Patent ID: 8538431

Claim:
A radio channel controller, comprising: a signal analyzing unit for analyzing whether or not a received signal from a mobile station during communication is a handover request of moving from a first cell where the mobile station is currently positioned to a second cell where the mobile station is going to move; a management information retaining unit for retaining cell information including a use-prohibited cell and an effectively-operating cell, wherein the use-prohibited cell denotes that a connection of the handover request from the mobile station used by a general user for communication is prohibited and a connection from a mobile communication carrier for maintenance or from another mobile station, for maintenance, of a predefined operator serving for the mobile communication carrier is permitted, whereas the effectively-operating cell denotes that the connection of the handover request from the mobile station used by the general user for communication is permitted; a determination unit for identifying the second cell to be identified by the handover request in accordance with the handover request analyzed by the signal analyzing unit to determine whether the second cell is the use-prohibited cell by referring to the cell information retained in the management information retaining unit; and an instructing unit for transmitting to a base transceiver station an instruction of causing the mobile station to use the effectively-operating cell that covers an area including a current position of the mobile station from the effectively-operating cells of the cell information retained in the management information retaining unit, when the determination unit determines that the second cell is the use-prohibited cell, whereby even after the mobile station during communication moves into the second cell that is determined by the determination unit to be the use-prohibited cell, while a connection to the use-prohibited cell is prohibited, the communication is continuously maintained before and after the mobile station moves into the second cell by use of the effectively-operating cell in accordance with the instruction of the instructing unit.