Patent ID: 8923125

Claim:
A method of regulating data flow in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: collecting, at a base station controller, data regarding dynamic loading of sector-carrier pairs (pilots) in communication sectors of the wireless communication network; obtaining, at the base station controller, data rates for data flows of the pilots to access terminals within the wireless communication network; determining, at the base station controller, one or more pilots to use for conveying data in the wireless communication network based on the data rates and the dynamic loading; generating, at the base station controller, a topological spatial interference map representing pilot-to-pilot interference between pilots using a same channel; and altering, at the base station controller, data flow over the pilots by changing a data rate over at least one of the pilots to increase total data flow by changing a combination of pilots used by the wireless communication network for conveying data to increase the total data flow based on the topological spatial interference map.