Patent ID: 8320253

Claim:
A radio communication system for communicating with a mobile station comprising: a first base station which communicates with the mobile station in a first area; and a second base station which communicates with the mobile station in a second area, a part of the second area being same with the first area; the first base station comprising: a first receiving unit configured to receive connection control information from the second base station, the connection control information including information indicating data to be sent from the second base station to the mobile station; a first setup unit configured to receive scheduling information for deciding whether the data sent to the mobile station is sent from the first base station or not, based on the received connection control information and a communication resource that can be used to send data from the first base station to the mobile station; and a first transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated scheduling information to the second base station and for transmitting the data decided to send to the mobile station on the basis of the scheduling information; the second base station comprising: a second transmitting unit configured to transmit the connection control information to the first base station and for transmitting the data decided to send to the mobile station on the basis of the scheduling information; and a second receiving unit configured to receive the scheduling information from the first base station.