Patent ID: 8010114

Claim:
A mobile radio communications system comprising: an exchange station; first and second radio base stations configured to radio-communicate with a mobile station and configured to relay data from the mobile station; first and second radio control stations configured to wire-communicate with the first and second radio base stations, respectively, and configured to establish a wired communication path for relaying the data transmitted from the mobile station to the exchange station; a transmission device configured to wire-communicate with the first and second radio base stations, and configured to establish a local wired communication branch for relaying the data transmitted from the mobile station between the first and second radio base stations without going through the first or second radio control station; a third radio base station configured to radio-communicate with the mobile station and configured to relay the data transmitted from the mobile station; and a third radio control station configured to wire-communicate with the third radio base station, and configured to establish a wired communication branch for relaying the data transmitted from the mobile station to the exchange station; wherein a method of adding a radio communication branch comprises: when a request for adding a radio communication branch through the third radio base station is generated while the data transmitted from the mobile station is being relayed via the local wired communication branch, adding a radio communication branch when it is determined that the third radio base station can communicate with the transmission device, and determining whether to reject the request, based on a radio quality parameter between the mobile station and the third radio base station when it is determined that the third radio base station can not communicate with the transmission device.