Patent ID: 6996078
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for assigning timeslots for a particular cell of a hybrid time division multiple access/code division multiple access communication system, the system having a plurality of cells comprising the particular cell and other cells, the method comprising: determining potentially interfering ones of the other cells which potentially interfere with the particular cell; for each timeslot, eliminate that timeslot for uplink communication, if first ones of the potentially interfering ones uses that timeslot for downlink communications; for each timeslot, eliminate that timeslot for downlink communication if a dynamic interference measurement in that timeslot as measured by most users exceeds a predetermined threshold and if the dynamic interference measurement in that timeslot does not exceed the predetermined threshold for most users but exceeds the predetermined threshold for at least one user, eliminating that timeslot for assignment to the at least one user exceeding the predetermined threshold; assigning a timeslot to an uplink communication of the particular cell using non-uplink eliminated timeslots; and assigning a timeslot to a downlink communication of the particular cell to each user using non-downlink eliminated timeslots with respect to that user.