A base station includes a receiving unit that receives a report of a reception power from a user equipment, and a selecting unit that calculates a first throughput and a second throughput by using the reception power, the first throughput being a throughput when coordinated communication is not performed and a single user equipment occupies an entire band, the second throughput being a throughput when the coordinated communication is performed and the single user equipment occupies the entire band, and selects a coordination candidate cell based on the first throughput, the second throughput, a first resource allocation rate and a second resource allocation rate, the first resource allocation rate being a resource allocation rate when the coordinated communication is not performed, the second resource allocation rate being a resource allocation rate when the coordinated communication is performed.