Patent ID: 8675563

Claim:
In a multi-cell communication system in which each cell contains a serving base station for providing service to one or more mobile stations, and wherein a communication channel is configured into multiple subchannels, a base station which controls signal transmission on the subchannels in a serving cell to reduce inter-cell interference to other cells from the serving cell, the base station comprising: a transmitter for transmitting in the serving cell; and a controller configured to process input information and generate output signals for controlling signal transmission of the transmitter in a manner that reduces inter-cell interference to other cells from the serving cell, wherein: the output signals generated by the controller control the transmitter in a signal transmission on the subchannels in the serving cell; and the input information used by the controller comprises: transmission priority information related to the subchannels, the transmission priority information received from base stations in neighboring cells in the multi-cell communication system; and other system parameters and measurements, wherein the system parameters and measurements are selected from a group consisting of cell configuration, frequency reuse factor, cell geometry, subchannel configuration, transmission power range, service type, channel quality information, and path loss information from mobile stations to base stations in the multi-cell communication system.