Patent ID: 8611860

Claim:
A mobile communication method with which a mobile station performs communication by accessing a radio base station, comprising: causing the radio base station to operate in any of a closed state of restricting access by mobile stations not having an access right to the radio base station and permitting access by mobile stations having an access right to the radio base station, and a semi-open state of not restricting access by the mobile stations having the access right and the mobile stations not having the access right; counting a number of mobile stations located in a cell managed by the radio base station and in a cell around the cell and that are provided with the access right to the radio base station; switching the state of the radio base station operating in the semi-open state to the closed state when the number of the mobile stations exceeds a predetermined number; and switching the state of the radio base station operating in the closed state to the semi-open state when the number of the mobile stations falls below the predetermined number.