Patent ID: 8812010

Claim:
A radio communication system comprising a first radio base station and a second radio base station which are each capable of adjusting its coverage according to load on the radio base station itself and load on the other radio base station, wherein the first radio base station comprises: a load information transmission unit configured to transmit, to the second radio base station, load information indicating a load level of the first radio base station; and a controller configured to control the load information transmission unit, when the load level of the first radio base station is below a first threshold, the controller controls the load information transmission unit so that the load information is transmitted to the second radio base station, when the load level of the first radio base station is at or above the first threshold, the controller controls the load information transmission unit so that transmission of the load information to the second radio base station is omitted, and the second radio base station comprises a load information reception unit configured to receive the load information from the first radio base station.