Patent ID: 8761097

Claim:
A method for communication in a wireless network in which a User Equipment (UE) associated with a first evolved Node B (eNB) experiences interference from a second eNB, the method comprising: negotiating by the first evolved Node B (eNB) of the wireless network with the second eNB of the wireless network for a partitioning of subband resources on an uplink, a first subset of the subband resources comprising protected uplink resources being assigned to the first eNB, and a second subset of the subband resources being assigned to the second eNB, wherein the second eNB is silent during the first subset of the subband resources assigned to the first eNB; and scheduling the UE on a subframe n 1 of the first subset of the subband resources with cross subframe scheduling, wherein the subframe n 1 =n−k, where k>4 and n is a scheduled downlink frame.