Patent ID: 9642119
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: allocating, by a network device, resources for wireless communication comprising: allocating, by the network device, orthogonal resources for signaling within a coordination area comprising at least two radio cells based on a first resource pattern, wherein the resource allocation based on the first resource pattern within the coordination area comprises tying reference signal resources to a user equipment and a cell index, and requires that at least one of a data hopping pattern, a cyclic shift hopping pattern, and a base sequence group hopping pattern are configured to be a same in radio cells of the coordination area; and allocating, by the network device, orthogonal data communication resources within a radio cell of the at least two radio cells of the coordination area based on a second resource pattern, wherein orthogonality of the allocated data communication resources is ensured only within the radio cell and not over the entire coordination area, and wherein the resource allocation based on the second resource pattern follows a different allocation method than the resource allocation based on the first resource pattern.