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Frequency reuse scheme for OFDM system

US6917580B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 30, 2001
Grant dateJul 12, 2005
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cellular communication system for wireless telecommunication on the basis of an OFDM scheme, comprising a plurality of base stations B, whereby at least one base station B is allocated to each cell C of the communication system and whereby information communicated from the base stations comprises data parts and pilot parts. The present invention further relates to a method for operating such a cellular communication system. The present invention is characterised in that the frequency reuse factor of the data parts is different from a frequency reuse factor of the pilot parts. Hereby, an optimisation between high capacity and reliable and correct channel estimation on the basis of the pilot parts can be achieved.

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