Patent ID: 8121100
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of allocating radio resources in a radio communications network, the radio communications network comprising a first base station open for access to substantially any user equipment terminal of the radio communications network and a second base station open for access to only a predetermined one or more user equipment terminals of the radio communications network, wherein the first base station is arranged to use a first plurality of radio resource blocks for radio communications with user equipment terminals, and the first plurality includes one or more radio resource blocks useable by the first base station for signalling, the method comprising: allocating a second plurality of radio resource blocks for use by the second base station in radio communications with user equipment terminals, wherein the first plurality and the second plurality of radio resource blocks have at least one radio resource block in common, and wherein the second plurality of radio resource blocks does not include said one or more radio resource blocks useable by the first base station for signalling.