Patent ID: 7729318

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, 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, the radio communication method comprising: receiving code information from the second station, said code information for switching a first code being used to a second code during a communication; receiving timing information from the second station, the timing information including an integer representing a frame at which the first code is switched to the second code; switching from the first code to the second code based on the code information and the timing information received, said step of switching performed in synchronization with switching from the first code to the second code at the one of the plurality of base stations; and transmitting, by the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station, a code switching complete message from the one of the plurality of mobile stations of the first station; releasing the first code after the switching is completed, wherein the code switching complete message is used for releasing the first code at the second station.