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System and method for managing neighbor-channel interference in channelized cellular systems

US5740536A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateApr 14, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/24
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Novel methodologies are provided for managing neighbor channel interference in a cellular wireless communications system as a function of a service-quality factor for a communications channel within such a system. Those methodologies, and their essential function are characterized as: PA1 Even/Odd Cell Designation--for eliminating adjacent-channel conflicts within a cell; PA1 Vertical Channel-Set Construction--for eliminating adjacent-channel conflicts between abutting sectors in sectorized cells; and PA1 Minimum Adjacency Circuit Method--for reducing the number of adjacent edges between abutting cells or sectors in a regular channel assignment.

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