A wireless communication system includes a first base station; one or more second base stations having transmission power lower than the first base station; a mobility management apparatus for managing a location of a mobile terminal in a location registration area accommodating the first base station and the one or more second base stations. The mobility management apparatus includes a selecting unit that selects at least one of the second base stations transmitting a paging signal from among the one or more second base stations, and a paging unit that transmits a paging signal to the mobile terminal via the first base station accommodated in the location registration area, and the at least selected one of the second base stations.