Patent ID: 8494450

Claim:
A method for managing communication in a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) communication network, the method comprising: reserving at least one of a first segment downlink time slot and a first segment uplink time slot for a first segment in the FDMA communication network, the first segment belonging to a plurality of segments used in the FDMA communication network, the segments representing respective portions of a frequency allocated to the FDMA communication network; scheduling a communication between a base station and at least one mobile station based on the at least one of the first segment downlink time slot and the first segment uplink time slot, the base station transmitting the first segment at a high power level for the communication, the high power level transmission being greater than a transmission power level of the plurality of segments, the at least one mobile station located in a cell area of the base station, the cell area being divided into a plurality first of radial sectors, and further located in one of a first area and a second area, the first area being a part of a cell area of the base station where overlapping with at least one neighboring cell area of at least one neighboring base station is absent, and the second area being a part of the cell area of the base station where overlapping with the at least one neighboring cell area of the at least one neighboring base station is present; switching off the at least one neighboring base station communication based on the first segment in one or more second radial sectors in the second area, the second radial sectors corresponding to the at least one neighboring base station of the base station, the cell area of the at least one neighboring base station being divided into a plurality second of radial sectors; and establishing communication between a base station and at least one mobile station using the first segment.