Patent ID: 7200407
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station for a wireless network comprising: multiple downlink channels for communicating between the base station and user equipments UE, some of the downlink channels having a first channel reuse pattern, others having a second channel reuse pattern, the first and second downlink channel reuse patterns having a same reuse factor, an allocator arranged to allocate a downlink channel from one of the patterns for communication with a given user equipment, the patterns being complementary such that areas of low carrier to interference ratio C/I of the first downlink channel reuse pattern are not coincident with areas of low C/I of the second downlink channel reuse pattern, wherein the allocator is arranged such that, for a user equipment located in an area of low C/I of any of the complementary downlink channel reuse patterns, the allocator favors allocation of a channel of another of the complementary downlink channel reuse patterns.