Patent ID: 7995529

Claim:
A cellular network comprising: a plurality of mobile stations; and a plurality of cells each comprising a base station configured to provide communication services to ones of the plurality of mobile stations over four channels within a service area divided into three sectors, the four channels comprising a first pair of channels and a second pair of channels, each of the four channels comprising a band of contiguous frequencies, wherein the band of contiguous frequencies of the first pair of channels do not have overlapping portions, the band of contiguous frequencies of the second pair of channels have overlapping portions, the base station is configured to provide communication services within a first of the three sectors using one of the channels of the first pair of channels, the base station is further configured to provide communication services within a second of the three sectors using the other of the channels of the first pair of channels, the base station is further configured to provide communication services within a third of the three sectors using one of the channels of second pair of channels, and the base station is further configured to provide communication services within at least one of the first, second, and third of the three sectors using the other of the channels of second pair of channels.