Patent ID: 8165597

Claim:
A method comprising: at a central controller: receiving, from each of a plurality of base stations that share a plurality of wireless communication resources that include at least one control channel and at least one data channel, operating information comprising: a self-identifier; information regarding allowed wireless distance coverage; identifiers for neighboring ones of the plurality of base stations; information regarding wireless distances to neighboring base stations; loading information; using the operating information to form adjacency information regarding the plurality of base stations; using the adjacency information and the loading information to develop a resource allocation plan as pertains to the plurality of wireless communication resources, including the at least one control channel and the at least one data channel; communicating the resource allocation plan to the plurality of base stations such that the plurality of base stations can utilize the resource allocation plan to thereby partition use of the plurality of wireless communication resources to support communication needs of the base stations while avoiding undue interference with respect to using the plurality of wireless communication resources.