Patent ID: 8385247

Claim:
A communication method for providing resource allocation in a communication network, the method comprising: identifying at least two broadcast zones for receiving broadcast services in the communication network; generating a first index based on a relative relationship among the at least two broadcast zones, the first index including information indicative of whether a first broadcast zone overlaps with at least one other broadcast zone; generating a second index based on the relative relationship among the at least two broadcast zones, the second index including information indicative of a number of broadcast zones overlapped with the first broadcast zone; assigning at least one identifier to each of the at least two broadcast zones based on the first index and the second index, each identifier being associated with at least one communication resource, with distinct identifiers being assigned to overlapping broadcast zones of the at least two broadcast zones; and enabling data transmissions to the at least two broadcast zones based on the assigned identifiers and using the at least one communication resource associated with the identifiers.