Patent ID: 8463272

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a first base station capable of communicating with terminals belonging to a first communication range; and a second base station capable of communicating with terminals belonging to a second communication range that includes a region overlapping with the first communication range and that has a different size from the first communication range, wherein the first base station and the second base station each include: a load information acquisition section that acquires load information of at least one of the first base station and the second base station, a handover control section that determines, based on the load information, whether it is necessary to hand over any terminal located in the overlapping region between the first base station and the second base station, and controls handover of the terminal, the first communication range is smaller than the second communication range, and the second base station suppresses transmission power for the terminals that include the handed-over terminal and adds resources in the frequency domain.