Patent ID: 8094600

Claim:
A radio communication system comprising: Access Networks (ANs) for wirelessly communicating with an Access Terminal (AT); and a communication control apparatus for controlling the ANs, wherein the communication control apparatus includes: a control unit for sending transmission cycle information and control information to each of the ANs, the transmission cycle information being for transmitting communication information to the AT in a predetermined transmission cycle and the control information being for allocating the communication information in the transmission cycle, and wherein each of the ANs includes: a memory for storing information necessary for transmitting the communication information to the AT; a control unit for transmitting the transmission cycle information received from the communication control apparatus to the AT, calculating a transmission slot number necessary for sending the communication information in the transmission cycle, determining a transmission timing indicating a period in the predetermined transmission cycle allocated for the communication information, and transmitting the communication information in the determined transmission timing to the AT.