To provide a radio communication system that efficiently performs data transmission to a terminal.

A radio communication system according to the invention comprises a plurality of radio stations and a gateway for accommodating the plurality of radio stations. If two or more radio stations (radio stations 1 and 2) of the plurality of radio stations have obtained the same data destined for the same terminal from a gateway side, the radio stations 1 and 2 having obtained the same data destined for the same terminal transmit all or part of the obtained data toward a destination terminal thereof in coordination with each other.