A large cell base station 100 according to an embodiment is configured to form a large cell and includes: an upper-limit value determination unit 124 configured to determine an upper-limit value Icap of an amount of interference which is received by the large cell base station from each of the radio terminals based on a permissible value Itotal of a total amount of interference which is received by the large cell base station from the radio terminals and the number of the small cell base stations within the large cell; and a wired communication unit 140 configured to transmit upper-limit value information indicating the upper-limit value Icap determined by the upper-limit value determination unit 124 to the small cell base stations.