Patent ID: RE43342

Claim:
A mobile communication system comprising: a plurality of radio base stations forming respective radio zones and effecting a radio channel setting control in accordance with a predetermined procedure; and a mobile station selecting, as a wait zone, one of the radio zones that satisfies a criteria demanded by the predetermined procedure, and receiving communication service via the selected wait zone, each of the radio base stations comprising: traffic control means for setting a traffic distribution for the plurality of radio zones; and announcing means for generating announcement information including the order of priority assigned to the plurality of radio zones, the order of priority being assigned in accordance with a probability density given to each of the plurality of radio zones under the distribution set by the traffic control means, and for transmitting announcement information to the radio zone formed by the radio station to which the announcing means belongs, the mobile station comprising: announcement information receiving means for receiving the announcement information transmitted by the announcing means in accordance with the predetermined procedure; and wait control means for selecting one of the radio zones as a wait zone, the radio zone to which a highest priority is assigned being a first candidate for selection by the wait control means.