmitted to the other base station in accordance with at least one of the usage of the radio resource in the radio communication transceiver and the usage of the radio resource in the other base station.