Patent ID: 7634264

Claim:
A radio network controller, comprising: a controller configured to determine available information rate for communication, via a first base station, between a plurality of terminals and a second base station based on link capacity information for wireless communication between the first base station and the second base station, and to control each of information rates for the communication between the plurality of terminals and the second base station, based on the available information rate, the plurality of terminals and the first base station being in a mobile object, the second base station being outside the mobile object, wherein the controller receives the link capacity information from at least one of the first base station or the second base station, wherein the link capacity information comprises uplink capacity information and down link capacity information, the information rates comprise uplink information rates and downlink information rates, the available information rate comprises an available uplink information rate and an available downlink information rate, the controller sends a request for the downlink capacity information to the first base station, receives the downlink capacity information from the first base station, determines the available downlink information rate based on the downlink capacity information and controls the downlink information rates based on the available downlink information rate, and the controller sends a request for the uplink capacity information, receives the uplink capacity information from the second base station, determines the available uplink information rate based on the uplink capacity information and controls the uplink information rates based on the available uplink information rate.