[Object] To make it possible to prevent a load from being concentrated on a specific node when a frequency band is shared between the cellular system employing the HetNet and other systems.[Solution] Provided is an apparatus, including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire band-related information that is related to a frequency band available to a macro cell base station of a cellular system among shared bands shared between the cellular system and another system and is provided from a controller for a plurality of macro cell base stations of the cellular system; and a control unit configured to decide a frequency band available to a small cell base station corresponding to the macro cell base station among the frequency bands available to the macro cell base station.