Patent ID: 8885545

Claim:
A radio communication system comprising: first and second base stations being capable of wirelessly transmitting packet data addressed to a mobile station; a first gateway unit configured to transmit the packet data to the first base station; a second gateway unit configured to communicate with the first base station, the second base station, and the first gateway unit; and a control unit configured to signal information related to a communication path configuration to transfer the packet data, wherein setup of a first communication path, to transmit the packet data to the first base station from the first gateway unit through the second gateway unit, is performed based on first packet data communication information signaled by the control unit, and setup of a second communication path, to transmit the packet data to the second base station from the second gateway unit, is performed based on at least one of the first packet data communication information, second packet data communication information signaled by the control unit to the first base station, and third packet data communication information signaled by the control unit to the second gateway unit.