Patent ID: 8054787

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving by a first base station information associated with a plurality of frequency channels or subframes from one or more second base stations; and selecting one of the frequency channels or subframes for use by the first base station, wherein one or more of the frequency channels or subframes are used by the one or more second base stations and are given priority during the selection, the one or more second base stations non-adjacent to the first base station, wherein selecting one of the frequency channels or subframes comprises: determining if any of the one or more frequency channels or subframes used by the one or more second base stations is acceptable; selecting one of the acceptable frequency channels or subframes when at least one of the one or more frequency channels or subframes used by the one or more second base stations is acceptable; and selecting one of the frequency channels or subframes that is not used by the one or more second base stations, when none of the one or more frequency channels or subframes used by the one or more second base stations are acceptable.