Patent ID: 8160597

Claim:
A method of allocating segments in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: generating sector pairs with respect to all sectors existing in different cells and sorting the generated sector pairs according to priority based on a proximity; selecting a sector pair having a top priority among unselected sector pairs; and allocating segments to all sectors of a cell including each sector of the selected sector pair wherein the allocating of segments further comprises: if segments are not allocated to a first sector and a second sector of the selected sector pair, allocating segments to sectors of a first cell including the first sector, allocating segments to sectors of a second cell including the second sector, and generating a cover having the first and second cells; if a segment is allocated only to the first sector of the selected sector pair, allocating segments to sectors of the second cell including the second sector and allowing the second cell to be included in a cover having the first cell including the first segment; and if segments are allocated to the first and second sectors, when the first and second cells are included in different covers, performing segment reallocation on sectors of a cell included in a smaller cover and combining the different covers.