Patent ID: 8285282

Claim:
A radio communication system comprising: a radio base station configured to transmit first control information by using a map region broadcasted by a non-directional beam, and to transmit second control information by using a specific region transmitted in a predetermined direction by a directional beam; and a radio communication terminal configured to receive the first control information and the second control information from the radio base station, wherein the radio communication terminal comprises: a control information receiver configured to receive pointer information associated with the second control information and transmitted by using the specific region when the radio communication terminal fails to receive the first control information transmitted by using the map region; and a reception notification unit configured to transmit, to the radio base station, a reception notification notifying a reception of the pointer information when the control information receiver receives the pointer information, and the radio base station comprises a control information transmitter configured to transmit the second control information to the radio communication terminal by using the specific region when the radio base station receives the reception notification from the radio communication terminal.