A wireless communication system in which a communication apparatus performs a packet communication with a radio network controller through a base transceiver station stores identification information about a communication line in a first state in which communications are performed using an individual channel and line information including a setting parameter. When an index of an amount of data communication in the first state falls below a threshold, the individual channel is released and a transition to a second state in which communications are performed using a common channel is performed. When an index in the second state exceeds the threshold, recovery to the first state is performed using the setting parameter.