Fractional frequency reuse deployment method for wireless system
US8805373B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/0072
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless communications system is described, which comprises a plurality of base stations and a plurality of subscriber devices. Each of the base stations comprises at least one antenna for communicating with respective subscriber devices currently located within a geographical area of a wireless cell served by a respective base station, and wherein: the geographical area of the wireless cell comprises a geographical central area and a geographical edge area; more than a third of all transmission resources available to the serving base station are available for communicating with the subscriber devices located within the geographical edge area of the wireless cell; and at least one of the transmission resources available for communicating with each of the subscriber devices currently located within the geographical edge area of the wireless cell is other than any of the transmission resources available for communicating with subscriber devices currently located within geographical edge areas of wireless cells each having a geographical edge area that is geographically adjacent to the geographical edge area of the wireless cell at which the subscriber device is located.
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