Patent ID: 8150410
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a base station, a fractional loading factor using a duty cycle of a base station, wherein the fractional loading factor is used for transmitting single-cell broadcast traffic in a wireless network, and wherein the fractional loading factor is based upon a percentage of resources from a resource pool allocated to single-cell broadcast traffic; transmitting single-cell broadcast traffic using the fractional loading factor resources, wherein the fractional loading factor enables the base station to identify resources used for the single-cell broadcast based upon a cell-ID of the broadcast traffic, wherein the fractional loading factor uses an average capacity value obtained as a function of a wireless capacity in a time-frequency resource using a number of transmissions among neighboring cells; and transmitting unicast traffic using non-selected resources from the resource pool, wherein transmitting further comprises transmitting at least a portion of the unicast traffic at a reduced transmit power.