Patent ID: 8483167

Claim:
A method for use with a plurality of transceivers, a plurality of parameter values, and a plurality of subcarriers, the plurality of transceivers each having a downlink load amount, and each of the parameter values determining at least in part a different subdivision of the plurality of subcarriers into a plurality of sub-channels, the method comprising: selecting, by at least one computing device, one of the parameter values as a first parameter value, the first parameter value determining at least in part a first subdivision of the plurality of subcarriers into a first plurality of sub-channels; selecting, by the at least one computing device, a different one of the parameter values as a second parameter value, the second parameter value determining at least in part a second subdivision of the plurality of subcarriers into a second plurality of sub-channels, the second parameter value being selected based on an amount of correlation between the first subdivision of the plurality of subcarriers into the first plurality of sub-channels and the second subdivision of the plurality of subcarriers into the second plurality of sub-channels; selecting, by the at least one computing device, a first transceiver of the plurality of transceivers based at least in part on its downlink load amount; instructing, by the at least one computing device, the first transceiver to transmit on the first plurality of sub-channels; identifying, by the at least one computing device, a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers, the second transceiver being a neighbor of the first transceiver; and instructing, by the at least one computing device, the second transceiver to transmit on the second plurality of sub-channels.