Patent ID: 8326314

Claim:
A method for operating an uncoordinated microwave path in coordinated frequency bands, comprising: in a safe area defined by and including the union of a first coordination area of a first base station at a first site and a second coordination area of a second base station at a second site, operating a first coordinated microwave path from the first base station to the second base station on a frequency pair using frequency division duplex-time division duplex (FDD-TDD); operating a second coordinated microwave path from the second base station to the first base station on the frequency pair using FDD-TDD such that a first frequency and a second frequency of the frequency pair cause co-channel interference within the safe area, the co-channel interference increased sufficiently that a foreign transceiver cannot operate on a different coordinated microwave path on the first frequency or the second frequency in the safe area without being subjected to or causing interference greater than a permissible level; and transmitting on an uncoordinated microwave path operating with time division duplex (TDD) from a transceiver portion of the first base station to a transceiver portion at a third site located in the safe area on the first and/or second frequency using a side lobe of an antenna of the first base station.