The object of the present invention is to provide a base station 10, a
mobile station 11 and a radio network controller 50 which can reduce the
load on the radio network controller 50 during multicast communication.
The base station 10 supporting multicast communication comprises a
response signal relay 10b configured to transfer response signals
transmitted from a plurality of mobile stations 11, 12, 21, 41, 42 to a
radio network controller 50. The response signals respond to a control
signal for a multicast group. The response signal relay 10b transfers
only a predetermined number of response signals to the radio network
controller 50. Any following response signals are retained.