Patent ID: 8331302

Claim:
A method performed by a base station having a plurality of transceivers each transmitting data on a plurality of subcarriers organized into a plurality of sub-channels, the organization of the plurality of subcarriers into the plurality of sub-channels being determined at least in part by an initial index value assigned to the transceiver, the method comprising: collecting downlink loading information for each transceiver, the downlink loading information being a measure of an amount of data transmitted by the transceiver in downlink portions of frames; transmitting a downlink load message comprising downlink loading information for one or more of the transceivers; receiving a notification comprising an assignment of a different index value to one or more of the transceivers, the assignment having been determined at least in part by the transmitted downlink loading information, each of the different index values determining an organization of the plurality of subcarriers into a plurality of sub-channels that is different from the organization of the plurality of subcarriers determined by the initial index value previously assigned to the transceiver; and in response to receiving the notification, for each of the one or more transceivers to which a different index value has been assigned, configuring the transceiver to transmit on the plurality of sub-channels determined at least in part by the different index value assigned to the transceiver.