COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS

摘要

[Problem] To allow a further power saving in a heterogeneous network. [Solution] Provided is a communication control apparatus comprising: a wireless communication unit that provides, in a cell where a first base station provides a first wireless communication service, a second wireless communication service; and a control unit that, when causing the operation mode of the wireless communication unit to transition from a first mode to a second mode having less power consumption than the first mode, switches the operation mode to the second mode after stepwise reducing the transmission power of reference signals to be transmitted from the wireless communication unit.