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Geographical scheduling and association procedure for wimax systems

  • US 20090245160A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2008
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to manage communications in a wireless network comprising at least one base station encompassing a first geographic region and at least one relay station encompassing a second geographic region, comprising:

  • assigning a subscriber station in the wireless network into one of a plurality of zones, wherein the zones are characterized by at interference characteristic; and

    encoding communication packets between the subscriber station and at least one of the base station or the relay station into a frame structure segment that is transmitted according to one of a time/frequency multiplexed protocol or a resource sharing protocol as a function of the one of the plurality of zones.

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