Patent ID: 7542722

Claim:
A method of operating a data transmission system comprising a scheduler that manages at least a first cell by communicating with a first base station communicating with a number of user equipments in the first cell via a first antenna system effective in one or more cell segments covering certain directions in the first cell, where the method comprises: the first base station receiving information from the user equipments in the first cell, by means of the first antenna system; the first base station communicating the information to the scheduler; the scheduler identifying each user equipment in the first cells; the scheduler identifying in which cell segment each user is positioned; the scheduler allotting a first time slot to at least one user equipment in a first cell segment in the first cell; the scheduler allotting the first time slot also to at least one user equipment in a second cell segment in the first cell; the first antenna system sending information from the base station simultaneously to all user equipments allotted to the first time slot.