Patent ID: 7941166

Claim:
A method for synchronizing a radio communication system divided into radio cells transmitting data by multiple access methods, each radio cell having a base station for radio provisioning mobile stations assigned to the radio cell, comprising: receiving at the base station of a radio cell, mobile station signals of the radio cell and adjacent radio cells; determining, from the mobile station signals received at the base station, a first synchronizing value for at least one of time synchronizing and frequency synchronizing to which the base station synchronizes itself; receiving at the mobile station of the radio cell, base station signals of the radio cell and adjacent radio cells; determining, from the base station signals received at the mobile station, a second synchronizing value for at least one of time synchronizing and frequency synchronizing; employing timeslots of commonly assigned carrier frequencies as radio transmission resources, wherein at least two adjacent base stations simultaneously and jointly employ a timeslot of a carrier frequency for radio provisioning a respectively assigned mobile station; and selecting the timeslot from the commonly assigned radio transmission resources taking account of an interference situation in the timeslot.