A radio communication system including: a base station; a terminal; and a relay station, wherein the base station and the terminal perform radio communication via the relay station, the base station includes: a change unit which changes at least any of a radio resource allocation method for the relay station and the terminal, the radio resource allocation method and a scheduling method, or the radio resource allocation method, the scheduling method and a relay method in the relay station; and a transmission unit which transmits a change notice for notifying the relay station of the change by the change unit, the relay station includes a reception unit which receives the change notice, and the base station, the relay station, and the terminal perform radio communication using at least the radio resources allocating or allocated by the radio resource allocation method after the change.