Patent ID: 7593371

Claim:
A radio communication method used for a radio communication system employing CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) for radio access and providing multi-rate transmission, the radio communication system comprising: a first station including one or more mobile stations; and a second station including one or more base stations communicating with at least one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station and a base station controlling apparatus controlling the one or more base stations, and the radio communication method comprising: transmitting a second code to one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station, wherein a first code, being used by the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station, is to be switched to a second code during a communication; transmitting timing information regarding timing of switching the first code to the second code to the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station; switching, by the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station, the first code to the second code based on the timing information; switching, by one of the plurality of the base stations of the second station, the first code to the second code in synchronization with switching the first code to the second code by the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station; transmitting, by the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station, a code switching complete information from the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station; and releasing, by the second station, the first code in response to a code switching complete information from the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station.