Patent ID: 8611911
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication method executed by a femto base station operating in a hierarchical cell communication system including a macro base station, the femto base station, and a neighboring femto base station, the communication method comprising: receiving information associated with a silencing resource block of the femto base station, including information for protecting a macro terminal, served by the macro base station, from interference generated by the femto base station; determining one or more available resource blocks of the femto base station based upon the information associated with the silencing resource block; determining a target resource block of the femto base station based upon the one or more available resource blocks and a resource used by the neighboring femto base station; and serving the femto terminal using the target resource block, wherein the target resource block of the femto base station is included within the one or more resource blocks of the femto base station.