A wireless communication system includes a control device and at least one communication device. The control device includes a scheduler configured to generate control information for a process of a physical layer in wireless communication between the communication device and a terminal, an encoding unit configured to generate encoded data by performing encoding on data to be transmitted to the terminal on the basis of the control information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the control information to the communication device when the control information is generated and transmits the encoded data to the communication device when the encoded data is generated. The communication device includes a reception unit configured to the control information and the encoded data from the control device; and a signal processing unit configured to perform signal processing for transmitting the encoded data received by the reception unit to the terminal on the basis of the control information received by the reception unit.