Patent ID: 7983665

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: infers a prospective base station outside the mobile object with which the first base station would communicate, determines prospective link capacity of the inferred prospective base station prior to the mobile object entering a coverage area of the inferred prospective base station, and controls information rates of the plurality of terminals based on the determined prospective link capacity information for communication between the first base station and the prospective base station.