Patent ID: 7096019

Claim:
Apparatus for selectably assigning a channel for communications between a first network station and a mobile station positioned within a cell defined by the first network station, the cell divided by the first network station into a first zone and at least a second zone, comprising: a position and movement determiner adapted to receive indicia associated with positioning and movement of the mobile station, the position and movement determiner configured to determine a position of the mobile station and a statistical indication of a speed, if any, at which the mobile station is moving; and a channel allocator adapted to receive an indication of a determination made by the position and movement determiner, the channel allocator configured to assign the channel for the communications between the first network station and the mobile station, channel assignation made by the channel allocator responsive, at least in part, to the position and the statistical indication of the speed of the mobile stations, wherein the position and movement determiner further determines whether the statistical indication of the speed at which the mobile station is moving is greater than a selected threshold, the channel assignation made by the channel allocator being responsive, in part, to the statistical indication of the speed of the mobile station comprises assignation made responsive to determinations made by the position and movement determiner of whether the statistical indication of the speed of the mobile station is greater than the selected threshold, and wherein the channel assignation made by the channel allocator is made for the at least one of the first zone and the second zone, the channel assignation being made pursuant to a channel reuse scheme when the statistical indication of the speed of the mobile station is determined to be less than the selected threshold.