[Problem] A base station includes a plurality of radio communication units individually supporting a plurality of communication capabilities, and controls a terminal station to be connected with the base station to select a radio communication unit according to a communication scheme of the terminal station.
[Solution] Provided is a radio communication method of a radio communication system. The radio communication system includes a plurality of base stations mounted with a plurality of radio communication units for which different communication schemes are settable, a terminal station configured to perform radio communication in a certain communication scheme, and a centralized control station configured to control the plurality of base stations. The radio communication method includes calculating, by the centralized control station, a setting policy of a communication scheme for each of the plurality of radio communication units of each of the plurality of base stations and a switching policy for the terminal station and the radio communication unit, and notifying the base station of the policies, setting, by the base station, the setting policy and the switching policy, notified from the centralized control station, for the radio communication unit, collecting, by the base station, communication scheme information of communication schemes selectable by the terminal station from the terminal station to be connected, and selecting, by the base station, a radio communication unit to be connected by the terminal station in accordance with the communication scheme information, the setting policy, and the switching policy.