Patent ID: 7424299
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, for each base station of a plurality of base stations capable of communicating with at least one mobile station via any of a group of slots in a communication system, a classification for each slot of the group of slots according to a probability of interference with other base stations of the plurality of base stations, comprising assigning as owned by one of said base stations and as avoided by other of said base stations a first slot in which said other base stations interfere with said one base station, assigning as owned by individual ones of said other base stations and as avoided by said one base station other slots in which said individual ones of said other base stations interfere with said one base station, and assigning as shared by said one base station and another of said other base stations a shared slot in which said another of said other base stations interferes with said one base station if used simultaneously with said one base station and which are not assigned as owned by any of the base stations; and allocating on request a slot whose determined classification matches a desired quality class of the request.