Patent ID: 8861528

Claim:
For use in a wireless network configured to communicate with a plurality of mobile stations, a first base station configured to transmit unicast data and Enhanced Multicast Broadcast Service (E-MBS) data in a downlink to mobile stations using physical resource units (PRUs) that are partitioned into a plurality of frequency partitions, wherein the first base station is configured to transmit E-MBS data using a first set of PRUs in at least a first common frequency partition, wherein the first set of PRUs are also used by at least a second base station configured to transmit E-MBS data, wherein at least a second set of PRUs are permutated to form permuted band groups and the permutated band groups are randomized to form randomized band groups, and wherein the first and at least the second base stations are configured to transmit unicast data over randomized band groups that are unique to each base station.