A communication control method executed in a multi-hop cellular network including at least one gateway and a plurality of radio base stations includes: a first radio base station performing radio resource management and movement management concerning a radio mobile station requesting, when the first radio base station determines it is necessary to switch a connection destination of the radio mobile station, a second radio base station at a handover destination to perform handover processing and instructing the radio mobile station (a handover execution mobile station) to perform handover to the second radio base station; and the second radio base station determining, based on the number of times of transfer until a signal transmitted from the first radio base station reaches the own station, whether to change the radio base station that performs the radio resource management and the movement management concerning the handover execution mobile station.