Patent ID: 6212385
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A cellular communication system having a frequency bandwidth arranged into a plurality of frequency channels, the cellular communication system comprising neighbouring first and second sites each having sectors containing at least one frequency channel comprising a frequency group, wherein corresponding sectors in each of the neighbouring first and second sites have consecutive frequency channels from the frequency bandwidth forming the frequency groups, the frequency bandwidth arranged into the plurality of frequency channels for use in a two-site repeat pattern (b1-b12) and a one-site repeat pattern (t1-t6) of the cellular system further comprising those neighbouring first and second six-sectored sites in which each sector contains at least one frequency channel from the two-site repeat pattern and at least one frequency channel from the one-site repeat pattern, wherein the corresponding sectors in each of the neighboring first and second six-sectored sites have consecutive frequency channels of the two-site repeat pattern and identical frequency channels of the one-site repeat pattern.