A radio communication method in a radio communication system comprising a radio base station apparatus and a machine communication terminal that performs machine communication with the radio base station apparatus, the radio communication method comprising the steps of:
- at the radio base station apparatus:
- allocating downlink signals to the machine communication terminal in a predetermined cycle;
- and
- transmitting the allocated downlink signals to the machine communication terminal;
- and
- at the machine communication terminal:
- receiving the downlink signals from the radio base station apparatus in the predetermined cycle;
- and
- demodulating the downlink signals received in the predetermined cycle.