Patent ID: 6370384
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method of assigning a plurality of communication channels of an available radio frequency bandwidth in a wireless communications network, comprising:providing a plurality of base transceiver systems, each of said plurality of base transceiver systems being operable to communicate with a cluster of cells among a plurality of clusters of cells, each cluster of said plurality of clusters of cells having a plurality of repeaters, each cell of said plurality of clusters of cells having therein an associative one of said plurality of repeaters; assigning a first one of a pair of adjacent communication channels from said plurality of communication channels for communication between a first one of said plurality of base transceiver systems and a fist one of said plurality of repeaters, said fist one of said plurality of repeaters being associated with a fist cell from said cluster of cells in communication with said first one of said plurality of base transceiver systems; and assigning at least a second one of said pair of adjacent communication channels for communication between a second one of said plurality of base transceiver systems and a second one of said plurality of repeaters, said second one of said plurality of repeaters being associated with a second cell from said cluster of cells in communication with said second one of said plurality of base transceiver systems.