Patent ID: 7974652

Claim:
A method for coordination of the interference in the uplink between cells of a single frequency network with the frequency band used for uplink being subdivided into at least two subsets comprising: allocating a resource related to a dedicated subset to a mobile terminal located in a first cell of said cells in the border area to a neighbor cell; a base station of the first cell asking a base station of another cell of said cells that experiences the highest interference damage caused by the mobile terminal to monitor said resource without soft handover; the base station of the cell with the highest interference damage caused by the mobile terminal accepting a high interference level on said dedicated subset dependent on network criteria including at least one of available subsets, load situation in the cells, service type, priority and quality of service; and restricting the usage of said dedicated subset in the cell with the highest interference damage caused by the mobile terminal under observation of the interference level, so that mobile terminals within said cell with highest interference can continue to use said dedicated subset for uplink transmission only if they can surpass the interference level.