Patent ID: 6993339
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A cellular communication system using frames of communication resources in time and/or frequency domain in communication to and from mobile units, wherein: said communication resources within each of said frames are divided into at least three regions, whereby a first region has a higher reuse than a second and a third region; said first region being a hybrid region, in which the communication resources individually are allocable for either uplink or downlink communication on a cell-to-cell basis, whereby a communication resource of said first region is allocable for uplink communication in one cell of said cellular communications system simultaneously as the same communication resource is allocable for downlink communication in another cell of said cellular communications system; said second region being a dedicated region, in which all communication resources are system-wide dedicated to downlink communication; and said third region being a dedicated region, in which all communication resources are system-wide dedicated to uplink communication.