Patent ID: 8688164

Claim:
A radio communication system comprising: a first radio base station; and a second radio base station neighboring the first radio base station, wherein the first radio base station includes: a storage unit configured to store information on the second radio base station; a pre-blockade initiate notification transmitter configured to transmit a pre-blockade initiate notification indicating initiation of a pre-blockade to the second radio base station identified based on the information on the second radio base station stored in the storage unit, in initiating the pre-blockade wherein the pre-blockade is an operation of setting to receive no new call which is a call newly made by a radio terminal and of waiting until an ongoing call is terminated; and a transmission-power reduction processor configured to reduce transmission power based on a transmission of the pre-blockade initiate notification, and the second radio base station includes: a pre-blockade initiate notification receiver configured to receive the pre-blockade initiate notification; and a transmission-power increase processor configured to increase transmission power upon receiving the pre-blockade initiate notification from the pre-blockade initiate notification receiver.