Patent ID: 6748218
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A wireless communication system, comprising:at least three sectored cells, each cell being divided into 6N sectors, N being an integer, each cell being assigned at least three different channels such that adjacent sectors of the 6N sectors in each cell use different channels, the at least three sectored cells being arranged using at least three different cell configurations, each cell configuration of the at least three different cell configurations being uniquely identified by at least one of a particular azimuth orientation of the cell about a center of the cell and particular channel types of each different channel of the at least three different channels used in the cell, wherein: the at least three sectored cells are mutually adjacent and define at least three bore axes, each bore axis of the at least three bore axes passing through a center of each of two cells of the at least three sectored cells; and the at least three sectored cells are arranged with respect to each other such that sectors of the at least three sectored cells that are similarly oriented approximately along one bore axis of the at least three bore axes and in which radiation is transmitted in essentially a same direction approximately along the one bore axis use different channels.