Patent ID: 8867415

Claim:
A wireless communication system for use with a plurality of registered wireless communications devices, and comprising: a first base station having a first communication coverage area and operating in a half duplex frequency division duplex (HFDD) mode using a first frequency and a second frequency in an alternating pattern; and a picocell base station, having a first radio and a second radio, and having a second communication coverage area different than the first communication area and also operating in an HFDD mode; the plurality of wireless communications devices being registered with said first base station or said picocell base station, and wherein each wireless communications device is assigned a respective HFDD frame for communication based upon whether it is registered to said first base station or said picocell base station; said picocell base station communicating using the first frequency and the second frequency in an opposite alternating pattern from said first base station wherein said first and second radios transmit simultaneously and receive simultaneously, wherein said first radio communicates with said at least one wireless communications device, and said second radio communicates with said, first base station.