Patent ID: 8825062

Claim:
A method for deploying a communication network, the method comprising: reconfiguring a communication network from an initial state to a reconfigured state, wherein the communication network comprises in the initial state a plurality of cells, with each cell comprising at least a base station and one or more antennas that are arranged to cover the cell, the reconfiguring comprising: selecting from the plurality of cells, one or more non-adjacent cells to be used as one or more central cells in the reconfigured state; and for each central cell: configuring a super-cell comprising the central cell and at least a part of one or more cells adjacent to the central cell, wherein: the configuring comprises arranging in base stations of the one or more adjacent cells, one or more antennas to be directed towards the central cell, the base stations of the one or more adjacent cells define an outline of the super-cell, and antennas of the super-cell comprise the antennas of the one or more adjacent cells that are directed towards the central cell; and coordinating use of the antennas of the super-cell so as to communicate with one or more communication devices located within the super-cell, wherein signals from the antennas of the super-cell use at least a same channel resource.