Patent ID: 8737274

Claim:
A method for scheduling, by a mobile station (MS), data transmission and reception of neighbor base stations (BSs) adjacent to the MS in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, at the MS, number information through a specific downlink channel in first to Nth time units from each of the neighbor BSs, wherein the number information includes a number selected by the each of the neighbor BSs; determining, by the MS, among the neighbor BSs, a BS which is to transmit and receive data in first to 2Nth time units according to a predefined rule based on the number information, wherein the determining further comprises: determining a first BS which is to transmit and receive data in the first to the Nth time units, based on at least one of number information received during the first to Mth time units, where M<N, M is integer, and N is integer greater than or equal to 2; and determining a second BS which is to transmit and receive data in N+1th to 2Nth time units, based on at least one of number information received during M+1th to the Nth time units; transmitting, by the MS, a signal, indicating that data transmission and reception in the first to the Nth time units are not possible, to at least one other neighbor BS excluding the determined first BS among the neighbor BSs through a specific uplink channel; and transmitting, by the MS, a signal, indicating that data transmission and reception in the N+1th to the 2Nth time units are not possible, to at least one other neighbor BS excluding the determined second BS among the neighbor BSs through the specific uplink channel.